American Idol’s Jordin Sparks will be performing for in New York’s Madison Square Garden for Z100’s Jingle Ball. Jordin’s not the only one who will be there, though. Other performers expected for the occasion include Alicia Keys, Timbaland, Backstreet Boys, and Avril Lavigne. Traditionally, a portion of the ticket sales goes towards a charity or cause. This year, $1 per ticket sold will be donated to the charity “Autism Speaks” to help children with autism – and to help find a cure. Buy your tickets before they’re sold out!

Jordin’s album, “Tattoo” will be available in stores November 20, 2007.

‘American Idol’ Jordin Sparks has a crush on fellow finalist Chris Richardson, according to celebrity sources.

‘American Idol’ tour tattles claim Jordin’s family is very concerned about the seventeen year old’s rumored infautation with her much older tourmate.

National Action Against Obesity leader MeMe Roth has been receiving death threats ever since her appearance on Fox TV where she claimed that Jordin Sparks and all her “fatness” are living too large to set a good example as the “American Idol.”

Voice coach Melissa Black is calling the youngest “American Idol” in history a liar. Mel claims that “Idol” winner Jordin Sparks lied when she said she never had any formal vocal training.

“Jordin was just 14 years old when she studied with me in 2004,” vocal coach Melissa Black tells Star magazine. “Her mom, Jodi Sparks, and her grandmother, Pam Wiedmann — who acts as her manager — found me on the Internet. We were together for nine months of intense vocal work, with Jordin taking one 30-minute class a week…”

Black says they haven’t spoken since Sparks stopped taking the classes, and she said mostly good things about her alleged former student. Nevertheless, Black admits, she was “hurt for a week” when the “Idol” winner said that she hadn’t had any formal training. “Jordin didn’t have to mention my name, but at least acknowledge you had training,” she told the tab. “But I’ve moved on, and I hold my head up high.”