David Cook

When I first saw David Cook on the seventh season of American Idol — a show he'd wind up winning over Muppet Boy David Archuleta — I thought he looked like a weary door-to-door salesman pushing Hoovers in Boise. Read More

"Being in L.A. around young Hollywood for the past eight years desensitized me to the whole machine," says the singer. Read More

David Cook , winner of Season 7, has been touring almost nonstop since the end of his "American Idol" run. Read More

Since winning "American Idol" in 2005, country singer Carrie Underwood has become one of the show's highest selling graduates, but she warned the latest crop of "Idol" finalists to "stay true" to their fans if they want to find similar success. Read More

Since winning "American Idol" in 2005, country singer Carrie Underwood has become one of the show's highest selling graduates, but she warned the latest crop of "Idol" finalists to "stay true" to their fans if they want to find similar success. Read More

Since winning "American Idol" in 2005, country singer Carrie Underwood has become one of the show's highest selling graduates, but she warned the latest crop of "Idol" finalists to "stay true" to their fans if they want to find similar success. Read More

David Cook is part of an exclusive club -- one that comes with 30 million potential fans, plus alums such as Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. Read More

We just finished sound-checking a new song. Read More

David Cook has had the highest of career highs and the lowest of personal lows in the past year. Read More

I think every discussion about being the future of music, of course, has to start with the fact that the kind of people who REALLY become the future of music would never go on American Idol in the first place. Read More