Idol Wild: Archuleta "Crushes" Cook on Charts - Yahoo! News

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David Archuleta Post!
Published 8/21/2008 at OH NO!!
... which will also appear on her forthcoming Fearless album, leads five song debuts from the AT&T Team USA compilation. While Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" hasn't been released as a digital single, the faceless Hit Masters cover version debuted at No. 65 this week on 37,000 downloads. The Kid's version, meanwhile, climbed three spots to No. 25 on airplay alone. Making news on the other charts, Coldplay scored its first Modern Rock chart topper with "Viva la Vida." SOURCE ...

News Ticker: David Archuleta, Johnny Depp and Gwen Stefani
Published 8/22/2008 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... David Archuleta’s first single “Crush” reached number two on the Hot 100 chart in its debut week. “Crush” charted one spot higher than David Cook’s debut did in June. ...

America Admits Mistake As David Archuleta’s Single Makes Historic Chart Debut
Published 8/22/2008 at Vulture
... Wronged American Idol runner-up David Archuleta may have lost out to balder, pitchier competition on the show, but he's having revenge on the Billboard singles chart this week. Archuleta's awesome new song, "Crush," landed at No. 2 yesterday, predictably making a laughingstock out of former bartender David Cook, whose own abysmal single, "The Time of My Life," bowed at a measly No. 3 upon its June release. This is only the second time a first single by a runner-up has bested the winner's, the only other time being when Clay Aiken beat Ruben Studdard in 2003 ...