AMERICAN IDOL

New American Idol champion Scotty McCreery hit No.1 on the iTunes single charts on Thursday, as Fox television reported a 21 percent surge in viewers for the all country music finale of the long-running singing contest.

When Scotty McCreery was crowed the winner of American Idol season 10, there was one person obviously missing from the stage: Lee DeWyze.

Wednesday night's finale of American Idol was a star studded affair. A number of today's hottest artists took the stage at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles to perform with the contestants of American Idol.

Last night's American Idol finale featured some of the biggest stars in the music business rocking the stage.

Scotty McCreery just won the 10th season of American Idol! Lets take a quick look at his hometown...

Beyonce performed her new single, 'One Plus One' on American Idol's Finale on Wednesday and Scotty McCreery is the season 10 winner.

The battle of the two sixteen year old country singers, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery came out with McCreery on top.

The American Idol finale is over. Who will now win? Scotty McCreery or Lauren Alaina?

Last night on American Idol Beyoncé debuted her much anticipated music video for her single Run the World (Girls). The track is off her latest album titled 4.

Tickets for the Americal Idol Live Tour go on sale Friday. This year, the top 11 will be performing live.

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Mother Monster recently released her second single off Born This Way titled Judas. Last week Lady Gaga gave her fans a glimpse of the music video for Judas.

The Associated Press reported that former American Idol judge, Paula Abdul, has signed on as The X Factor's fourth judge. Abdul will join British singer Cheryl Cole, former Def Jam president L.A. Reid and Cowell on the judging panel.

Thursday night marked the first episode of The Office without Steve Carell, also known as Michael Scott.

Last night, one of the remaining five contestants was eliminated. The person who received the least amount of votes this week was Jacob Lusk.

While the full version that was shown on E! is ten minutes long, Mother Monster put up a five minute clip on YouTube.

American Idol contestant Haley Reinhart stunned the judges Wednesday when performing House of the Rising Sun by Animals.

Every year A-list celebrities celebrate fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala. This year, celebrities paid tribute to Alexander McQueen, who is the subject of this year's exhibit.

NBC's new singing competition 'The Voice' garners mixed response. While the viewers poured praises on show and judges online, the critics seem to be far from impressed.

Simon Cowell is working hard to finalize all the details of his upcoming show The X Factor.

After Kelly Clarkson kicked off a storm with her performance, seventh season winner David Cook took the 'Idol' stage to debut his new single, 'The Last Goodbye'.