Clay Aiken is back with new album

We’ve got the latest scoop on Clay Aiken. He’s releasing a new album on May 6th. Here is the official word:

Multi-platinum selling pop singer Clay Aiken will release his fourth album, On My Way Here, on RCA Records/19 Entertainment on May 6th, 2008. The collection is the 29-year-old Raleigh, NC, native’s first album of original songs since his 2003 chart-topping, double-platinum debut Measure of a Man.

On My Way Here chronicles Aiken’s experiences over the past five years, ascending from popular contestant on the second season of American Idol to pop superstar. The album’s theme came to Aiken when he and his executive producer Jaymes Foster fell in love with a song written by One Republic frontman Ryan Tedder called “On My Way Here.” The message of the lyrics — how the lessons we learn while growing up shape us into who we become as adults — struck a very deep chord with the artist. The title track “On My Way Here” will be the first radio single from the album to be released later this month. Additionally, the single, “On My Way Here” will premiere as an “AOL First Listen” on Monday, April 7th.