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Miami Herald: “The most cohesive album to come out of the franchise yet.”

Dallas Morning News: “Easily the best country album by an American Idol contestant.”

Entertainment Weekly: “The North Carolinian with the throaty drawl could sell everything-from the cheeky to the weepy. And he does.”

Yes, these words are for our dear Bucky Covington, the season 5 finalist, the resident southern country guy.

From americanidol.com by Marnie:

Bucky Covington’s self-titled debut CD opens at #1 on Nielsen Soundscan’s Country Top 75 chart with 61,000 units sold.

With 61,000 units sold in the first week, this gives Bucky the distinction of having not only 2007’s biggest unit debut from a new country artist, but also the best first week sales and highest Top 200 debut for any new male country artist since Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992.

Like what they say all the time “It’s better late than Never”. Our dear Elliot Yamin signed on a record deal pretty much later than his batchmates in American Idol Season 5, but that wouldn’t be a hindrance to his success.

This moment is sweeter more than ever for our dear Elliot. Launching just 2 days ago, his eager fans have brought him to the top spot of Amazon.com’s top sellers. He’s consistently in the top 10 (reaching as far as top 5), along with big singers like Norah Jones, Joss Stone, Dixie Chicks, and DAUGTRY (his co-SEASON 5 alum) of course.

Kudos to the Big E!

Daughtry (better known as Chris Daughtry of American Idol season 5) has hit the Number 1 spot on Billboard this week!

Ever since Chris was ousted in Season 5, he has been continuing to receive blessings that no “Idol” contestant has achieved at such an early point. He was one of the first ones to sign a record deal (even ahead of the top placers of season 5).

Chris formed the “Daughtry” band. Yes, I think it was a good decision of him to drop the “Chris” as there are already a plethora of “Chris(es)” in the industry. “Daughtry” creates much impact, and so the album was named the same.

Aside from his album being a super achiever (surpassing album sales of Taylor Hicks, Kathatrine McPhee, including Dreamgirls OST , and a lot more), he’s on a very active US tour, averaging 6 cities a week (that’s like 1 city per day!). Way to go, Daughtry!

*The first single, “It’s Not Over,” has been downloaded (digitally bought) 800,000 times.
*Daughtry has had a U.S. Album sales of 1,801,810 copies (and counting) and has been certified by RIAA 2x Platinum

Here are the tracks to enjoy on the DAUGHTRY album:

1. It’s Not Over
2. Used To
3. Home
4. Over You
5. Crashed
6. Feels Like Tonight
7. What I Want (featuring Slash)
8. Breakdown
9. Gone
10. There And Back Again
11. All These Lives
12. What About Now