Ledger Pop Journal - Celebrity News & Sports

Taylor Hicks fans will say they love the singer just the way he is. But a report claims that the American Idol winner wants to tune up his body a little bit and is planning on dropping twenty pounds.

Taylor Hicks Tune Up: American Idol Begins Work Out Regime

He's already People Magazine's sexist bachelor, what will a buff Taylor look like?

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In Touch cites a "friend" of Taylor's and he discloses that the 'Soul Patrol' star is on a diet regimen. "Taylor's far from heavy, but he does have a little weight he wants to shed," says the insider.

He's already doing commercials for Ford and has other endorsement offers, so will a weight loss deal be in the works?

Not likely.

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The friend says Hicks will do the diet just like his music - old school. "He's trying to slim down the old fashioned way - by counting calories and exercising," says the friend.

Hicks has been listed at six-foot-one, but I have never seen his weight listed. (Mail me Taylor fans if you know) If he wants to tune up his body it certainly is a good idea - especially for health reasions.

Not to mention what it will do for his female fans.

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One thing that won't need a tune up is his success.

Billboard is reporting that "Do I Make You Proud" will debut on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 to be published tomorrow (June 22) on Billboard.com.

The silver-haired Alabama native moved 190,000 physical singles and another 38,000 digital downloads of the track, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

--Lynn Edwards