He’s seriously everywhere these days, hanging out in Toronto, Canada now where he is doing some promo for his album! Just before he left the country, there was one more appearance that the twitter page of IdolTracker clued us in to:

The SAG Awards are the Screen Actors Guild Awards, one more of these TV and movie awards shows. When Laura Saltman from Access Hollywood asked Adam why exactly he showed up, he just responded with a big smile ‘I got invited, and thought why not? I’m just here to hang out!’ And hang out he did, guess with who?

Yup. Justin Timberlake. And now there are rumors floating around that Justin wants to write a song for Adam, according to this LA Times article: “at the People Magazine-sponsored after party, [...] (Adam) was spotted early on chatting with Justin Timberlake. In fact, the two hit it off so well, JT offered to write a song for Adam! Naturally, we asked Adam about this little exchange, to which he responded: “I would loooove that,” and crossed his fingers with eyes to the sky. (We crossed our toes in solidarity, not that he noticed).

Adam didn’t stay at the party for long since it took mere minutes for a line of fans to form, some of them famous (Chris Colfer from “Glee,” Maulik Pancholy from “Weeds” and “30 Rock”), others simply adoring “Idol” voters, all hoping for their own tête-à-tête. Next up for Adam: a special birthday performance for new judge Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show this Tuesday.”

Good to hear that Adam is out and about, and networking with the Hollywood A-listers! And even better to hear that they support him as well, obviously. Plus, another appearance on Ellen this Tuesday, where he will be performing ‘Strut’!

Watch Adam give interviews on the red carpet here (fashionably late, as usual - he explained that he just rushed out of a sunglasses photoshoot); with Laura Saltman from Access Hollywood and Giuliana Rancic from E! News:

It might have been a hint already, seeing as Adam was featured in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, in which he commented on some of the Grammy nominees (obviously flailing over Lady Gaga and Beyonce again):

And on Ryan’s radio show, Adam already gave away that it was ‘very likely’ that he would do the red carpet coverage for the Grammys; but since nothing was confirmed yet he couldn’t give the details, to Ryan’s chagrin. Now, however, Adam took his twitter to tell the world - in his completely own style - what he was going to do for the Grammys:

First, he tweeted “More good news: I will be Entertainment Weekly’s Red Carpet Coorespondant for the GRAMMYS! “Who are you wearing?!” ”

Then he obviously caught (or was made aware by a dozen twats) his latest word invention: “Correspondent. Spelling. My specialty.”

After which he realized yet another, probably even more drastic, mistake in his first tweet: “Shoot! Entertainment TONIGHT! not weekly. Hahah post-nap haze got me all stupid.”

It did already sound a bit weird, doing the Grammys coverage for EW. But in the end, the big word came out: Adam will be interviewing the celebs at the Grammys for Entertainment Tonight! Sounds like a really nice gig for him, and just imagine how awesome it would be if he would get to interview Lady Gaga on the red carpet?!

Last friday, Adam went to the Kiis-fm studios to make an appearance on Ryan Seacrest’s morning radio show ‘On Air With Ryan Seacrest’! He called in to the show before, just after he released the For Your Entertainment single; and now Ryan felt it was about time to invite him again for a longer interview! One of the co-producers Negative Natalie was announcing the news the day before and asking Adam fans for questions:

 
After which her twitter account was flooded. The next morning she tweeted again, and turns out she is quite a bit of an Adam fan herself:

 
She, as well as her collegue Patty, took some photos of Adam waiting in the Green Room - obviously still very sleepy and not glammed out yet. Hey, who can blame him at 7ish in the morning?

Ryan’s security guard obviously wasn’t that impressed with Adam, as minutes before they went on air he said that he ‘voted for Kris, as he was the better singer’ to which Ryan quipped back, ‘well lie, don’t say that to the guy - he’s about to pull up!’.

The interview was funny, typically Adam, and also had some fans calling in and proclaiming their love for Adam; and in the end he revealed that big news was coming up, as he might do some red carpet reporting for the Grammys! Despite Ryan’s pleading and begging (feeling the competition for sure), Adam insisted he could not give the details just yet.

Listen to the full interview below:

Woman’s Day interviewed Adam’s mom, Leila. She’s always seemed like such a classy and sweet lady, and this interview only reinforces that impression! Articulate, well-spoken (just like both of her lovely sons), and sharing a bunch of childhood memories with us. (Link: here)

An American Idol Mom
WD talks to Adam Lambert’s #1 fan—his mom, Leila
By Angela Ebron Posted December 29, 2009 from WomansDay.com

What was Adam like as a little boy?
He was very precocious. I took him to a lot of plays and concerts when he was small, and he always found a deeper meaning in them while I always took things literally. One time we went to see Les Miserables when Adam was 8. Afterward, he went into this elaborate discussion about how things were staged. He was so inquisitive, always asking questions. When he was about 5 years old he asked, “If God is in the sky, how does he see through the roof?” I had to tell him, “I’ll get back to you on that.”

What was your reaction the first time you realized Adam had such an incredible voice?
I remember he was in a children’s production of Fiddler on the Roof when he was about 10 years old. I’d never watched the rehearsals. So during the show when he got on top of a table and let out this note, I just looked at his dad and said, “Where’d that come from?”

Did you always believe that your son would make it in the music business one day?
Adam has always said that you don’t get discovered, you have to work for it. I thought his hard work would be what would pay off for him—and it has.

How has life changed since American Idol?
It’s very surreal. I have a hard time realizing that my son is now a household name to many people. The beauty is he’s still living in the same town he’s lived in for the last nine years and he still has the same friends. But the amount of work he’s doing has changed. Although he can’t always go places and he has to try to be more inconspicuous, he really appreciates the love and support of his fans. They have touched his life. Once when we were at a restaurant, a woman from another table came up and asked if he’d sing “Happy Birthday” to her daughter. I said, “No, we’re eating,” but Adam said, “It’s OK, Mom,” and told the woman that he’d stop by after we’d finished. He went over in a little bit and sang to her daughter. It was a wakeup call for me.

Many people thought Adam should have won American Idol. Do you think not winning may actually be better, given the success of other Idol alums like Jennifer Hudson and Chris Daughtry?
I really don’t think it matters. Being first, second or third—one isn’t any better than the other. I think Adam would be in the same position if he’d won.

What was your favorite American Idol performance by Adam?
I loved when he performed “Satisfaction.” And “Black or White.” And “One.” I can’t pick a favorite!

What do you think of Simon Cowell?
I never really met him. Paula was the one who’d take the time after every show to come over and talk. She was so supportive. But Simon’s critiques were right a lot of the time. He knows what he’s talking about.

What’s one thing people would be surprised to know about Adam?
A lot of people think he’s caught up in the business, but when I see him with his friends he doesn’t even talk about his career.

If you had to describe your son in one word, what would it be?
Honest.

What was your favorite Mother’s Day present from Adam?
A card he made for me when he was 15. There was a flower on the front and each petal was cut out from foil. Inside he’d written a poem about how much he loved and appreciated me. I still have that card.

What do you think of Adam’s For Your Entertainment album cover?
It’s not my favorite. I don’t tend to go outside the box, but Adam is a free spirit. He was just being himself. He liked it and thought it was fun. It’s an expression of his creativity.

Did all the media speculation about Adam’s sexuality (before he confirmed that he is gay) bother you?
It didn’t bother me at all because it’s who Adam is. He didn’t want his being gay to be the focus. He wanted to address it when the time was right.

You moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco to help Adam; what’s your role in his career now?
I’m so happy and thrilled to be a part of what’s going on, but I don’t have a huge role. I’m not managing him. I’ll give you an example of what I do. He called me late one night from rehearsal while he was recording the album. He needed a shirt for an appearance the next morning and asked me to iron one for him. That’s my role. I’m here for him when he needs me. I’m just his mom.

What’s your hope for your son?
To be surrounded by people who love him. That’s what I want for him more than anything—to enjoy life and be surrounded by love.

To kick off the New Year, some more cute, funny, or flattering news surrounding Adam. Take for example the promo Fox used in Asia, with For Your Entertainment as the background music. Remember that one? Good. We got another! This time actually aimed at an American audience, as FYE is used again in the promo of Showtime Golden Globes.

Then there is MSN.com, where they always list the music ‘hits’ and ‘misses’ towards the end of the year. Guess who was a big ‘hit’ for 2009? Yes, our dearest Adam! The description going along with the nomination is very fitting and one of the best and adequate summaries of Adam’s year.

Oh, and what about our friends over at ABC? Looks like Adam singlehandedly made them more open and tolerant when it comes to gays. Granted, he was kind of banned from the network for a bit, but looks like they learned from his AMA performance.. Why you ask? Just check out what they showed during a DAYTIME show. What, censoring because it’s day time?! Nah. ABC doesn’t care anymore.

Also, Adam’s got himself a Chinese nickname already. Yup, you made it boy. What that name is you ask? Dang dang. Explanation, as given on AO: “It is the character for “contemporary” or “modern” doubled. The trendiest kind of nickname for young Chinese people right now is one character doubled, which is what this is. It originates from the standard English to Chinese translation of “Adam”, which is Ya Dang. To make his nickname, his Chinese fans dropped the first character and doubled the second one.”

Adam’s got himself quite the fanbase already.. just check out this cute video with several Chinese declaring their love for ‘Dang dang’.

And last ‘you know you made it’ when.. JLo starts stealing your signature dance moves! Wonder if she is going to get some backlash from this.. I mean, it was live on NYE on ABC. Hello?

Okay, a bonus one. You know you’re there when Pamela Anderson flashes her boobs at you. Poor Adam.

“It’s hard to imagine any Idol going through a crazier 2009 than Adam Lambert, whose year was filled with enough highs and lows to fill an entire season of Fantasia’s reality show. But the man always kept his cool. And he certainly looked cool last night on the red carpet of Gridlock NYE, the 5,000-capacity Hollywood megaparty at Paramount Studios where he headlined 2009’s New Year’s Eve. (That was definitely a step up from Mark’s Restaurant, the aforementioned intimate eatery where he sang on December 31, 2008.) With both his glittery tuxedo coat and painted face looking like they were lovingly attacked by a Bedazzler–in the best possible way, of course–Adam sparkled like a star.”

Lyndsay Parker was only amongst the many reviewers to praise Adam’s show at Gridlock’s New Years Eve Bash, where he performed a full 10 song set plus one extra (1. Music Again; 2. If I Had You; 3. Whataya Want From Me; 4. Strut; 5. Sure Fire Winners; 6. Soaked; 7. For Your Entertainment; 8. Sleepwalker; 9. Fever; 10. Down The Rabbit Hole, and the old Idol favorite Whole Lotta Love as an encore).

Adam sparkled bright and wore an amazing outfit, and described himself as being ’sparkly and glittery, trying to match the fireworks tonight!’ in the pre-show press interviews. Some of the redcarpet clips:

Videos of all songs also made their way to Youtube, so here it goes, in order:

Great job Adam, he looked like he had lots of fun and most of us can certainly appreciate that as well!

But the kids love him nonetheless!!! Great video. Hope Adam will get to see this and realize that he has such a wide range of fans!

Gossip websites Celebrity Gossip.com and JustJared.com caught Adam going to the Ole Henriksen Skin Care in Los Angeles last sunday. Accompanying him was his best friend, Danielle. They spent the day being pampered and just relaxing! Good thing Adam is keeping his pre-idol friends close and is finally relaxing after a hectic and crazy year.

A year, that he will close off headlining the LA Gridlock New Year’s Eve event, as reported before. However, after some gossip and rumors started by vague sources, Adam took Twitter to make it clear that this event is only for a live audience and will not be streamed or televised. So no 40-minutes set of Adam on television during New Years, sadly enough. Some Adam fans that are attending however are trying to re-live the tours Adamcast to provide streaming for the rest of us.

Back to Adam’s Spa visit. Some photos are copied below, for more (yeah, it was paparazzi; meaning 30ish photos per website) go to either CelebrityGossip.com or JustJared.com.

Adam and Danielle arriving

Walking out with some goodies. Love the sunglasses!

Up and close..

Shooing away the paps. Seriously Adam, what’s up with that funky keychain?

Sad, sad story. Terri Sanvicente, also known as glitteraquarius on twitter, died on Christmas eve. The mother of three was beaten to death by her children’s father - while the children and a babysitter overheard the whole scene. For the newsarticle, go here.

Terri was a big fan of Adam, and her twitterpage was filled with comments aimed at Adam himself, his band as well as other fans. She seemed like a genuine and happy person, who was enjoying life and her three young children - as well as everything Adam related.

Adam took his twitter to express his sorrow at this heartless deed: “My thoughts are with the children and babysitter of Terri Sanvicent. Terri had so much joy to share. Light and love to her memory.”

No words can express the sadness and cruelty of the event. Why would someone be so driven by hate to feel as if they have the right to take some else’s life? And especially in this case, such a beautiful, happy person as Terri, mother of young children and someone who was enjoying life to the max.. Sad.

Hate is pointless; and violence is never the answer. Never!!!!!

A facebook group has been created in her honor, where messages can be left for the family. Click here.

R.I.P. Terri.. May your soul find peace..

EDIT: For those who would like to honor her memory, a fund can be made to the Woman Shelter as tweeted by Adam! This is the link.

This is great! Every time you happen to be watching Fox, keep your eyes open for their NEW promo! Set to a very familiar song.. For Your Entertainment! It looks really, really nice and totally goes with the lyrics of the song! So, this will expand the song’s awareness by a ton, maybe it is not the ‘forgotten’ single after all? Who knows.. Anyways, it will never hurt - Some people who just like the song but don’t know Adam might have a chance to get to know him now! And let’s be honest, the song sounds totally awesome put to those Fox clips!

During the Jay Leno interview, Adam happily described his first job working as a barista at Starbucks: “I worked at Starbucks when I was 16. It was alright, I liked meeting new people, I liked talking to customers - that was exciting. But I used to come home, and I just stunk of coffee beans. It’s awful. (..) It just sinks into your skin. And if you’ve ever smelled coffee grinds after they’ve been sitting for a while, it’s like menour.. it’s awful.”

There is a perfect picture of 16-year-old Adam to go along with this description; it’s been around for a while but in the context of this interview it doesn’t hurt to bring it up again. Adam as a Starbucks barista.

If we go back even more, to an 8-year-old Adam, we find a new photo! The 3rd grade of Deer Canyon Elementary school in 1990, with mrs. Donndellinger, shows an adorable young kid. Try to see if you can spot Adam amongst all of these kids?

In case you can’t - I don’t blame you, the kid has changed slightly over the course of the years! - try looking at the top row, the second boy from the left. With a dazzling smile and oversized blue shirt. Wanna zoom in a bit? Here you go!

Very, very cute!

The last days of the year are kind of quiet Adam-wise, but that might be for the better - he’s had his fair share of publicity and attention to last a lifetime (or at least until the end of the year!). He seems to have some days off and is enjoying himself, as he tweeted that he went to the Lady Gaga concert two days ago. Some fans spotted him there having fun and dancing with his friends.

He’s such a Lady Gaga fanboy, super adorable!

There was even a silly rumor that Adam would be performing with Lady Gaga last night, but that seemed to be made out of bs as nothing happened during the concert - apart from Lady Gaga receiving a special award after selling 8 million albums within a year.

On another note, we all know that ‘Fever’ was originally a Gaga song, but apparently it is quite an old song already. In this video, she performed the song on the piano when she was still unknown. It dates back to 2006, and was in an Italian restaurant called the Cutting Room. Scroll forward to 5:40 to hear her (original) version of Fever! And of course, all comments are dominated by Adam fans already, haha.

A couple of days ago there were the videos of dance troups using Adam’s song as their inspiration, and now it might be fun to look at some singers covering various songs! For example, one of Adam’s best friends - Ferras - who also co-wrote Aftermath, put out an awesome cover of Whataya Want From Me. He also admits to being ‘obsessed’ with the song, and tells Adam just before he starts: ‘Eh, Adam, don’t shoot me, cuz if it sucks.. you’ll just have to deal with it!’

He seems like such a sweet guy, and has a gorgeous voice! Adam is lucky to have such sweet friends who never sold him out but keep on supporting him in their own ways.

Then there are a couple of guys who put out covers of For Your Entertainment. It seems like Adam really inspired and touched them, if the description of the video is any means to go by! Good to see that the fanbase of Adam does surely encompass more than only females, as is often claimed - and that men also really look up to Adam.

This first guy covered FYE using a piano, and said that ‘this man is such an inspiration. When I first saw him on American Idol, I saw so much of myself in him. I’m equally as flamboyant, the constant feeling like an outsider, misunderstood due to one’s alternative appearance & nature…etc etc etc. Great guy. Great debut single.‘

The second used an acoustic guitar, and mentioned ‘cool new song that I like and put my own spin on (it’s hard to keep a dance pop song sounding similar when playing it on the acoustic :P) Adam Lambert’s a great new icon in the music industry, and I hope he’s here to stay ‘. It came out really nicely!

Time for all Adam fans to start cheering again! It is the end of the week, meaning that the updated sales numbers for last week are released. After Adam sold 198,466 in his first week (#3), 50,999 in his second week (#22), and about 46,000 in his third week (#30).. he closes off his first month with an amazing 37% increase compared to last week and leaps up three places in the sales ranking, to #27!

Total sales for this week got a boost because of the holiday season, and probably his appearances on So You Think You Can Dance and Chelsea Lately paid off.. and this reflects in a total sales of 62,623 albums, breaking the 350,000 barrier in his cumulative total while reaching a total sales number of 358,088 for his first month!!!

This surely exceeds expectations and it looks like Adam’s heading towards Gold status in his second month (for which total sales of 500,000 are needed) and might have a good shot of going platinum in the long run! Especially now that he is still appearing on Jay Leno tonight, and since his single is finally taking off, the album can be reasonably expected to keep selling well!

Speaking about the single.. Billboard.com tweeted about a sneak preview to its updated rankings (available on thursday), and guess who they mentioned as one of their biggest gainers?

“Chart Highlights offers a sneak peek at a select group of Billboard charts every Monday. Find out the top songs, Greatest Gainers and debuts on the surveys listed below.” The picture accompanying this article?

The news it brings us?

Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** “Replay” Iyaz
Greatest Gainer No. 2 “TiK ToK” Ke$ha
Debut No. 35 “Whataya Want From Me” Adam Lambert (pictured above, right)
Debut No. 38 “In My Head” Jason Derulo
Debut No. 39 “Smile” Uncle Kracker

ADAM IS DEBUTING IN THE BILLBOARD RANKINGS AT NUMBER 35! After the holiday freeze, Adam will definitely get more and more airplay and might have a good shot at doing really well with this single! Internationally, FYE is also getting more and more attention, so once Adam starts doing some promotion overseas he’ll most likely find that his style and music will appeal to many across the globe.

So its good news all around just before Christmas! A video coming up, album and single both doing amazingly well.. What more can we ask for? Oh, probably a good show on Leno tonight will be nice, too!

Even though many want us to believe that Adam is a bad influence on the children, especially after he ‘corrupted’ them during the AMAs (blahblahblah).. Adam really seems like such a sweetheart with children. And children seem to love him in return, too! Remember how they voted him their favorite artist? But, for those of us that need more proof of this fact, get ready to ‘AWWW’ and squeel in delight.

One of the most adorable Adam photos ever, where he carries an equally adorable little girl. They both look so content, makes one wonder what a great dad Adam would make! He did admit to wanting a family after all, and seeing how much he loves kids.. He’ll be perfect! This little girl, fyi, is Monte’s oldest daughter, Ariel. She does have the same expression as her dad - who is by the way expecting twins with his wife, so little Ariel will get siblings! Get ready for more adorable-ness if Adam ever poses with those babies..

And, randomly found this and it was too good not to share! A little girl’s Thanksgiving prayer. Hilarious!

Throughout the night, various actors starring in the music video for Whataya Want From Me have been tweeting their whereabouts and even uploaded some photos and clips of Adam.

Clayton Johnson, who was one of the first to clue us in that there was actually a music video happening, hasn’t been up to a lot of tweeting but only mentioned that he was:

A lot more information was received from Julianna, the girl who already promised updates throughout the night. Her twitter is filled with updates and information. At one point, she could even tell us the general direction of the video! After Clayton mentioned that he was shooting a ‘club scene’, she confirmed this by mentioning that she is ‘playing a girl who’s to young to get in the club.‘

Then, she casually mentioned Adam’s outfit: ‘(Adam) looks beautiful in a black suit/tie/snake leather shoes!‘. Ooh, sounds good already! And, according to her, Adam was ‘very nice and funny’. Hey, what’s new? She also managed to take a quick photo, only showing Adam’s head:

And another one without his head but just the outfit!

Adam mentioned to her that he’s been on set since 7am that morning, and that the whole video was being shot that day. The tone of the video is described as being ‘intense’, and shot from the point of view of Adam’s lover, and there is ‘some fighting‘. Plus, Adam is ‘wearing this cool ass skull ring and skull buttons on his collar‘.

There is already a video floating around where people are fussing over Adam’s outfit and the director tells everyone what to do. Looks really cool. This was uploaded by Alyxx Dione, who is probably another actress in the video, as she mentioned earlier that day that she was ‘On set working on @adamlambert’s video for “Whataya Want From Me”. If you haven’t heard the song, you must! Its dope!‘

Poor people out in the cold! But at least, as one of the actors tweeted, they’ve got Mexican food on set to keep ‘em going..

So the general idea must be something like Adam having a fight with his ‘lover’ (male/female? Would be interesting to see what he goes with!), and then something with a club / outside of a club. Julianna tweeted this short video, where Adam is being mobbed by paparazzi/fans as he walks out of the club. It’s without a doubt part of the shoot (hear the ‘ACTION!’ in the beginning?).

This would mean that in the video Adam is already portrayed as a star, one who is having relationship issues; and tries to work it out by going clubbing? And the whole thing is seen through his troubled lover’s eyes, maybe someone who is wondering whether Adam wants him to stay home and out of the public eye or go out with him and be seen and hogged by paps, a true ‘whataya want from me?’

Probably reading too much in this but it is fun to come up with scenerios that fit with the hints we’ve been given so far! And the question remains, will the lover be revealed as being male or female, or remain anonymous? Male would be really brave and true to who Adam really is - but might cause controversy again. Thoughts?

(and let’s hope Adam is back home and in his warm bed by now. Here we are thinking he is finally getting some rest because of how quiet it’s been around him, but in fact he’s pulling 24 hour days filming a music video!)

Since Jay Leno seems to be totally obsessed with Adam, maybe he remembers this too? He already met Adam before American Idol made him famous! A couple of years ago, the Los Angeles cast of Wicked performed on his show - and a youtube clip of this performance has surfaced (thankyou LibraLamb7 for the link!).

The song is ‘One Short Day’, and is the scene where the witches of Oz are going to see the Wizard in the Emerald city. Stephanie Block and Kendra Kassebaum are the main performers, and Adam is - in his own words - in the ensemble, in the back. He’s starting off on the far left, dancing with a girl, and wearing a green hat, a blue coat and purple-ish pants. Plus, he’s spotting the most adorable little moustache, glasses and a goatee. At 0:37 there’s a really good shot of him, and after that, he kind of gets lost in the group dance.

So funny to see him dancing and acting here! Would be interesting if Jay actually remembers somehow - but that’s not likely at all, since Adam wasn’t more than one of many dancers. How things have changed, Jay’s covering some Adam related material in nearly every show and now he is having him over as one of his main guests tomorrow night! Looking forward to a great show!

According to various sources, Adam is in the process of shooting a music video for his latest single ‘Whataya Want From Me’. There aren’t that many details available yet - quite the opposite from For Your Entertainment, where the dubious photos of scandily clad actors and Adam in a Matrix outfit surfaced quite rapidly. The only information available so far is taken from the Twitter pages of those people that are allegedly the actors of the shoot.

This guy, for example, Clayton Johnson, is probably one of the actors - he used to do some work for Nickelodeon. He twittered earlier today that they are going to be working on the video ‘all night’.

The main actress is this lady, Julianna Milton. She seemed surprised at the surge in her number of followers after she mentioned that she was going to be working on the video; and promised more updates tonight when the actual shooting is happening.

A poster on MJ’s blog revealed some more information about the shooting: “They worked on WWFM MV yesterday at Sunset Studios, filmed last night and are filming more of the WWFM MV tonight. Looks like it would be out before the end of the years.”

What do you think the video will be about? The song primarily seems to be about a relationship, at least that was Pink’s intention while writing it and probably also Adam’s interpretation while recording it. Yet, the recent events gave it a whole new meaning. Which one will Adam go with, the more cliché couple-fighting thing or something a bit deeper than that?

Will keep you updated if more information becomes available But for now, another cheer: we’ll get another music video! Hopefully this single will do well in the charts so we get to see the video often, too.

We already went over the most important end-of-year lists, but this new one is too important to ignore! Billboard Magazine, often considered to be the ‘holy grail’ of the music industry and, not quite unimportantly, music rankings, let its readers decide on the best albums of 2009 as well as of the last decade.

And hey, guess what? For the 2009 rankings, who is coming in 4th, just after Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears? A certain album called ‘For Your Entertainment’ by Mr. Adam Lambert!

Then, after clicking on to the albums of the decade.. 1. Michael Jackson.. 2. Lady Gaga.. 3. Britney Spears.. 4 & 5. Taylor Swift.. 6. Adam Lambert.. OH, HANG ON THERE. Did Billboard magazine’s readers just rank Adam’s For Your Entertainment as being the 6th best album of the last decade? They surely did!

Even though some artists in this list are pretty dubious, and it does not seem very legit.. Still a nice accomplishment, especially since a lot of Adam fans were not aware of this poll (was it even an online poll and not something else?). Nice surprise here and well deserved, For Your Entertainment has the potential to be a very, very succesful album. Go Adam!

Remember those kids? They also had an awesome dance to For Your Entertainment, and Adam even tweeted about them - however, that video got pulled down because of copyright issues with Sony.. Well, they are back - and this time dancing to ‘Fever’!

Some of these dancers are seriously talented (the guy in the purple shirt is really, really awesome!). And it’s a fun thing to watch.

Even though this group’s dance to FYE is gone from Youtube, there is another video of a young man who made some kind of music video out of it, including funny dancing! He’s very entertaining

And there’s another one in the same nature for ‘Strut’. This guy has got the right attitude to go with the songs!

Adam probably feels very proud when he sees people like this put effort in creating these kind of clips Another sign that his star is rising!

Two masterpieces found their way to us! The first one is an extended (thank god) version of the Kiis FM interview with JoJo, and you know what? It turned out to be one of the best interviews I’ve heard! Adam is funny (’We’re brotha’s from anotha mothaaa!‘), obviously relaxed and just being himself. He addresses his Twitter obsession, as well as how much he loves his fans (yeah go listen, he totally gets us. Haha!), some verrry random questions about his gloves and how he managed to pull off the long part of Pick U Up without breathing..

Oh, and an interesting piece about how Adam got to know that Michael Jackson wanted to meet him before he passed. And guess what his most embarrassing moment was? (I don’t agree. It wasn’t embarrassing! It was cool! :D).
GO HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS AWESOME INTERVIEW!

The second ‘interview’ comes from Jingle Ball NY, where Adam once again met up with Jim Cantiello. He seems so laid back and in a happy joking mood; and the fact that these particular snippets are the outtakes from the actual interview makes it even better! The interview already starts off with Adam wondering out aloud what is going on next to them, probably referring to a large media crowd swamping someone - to which Adam quips ‘Tayyyylor Swifffffft’.

Next segments shows awkwardness regarding hugs, Adam fangirling over Ke$ha and being terribly amused that she wants to ‘have his glambabies’, and Longineu’s recent twitter plugs over shiny drum sticks. More entertainment ensues when Adam tries to plug an album but doesn’t know how to pronounce the band’s name and promply ’starts arguing with the cameraman in 3…2…1…’ over it.

Plus, more about Kris Allen’s mom and Adam ends with a curious description of rockstar life: ‘In and out.. really fast.’

After Dick Clark’s ABC show cancelled Adam (lame), there was some speculation about where he was going to be for New Year’s eve! It even went up to the point where the owner of Upright Cabaret tweeted:

And let’s be honest y’all, wouldn’t we all loove a repeat of these stunning performances that are getting so many hits on youtube? And just imagine what it would be like when it is actually filmed with a proper camera.. Just look back at this, Adam on New Year’s Eve last year!

Anyway. No matter how good that was, times have changed, and now Adam is headlining Gridlock 2009 New Year’s Eve Bash:

Matthew Gavin Enterprises, TLK Fusion, Hollywood Studios International, Krome Vodka, and Paramount Rocks are pleased to announce the 5th Annual “Gridlock New Year’s Eve!!” Hollywood’s most elaborate New Years Eve Bash held at the world famous Paramount Pictures Studio Backlot in the heart of Hollywood. Four city blocks will be themed as four different New York City environments with a Hollywood twist. This year’s event will boast celebrity guests, a mind blowing Midnight Countdown and Fireworks Display. The event will Feature Headliner ADAM LAMBERT Live in Concert on our “Times square Stage” at Midnight all hosted by the beautiful Pamela Anderson!

Even though there has been some random gossip and buzz about a livestream available that would cover this event; nothing is sure yet and chances of actually seeing Adam televised on New Year’s Eve seem slim.. However, if you happen to be in the LA area, tickets are on sale on the website - quite pricey: starting at $150 for general admission. But, another rumor goes that Adam will get to sing 10 songs, so it might be worth it for the fanatics out there!

And the winner of the free concert featuring Kradison that caused so much uproar amongst the different fangroups is..  NEW YORK!

So, all of you living in New York, keep an eye on the upcoming event calendar and keep your fingers crossed that you are one of the 600 lucky fans who will get free tickets to this event! Even though Little Rock, Kris’ hometown, was leading for quite a while, most fans probably realized that neutral ground (ie New York) would be beneficial to all three idols.. And Adam already expressed his preference earlier this week, happily tweeting this little message to himself:

And, he also announced the winner today on Ryan’s website! What is the eyeroll at 0:10 about though? Haha, very sweet. He seems genuinly happy that it is in New York, so let’s hope it is not merely going to be an Idol reunion but much more than that!

More movement towards positivity? Let’s play a little game of ‘You know you are making it big in this world when..’

1. Saturday Night Live puts you in one of their skits! And even in the same scene as Robbert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. As a Christmas ornament, Mary.. Oh dear.

2. Your hairstyle is getting recognition of its own and runs in a contest for replacing Puck’s (from Glee) current hair-do! ‘The Lambert’, lol.

 

3. You get a (for most people outside of Japan) incomprehensible shout out in a Japanese newspaper! Feel free to try Babelfish if you want to know what exactly they wrote but as far as I decipered it was positive.

4. Random Chinese tv shows throw their random Chinese boybands at your feet only so you can give them some of your advice.. even though they obviously don’t really understand him.

5. The Chipmunks take on some of your songs and completely make them their own (as in, completely transform them):

6. Eminem gives you a shout-out in one of the songs (Elevator) of his upcoming album: “Sorry Lance, Mr. Lambert and Aiken ain’t gonna make it. They get so mad, when I call them both fake it’s!” Good thing Adam himself realizes that this means he has kind of made it.

7. Once you mention that a certain song is a favorite of yours, all comments on the video on youtube have something to do with you..

 

More thoughts? What other things clue us in on Adam’s success? :D

To move away from the negativity of WSJ, let’s spread some more holiday season cheer! Once again, Jay Leno stuck with his daily Adam-routine. Last night he followed up the mistletoe-skit with a little scene in which he shows the audience his Christmas presents for Adam (nevermind he’s Jewish.. aw, it’s about the thought!). Let’s all get back to the happiness surrounding Adam at the moment and ignore the haters. Jay definitely will help you in doing so:

Wall Street Journal, which is already conservative, put one of its most conservative writers Peggy Noonan on an article that goes on about ‘America’s Problems’. And, surpriseee, Adam is classified as being the main ‘problem’. Apart from the fact that this sounds an awfully lot like pretentious attention grabbing and riding on the coattails of Adam’s success, the content and tone of this writing is disgusting and narrowminded.

So now, let’s just blame Adam Lambert for everything. Economic crisis? Adam, your fault. Credit crunch? Adam, how could you? Swine flu? Oh, I’m sure Adam is somewhere at the roots of it.

I just dropped a glass on the floor. Can I blame Adam for that, too? Or for the traffic jam that I was stuck in this morning? You know, sometimes it is so easy to shift the blame to someone. Too easy. Let’s just pull some random quotes out of this lady’s article..

“This was behind the resentment at the Adam Lambert incident on ABC in November. The compromise was breached. It was a broadcast network, it was prime time, it was the American Music Awards featuring singers your 11-year-old wants to see, and your 8-year-old.”
Aw. Of course, your 11-year-old daughter is a massive fan of Janet Jackson. Or J-Lo. How cute is she mimicking their curious dance moves, also involving some crotch grabbing and booty-shaking? How adorable does that extremely short dress that leaves very little to imagination look on her?

Or your 8-year-old son, seriously, isn’t it amazing how well he memorizes all these Eminem lyrics? ‘I got 74 rapes under my belt..’ ‘I’ll pull out my gun and shoot you through the head..’ At the same time, he perfectly takes on Eminem’s attitude and language, and your little 8-year-old talks in such foul language about ‘niggas’ and ‘faggots’. Really, aren’t you proud?

Yes, kids have their favorite singers. But really, are those singers so much better than Adam? Actually, I see Adam more as a role model, who radiates positive energy and openly talks about how it is ok to be different and takes a stance against bullies. Isn’t that allowed either? Should all kids be the same, and every kid that deviates should be crucified?

“People were offended, and they complained. Mr. Lambert seemed surprised and puzzled. With an idiot’s logic that was nonetheless logic, he suggested he was the focus of bigotry: They let women act perverse on TV all the time, so why can’t a gay man do it?”
I like how you call it idiot’s logic without backing it up. Because I totally see the logic in Adam’s argument, why are there two different standards for women and gay men? According to the writer there obviously should be a different standard. Women are allowed to be sexual but gay men doing it are scary. Heck, gay men are scary in itself right? Which is also why:

“Mr. Lambert’s act left viewers feeling not just offended but assaulted. Again, “we don’t care what you do in New York,” but don’t include us in it, don’t bring it into our homes. Our children are here.”

Pff. Okay, so we’re back at the start. Feel free to bring in Eminem with his lovely rhymes, feel free to let Janet Jackson, Lady Gaga, Shakira, Beyoncé, J-Lo and even bloody Miley Cyrus shake their booties. But keep out this gay man. Cuz he’s weird.

Whatever. Fed up with this discussion, let’s just leave it. Never gonna agree anyways. As long as the people who care about Adam and support his art keep on doing so and not let themselves be swayed by those narrow minded conservatists.

We love you Adam, just ignore these people. They don’t get you. We do.

(ps: Go here if you wanna read this BS. But it’s very frustrating.)

The music video of For Your Entertainment wasn’t released until like four days ago, but it immediately forced its way into the top 10 and kept climbing up from there - resulting in the video dominating the music video charts for the past couple of days! Even though the song never really catched on as a single and never received much airplay, it seems to have found a better destiny as a visual performance - also very well suited for youtube. No suprise there, the video is sensual yet mysterious, and very well directed.

Even Lady Gaga with her Bad romance video, not the worst to go up against, is losing out against Adam! Some speculated it was only a short-term surge, saying that he would rapidly fall down the rankings again - yet the video has proven to be a steady leader. It is also well-received on Youtube, where the combined viewings are adding up to about 400,000; not taking into account that various clips with substantial viewer counts have been deleted.

MTV also just added FYE to its POWER Rotation, implying the highest number of plays possible - around 25-30 a week! So doing very well here as well.

Now the question is, does Adam know how succesful his video is? Or was he just playing around when he innocently plugged his video on twitter three days ago?

The “For Your Entertainment” music video is now up on iTunes!
8:18 PM Dec 15th from Echofon

If you don’t have it yet, go get it from iTunes!!

DJ JoJo Wright seems to loveee Adam and got his hands on him for another interview! He was hyping this interview on his twitter:

Big Day Today: Talking with @Timbaland, @AdamLambert, @TheStunners - AL Fans get ready, gonna talk hours about the AMA’s…NOT! (relax)
about 13 hours ago from web

Just got confirmation, gonna talk with @adamlambert tomorrow, any questions for him? Hit me up! Gonna be Good Times!
1:51 AM Dec 17th from web

And when it finally aired.. yeah. Short wouldn’t even do it justice. What did we learn from this interview? Well, the highlight was a thought over question, picked out of the thousands of questions that apparently came in: ‘Do you like Mac & Cheese?’ and yes, Adam does like Mac & Cheese. Another thing to add to the useless-things-you-know-about-Adam list. JoJo seemed to realize it was rather short and apologized on his twitter, saying there is definitely more coming up, so we’re holding on tight for that!

JoJo uploaded a video of their encounter as well, check it out. Even though the better part of it is mainly concerned with how tall Adam is, it still makes for an entertaining two minutes:)

This event not only resulted in an overabundance of cute photos (barbie dolls? Really Adam, really?) but also gave us some more interview clips! In this first one, Adam is totally fangirling over the artists that he saw walking around at Jingle Ball.. and he doesn’t miss the opportunity to plug Kris again, lol.

Kris sort of responded to the AMA controversy, and I’m sure he meant for his comments to be supportive and friendly but it sort of sounded awkward ‘Adam being Adam.. finally getting to see the real Adam’. Plus, Adam explained his interpretation of Whataya Want From Me and shares his favorite line of the song!

Very cute interview backstage, he seemed really happy and positive this night! And the reporter is SUCH a fan, having lotsa love for Adam! Talking a bit about adapting to the newly adopted fame.. and some more talk about Kris, he’s such a good and supportive friend (and even admitting he’s jealous of him. Aw!).

Someone taped a part of the Q&A held during the event; in which Adam promises us that all the songs he recorded will eventually get out there, be it as extra iTunes releases or for the international editions! And just in the end where the vid cuts off, he admits that his worst fear is that people won’t buy his album. Oh Adam. You should know better than that, the album is doing great already!

Even though he isn’t scheduled to appear as a guest/performer until December 21, last night’s Leno already provided a dose of Adam! In a little segment towards the end of the show, Owen Benjamin was fumbling around with a mistletoe and proclaiming that he would ‘kiss the first person coming around the corner!’. Which, of course, happened to be dearest Adam - and to see how it ended, watch the video! He’s such a great actor, needs to do something with that talent as well! Movie, anyone?!

Adam seems to be very loved by Jay Leno already; apart from constantly being featured in his monologues (”The paper said today that they were shocked that Adam Lambert kissed a man. Anyone surprised by that? I’m not. If he would have kissed a girl, I’d be stunned!” - after the AMAs, one of the many shoutouts Adam’s received from his show); Jay even went as far as dressing up in the costume Adam wore during the AI finals while performing with Kiss! Should make for a very entertaining episode next monday, all tune in to watch our Adam! (NBC at 10/9c). Watch the snippet from Jay Leno in which he tries on Adam’s costume below.

Yup, it is that time of year when every self-respecting website/magazine starts pulling out their lists. After being chosen on Barbara Walters’ most fascinating people list, more and more influential mediums are following suit - Adam is hot, hot, hot!

TV Guide chose the top 12 favorite reality show singers - and while the obvious nominees Susan Boyle, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood took some of the higher spots, Adam landed himself a very respectable 10th place, ranking higher than last year’s winner David Cook and America’s Got Talent sensation Neal E. Boyd!

Twitter is undoubtedly becoming a very popular social media website, and in their top 10 of trending persons he appeared only after Michael Jackson and Susan Boyle: “Between his run on “American Idol” and his attention-grabbing album For Your Entertainment, Adam Lambert found himself in third place” (MTV.com). No doubt the constant trending in the days following the AMAs helped for this cause, and even though not all this twittering was positive, it is still a sign that he is at least being talked about!

Forbes dedicated an article to Music’s Biggest Breakout Stars, in which Adam got a very respectable amount of coverage, and a last line that gives fans a reason to dream: “Still to come: being honored as a breakout star at the upcoming People’s Choice Awards,” which he was nominated for - and even though voting has ended, this almost seems to hint at him having a good shot at taking the actual award home.

What’s more? Time ranked Adam at #7 in the list of ‘People who mattered most’: “there was the way Lambert treated his sexuality, which reflected the tricky path of gayness toward mainstream acceptance. Lambert never confirmed his being gay until finishing Idol, but, importantly, he never denied it… Lambert ended 2009 out, proud—and loud.”

MTV crowns their ‘man’ and ‘woman’ of the year, and here, Adam was chosen third, because they see him as “a lightning rod for controversy, a pop star bravely going where few have ventured (openly) before — Lambert was 2009. And we expect him to keep on pushing the envelope in 2010 too.” For the great article accompanying this election, go here.

Lastly, Rolling Stone has some serious love for Adam, as its readers voted him to be the top artist of 2009, beating his own idol Lady Gaga, as well as other hard hitters like Kings of Leon and Green Day!

This list could go on endlessly - there are a gazillion other lists Adam is topping or near topping. Yet these accomplishments mentioned above are truly amazing for the new kid on the block that he really is, I bet he’d never dreamed of beating out Gaga and so many other great people in these kind of lists. Deserves a big WELL DONE!

Entertainment Weekly put a photo gallery with 8 stunning photos of Adam on their website, accompanied with a short interview in which he revealed awesome news about the upcoming tour! He also talked about his surprise on getting so far on Idol, and his favorite tv show. Read on for the interview..

Lambert on his expectations going into American Idol
”I honestly didn’t feel like I would get that far on the show. I thought, I’m not as conventional as American Idol usually likes. I just didn’t expect the judges and the audience to be as supportive as they were. Week after week, when I got through, I said, ‘Wow, this is, like, working out!’ I didn’t think I’d get to the end.”

On coming out
”I’m very comfortable with my sexuality, and very, very open about it, and have always been out, since I was out of high school. Then, when those pictures came out right before [the] Idol [top 36] started, and I was faced with the media asking me about them, I was like, What am I going to do, deny that they’re me? But what I didn’t want was to put a label on myself, because I think there may have been people in our country who might not have looked past that.”
”I think by not putting a label on myself, maybe it was helpful in letting people see past all that, past putting me in a box based on my sexuality. And then after the show ended, and after the competition was over, and I had made my mark, so to speak, I felt like then it was appropriate to talk about my personal life.”

On the fallout from the American Music Awards
”The thing I was disappointed about is that it did start to take the focus away from the music. Hindsight is 20/20. Hindsight is our best teacher, in my opinion. I was in the moment, I was just expressing a song, I was just having a good time. Then I heard the backlash, and I realized, OK, alright, I pushed a little too hard this time around. Maybe it wasn’t the right second first impression. I can stand by that. But I don’t really feel like I have to make an apology, because I don’t feel like there was any wrong done. Maybe it’s not just the most broadly appealing performance style. Let’s put it that way.”

On an upcoming tour
”I think it’s probably going to be springtime. I’ve started talking to management about putting something together. I think it’s not going to be a standard arena tour. I think we’re going to do something a little different. My big goal is I want to create a show. I want to do something that’s very visually dynamic, and is a little more interactive feeling than your typical arena tour. So we’re looking at venues that are probably going to be a little smaller and a little more intimate.”

What he wears when he’s hanging out at home
”A full sequined jumpsuit! [Laughs] Obviously, there are all these photo shoots and appearances where I get all done up. I love dressing up, putting on eye makeup and over-the-top clothing. But when no one’s looking, when I’m just kicking it with friends or family or by myself, I’m, like, [in] sweatpants, t-shirt, no eye makeup — except maybe what was on the night before.”

On his favorite entertainers of the year
”Yeah, probably Lady Gaga. She just inspires me with her creativity and her out-of-the-box thinking. She’s not afraid to take risks and to be different. She dances. She’s visually interesting; she’s got costumes. And she’s a great musician.”

On his favorite TV show of the year
”I haven’t been up on my media all that much. I watched True Blood, that’s probably my favorite show. I just love the tone of it. I really like what they’re saying. In many ways, they’re talking about our current civil rights issues, but the under the guise of they’re vampires. It’s really sexy. The actors are fantastic. The storylines are captivating. I just love that show.”

Here are the photos that went with it. Verrrrrrry niiiiiice!!

Last night, after SYTYCD, Adam made another appearance - on E!’s Chelsea Lately. An early commercial had host Chelsea Handler calling Adam ‘a woman’, and she promptly went on to introduce him as ‘the gayest thing to come out of American Idol since Clay Aiken’.. and the first questions dealt with Adam’s redheaded-ness and his weight. Perfectly cliché, hopes for good Adam moments weren’t high at that point.

However, Adam seemed to have a good time dealing with Chelsea’s sarcasm and quick wit - actually added in his own twist when the host invited him to come on her show whenever he felt the need to relive the AMA performance. She brought out a gay staff member who’d be happy to participate - after which Adam swiftly replied ‘Yeah, all gays like all gays, so you know.. Every man is attractive to every gay man, so it should work out!’. Touché. And an extra plus, he looked gorgeous as always!

From there, the conversation covered the album cover, Lady Gaga (He’s turning into her spokesperson. Seriously.), Madonna (’we had a mutual friend who introduced us..’ Chelsea: ‘Lourdes?’), and what is probably a first for him on television, Adam feeling comfortable enough to discuss drugs - particularly his acid-tripping that led to him auditioning for Idol; yet casually steering away from the topic: ‘Protect the children!’

Overall, he seemed to have a good time, his infectious laughter and giggling apparent throughout the interview. And obviously, Chelsea was smitten with him!