Here’s what David’s been up to since his American Idol win:

After Allen’s victory, he has been on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Access Hollywood, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Early Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Today Show, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s Fox News show, Huckabee, on which Allen sang a cover of The Beatles’ song “Yesterday” with Huckabee accompanying him on bass guitar, and Good Morning America, in which Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert and fellow American Idol winner David Cook performed together as a part of their Summer Concert Series. He was also a guest on Larry King Live (guest hosted by Ryan Seacrest) along with runner-up Adam Lambert, judge Paula Abdul, and the rest of the top ten finalists. His debut single, “No Boundaries”, was released on May 20, 2009 on iTunes alongside Lambert’s version. Allen’s version of the song debuted at #11 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart for the week of May 29, 2009.

Allen’s post-show tour also included a trip to Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort, where a parade was held in his honor. During his time at Disney, he visited The American Idol Experience, where he announced the winners of the day’s competition. Shortly afterward, Allen returned to his hometown of Conway, Arkansas for the first time following the conclusion of the competition.

On June 5, 2009, Allen performed at the Walmart Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2009, and participated in a brief skit with host Ben Stiller. In addition to renditions of “No Boundaries” and “Heartless”, Allen sang a duet with Motown legend Smokey Robinson on The Temptations classic “Get Ready”. On June 7, 2009, Allen performed the National Anthem at Game 2 of the 2009 NBA Finals to a packed house including Adam Levine, Jack Nicholson, Rihanna, Paula Abdul and Leonardo DiCaprio. Following the performance, which was described as “executed to perfection”, an announcement was made that Allen had signed a record deal with Jive Records (along with fellow finalist Allison Iraheta).

Allen performed with David Gray as part of Boston’s Mix 104.1 End of Summer bash September 19, 2009 at the Rooftop Pool at The Colonnade Hotel. Kris also performed at the Live in the Vineyard event in Napa on November 8, along with Collective Soul, A Fine Frenzy, and Parachute.

On November 6, 2009, his music video for “Live Like We’re Dying” premiered on AOL’s PopEater.com.

Jive Records released his debut album on November 17, 2009. The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200, after selling a little over 80,000 copies.

On January 24, 2010, Allen sang the National Anthem at the NFC Championship Game in New Orleans.

On February 25, 2010, he sang Let It Be for Haiti Relief on American Idol results show.