Record Deals, Hit Singles and a Hot Date: Catching up with David Cook

BuddyTV - Seattle, WA, USA - David Cook has been busy.  It's only been one week since the former bartender was crowned the American Idol champion, and he's already gone on a date, conducted thousands of interviews, rehearsed for the American Idol tour and found 17 of his Idol songs on the Top 100 Digital Music charts.  Not bad for someone who was completely anonymous six months ago.  Below, we're going to go through the laundry list of activities that Cook has endured over the past week.  Tomorrow, we'll take a gander at David Archuleta's week but, since he was second place (and, really, second place is first loser) we're checking up with David Cook first

Record Deal

David Cook has just officially inked a record deal with American Idol's parent company 19 Entertainment/RCA Records.  The plan is for David to release the album in the Fall.  He will begin recording tracks this summer on off days in the Idol tour.  Needless to say, Cook's summer is going to grueling.

Hit Singles

David Cook currently holds down 17 spots on the Top 100 Digital Songs chart, which is an all-time record.  “The Time of My Life,” the song writing contest choice of Mr. Cook, holds the number one spot on iTunes downloads list.  Cook Mania has not died down yet.

Hot Date

David Cook, at this moment, may just be America's number one ranked bachelor.  In all likelihood, this will not last for long.  Yesterday, in an appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly, Cook admitted that he recently went out on a date with former American Idol contestant Kimberly Caldwell.  Asked if he had a good time, Cook said: “"I did. We'll probably hang out again. So we'll see.”  Caldwell is a talented singer, and has modeled in bikinis.  Good work, Cooksie.