Trailor Hicks, Kat McPhee and My Boy Daughtrey

While trolling the wide wide world of web...uncovered these tidbits...

1. Beneath Taylor Hicks' aw-shucks, Southern-boy demeanor may lie the soul of Naomi Campbell, if "American Idol" insiders are to be believed. As a source tells Star (via MSNBC), "The minute Taylor made the top 24, he became difficult and he seemed to get worse over time." To wit: Taylor wouldn't let a bodyguard go to the potty with him as producers required, and told another to "f*** off." What's more, Hicks refused to go to photo shoots and gave other contestants the silent treatment in the green room. "He was conceited and cold," says Star's source.

Now do I believe this or not? Yes, I do. That bumpkin has gotten zippo press since the flippin' finals except he was the grand marshall at Mardi Gras. Well Kat McPhee was in the Rose Bowl parade. And well, let's see, who rang in the New Year on freakin' tv? My boy Chris from Times Square. So there. Score 1...Chris

2. McPhee. If her album sales continue at this pace..she should sell about 300,000 copies...ever. She's only sold 163k right now. Kellie Picker has sold 433,000 of her album already...just to put it in perspective. Taylor was at 623,000 last week in sales. Back to kat, if you saw her on Ellen, they brought her out with 4.3 minutes left in the show and practically rolled the credits over her final line of her song. Ellen didn't even flirt with her at the couch. It was sort of sad. They sat down just with enough time to hear Katherine say, she just wants to sing right now, not act. Whatever, we all know she just wants to be famous. End of story.

3. Chris Daughtry has sold 1.63 million albums, averaging 77,000 per week. Now that his song "Going Home" is the sing-out in the loser montage on vote out week (previously sung out by Daniel Powter "So you had a bad day") I predict a pick up. I mean people, Daniel Powter rocketed to the moon with that exposure. Mmm, Mmm. I think Chris should see some real bump from this coup. Album currently #3 album in Itunes...and It's not Over is the #8 overall song on "Itunes. Not too shab-ola. He's hot.

And no blog about AI album sales would be complete without an update on my girl Carrie. She's sold a few records since her big win on Grammy, so she is up to 4.92 million sold. Hello? She saw a 60% jump in sales the week after the show. Me thinks some people said, "Hey, she pretty good" Damn straight. :)

Surprisingly, Kellie Clarkson has only sold about 800,000 more albums than Carrie...and her's has been out longer, don't forget. I loves Kellie...but she continues to be edged by Carrie in my book. Kelly is supposed to be releasing a new album soon. Can't find any scoop on that. Wish I could.