A very upset Aretha Franklin wrote an email to CNN after NBC’s ‘Today Show’ anchors Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb said Aretha Franklin would be too ‘old’ to be a judge on American Idol and that most contestants would not even know her music. How disrespectful! Aretha is a LEGEND and still very relevant. […]

Could this American Idolist be the Indian Usher?  Anoop Desai aka Anoop Dog was a top 6 finalist on American Idol.   Check him out covering Usher’s Climax and tell us what u think…Could he replace Ursher?

Contributed by Digital Intern, Malikka Michelle YMCMB animated raptress  Nicki Minaj took to the American Idol stage to perform her latest pop single “Starships.” Dressed in colorful flowing attire, Nicki  brought the beach to the AI audience. “Starships” is featured on the rapper’s sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.

One American “idol” may have just made history at Carnegie Hall, but plenty more are about to celebrate history at the world famous venue. Just days after Jay-Z performed on back-to-back nights for charity, “American Idol” Music Director Ray Chew will be holding “A Tribute To The Music of Motown” tonight, February 9th, 2012 at […]

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Baltimore native, Wayne Wilson, is Hollywood bound for this season of American Idol. Just days before the ‘Hollywood Week’ kicked off, I was able to sit one-on-one with Wayne as he talked about his ‘Road To American Idol’. Probably the craziest part of his audition( amongst the thousands of people) is how Wayne said he […]

American Idol alumnus Fantasia Barrino has given birth to her baby. The boy, named Dallas Zavier Barrino, was born at 4:14 p.m. at Presbyterian Hospital in North Carolina. He weighed in at 7lbs, 9 ounces and was 21 inches long. This is Barrino’s second child. She has a 10-year-old daughter named Zion. RELATED POSTS: Fantasia […]

Beyonce performed her new single “1+1” on the “American Idol” finale last night. The slow-paced, sentimental ballad poured out like a love letter: “I don’t know when I’m gon’ die, but I know I’m gon’ die by you. I don’t know much about fighting, but I will fight for you” We we’re expecting another uptempo […]

Kanye West surprised everyone Thursday night when he joined Katy Perry on the American Idol stage. The two performed the remix to Katy’s single, “ET”. The set and costume design were crazy, as Katy attempted to re-enact the “space-age” look she embodied in the video of the song. Katy wore a body suit and completed […]

Jennifer Lopez has taken the title as People Magazine’s 2011 Most Beautiful Woman In the World. The 41 year old singer and actress won the title over several other women who are half her age. Ryan Seacrest spoke with his American Idol colleague this morning and when asked about a quote from the interview, where the writer […]

Rihanna is set to heat up the stage of “American Idol” next week. The Loud singer recently performed her hit song, “California King Bed” with Jennifer Nettles at the American Country Music Awards and now we’ll get a chance to catch the Barbados cutie on our television sets again. It hasn’t been determined which song […]

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It’s not every day that you get an Oscar & Grammy award winner roll through Baltimore. Well yesterday, some lucky 92Q VIP’s got a chance to meet the talented Jennifer Hudson. The Chicago native was in town to promote her new album, I Remember Me, which is in stores on March 22nd. While she was […]