One of the earliest "Teen Idol" albums with a focus on rock music, much of the album is unusually restrained, which several of the songs being popular standards dating as far as the 1920s, but updated for the rock'n'roll sound that was popular at the time.

To co-opt one of Simon Cowell's favorite phrases: Lambert's music sounds current in a way that Idol albums rarely do.

High Hopes and Heartbreak is the first post-American Idol album, from seventh season American Idol fifth-place finisher, Brooke White.

This article shows the highest selling contestants from Canadian Idol and the highest selling American Idol albums.

Bevan also served as the touring drummer for Black Sabbath from 1983-1984, and played percussion on The Eternal Idol album in 1987.

Barry Walters from Spin Magazine gave the album a 7/10, stating "Thank Adele for an Idol album with depth.

He even ended up selling more records than some legitimate singers from "Idol," as his first album, Inspiration, actually shifted almost 200,000 units (please note that's 50,000 more copies than Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze's post-"Idol" album sold).

In March 2005, Joy terminated her contract with BMG Indonesia, who in September 2004 released her Idol album Terima Kasih.

It is the only American Idol album that does not feature an ensemble track by all the contestants, and is the first year in which several individual finalists made the popular music charts.

He provided vocals for the Indian Idol 1 album and another album also featuring the Idol finalists titled Yaaron.