Billboard (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
Country superstar Brad Paisley is putting the focus back on his guitar skills with "Play," a mostly instrumental album due this week via Arista Nashville.
KOMO - News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports that Kristy Lee Cook has signed with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville and plans a single next month, "15 Minutes of Shame," and an album in the fall.
Bitten and Bound (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Kristy Lee Cook, seventh place finisher on this past seasons American Idol, has signed a recording contract with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville. This is the same label that snapped up Carrie Underwood after she won AI season two. The talented Cook sang tunes from Lee Greenwood and Martina McBride during her Idol run and has now [...]
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Cook, the seventh place finisher on the seventh season of “American Idol,” has been signed to 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville, People reported.
ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
NASHVILLE, TN Season seven American Idol finalist Kristy Lee Cook has signed a recording contract with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville.# Arista...
Absolutely Fabulous (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Kristy Lee Cook, a contestant and finalist on the seventh season of American Idol has signed a record deal with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville. Kristy Lee Cook sings Rescue Me on the 7th season of American Idol. Kristy said “I’ve wanted this for so many years. To have the chance to be a country singer, to make [...]
The Village Vidiot (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Just about every "American Idol" fan predicted this would happen. Country crooner Kristy Lee Cook has signed a record deal with 19 Entertainment/Arista Nashville to cut a country music CD. Back during the competition, judge Randy Jackson said Cook was the one finalist he would sign immediately - and why not? She had a decent voice, and she's, well, blonde hotness. That makes her the second Cook
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
'AMERICAN Idol" Kristy Lee Cook has signed a record deal with Arista Nashville - for the second time. Cook was a teen when the same label first signed her - then dropped her before she had the chance to record her first song. Now, her debut CD...
The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Season Seven American Idol alum Kristy Lee cook has inked a deal with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville. The controversial country singer will release her debut album on the label in the Fall. Kristy’s first single, “15 Minutes of Shame,” will debut on radio August 11th.
Idol Stalker - Watching American Idol (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
American Idol season seven finalist, Kristy Lee Cook, may not have won the competition but she has scored a record deal with Arista Nashville! Here’s an interesting bit of history: Kristy was signed by the label as a teen but was dropped before she could even record anything! Her album is expected to be released [...]
OK! Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Will she be the next country superstar to come out of American Idol ? Blake Lewis is out . Kristy Lee Cook is in.
Idolator (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
American Idol patriot/panderer Kristy Lee Cook has signed with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville, and her first single will drop Aug. 11. It's called "15 Minutes Of Shame," which makes me wonder if it's going to be about the fact that she had to sing "Amazing Grace" some five or six times in order to just stay alive in this year's competition. [ Lifeline Live via MJ's Big Blog ]
Extra Weblog (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
Nominations have been announced for the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, and Kenny Chesney as emerged as the clear favorite with 11 nominations. The star-studded event will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in...
KOMO - News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
Carly Smithson, 24, has made headlines for having a pre-"Idol" career: The Irish crooner recorded a debut album, 2001's "Ultimate High," for MCA Records. It flopped - after the label spent more than $2 million trying to sell it.
cbs4denver.com: Entertainment (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
Carly Smithson progressed on "American Idol" Thursday amid controversy over her professional past. Smithson, 24, has made headlines for having a pre-"Idol" career: The Irish crooner recorded a debut album, 2001's "Ultimate High," for MCA Records. It flopped after the label spent more than $2 million trying to sell it.
