Adam Lambert Songs: A Top Ten List

Adam Lambert's meteoric rise on the charts since the 2009 American Idol Season 8 season has been nothing but spectacular. During American Idol Adam Lambert accumulated an extensive following of dedicated fans - a fan base that was quite obvious during the American Idol tour during the summer of 2009. Amid the screams and shouts from the audience, Mr. Lambert's songs during that tour would become some of his fans' all-time favorites.

In November of 2009, Adam Lambert released his first album, "For Your Entertainment". Even before its release - in fact, even before the album had an official name - the presales of Adam Lambert's first album topped the charts. Mr. Lambert's fans expected him to push the creative envelope and produce a stellar album. They were not disappointed. From this album, fans gravitated toward more favorites from their pick of Adam Lambert's songs.

On February 27, 2010, Adam Lambert held his first solo concert at the Fantasy Springs Resort & Casino in Indio, California. This sold-out concert drew 3500 fans from as far away as Denmark, Australia, and Thailand to the Mojave Desert just to hear Adam Lambert's songs. At the concert fans would discover more even favorites among Adam Lambert's songs.

Before the concert, Fantasy Springs hosted a "Glamily" (Adam Lambert's fans are known as Glamberts) Family Reunion during which 600 devoted Adam Lambert fans ate, danced, and sang Adam Lambert songs for two hours prior to the concert itself. The atmosphere during the Glamily Reunion was a peak experience for Mr. Lambert's fans. Simply being among others who were dedicated Adam Lambert fans - others who knew the lyrics of Adam Lambert songs - was, for the fans, the ultimate confirmation that they were far from being alone in their admiration of Adam Lambert.

Out of these experiences, certain Adam Lambert songs have come to the forefront. These are songs that have made the top of the charts, been developed into videos, and noticeably are favorites of Adam Lambert's fans.

The following is a list of top ten favorite Adam Lambert songs, drawn from rankings on the charts, his appearances on American Idol, the American Idol Season 8 tour, Adam Lambert's "For Your Entertainment" album, and the experience of attending Mr. Lambert's first concert at Fantasy Springs in Indio, California:

1. "Whataya Want from Me" - Written by Pink, Max Martin and Johan Shellback. See official video.

2. "For Your Entertainment" - Written by Claude Kelly / Dr. Luke and produced by Dr. Luke. See official video.

3. "Whole Lotta Love" - the 7 ½ minute acoustic version of the Led Zeppelin song performed at the Fantasy Springs concert totally blew Adam Lambert's fans out of the water. Absolutely a must-see/hear for fans of both rock and Adam Lambert. See video from the Fantasy Springs concert (and listen to his fans scream). The American Idol tour version of "Whole Lotta Love" ties for this spot.

4. "Mad World" - This performance by Adam Lambert of a "Tears for Fears" song on American Idol received a standing ovation from Simon Cowell. See video of the studio version from American Idol Season 8. This might be ranked even higher by some fans - an all-time favorite of Adam Lambert fans.

5. "Broken Open" - written by Adam Lambert, Greg Wells, Evan Bogart. Incredible song, sweeps you away. See video.

6. "Sleepwalker" - written by Ryan Tedder, Aimee Mayo, Chris Lindsey. Adam Lambert performed this song on the Tonight Show March, 2010. See video.

7. "Strut" - written by Adam Lambert, Kara DioGuardi, Greg Wells. See video with lyrics. Great song to sing along or dance to.

8. "Soaked" - written by Mathew Bellamy of Muse for Adam Lambert's "For Your Entertainment" album. See video.

9. "If I Had You" - written and produced by Max Martin, Johan Shellback and Savan Kotecha. Third official single from Adam Lambert's FYE album. See video.

10. "Time for Miracles" - co-written by Alain Johannes and his partner Natasha Shneider. Adam Lambert was asked to do this theme song for the movie "2012". See official video.

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