David Cook and his post Idol Career

Posted on June 14th, 2008 in the album analog heart, david cook

For the Billboard chart week ending May 25, 2008, a week following Cook’s American Idol victory, Cook broke several Billboard chart records.

Most notable was his record shattering feat of having eleven songs debut on the Hot 100 that week, beating the previous record set by Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) in 2006 when she had six songs debut on the chart.[33] Cook’s first single, "The Time of My Life" led the pack, debuting at #3 on the Hot 100.

Cook’s eleven charting songs also gave him the most songs by one artist on the Hot 100 of any week in the Nielsen SoundScan era (which began in 1991), and the most of any era since The Beatles placed 14 songs on the chart the week of April 11, 1964.

In addition, that same week Cook also broke the record for the most debuts on Billboard’s Hot Digital Songs chart, where he placed 14 debut entries, the record of which was previously six set by Bon Jovi in 2007.

Cook’s 17 entries had a combined total of 944,000 digital downloads in the first week of selling.

Cook is currently due to work with Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and Jesse McCartney on his upcoming album.

The album is slated to release in the fall of 2008.

From wikipedia.