That phrase periodically pops into my head when I see David quietly going about his business saying and doing his own thing in a dynamic yet understated manner. I remember the first time I saw him perform. At the end Simon is telling David there are “19 very miserable”contestants and David is the “one to [...]

From USA Today Idol Chatter I’ve always thought David Archuleta’s Imagine was one of the riskiest choices a contestant has made on American Idol. There were so many ways that February 2008 performance could have backfired on David. Simon Cowell acknowledged as much afterward, telling David it was “very, very risky to do a John Lennon song [...]

by Brian Mansfield, Idol Chatter USA Today. Last week, David Archuleta returned to Nashville to write more songs for his next album. As he did during his last Music City visit in October, he worked with singer/songwriter Joy Williams, even staying at the house of Williams and her husband, Nate Yetton. “Sometimes, people are like, [...]

Brian Mansfield, blogger for Idol Chatter, USA TODAY’s gathering place for fans of  American Idol posted on his blog yesterday evening: Nashville’s been crawling with former Idols this week, and…I did get to sit down with David Archuleta for a few minutes Friday. If you haven’t read jdesab’s “Risk” thread in the Forum, you’ll want to do [...]

Poll: American Idol’s Hottest Guy By Brian Mansfield, USA Today – Idol Chatter After I posted a poll earlier today asking which of eight American Idol women people found hottest, some readers asked that I run a similar poll about the men. I’m a fair person, so I’m happy to do that. But I’d pulled [...]

From Bill Pinella – Idol Chatter columnist for The Press Democrat An Archuleta concert is all about “the voice” Concerts have a certain sameness to them – merchandise table, slightly late start, opening act you wish would hurry up, grand entrance of the main act. You know the routine. Then comes the star of the [...]

So far, David’s Christmas From The Heart has been selling steadily. As we get closer to the holidays, it’s beginning to pick up speed! Hopefully with the promos in flyers and on Itunes, and the upcoming t.v. appearances, David’s sales will get a great big boost! We already know how wonderful the album is; once [...]

From Idol Chatter: CD spotlight: David Archuleta delivers ‘Christmas from the Heart’ by Mark Franklin When I first heard that David Archuleta’s Christmas album would be released Oct. 13, I thought surely he’s jumping the gun to beat the other holiday releases. Then I checked the list of new music releases for last Tuesday. A [...]

Thanks to Naree for passing this along! From Idol Chatter at USAToday.com: First Listen: David Archuleta’s ‘Christmas From the Heart’ 12:55 PMYahoo! BuzzShare David Archuleta’s Christmas From the Heart is out today. I probably should’ve gotten to it earlier, but it’s a cool day, a good one for Christmas music in Nashville (plus, David’s in [...]

HE’S ONE OF “American Idol’s” most lauded contestants. He came pre-loaded with serious stage experience and he even had a measure of success with his singing before he auditioned. Once on the show, he was recognized at once as a tremendous talent and received constant waves of praise from the judges — except for occasional, [...]

From Idol Chatter: David Archuleta’s American Idol appearance pays off David Archuleta sees an exponential sales increase (like 2,000 percent) for Touch My Hand after performing it on Idol this week, going from well under a thousand units to nearly 13,000 (46,000 total), enough to put him on the chart at #98. Crush had almost [...]