Poll: Jordin Sparks vs. Blake Lewis — Who had a better debut CD?

Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 02:43 PM | Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Polls

Jordin Sparks Blake Lewis

Now that American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and American Idol runner-up Blake Lewis have both released their debut CDs — who do you think had the better album? Vote in the poll below:

Update: Sorry, the poll was hijacked by some auto-voter for Jordin Sparks so that’s the reason why Jordin is leading by a really wide margin. You can still vote for fun though.

~~If anything — this person/computer is the only one voting for Jordin Sparks at this time, and the rest have been for Blake Lewis.~~

17 Comments for Poll: Jordin Sparks vs. Blake Lewis — Who had a better debut CD?

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He’s not gonna come in far behind in sales..per HDD.. She got 119k – he’s estimated at 90k.

From HDD:

20 SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS: And not a new release blockbuster in sight. Josh Groban, The Eagles and Alicia Keys look like they will maintain their 1-2-3 ranking next week, with no debuts coming close to cracking the Top 5. Among the newcomers are Arista/19 Recordings American Idol runner-up and human beat box Blake Lewis’ A.D. D. (Audio Day Dream) (90k)

ealbino on December 5, 2007 at 2:46 pm
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RICKEY: do you have a preference between the two albums?

trendy on December 5, 2007 at 6:35 pm
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Honestly…..Jordin’s album was pretty good. I think she one-up’d Mr. Blake Lewis. No offense to him. His was overhyped, while Jordin’s was underhyped.

shadow25 on December 5, 2007 at 7:48 pm
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an auto voter? LOL. if i didn’t like jordin so much, i would go there. it’s almost embarassing, cuz over 2000 votes? LOL. um, no. try again. and be less obvious next time.

i voted for jordin.

sprout on December 5, 2007 at 7:58 pm
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Blake..I voted for him because even though his just came out also I got such a better vibe from his stuff than hers.Funny I was in Target today and right smack in front display he was of course planted next to her.Of course I looked at his first and will get next week.Go Blake.

beesure on December 5, 2007 at 8:24 pm
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Jordin

JordinSPARKSIdol on December 5, 2007 at 9:33 pm
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lol. that’s funny about the auto-voter for jordin. i was quite surprised that jordin was leading so far.

heavyblow on December 5, 2007 at 11:41 pm
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becarefull rickey. your going to start a war in here. Stop hating everybody.End war and suffering. Give peace a chance.

moderndukes on December 6, 2007 at 12:02 am
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LMAO at the Auto voter! For what it’s worth, I voted for Jordin. I preferred her album. The vocals are so much better. Goodluck to both of them though!

khonvelz on December 6, 2007 at 1:07 am
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I’m not sure this is a fair question. It’s not a matter of who’s CD is technically “better” (but please see my review of Blake’s album for details). It’s more a matter of what type of musical listener are you.

I’m not criticizing her voice at all, but Jordin’s music sort of appeals to the lowest common denominator of emotion. It’s just very agreeable, palatable, non-offensive popular music. They’ll play it repeatedly on Top 40 radio, girls will sing and dance to it at sleepovers, soccer moms will hum to it in their cars. She will probably be asked to sing for a Disney soundtrack in the next 5 years.

I would describe Blake’s album as a very cerebral experience. It’s artistic for sure, but some people aren’t going to appreciate it.It’s got layer upon layer of rhythms and instrumentation, and since there aren’t that many lyrics, you really have to take time to listen to songs multiple times. Depending on what type of music listener you are, that can either be a fun challenge or a frustrating annoyance. A few of the songs are very danceable and club-friendly. On the whole though, this is the type of album I’d use as background music at a really low-key party or an alternative-yuppie coffee house.

If I had to vote though, I’d pick Blake, only because I go for all things countercultural and “outside the box.”

DJ Ryce on December 6, 2007 at 1:13 am
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well i voted for jordin too. at least i like one track on her album,that would be the nice chris brown duet ‘no air’,which i have on my playlist.its really good,to the contrary of the cheezy 1st single ‘tattoo’.
ABOUT blake’s album,i agree exactly with what most reviwes have said–
‘on top of a half-dozen interludes of the ‘boxing s-s-st-st-stuff — the remaining 90 percent of the CD finds him trying to do what he doesn’t do best: sing.He certainly doesn’t have the Maroon 5 frontman’s chops, so a lot of Lewis’ overproduced cuts keep him in a comfort zone where he can jump from midrange into a falsetto, bypassing too many pesky high notes. Emotion hardly factors in… He’s aiming to be the hip-hop-slang-slinging sibling of his brother-in-beatboxing, Justin Timberlake’.

also, agree with DJ Ryce.

nikitta on December 6, 2007 at 6:34 am
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Hey Mr. DJ…. Nice post.

heavyblow on December 6, 2007 at 10:48 am
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Actually, it’s Ms. DJ

But that’s a great BSB song.

DJ Ryce on December 6, 2007 at 11:47 am
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Ms. DJ ~ I haven’t had a complete listen to Blake’s CD and let me preface by saying Blake and Jordin were my 2 faves this season. That said, I agree that at least with Break Anotha there aren’t very many lyrics, in fact, the repetition is so gratingly annoying I have yet to listen to it all the way through although I have tried several times.

My vote went to Jordin – primarily because I like Tattoo and No Air (call me LCD, I don’t care. )

Daisy on December 6, 2007 at 5:39 pm
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I voted for Blake Lewis. He’s much more better. His Cd is so amazing. Much more better than Jordin Sparks I have to say.

tanvu32 on December 16, 2007 at 10:24 pm
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what can i say. i love him : D

TeamBlakee on December 17, 2007 at 1:10 am
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what can i say. i love him : D

TeamBlakee on December 17, 2007 at 1:10 am