Fox news on David Cook

lionel2341 · 04-22-2008, 05:47 PM

'Idol' MP3 86'D

It was there and now it isn't.

I told you Monday that "American Idol" contestant David Cook's album "Analog Heart" was available for downloading on Amazon's MP3 site. It was so popular that it rocketed to No. 1, beating Mariah Carey's latest release.

Tuesday, however, "Analog Heart" has been digitally removed. It's gone. Although a link remains to see the album cover, the ability to download it has been removed from the site. Additionally, the audio snippets for each song have been removed as well.

What remains are the 91 reviews from enthusiastic Cook fans who did download "Analog Heart" before "American Idol" had it pulled down. One can only wonder what's gone on backstage with Cook and the "Idol" producers, particularly the folks at 19 Entertainment. Cook seemed to be doing an end run around his contract with the show and management group before the contest ended.

Meanwhile, though Carey was playing second fiddle to Cook on Amazon, she's No. 1 this week in the real world. Her "E=MC2" album sold about 500,000 copies last week. It's her biggest first-week sales for a CD since Tommy Mottola said "Cherchez la femme."

rwealone · 04-22-2008, 07:39 PM

Hmmmm, the Music Business monster has raised his ugly head.

No_Left_Turn · 04-22-2008, 08:13 PM

Maybe A.I. wasn't getting a cut, so they had it pulled.

kelliedawnpicklerfan · 04-23-2008, 07:04 AM

YAY! DAVID's No.1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AshlaeSeacrest · 04-23-2008, 07:17 AM

I was happy to see him selling on amazon even if it was for awhile but I really hope people don't take this and run with it. It makes me upset if the media make this such a big deal especially when Carly who had a million dollar major record deal. Kristy and Michael also had major label deals. David A made it to the finals on Star Search and was involved with AI back in season 1, Jason was on a MTV show and Syesha has a big background of being a commerical actress for FORD. The producers sucked the life out of the show when they put all the plants into the competition. No disrespect to any of the contestants but seriously I hope the media doesn't make this a big deal and turn it into a negative.

kelliedawnpicklerfan · 04-23-2008, 11:35 AM

I'm glad he was on amazon. I realized that last year's idol songs had been taken off I-Tunes this year. I wonder why they do that.