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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
12/26: Sorry about my absence!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
My laptop died on me while I was on vacation and didn’t have easy access to my blog software. I’m using a temporary laptop today and may have to delay official launch of Wordpress into midweek next week. My aplogogies! This was probably the longest period of time I was not on the Web since 1995!
I hope you all had a great holiday!
MJ obviously was working all week so in go to her for more details but she had heard that Chikezie is telling folks at the holiday concerts he has signed with Universal Records though the label has yet to say anything official. There’s video of David Cook at the Christmas Day parade with Disney. And (People mag reports](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20248825,00.html) that Jennifer Hudson may make her first public appearances since the family murders in February at a MusicCares event, then the Grammys. And she has the new video of David Archuleta’s latest single “A Little Too Not Over You.” You can watch it here.
I have access this month to radio airplay charts courtesy of Media 24/7. Here are numbers are compiled year to date earlier this month.
Let me show the ranks of how various Idols did on different radio charts.
All radio stations put together
5- Jordin Sparks
7 - Daughtry
29 - Carrie Underwood
61- Kelly Clarkson
216- Jennifer Hudson
Top 40
3- Jordin Sparks
10- Daughtry
66- Kelly Clarkson
67- David Archuleta
80- David Cook
101- Elliott Yamin
Country chart
8- Carrie Underwood
28- Bucky Covington
44- Josh Gracin
56- Kellie Pickler
106- Phil Stacey
121- Kristy Lee Cook
Urban chart
35- Jennfier Hudson
45- Jordin Sparks
86 - Fantasia
Urban AC
32 - Jennifer Hudson
42- Fantasia
118- Ruben Studdard
Rhythmic top 40
26- Jordin Sparks
93- Jennifer Hudson
181- Fantasia
Adult contemporary
8- Daughtry
9- Kelly Clarkson
34 - Jordin Sparks
53- David Cook
58 - Carrie Underwood
64- Elliott Yamin
136- Kimberley Locke
Hot AC
1- Daughtry
13- Kelly Clarkson
17- Jordin Sparks
40- David Cook
66- Carrie Underwood
138- Elliott Yamin
145 - David Archuleta
