Haley Reinhart, Carrie Underwood, Adam Lambert, and Kris Allen All Have New Albums Out!

New albums galore! Plenty of Idol alums have been releasing albums this year, including Carrie Underwood; season 8 winner, Kris Allen; Kris' runner-up, Adam Lambert; and season 10 fan favorite, Haley Reinhart. All of their albums have been selling well, with Carrie and Adam's each having a run at the top of the Billboard chart, Kris' album expected to start in the top 20, while Haley has a chance of squeaking in a top 10 Billboard debut. All of the albums spent quite a while in the iTunes top 10, with Carrie and Adam's peaking at #1, Haley's at #4, and Kris' around #5. Also, all of the albums have been doing great review-wise. Carrie, Adam, and Kris' albums all have 4.5/5 stars on iTunes while Haley's has 5/5 stars.

Personally, my favorite would have to be Haley's debut album, Listen Up!. However, I love Carrie's Blown Away and Adam's Trespassing. Sadly, I have not had a chance to listen to Kris' Thank You Camellia yet, but I'm sure I'll love it.

So, Idolheads, which album is your favorite? Also, which of the albums should we do a review for? All of them? None of them? Sound off in the comments!

And if you haven't been able to get them yet, be sure to! Here are links to their albums on iTunes:
Haley Reinhart, Listen Up!
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away
Adam Lambert, Trespassing
Kris Allen, Thank You Camellia

Pia Toscano Talks About Her First Album

Pia Toscano, A.K.A. the Jennifer Hudson of season 10, has recently revealed what kind of material will be on her first album. She also said that getting eliminated early has been a hidden blessing. She says that she thinks having more time was an advantage that the other contestants won't get. For example, Lauren and Scotty's debut albums (and for the latter, only album) will most likely feel very rushed as they will be pushed to get the CD out as soon as possible. Pia, on the other hand, has had two months more than them to prepare, select, and record her work.


Here's what she had to say about her upcoming album:

"It's definitely going to be big ballads, but there's also going to be those fun up-tempo songs, those dancing songs," she reveals. "I feel like on the show people really only saw me in one way, and I want to show the world that I can do other things." 

Exciting! Are you happy that Pia will be doing some dance-y, uptempo songs? Or do you prefer her big ballads?