Kris Allen

Slow down and re-read that headline: "American Idol" winner Kris Allen hasn't suddenly decided to sing a duet with Adam Lambert . But on the night Lambert treated American Music Awards audiences to a raunchy show, Allen did recount his own public kissing fiasco. "This woman was taking a picture with me, but right before the picture was taken she grabbed my face and stuck her tongue down my throat," he told FOX News just before the AMAs ceremony. And what of "Idol" runner-up Lambert? "Both of us are going to be compared to each other for awhile, probably until the next 'Idol' happens," ... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the "American Idol" tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position. Balled up in a patio chair on the 10th-story balcony at the offices of 19 Entertainment in Los Angeles, Lambert is the portrait of the goth as a young man -- black clothes and combat boots; dyed black hair and black nail polish; ... Read Full Story

  Though newly minted American Idol winner Kris Allen is basking in the joy of releasing his self-titled debut, there is one thing missing in his life. "Furniture," the singer, who just moved into a new home in Los Angeles with wife Katy, told PEOPLE at the American Music Awards on Sunday. "We don't have any furniture in the house yet, but we are trying to find it," he adds, admitting the hunt has been a little difficult. "We don't have time," says Allen of trying to fit in a few furniture shopping moments. "So that's why we are sleeping on a blowup mattress ... Read Full Story

  LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash 's " Ring of Fire " on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the " American Idol " tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position. Balled up in a patio chair on the 10th-story balcony at the offices of 19 Entertainment in Los Angeles , Lambert is the portrait of the goth as a young man -- black clothes and combat boots; ... Read Full Story

  LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – A year ago, Kris Allen was attending the University of Central Arkansas, playing gigs at local bars and adjusting to life as a newlywed. Now, thanks to " American Idol ," he's enough of a brand name that his major-label debut is self-titled. "Kris Allen" (19 Recordings/Jive) was released November 17 , and odds are good that Allen can build off his digital-single sales success from "American Idol." To date, Allen has sold 1.1 million copies of tracks he performed on the show, according to Nielsen SoundScan , led by his version of the show's coronation song "No Boundaries" ... Read Full Story