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Posted Jan 25th 2007 12:17PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: FOX, American Idol, Alumni, News and Gossip

Chris Daughtry,
American Idol Season Five's hard-rocking fourth runner-up, proves once again, that you don't have to win
American Idol in order to have a successful career in music.
This week, Daughtry's self-titled debut album sold 65,000 copies -- just 134 more copies than the
Dreamgirls soundtrack -- leaping to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard album charts.
Despite sluggish sales throughout the record industry, Daughtry has sold approximately 1.3 million CDs total in nine week of release.
Continue reading Chris Daughtry's debut album rises to top spot on charts
Posted Jan 24th 2006 11:10PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, OpEd, Love Monkey
A critic who reviewed this show said that there's nothing quite like it on television. I'd have to agree.
It manages to be both a romantic, funny, likable, light comedy/drama and an edgier comedy with pointed barbs,
quick and clever one-liners, and sharp pop culture/news references.
Is it like the moved Ed to New York City? Yeah, it actually is. Tom Cavanagh handles
the Ed part (duh), it has the mix of comedy and drama, it has the pop/rock soundtrack, and Jason Priestly and
Tom's sister even fill the Mike/Nancy roles (the marriage stuff, and he's even a doctor!). But it's just different
enough too.
Continue reading Love Monkey: Nice Package