• Camile Velasco and Matthew Rogers advance to 'American Idol' Top 12

  February 19, 2004
  Last night in a dramatic results show, it was announced that Camile Velasco from Haiku, Maui, HI, and Matthew Rogers from Rancho Cucamonga, CA, were chosen by America to become the next two contestants to make the Top 12 on American Idol.

• Ruben Studdard announces nineteen city concert tour

  February 18, 2004
  With a platinum debut album and a Grammy nomination under his belt, Ruben Studdard, the winner of last year's American Idol competition, says he's now ready to take his Soulful sound on the road.

• Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken announce thirty city concert tour

  January 18, 2004
  Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken, two of 2003's best selling new artists, have announced that they are joining forces for their first major nationwide headlining tour set to kick off in Charlotte, NC.

• Ruben Studdard's 'Soulful' drops to #8 in US while Clay's CD sales surpass Kelly

  December 29, 2003
  The second week wasn't a charm for American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard ... but his J Records labelmate Alicia Keys had another reason to celebrate Christmas this year.

• Kelly Clarkson's 'Thankful' certified double platinum in U.S.

  December 29, 2003
  She may no longer have the best-selling CD among the former American Idol contestants (at least according to Nielsen SoundScan), but Kelly Clarkson is still trying to keep up with Clay Aiken -- to the delight of RCA Records, the label for which both record.

• RCA cans commercial release of Clay Aiken's "Invisible" CD single

  December 18, 2003
  Once again, RCA has changed its mind with regard to release of Clay Aiken's CD single "Invisible" -- and the latest change isn't good news for American Idol 2 runner-up Clay's devoted fans.

• Ruben Studdard to guest-star on UPN's 'One on One'

  December 18, 2003
  Possible song choice for a duet between American Idol finalists Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard: Irving Berlin's "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better".

• Clay Aiken to guest-star on NBC's 'Ed' in January

  December 18, 2003
  NBC has announced that double platinum recording artist and American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken will make his acting debut as a singing star when he "pops" up as himself on an episode of NBC's Ed that is scheduled for broadcast in late January.

• Ruben Studdard's 'Soulful' debuts at #1 in U.S. with sales of 416,500 units

  December 17, 2003
  American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard finally has his own #1 CD to match runner-up Clay Aiken and Idol 1 winner Kelly Clarkson.

• 'Canadian Idol' Ryan Malcolm's album 'Home' debuts at #4 in Canada

  December 17, 2003
  The Pop Idol concept may not play as well in Canada as in the U.S. -- at least not on the album sales charts.

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