Idol Update, Part 3: The Year-End Charts and Kat's Track List

Carrie Underwood isn’t the only “Idol” alum to hit the Billboard year-end charts. Here are just some of the numbers…

Kelly Clarkson’s “Breakaway” was the #10 album of 2006 and Kelly was the #14 artist overall…

Taylor Hicks’ single, “Do I Make You Proud” was #1 on the singles sales chart. Katharine McPhee’s “Over the Rainbow” was #2…

And Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day,” which “Idol” used for the eliminated contestant montage was the #1 song of the year…

Katharine McPhee has released the tracklist for her upcoming CD. Katharine’s got some heavy hitters helping her out, but surprisingly Diane Warren is not among them (And here I thought it was a rule that every “Idol” CD had to have at least one song written by her). I would’ve thought Katharine would’ve been a natural for her work. Kara DioGuardi, who is quickly becoming another “Idol” favorite, does contribute two tracks, though. I’m also excited to see Austin Carroll co-wrote a track. You may recall that Carroll was the only star on the failed reality show, “The One: The Making of a Superstar” (See my post at http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/tuned/2006/07/one-is-one-bad-idol-rip-off.html.) It’s great to see Austin making a name for himself and I hope we’ll hear him doing his own stuff soon…

Here’s the cover art for the CD, courtesy of AOL:


As Katharine’s web site says, “We’re not in Kansas anymore”…