Chris Daughtry Signs Record Deal

Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee outlasted Chris Daughtry on "American Idol," but the rocker has earned the same prize nonetheless.
The fourth-place finisher has signed with 19 Recordings/ RCA Records, the same label as McPhee and the same
Daughtry's album, which he's already started recording with some big-name collaborators, is due in late 2006, according to his label's publicist. He will form a permanent band, but no word yet if it will include members of his pre-"Idol" group, Absent Element.
After Daughtry's shocking elimination,...
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