American Idol Season 6 finalist Phil Stacey will release his self-titled debut CD Tuesday on Lyric Street Records.

Stacey will kick off his CD release week with a live appearance on NBC-TV’s Today Show on Monday.

He was popular with “Idol” judge Randy Jackson who said,”You are going to have a career in country music!”

Off the CD, Stacey’s debut single, “If You Didn’t Love Me,” which was co-written by Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts, is already popular on the country music charts with its popular music video.

John Guilfoil is the editor-in-chief of Blast: Boston's Online Magazine. He can be reached at guilfoil.j@blastmagazine.com.