And given the varying careers of those reality show contestants, who followed in his footsteps, it is in some ways incredible that Young, now on Sony's RCA but essentially still signed to the same 19 Recordings/XIX Management deal he won via winning the series, is not only still releasing records but about to further challenge the public's perception of him as an artist.

Because for his new record, against the current pop vogue of working with a multitude of producers, ...