• RCA cans commercial release of Clay Aiken's "Invisible" CD single

  December 18, 2003
  Once again, RCA has changed its mind with regard to release of Clay Aiken's CD single "Invisible" -- and the latest change isn't good news for American Idol 2 runner-up Clay's devoted fans.

• Ruben Studdard to guest-star on UPN's 'One on One'

  December 18, 2003
  Possible song choice for a duet between American Idol finalists Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard: Irving Berlin's "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better".

• Clay Aiken to guest-star on NBC's 'Ed' in January

  December 18, 2003
  NBC has announced that double platinum recording artist and American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken will make his acting debut as a singing star when he "pops" up as himself on an episode of NBC's Ed that is scheduled for broadcast in late January.

• Ruben Studdard's 'Soulful' debuts at #1 in U.S. with sales of 416,500 units

  December 17, 2003
  American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard finally has his own #1 CD to match runner-up Clay Aiken and Idol 1 winner Kelly Clarkson.

• Clay Aiken's final college course led to launch of Bubel/Aiken Foundation

  December 10, 2003
  Sometimes the best stories take place behind the scenes. Thanks to the controversy about Clay Aiken's graduation this month, we just learned one of them.

• Clay Aiken CD certified double platinum, while Clay prepares for graduation day

  November 21, 2003
  Not many graduating collegians can claim to have two platinum records. But then again, not many graduating collegians are Clay AIken.

• Clay Aiken wins American Music Awards "Fan's Choice" award

  November 17, 2003
  Clay Aiken might have lost last spring's American Idol 2 viewer voting contest to Ruben Studdard, but his devoted fans apparently made sure that Clay wouldn't fall just short a second time. Powered by the efforts of his "clay maniacs," Aiken took home the American Music Awards Fan's Choice award on Sunday night, beating out 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake, and Beyonce among others. The award is the only AMA award where the winner is determined by online fan voting.

• 'American Idol 2' semifinalist Jaered Andrews acquitted in bar fight death

  November 15, 2003
  Looks like Jaered told the truth.

• Strategy shift: RCA to release commercial CD of Clay Aiken's "Invisible" single

  November 15, 2003
  RCA should have listened to us in the first place. When you have an artist who only gets respect at the cash register, make use of it.

• Clay Aiken CD drops to #8 in U.S. as total sales top 1 million units

  November 12, 2003
  Billboard reports that, in a week dominated by new releases, the debut CD from American Idol 2 runner-up Clay Aiken has dropped to eighth place on the Nielsen SoundScan U.S. Album Sales charts (which also serve as the Billboard 200) in its fourth week of release. The CD, Measure of a Man, sold 113,000 copies for the week ended November 9 -- a 19% drop from its sales during the previous week.

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