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Winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert both signed with 19 Recordings last week, with pop-oriented Jive Records picking up the rights to Allen’s debut and rock-leaning RCA Records landing rights to Lambert’s album. In a structured rollout, 19 announced that it signed fourth-place finisher Allison Iraheta, who also will release her debut through Jive, before revealing a deal, if any, for third-place finisher Danny Gokey.

So does the industry think “Idol” got it wrong? Lambert did win the sweepstakes to land the cover of Rolling Stone — something several of the “Idol” winners, including last year’s winner David Cook, have yet to accomplish — ahead of Allen. (Lambert also graced the cover of Entertainment Weekly this season.)

However, on the Billboard charts, Allen is king, with three songs — “No Boundaries” at No. 23, his version of Kanye West’s “Heartless” at No. 33, and “Ain’t No Sunshine” at No. 94 — ahead of Lambert’s two singles “Mad World” (No. 44) and “No Boundaries” (No. 95).

Allen won the singing competition last week.

News reports say fans of runner-up Adam Lambert have complained in online forums that AT&T participated in two “AI” viewing parties in Allen’s native Arkansas and showed people how to power text, that is, send 10 or more text messages by pressing a single button.

The phone company did not, however, offer such services to Lambert’s followers, critics complained.

“In Arkansas, we were invited to attend the local watch parties organized by the community,” an AT&T spokesman said in a statement issued to The Times.

“A few local employees brought a small number of demo phones with them and provided texting tutorials to those who were interested.”

The newspaper said officials of Fox Broadcasting, which airs the show, declined to discuss the matter.