David Cook, the latest winner of US show American Idol, actually pulled his album ‘Analog Heart’ from Amazon’s download store at the request of Idol producers. They claimed that him having an album available for potential voters to download and listen to during the recording of American Idol could be considered unfair on the other contestants.

David Cook won the American Idol final, defeating his rival David Archuleta by a massive 12 million votes. The ever-diplomatic Simon Cowell stated during the final that David Archuleta had put in the better performance and would win by a knock out.

David Cook has now signed with 19 Recordings/RCA Records and will be recording his new album soon, in between dates for the American Idol tour.

His debut single ‘The Time of My Life’ is currently number one on iTunes with a huge 236,024 downloads in just four days

Cook says about his success:

Signing this deal is truly a dream come true. I am looking forward to the recording process… The support I have received from America has been overwhelming, and I can’t wait to hopefully do right by them.