(05-05-2013, 06:04 PM)Tusk Wrote: How many songs did Jessica have a hand in writing on her album? I would guess, none, and that will be a defining difference in their careers. As Haley's career progresses we will see just how bright and vesatile she is.
At least Jessica has "Glee" which may help jump start her career and convince Interscope to do more for her.
This got me wondering how much Jessica & some of the other idols were involved in the writing process. So I looked up some the albums released by Season 10 & 11 Idols in Wiki to find out.
Haley Reinhart - Listen Up - Writing credits for 13 of 14 songs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_Up!_...art_album)
Colton Dixon - A Messenger - Writing credits for 13 of 14 songs (One of which is a 47sec Intro written solely by Dixon, but I don't know if that's music or something else)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Messenger
Phillip Phillips - World From the Side of the Moon - Writing credits for 11 of 16 songs (4 songs were written solely by Phillips)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_f...f_the_Moon
Casey Abrams - Casey Abrams - Writing Credits for 10 of 11 songs (I had to go to a different source for this, so it's not as easy to see if he has sole credit for any of the songs)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-wo...iew-341838
James Durbin - Memories of a Beautiful Disaster - Writing credits for 5 of 14 songs (The song "Right Behind You" was written solely by Durbin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of...l_Disaster
Jessica Sanchez - Me, You, and the Music - Writing credits for 3 of 10 songs (4 of 11 if you count the Spanglish version of No One Compares in addition to the original, but I probably wouldn't)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me,_You_%26_the_Music
Lauren Alaina - Wildflower - Writing credits for 1 of 12 songs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildflower_...ina_album)
Scotty McCreery - Clear As Day - Writing credits for 0 of 12 songs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_as_Day
Anyway, I thought some of you guys might be interested in this. This doesn't address how good the songs are, (which is fairly subjective anyway), just how many songs they earned a credit for writing.