Ranking the Best 5 Singles from Last Year's American Idol Contestants
2. Allison Iraheta "Friday I'll Be Over U"
She's not burning holes in the charts the way Lambert and Kris Allen have in the past few months (those two have charted Top 20 singles on Billboard's Hot 100), but fourth-place finisher Iraheta's quirky, punchy track "Friday I'll Be Over U" entrenches her within 2010's pop landscape with a distinctly teenage bite. The video's also adorable. Wish that black-and-white skirt she's wearing didn't so closely resemble the album art from Norah Jones's Not Too Late, but I can forgive.
1. Kris Allen "Live Like We're Dying"
It's a minor chart hit and nearly unassuming, but the Idol winner's "Live Like We're Dying" is a believable, strongly sung pop tune with just the right hooks, chorus, and verses for an eighth-grade class trip. And come on: Is that not the Idol gold standard? Kris Allen's voice may not have the theatricality or range of Adam Lambert's, or even the edgy ebullience of Allison Iraheta's, but he does possess a certain comfort level and jocularity that we've preferred in recent pop stars like Michael Buble. Plus: Now we know how many seconds are in a day.
Not listed: Danny Gokey's "My Best Days are Ahead of Me," Scott MacIntyre's tracks from his new album Heartstrings, Megan Corkrey's two as-yet-unreleased singles
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Clearly, the best singles from this group are the ones that will never get recorded, so I think you got it backwards.
OK, WHY DID YOU LEAVE OUT DANNY GOKEY!!! Not only did Danny finish 3rd on Idol, but his single is MUCH better than Sarver's OR Desai's AT LEAST! Not to mention a couple others!
Matt has a single out, recorded with Anna Wilson. It reached number one on itunes jazz chart a couple of times - You Don't Know Me. It's really good. Not sure if you'd consider a duet as a single for Matt, though.
"...and that’s more than I expect from any sixth-place finisher." Just Jennifer Hudson 🙂
Nice review.
Wow, someone has strange opinions here.
Michael Sarver??
And Allison's piece of overproduced junk as #2?!
What are you smoking?
My rankings: #1 Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, Matt Giraud, Adam, Megan Joy
I enjoyed your opinion. But since I've graduated High School, I would go with 1. Allison, Friday I'll be over you.(I've never heard it on the radio. Too bad. It's the best song of the bunch.) 2. Whataya want from me. (It has PINK written all over it) I think it would of been a bigger hit if she sang it.Not as hated as Adam. #3 Live like we're dying. I think Kris got a bigger hit out of it, than if the Script sang it. I agree with #4 & #5.
I'm loving Anoop's new song. It's fun and has such a cool east meets west vibe. I'm impressed that he put such great materical together completely on his own. He should be proud. I'm looking forward to his cd !
Kris,Matt and Dannny are so good just hope to hear matt out there. Someone needs to sign him. I use to really like Allison but just dont care for her anymore cant understand what she sings most the time.
Megan Joy doesn't have a single out.She has songs posted on her MySpace but it's not out yet.Matt was guest singer in that Anna Wilson duet number that's a cover so I don't think that counts.
That being said, I am totally impressed that Anoop is able to come up with a really strong,unique pop RnB tune even if he is indie.I agree, it's instantly replayable.More power to him...
I love Anoop's single! It has such an awesome vibe and sound. He is something special! Can't wait for his cd!
I saw the American Idol tour this summer and altho I never liked Allison to begin with, her performance was horrible. I was in the 2nd role and i still couldn't understand a word she said. It was like a big scream concert. The last interview I saw of her, i think her fame went to her head. She seemed a bit smug.
I do like Matt Giraud.