Dodie
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Taking the 'Measure' of Clay Aiken
'American Idol' runner-up aims for pop stardom with first album
Wednesday, October 15, 2003 Posted: 2:55 PM EDT (1855 GMT)
Swooning fans? Check. Heartfelt ballads? Check. Midnight record store sales? Check.
Here comes Clay Aiken.
The latest entry in the music industry's pinup parade released his first album, "Measure of a Man" (RCA), on Tuesday. But Aiken, who finished a narrow second to Ruben Studdard on last spring's edition of "American Idol," has limits on how much he's going to let the business mold him into a star.
"I don't know why people relate to me," he told Time magazine, "but my guess is that they're tired of beautiful, cookie-cutter pop stars. They don't believe them, and they don't trust them."
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'American Idol' runner-up aims for pop stardom with first album
Wednesday, October 15, 2003 Posted: 2:55 PM EDT (1855 GMT)
Swooning fans? Check. Heartfelt ballads? Check. Midnight record store sales? Check.
Here comes Clay Aiken.
The latest entry in the music industry's pinup parade released his first album, "Measure of a Man" (RCA), on Tuesday. But Aiken, who finished a narrow second to Ruben Studdard on last spring's edition of "American Idol," has limits on how much he's going to let the business mold him into a star.
"I don't know why people relate to me," he told Time magazine, "but my guess is that they're tired of beautiful, cookie-cutter pop stars. They don't believe them, and they don't trust them."
Click here for entire article...
