“No, that’s not going to work,” La’Porsha Renae said with a disappointed sigh as she cycled through the photos being presented as potential covers for her debut album. The 23-year-old didn’t want ...

For its final season, “American Idol” pulled out all the stops to show how important it has been to music and television and pop culture at large. By and large, that was true for most of the show’s 15 ...