Adam Lambert: MTV #3 Man of the Year, Rolling Stone Reader's Poll Top Artist, and one of Us Weekly's Stars of the Year!!!

When season eight of "American Idol" premiered January 13, no one knew who Adam Lambert was or what he'd become. Sure, his first audition — he took on Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" — raised a few eyebrows, but in the early stages of the show, Lambert was outshined by the likes of Normund Gentle and that chick who wore a bikini.

That all changed with a vamping take on Michael jackson's "Black or White," a decidedly demure version of the Smokey Robinson-penned "Tracks of My Tears" and, of course, his now-legendary cover of tears for Fears' "Mad World." Suddenly, improbably, Lambert — the theater kid with the 100-octave voice and the penchant for dangly jewelry — became the "Idol" front-runner.

Of course, we all know how that turned out. Despite his defeat at the hands of Kris Allen in the season-eight finale, Lambert was unquestionably the biggest "Idol" star of the year, if not of all time. He graced magazine covers, pundits speculated about his sexuality — he was everywhere you looked. Post-"Idol," well, he just kept rising.

American Idol Adam Lambert confirms plans for New Year's Eve

Adam Lambert no longer has to worry about his plans for New Year's Eve. After being dropped from "New Year's Rockin' Eve" by ABC thanks to his controversial American Music Awards performance, the "American Idol" runner-up now reportedly has a presence at the GRIDLOCK New Year's Eve event benefiting The Red Cross. The move has been expected for weeks now, but is officially confirmed on Tuesday through a press release.

The event, according to the press release, will take place at Paramount Pictures Studio and will feature Adam performing some of his songs at the stroke of midnight. As for what songs he will sing, that is of course to be decided.

While the GRIDLOCK event may be a step down from national television, it is still proof that the singer has no problem booking appearances. He can be seen next on Wednesday's finale of "So You Think You Can Dance" and will then appear on "The Jay Leno Show" next week.

Adam Lambert to appear, sing on ABC's 'The View'

ABC says glam-rocker Adam Lambert will appear and perform on its daytime talk show "The View" on Thursday.

The announcement comes almost two weeks after Lambert's racy performance on ABC's broadcast of "The American Music Awards." That led to Lambert getting axed from an appearance on the network's "Good Morning America."

Since then, Lambert, who is openly gay, complained of being dropped from two other upcoming ABC shows.

In the meantime, he has been scheduled for NBC's "The Jay Leno Show" on Dec. 21.

And his taped appearance on "The View" will air a day after he is honored by "View" co-panelist Barbara Walters on her "10 Most Fascinating People of 2009" special. That also airs on ABC.

Adam Lambert's debut #3 in album sales

Susan Boyle #1 in album sales, Andrea Bocelli's Christmas album is #2, Adam Lambert's debut #3 Susan Boyle, the Britain’s Got Talent phenom sold a stunning 701,000 copies of "I Dreamed a Dream" in the week of Thanksgiving. Not only does that give her the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart, but it’s the biggest one-week sales number of 2009, nearly a hundred thousand higher than what Eminem’s "Relapse" did back in May.

Andrea Bocelli hung on to his No. 2 spot from last week, selling 218,000 copies of "My Christmas". This is My Christmas‘ fourth week on the chart with the album’s sales actually increasing over time.

No. 3 went to Adam Lambert’s "For Your Entertainment", with 198,000 copies sold. That’s a decent number for an American Idol alum in 2009.

Adam Lambert's album "For Your Entertainment" debuts at #3

With his out-of-this-world vocal range and unique musical style, Adam Lambert's album "For Your Entertainment" debuts at #3 on the Billboard Charts with 198,469 albums sold.

People Magazine proclaimed that "The season 8 runner-up wins the battle that really counts with a confident, I-know-who-I-am display of glam pop-rock." Rolling Stone called For Your Entertainment, "Supercatchy glam rock with an electro-pop edge" and Spin Magazine said "...Lambert's polymorphous vocal skills unite dancefloor strut and hard-rock pomp in a convincing glam package."

Millions of fans watched Lambert's stunning performances on the eighth season of "American Idol" and have since been tuning in to see his spectacular televised performances.

Moving into the holiday season, Adam will be performing "Whataya Want From Me" co-written by P!nk, along with Sweden's Max Martin and Johan Shellback,on upcoming television programs such as The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien and The Jay Leno Show. Additionally, Adam will be interviewed on Barbara Walter's 10 Most Fascinating People.