Tidbits 7/23

• Raleigh News & Observer article about AI5 fourth-placer Chris Daughtry: ""American Idol" losers can wind up doing as well as the winners, and occasionally even better. Consider Raleigh's Clay Aiken, 2003 runner-up, who has surpassed that year's winner, Ruben Studdard." Also mentions ATDW: "CLAY AIKEN The runner-up beats the winner to the stores with the Sept. 19 release of his third album. The tentative title is "A Thousand Different Ways.""
  
• The Deadbolt: AI5 finalists going to the White House, but "President Bush hasn't been a fan of previous winners and popular idols like Kelly Clarkson, Justin Guarini, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood or Bo Bice."
• Variety: get ready for a pile of Idol CD's this fall... "Clay Aiken's second non-holiday album is due Sept. 19. His debut, "Measure of a Man," released Oct. 14, 2003, sold 2.8 million copies. RCA Music Group insiders figure 400,000-500,000 copies are sold as a souvenir of the show; anything above that is evidence that the music is finding an audience." (Clay's got an audience!)
  

• ClayKat returns and blogs about the Kite Runner and the sophomore album. She mentions our ATDW ad.
• Rooting For Clay Aiken has an interesting blog about ATDW, astrology mixed together with some clack.
• A personal blog at Yahoo 360 -- Clay gets down and dirty with WDC -- video included.
  

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