Good ol' Archie—he does love to ramble in his video blogs. I admittedly have a soft spot for David Archuleta (though, really, kiddo—that last album, not so good) so it's nice to seem him remaining so upbeat, post label-drop from Jive.
There's a whole bunch of Zen-like hoo-ha in this video blog from the young chap, but the gist is that the Sony execs in charge of Archuleta's trajectory left the company, and the American Idol alum says it just felt like the right time to change as an artiste, and leave the label, too.
Oh, well—Baby Queen and Jive will always have "Crush."
...because his label hates him. Well, okay, maybe that's not the reason David Archuleta, who I affectionately used to refer to as Baby Queen (said with love!) here on CR, doesn't show up on the upcoming American Idol 10th Anniversary - The Hitscompilation, despite having had a Platinum-selling hit with "Crush" in 2008.
Still, Archie has reportedly been dropped by not only his label, Jive, but also his management company. And, really, things weren't looking so hot when his sophomore LP The Other Side Of Down was released in October last year. There appeared to be minor promo set up for the poor guy—he appeared on The Wendy Williams Show (low rent) and Live! With Regis And Kelly (zzzzzz), while a Today Show appearance (a biggie) was canceled last minute.
Billboard reported on Friday that The Other Side Of Down has sold only 67,000 copies, compared to the 765,000 shifted by his self-titled debut. Archuleta came in second to David Cook (quadruple snooze) in the 2008 season of American Idol.
Here's the poor guy in much happier times, when "Crush" was played for the first time on New York's Z100 three years ago:
Baby Queen tweeted the following, post-drop: "Thanks for the support you continue to show! Means a lot. Just wanted to check in [and] let you know things are going where I feel they should."
Well, I'll just repeat what I said when "Crush" landed on Chart Rigger's 10 Best Singles Of 2008 list: "Someday, when you're old enough, Archie, a big male stripper is gonna crush your head like a peanut between his thighs."
Today the official American Idol site announced that the series would be issuing its first greatest hits album, American Idol 10th Anniversary - The Hits. But the dubious tracklisting seems a bit lackluster, despite the announcement touting the "mega-hit singles" included.
The one good thing the powers that be seem to have done is slap Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" on there first. (Clearly they took a quick glance at Chart Rigger's Top 40 Singles Of The '00s list and saw that it placed at #1).
But, really—where the hell is AI Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta's "Crush," a multi-platinum #2 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 and one of the best songs to ever come out of this televised dog-and-pony act? Or Season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee's "Over It," a Top 40 single with ten times more merit than Taylor Hicks' dire "Takin' It To The Streets"?
And while Jordin Sparks' "No Air" was indeed a smash, her duet partner Chris Brown was not an American Idol contestant. Wouldn't it have made more technical sense to include one of her other Top 10 singles, like "Tattoo" or "Battlefield"? Christ, just put on two Jordin Sparks songs and cut Lee DeWyze!
Oh, well. Below is the tracklist for American Idol 10th Anniversary - The Hits along with the Hot 100 chart positions of the singles included. Personally I'm just gonna hold out for Kelly Clarkson's greatest hits.
1. Kelly Clarkson - “Since U Been Gone” (#2) 2. Ruben Studdard - “Superstar” (B-side, #2) 3. Clay Aiken - “Invisible” (#37) 4. Fantasia – “When I See U” (#32) 5. Carrie Underwood – “Before He Cheats” (#8) 6. Taylor Hicks – “Takin’ It To The Streets” (#69) 7. Daughtry – “Home” (#5) 8. Jordin Sparks (duet with Chris Brown) – “No Air” (#3) 9. David Cook – “Light On” (#17) 10. Kris Allen – “Live Like We’re Dying” (#18) 11. Adam Lambert – “Whataya Want From Me” (#10) 12. Lee DeWyze – “Sweet Serendipity” (failed to chart on Hot 100)
It's pretty bad when a mediocre song by Taylor Swift that sounds exactly like "You Belong With Me" is one of the only noteworthy things about the Billboard Hot 100 this week. The country-pop broad's upcoming album title track "Speak Now" debuts at #8 after being the top download on iTunes for the better part of last week.
Like with her previous album Fearless, Taylor's label is tossing out a single each week leading up to the release of Speak Now. So expect this latest to drop like four-dollar hooker at the wave of a fiver on Big Daddy's yacht at sundown by next week.
At least we also have the #51 debut of Pink's "Raise Your Glass" to keep this from being a total snoozefest. The new single off her upcoming Greatest Hits...So Far!!! was made available at digital retailers this week, and is currently #5 on iTunes. So hopefully airplay kicks in and this becomes another Top 10 hit for pop's hottest pistol.
Over on the album chart, David Archuleta's second album proper (not counting last year's holiday offering) The Other Side Of Down debuts at #13. Two years ago, his first album went into the Top 200 chart at #2. Awwww.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Just The Way You Are" - Bruno Mars" *4 weeks* 2. "Like A G6" - Far*East Movement 3. "Just A Dream" - Nelly 4. "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry 5. "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" - Usher feat. Pitbull 6. "Only Girl (In The World)" - Rihanna 7. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz 8. "Speak Now" - Taylor Swift *new* 9. "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta 10. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
We would certainly not see American Idol David Archuleta's smile this time when he hears the scandal about his father. It appears that James Jeffrey Archuleta was busted in a massage parlor for you-know-what. The attorney of the 47 year old Archuleta explained that James Archuleta was just caught in "a wrong place at a wrong time" - he was fined $582 in Midvale, Utah. It happened that the authorities just raided a massage parlor for its lack of business permit, but they found James Archuleta in an "inappropriate" position with his masseuse.
James Archuleta filed "no contest" on his charges. David Archuleta's father gained fame after he constantly egged on David (appearing short of becoming a "stage father") during the American Idol Season 7, where David Cook won. Below is the video about the James Archuleta being busted in Midvale:
David Archuleta is gracing the American Idol 4/22/09 Results Night, where he will perform his latest single “Touch My Hand”. Other American Idol guests will be disco icons like Harry Wayne "KC" Casey (of KC and the Sunshine Band), Thelma Houston and Freda Payne, who will be rocking the hose with a medley of disco hit songs like "Get Down Tonight," "Don't Leave Me this Way," and "Band of Gold."
For sure, the American Idol 4/22/09 Results Night will be a much-awaited event because of the double eliminations. Let's see if our predictions will be accurate enough later. The David Archuleta video in American Idol 4/22/09 and other guests will be posted below later. So, stick around.
