David Archuleta Releases Debut Album – Featuring "Crush"
American Idol Season 7 Runner Up David Archuleta’s self-titled debut album hit stores today and the lukewarm reviews won’t help the fact that the smooth voiced Idol has some tough competition this week – going up against Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” (which is selling for $3.99 for the week of its release on AmazonMP3) and a re-release of Colbie Caillat’s “Coco.”
With David Cook’s album hitting stores next week after his still-shocking win in Season 7 of AI, it might not be a question of whether David Cook beats David Archuleta again, but a question of how much he will beat the early favorite by in terms of album sales.
I’m not a huge fan of Idol, although I do keep my eyes on it sometimes. I wonder if they’ll try to do something to really differentiate the winner next time. It seems like, (and this is good) that anyone on the show has a chance of making a good album and get exposure – some doing better than others. But it also seems like if you’re in the top two, you’ll do well no matter what. It takes a tiny bit of the fun and gusto out of the final competition show.
I couldn’t even remember which David won until I looked it up to make sure. I dunno, maybe I’m just crazy and on sleep meds