Adam Lambert was the second openly gay artist to top the album charts.
== Media ===== Highly publicized comings-out ======= Government officials and political candidates ====In 1983, Democratic US House representative Gerry Studds from Massachusetts came out as a homosexual during the 1983 congressional page sex scandal
 Upon the announcement of Lambert as runner-up, American Idol pundits, gay bloggers, and LGBT news outlets reassessed these claims, noting that his queerness may have alienated conservative viewers

