Adam Lambert

S8 · Runner-up

As of July 2026

Adam Lambert released his sixth studio album, ADAM, on July 10, 2026, through his own label, More Is More, with distribution by The Orchard. The singles Eat U Alive, Under the Rhythm and Cloud 9 came before it. In 2024 and 2025 he played the Emcee in Cabaret on Broadway and Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl. Since 2012 he has also toured as lead singer of Queen + Adam Lambert; their Rhapsody Tour ran from 2019 to 2024.⁠[1][2][3]

Career

After the show

  1. November 23, 2009Released his first studio album, For Your Entertainment, on RCA and 19; it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 198,000 U.S. copies in its first week.⁠[1][9]
  2. June 2010Started his first headlining tour, the Glam Nation Tour, with 113 shows in the United States, Europe and Asia.⁠[1]
  3. May 15, 2012Released his second studio album, Trespassing, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 77,000 copies.⁠[1][9]
  4. June 30, 2012Played the first full Queen + Adam Lambert concert in Kyiv, the start of a six-date collaboration tour.Queen + Adam Lambert⁠[1][16]
  5. July 12, 2013Announced in a letter to The Hollywood Reporter that he would leave RCA Records because of creative differences about his next release.⁠[1]
  6. June 16, 2015Released his third studio album, The Original High, on Warner Bros. Records; it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 42,000 albums sold.⁠[1][9]
  7. September 1, 2018–September 22, 2018Played a limited Las Vegas residency, The Crown Jewels, at the Park Theater at Park MGM.Queen + Adam Lambert⁠[1][18]
  8. July 10, 2019–2024Toured on The Rhapsody Tour, which opened in North America in July 2019 and ran until 2024; five dome concerts in Japan were announced for February 2024.Queen + Adam Lambert⁠[1][17]
  9. March 20, 2020Released his fourth studio album, Velvet, through the independent label Empire and his own label More Is More.⁠[1][9]
  10. October 2, 2020Released the live album Live Around the World, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.Queen + Adam Lambert⁠[1][15]
  11. July 10, 2026Released his sixth studio album, ADAM, through his own label More Is More with distribution by The Orchard.⁠[1][2]

Discography

TitleTypeYearLabelRIAA certificationU.S. sales
Season 8 Favorite Performances⁠[9]Compilation2009RCA35,000⁠[9][19]July 22, 2009
Take One⁠[1][9]Compilation2009Rufftown, Central South42,000⁠[9][20]January 15, 2010
For Your Entertainment⁠[8][9]Album2009RCA, 19Gold⁠[8][9][10]863,000⁠[9][21][22]April 24, 2015
Acoustic Live!⁠[9]EP2010RCA28,000⁠[9][23]date not given
Glam Nation Live⁠[9]Live album2011RCA41,000⁠[9][23]date not given
Trespassing⁠[9]Album2012RCA, 19197,000⁠[9][24]date not given
Playlist: The Very Best of Adam Lambert⁠[1][9]Compilation2014Legacy
Ghost Town⁠[1][11]Single2015Warner Bros.Gold⁠[1][9][10][11]
The Original High⁠[9]Album2015Warner52,000⁠[21][25]date not given
Velvet: Side A⁠[1][9]EP2019More Is More, Empire Distribution
Velvet⁠[9]Album2020Empire, More Is More
Live Around the World⁠[9][15]Queen + Adam LambertLive album2020Hollywood (North America), EMI (worldwide)
High Drama⁠[1][9]Album2023BMG, More Is More
Afters⁠[1][9]EP2024More Is More
ADAM⁠[1][9]Album2026More Is More, The Orchard

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2011Grammy AwardsBest Male Pop Vocal Performance⁠[12][13][14]Whataya Want From MeNominated

Other activity

  • 2005Before American Idol, worked in the musical Wicked as an ensemble member and understudy for Fiyero, on the first national tour from 2005 and in Los Angeles from 2007 until 2008.⁠[1]
  • November 7, 2013Joined the fifth season of Glee as Elliot "Starchild" Gilbert in a multi-episode arc.⁠[1]
  • February 2024Was announced as a judge on the thirteenth season of The Voice Australia.⁠[1]
  • September 16, 2024Made his Broadway debut as the Emcee in the revival of Cabaret, replacing Eddie Redmayne, in a limited engagement announced through March 30, 2025.⁠[1][26]
  • August 1, 2025Played Judas opposite Cynthia Erivo as Jesus in a three-performance concert staging of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl.⁠[1][27]

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    • Career, 2026-present: ADAM section: “On July 10, 2026, Lambert released his sixth studio album, ADAM, independently through his label, More Is More, with distribution by The Orchard.”
    • Career, 2026-present: ADAM section: “It was preceded by the singles "Eat U Alive", "Under the Rhythm" and "Cloud 9"”
    • Theatre table, Cabaret row: “2024–2025 Cabaret The Emcee August Wilson Theatre, Broadway”
    • Career, 2024-2025 section: “In August 2025, Lambert portrayed Judas Iscariot opposite Cynthia Erivo as Jesus in a three-performance concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl”
    • Concert tours list: “Queen + Adam Lambert The Rhapsody Tour (2019–2024)”
    • Lead sentence: “born January 29, 1982”
    • Infobox, Born line (birth_date): {{birth date and age|1982|1|29}}
    • Career, 2014-2018 section: “was certified gold in the US on January 15, 2016.”
  2. Adam Lambert Releases 'Under The Rhythm' Ahead Of New Album Adam — Noise11, published June 9, 2026. News report. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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    • Paragraph 2: “arrives one month before the album's July 10 release through Lambert's own label in partnership with The Orchard.”
    • Paragraph 2: “through Lambert's own label in partnership with The Orchard.”
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    • Elimination chart row Adam Lambert: Pl. 2, Runner-up in the Finale column (5/20); ratings table episode 'Season 8 Finale', May 20, 2009
    • Lead section: “Kris Allen was announced the winner of the competition on May 20, 2009, defeating runner-up Adam Lambert after nearly 100 million votes were cast.”
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    • Table header: “Artist (Year on American Idol) | downloads | album sales”
    • Artist row, album-sales column: “Adam Lambert (2009) | 5,235,000 | 1,242,000”
    • Table caption: “Top-selling singing-competition artists ranked by career sales in single-track downloads and albums (physical and digital). Source: Nielsen SoundScan”
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    • Certifications table, United States row: “Gold”
    • Infobox, label: “RCA 19”
    • Infobox, released and label
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    • Studio albums table, For Your Entertainment certifications: “RIAA: Gold”
    • Singles as lead artist table, Ghost Town row: “RIAA: Gold”
    • Studio albums table, For Your Entertainment row: “Label: RCA, 19”
    • Studio albums table, For Your Entertainment and Trespassing rows: “Label: RCA, 19”
    • Studio albums table, The Original High row: “Label: Warner”
    • Compilation albums table, Playlist: The Very Best of Adam Lambert row: “Released: May 27, 2014 Label: Legacy”
    • Extended plays table, Velvet: Side A row: “Label: More Is More, Empire Distribution”
    • Studio albums table, Velvet row: “Label: Empire, More Is More”
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    • Lead paragraph: “It was released as the album's lead single on April 21, 2015.”
  12. Adam Lambert Grammy Awards and Nominations — Recording Academy. Official record. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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    • All Grammy Awards and Nominations table, 2011 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance row: “2011 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Adam Lambert Whataya Want From Me”
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  14. 53rd Annual Grammy Awards — Wikipedia, updated September 24, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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  15. Live Around the World (Queen + Adam Lambert album) — Wikipedia, updated June 12, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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    • Lead paragraph: “released on 2 October 2020 by Hollywood Records in North America and EMI worldwide.”
    • Lead paragraph: “is the second (first internationally) live album by Queen + Adam Lambert, released on 2 October 2020”
  16. Queen + Adam Lambert — Wikipedia, updated October 5, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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    • Origin section: “In November 2011, Lambert joined Queen for a performance at the MTV Europe Awards in Belfast”
    • Lead paragraph 2: “They began performing occasionally in 2011, conducted a short European tour in 2012”
    • Origin section: “On 30 June 2012, Queen + Adam Lambert played their first full concert at Kyiv's Independence Square”
  17. Press Release: Queen + Adam Lambert Announce 2024 Japanese Tour — QueenOnline.com (official Queen site), published August 1, 2023. Label or artist. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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    • Paragraph 1: “Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and their exceptional frontman, Grammy-nominated Adam Lambert”
    • Paragraph 1: “announced further Rhapsody Tour shows for 2024 with the news today of five mega dome concerts in Japan lined up for early February next year.”
  18. Press Release: Queen + Adam Lambert To Rock Las Vegas — QueenOnline.com (official Queen site), published May 7, 2018. Label or artist. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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    • Press release headline: “Limited Engagement "THE CROWN JEWELS" at Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas September 1 – 22, 2018”
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  21. List of American Idol alumni album sales in the United States — Wikipedia, updated September 21, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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    • Adam Lambert row, For Your Entertainment cell: “For Your Entertainment (November 23, 2009) RCA 863,000”
    • Adam Lambert row, The Original High cell: “The Original High (June 16, 2015) Warner Bros Records 52,000”
  22. Adam Lambert Will Tour as Solo Artist 'If People Like This Record' — Billboard, published April 24, 2015. News report. Cited by another source; not opened by our researchers.
  23. RCA sales note on the official Adam Lambert site — Adam Lambert (official site). News report. Cited by another source; not opened by our researchers.
  24. Upcoming Releases — Hits Daily Double. News report. Cited by another source; not opened by our researchers.
  25. Archived sales image cited for The Original High — Twitter image. News report. Cited by another source; not opened by our researchers.
  26. Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho to Join Cabaret on Broadway — Playbill, published July 24, 2024. News report. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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    • Paragraph 1: “Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho are set to step into the roles of the Emcee and Sally Bowles, respectively, in Cabaret beginning September 16.”
    • Paragraph 1: “for a limited engagement through March 30, 2025.”
  27. Cynthia Erivo and Adam Lambert in Jesus Christ Superstar — Hollywood Bowl. Official record. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
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    • Performance dates and cast list: “Fri / Aug 1, 2025 - 8:00PM Sat / Aug 2, 2025 - 8:00PM Sun / Aug 3, 2025 - 7:30PM”
    • Cast list: “Cynthia Erivo Jesus Adam Lambert Judas”

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