24 finalists who weren't so spectacular this week all came together to sing Estelle's 2008 hit American Boy and it wasn't so spectacular. Time to get rid of four of them....
Siobhan, Haeley, Michelle, Katelyn and Katie were all safe and Janell was the first to learn she is going home. She sang What About Love one last time.
The top girl on Miss American Idol Season 8 was 3rd runner up Alison Iraheta. She's released her first album to some great reviews but it has gotten ZERO radio or video airplay. Tonight she had her big chance to get some exposure to a huge audience, but the song she did, Scars, wasn't the best track on the album. She looked great and sounded pretty good, it's just the material that could have been better.
Paige, Lacey, Lilly, Crystal, and Didi were all safe and Ashley had to get the unhappy news that she has reached the end of the road. She then had to get through singing Happy once more.
Michael, John, Aaron, Todrick, and Tim were all safe and Joe had to get the surprise that he's done in this competition. But then he sang his drab version of You and I and it didn't seem so surprising anymore that he's leaving.
Idol gives back is returning this year on April 21st. The Season 8 Miss American Idol winner, Kris Allen, is here tonight to sing a song whose sales will all go toward benefiting earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. It was #1 for 2 weeks in 1970 for the Beatles and I'm sure the hope is that this very weak version by Kris will have some similar impact, but even if it is a charity single, I don't ever want to hear it again. He really should have taken advantage of this chance to promote his single Live Like You're Dying that has just reached a new peak position of #19 on the Billboard HOT 100 this week.
Casey, Jermaine, Lee, Andrew, and Alex were all safe and Tyler got kicked all the way back to the 70's because he isn't coming back here next week. He served us one last helping of American Woman before truckin out of here.
I only got one of my predictions correct by knowing that Janell would be going. It's amazing that people voted to keep Tim and Alex in the competition. These boys have to get a lot better to curb my suffering. I may just have to give in and watch them with the volume down. That must be what everyone else is doing.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The Top 12 boys take their first shot...
After the lackluster performances from the girls last night, the boys have hopefully learned their lesson and are ready to blow us away tonight...
Todrick Hall is 24 and he decided to sing Since U Been Gone that the Season One Miss American Idol winner took to #2 in 2005. You have to applaud Todrick's effort to mix it up and take this pop rock anthem and turn it into a hip hop jam, but his weak vocals took all the excitement away.
Aaron Kelly is 16 and he decided to sing the 2009 Rascal Flatt's hit Here Comes Goodbye. Aaron took a risk by singing a song with the word "goodbye" in it as he could be predicting what he'll be doing tomorrow night. The vocals were pretty good, but the performance was plain boring.
Jermaine Sellers is 27 and he decided to sing Get Here that went to #5 for Oleta Adams in 1991. Jermaine did his best to over sing this jazzy old person favorite and make it more exciting than it actually was.
Tim Urban is 20 and he decided to sing the 2007 hit Apologize that hit #2 by One Republic. Tim owes many people including One Republic and the entire listening audience an apology for taking up 5 minutes of our lives with this bland offering. Next time it is suggested that everyone turn the volume down and just look at his cuteness without listening.
Joe Munoz is 20 and he decided to sing the non-hit You and I by Jason Mraz. It wasn't a hit for Jason and this forgettable rendition will not be a hit for Joe either. His nice vocals did very little to leave much of a mark.
Tyler Grady is 20 and he decided to sing the classic rock anthem that hit #1 in 1970 from the Guess Who, American Woman. Tyler has the image to be an entertainer in the spotlight, but his vocals simply aren't that good.
Lee Dewyze is 23 and he decided to sing Chasing Cars that was a hit in 2006 by Snow Patrol. Lee is the raspy singer that the rock fans are going to love, but he kinda made the song almost unrecognizable with his screaming.
John Park is 21 and he decided to sing the jazz standard made famous by Billie Holiday, God Bless The Child. This song was clearly very special to John, but even his impressive vocals weren't enough to make it sound current and fresh for a new audience.
Michael Lynche is 26 and he decided to sing the 2004 top 5 hit by Maroon 5, This Love. It's most noticeable that Michael is a really big guy taking up space on the stage, but he actually has some talent in there as well.
Alex Lambert is 19 and he decided to sing a complete hot mess disaster called Wonderful World. This poor young guy was such a nervous wreck on stage that it was a huge relief when it was finally over.
Casey James is 27 and he decided to sing the lovely ballad that Bryan Adams took to #1 in 1985, Heaven. Casey has a very easy going manner and vocal style that worked well with this familiar old favorite.
Andrew Garcia is 24 and he decided to sing the 2005 top 10 hit Sugar We're Going Down by Fall Out Boy. Andrew did his best to reinvent this fun rock song and make it into a boring acoustic ballad. It showed some originality, but it went in the wrong direction.
I wouldn't have believed it could be true, but the boys actually did worse than the girls! None of them really took advantage of the opportunity to make an exciting first impression. Casey James and Michael Lynche should be safely coming back next week, but the rest of these guys better hope their moms are calling in many votes to save them. I predict that Tim Urban and Alex Lambert will not be so lucky when the votes are counted....
Todrick Hall is 24 and he decided to sing Since U Been Gone that the Season One Miss American Idol winner took to #2 in 2005. You have to applaud Todrick's effort to mix it up and take this pop rock anthem and turn it into a hip hop jam, but his weak vocals took all the excitement away.
Aaron Kelly is 16 and he decided to sing the 2009 Rascal Flatt's hit Here Comes Goodbye. Aaron took a risk by singing a song with the word "goodbye" in it as he could be predicting what he'll be doing tomorrow night. The vocals were pretty good, but the performance was plain boring.
Jermaine Sellers is 27 and he decided to sing Get Here that went to #5 for Oleta Adams in 1991. Jermaine did his best to over sing this jazzy old person favorite and make it more exciting than it actually was.
Tim Urban is 20 and he decided to sing the 2007 hit Apologize that hit #2 by One Republic. Tim owes many people including One Republic and the entire listening audience an apology for taking up 5 minutes of our lives with this bland offering. Next time it is suggested that everyone turn the volume down and just look at his cuteness without listening.
Joe Munoz is 20 and he decided to sing the non-hit You and I by Jason Mraz. It wasn't a hit for Jason and this forgettable rendition will not be a hit for Joe either. His nice vocals did very little to leave much of a mark.
Tyler Grady is 20 and he decided to sing the classic rock anthem that hit #1 in 1970 from the Guess Who, American Woman. Tyler has the image to be an entertainer in the spotlight, but his vocals simply aren't that good.
Lee Dewyze is 23 and he decided to sing Chasing Cars that was a hit in 2006 by Snow Patrol. Lee is the raspy singer that the rock fans are going to love, but he kinda made the song almost unrecognizable with his screaming.
John Park is 21 and he decided to sing the jazz standard made famous by Billie Holiday, God Bless The Child. This song was clearly very special to John, but even his impressive vocals weren't enough to make it sound current and fresh for a new audience.
Michael Lynche is 26 and he decided to sing the 2004 top 5 hit by Maroon 5, This Love. It's most noticeable that Michael is a really big guy taking up space on the stage, but he actually has some talent in there as well.
Alex Lambert is 19 and he decided to sing a complete hot mess disaster called Wonderful World. This poor young guy was such a nervous wreck on stage that it was a huge relief when it was finally over.
Casey James is 27 and he decided to sing the lovely ballad that Bryan Adams took to #1 in 1985, Heaven. Casey has a very easy going manner and vocal style that worked well with this familiar old favorite.
Andrew Garcia is 24 and he decided to sing the 2005 top 10 hit Sugar We're Going Down by Fall Out Boy. Andrew did his best to reinvent this fun rock song and make it into a boring acoustic ballad. It showed some originality, but it went in the wrong direction.
I wouldn't have believed it could be true, but the boys actually did worse than the girls! None of them really took advantage of the opportunity to make an exciting first impression. Casey James and Michael Lynche should be safely coming back next week, but the rest of these guys better hope their moms are calling in many votes to save them. I predict that Tim Urban and Alex Lambert will not be so lucky when the votes are counted....
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The Top 12 girls take their first shot...
This is the girls first chance to impress us and try and get our votes. They can choose any song they want that appeared on the Billboard charts so they have no excuse for getting stuck with the wrong song....
Paige Miles is 24 and she decided to sing All Right Now that hit #4 in 1970 for the one hit wonder band, Free. Paige did not do anything special with this rock anthem and she too should end up being a one hit wonder.
Ashley Rodriguez is 22 and she decided to sing Happy that is the first single from the second album by Leona Lewis. This single fizzled on the Billboard HOT 100 failing to match the success of her first breakthrough hit Bleeding Love. Ashley's version ended up fizzling also....
Janell Wheeler is 24 and she decided to sing What About Love that hit #10 in 1985 for the queens of Rock and Roll, Heart. Lead singer Ann Wilson has the best female voice in the history of classic rock and Janell did not come close to being comparable.
Lilly Scott is 20 and she decided to sing Fixing a Hole that was an album track on the Beatles amazing release Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Lilly failed to do anything amazing with this tepid rendition.
Katelyn Epperly is 19 and she decided to sing Oh! Darling that charted for Robin Gibb in 1978 when the Bee Gees made a movie of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. That movie was quickly forgotten and so too will be Katelyn.
Haeley Vaughn is 16 and she decided to sing I Want To Hold Your Hand that was the Beatles first #1 hit back in 1964. She was very brave and got out there with her acoustic guitar and did a very unique arrangement of the song. It wasn't flawless, but it was memorable.
Lacey Brown is 24 and she decided to sing Landslide that became a hit for Fleetwood Mac when they released their live album The Dance in 1997. Lacey is not going to be able to make a hit out of this lifeless performance.
Michelle Delamor is 22 and she decided to sing Fallin that hit #1 for 6 weeks by Alicia Keys in 2001. Michelle was easily a stand out from the competition so far as she was able to perform this song with confidence and great vocal talent.
Didi Benami is 23 and she decided to sing Way I Am from indie singer songwriter chick Ingrid Michaelson. Didi is a very down to earth folk singer type and should fit right in singing at your local coffee shop.
Siobhan Magnus is 19 and she decided to sing Wicked Game that Chris Isaak took to #6 in 1991. It started off pretty shaky but this song allowed Siobhan to show off her impressive vocal range in the end.
Crystal Bowersox is 24 and she decided to sing Hand in my Pocket that was an airplay hit by Alanis Morissette in 1996. Playing both her guitar and a harmonica Crystal demonstrated what this song could have sounded like if it were sung by someone who actually has talent. Great job!
Katie Stevens is 17 and she decided to sing Feelin Good by Michael Buble. Katie clearly has a very good voice, but this big band style song wasn't the best choice to highlight her youthful energy.
It was a night where the girls failed to blow me away. It's possible that Michelle Delamor, Crystal Bowersox and Katie Stevens could be secure in their safety at coming back for another chance next week. But seriously, any one of the 12 could be at risk of going home. I'm going to predict that Paige Miles and Janell Wheeler will be sent packing....
Paige Miles is 24 and she decided to sing All Right Now that hit #4 in 1970 for the one hit wonder band, Free. Paige did not do anything special with this rock anthem and she too should end up being a one hit wonder.
Ashley Rodriguez is 22 and she decided to sing Happy that is the first single from the second album by Leona Lewis. This single fizzled on the Billboard HOT 100 failing to match the success of her first breakthrough hit Bleeding Love. Ashley's version ended up fizzling also....
Janell Wheeler is 24 and she decided to sing What About Love that hit #10 in 1985 for the queens of Rock and Roll, Heart. Lead singer Ann Wilson has the best female voice in the history of classic rock and Janell did not come close to being comparable.
Lilly Scott is 20 and she decided to sing Fixing a Hole that was an album track on the Beatles amazing release Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Lilly failed to do anything amazing with this tepid rendition.
Katelyn Epperly is 19 and she decided to sing Oh! Darling that charted for Robin Gibb in 1978 when the Bee Gees made a movie of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. That movie was quickly forgotten and so too will be Katelyn.
Haeley Vaughn is 16 and she decided to sing I Want To Hold Your Hand that was the Beatles first #1 hit back in 1964. She was very brave and got out there with her acoustic guitar and did a very unique arrangement of the song. It wasn't flawless, but it was memorable.
Lacey Brown is 24 and she decided to sing Landslide that became a hit for Fleetwood Mac when they released their live album The Dance in 1997. Lacey is not going to be able to make a hit out of this lifeless performance.
Michelle Delamor is 22 and she decided to sing Fallin that hit #1 for 6 weeks by Alicia Keys in 2001. Michelle was easily a stand out from the competition so far as she was able to perform this song with confidence and great vocal talent.
Didi Benami is 23 and she decided to sing Way I Am from indie singer songwriter chick Ingrid Michaelson. Didi is a very down to earth folk singer type and should fit right in singing at your local coffee shop.
Siobhan Magnus is 19 and she decided to sing Wicked Game that Chris Isaak took to #6 in 1991. It started off pretty shaky but this song allowed Siobhan to show off her impressive vocal range in the end.
Crystal Bowersox is 24 and she decided to sing Hand in my Pocket that was an airplay hit by Alanis Morissette in 1996. Playing both her guitar and a harmonica Crystal demonstrated what this song could have sounded like if it were sung by someone who actually has talent. Great job!
Katie Stevens is 17 and she decided to sing Feelin Good by Michael Buble. Katie clearly has a very good voice, but this big band style song wasn't the best choice to highlight her youthful energy.
It was a night where the girls failed to blow me away. It's possible that Michelle Delamor, Crystal Bowersox and Katie Stevens could be secure in their safety at coming back for another chance next week. But seriously, any one of the 12 could be at risk of going home. I'm going to predict that Paige Miles and Janell Wheeler will be sent packing....
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
We Are The World
The best selling single on i-tunes right now is the 25th Anniversary all-star recording of We Are The World. Back in 1985 this Grammy winning #1 smash was a charity single for hunger in Africa. This time around it is fund raising for earth quake relief in Haiti.
In addition to the legendary voices of Barbra Streisand, Josh Groban, Celine Dion, and Toni Braxton they are joined by Oscar winner and Season Three Miss American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson. This is just another example of Jennifer's impressive status as a talented artist in demand. If you look closely in the video you can also see that American Idol judge Randy Jackson contributed to the chorus as well as Season Five Miss American Idol 1st runner up Katherine McPhee and Season Six Miss American Idol winner Jordin Sparks.
Not quite in as much demand is Season Three Miss American Idol winner Fantasia who is struggling to manage her career and her family life on her reality show Fantasia For Real. She has been very public with her personal difficulty with education and reading and she is working with a tutor to earn her GED. At the same time she is trying to make sure her young daughter, Zion, keeps on learning and stays excited about school. For the most part, this is going well, but she feels bad being on the road so much and leaving most of the encouragement to Zion's teachers. This often means that Zion receives many gifts and toys in the mail while her mommy is gone.
The gifts that Fantasia showers on her brothers come in the form of helping them get a break in the music business. She spends so much time trying to help them that she seems to neglect her own career. Her new single was just released and unfortunately it isn't even on the i-tunes top 200 best sellers chart this week. Fantasia is indulging her older brothers idea to record an inspirational single and he wants her to be a part of it. Fantasia takes it a step further and decides to make it a family affair by inviting brother Teeny to be included as well. He shows off how completely undisciplined and unprofessional he is during the recording session. Her manager suggests that Fantasia invite Teeny to tour with her so he can gain experience. Not wanting to deal with all of his drama, Fantasia is initially against the idea, but she goes along with it anyway. Just as suspected, he doesn't listen to any directions and tries to take charge every chance he gets. But thankfully, Fantasia is pleasantly surprised that once up on stage with her he manages to do a pretty good job. For now....
In addition to the legendary voices of Barbra Streisand, Josh Groban, Celine Dion, and Toni Braxton they are joined by Oscar winner and Season Three Miss American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson. This is just another example of Jennifer's impressive status as a talented artist in demand. If you look closely in the video you can also see that American Idol judge Randy Jackson contributed to the chorus as well as Season Five Miss American Idol 1st runner up Katherine McPhee and Season Six Miss American Idol winner Jordin Sparks.
Not quite in as much demand is Season Three Miss American Idol winner Fantasia who is struggling to manage her career and her family life on her reality show Fantasia For Real. She has been very public with her personal difficulty with education and reading and she is working with a tutor to earn her GED. At the same time she is trying to make sure her young daughter, Zion, keeps on learning and stays excited about school. For the most part, this is going well, but she feels bad being on the road so much and leaving most of the encouragement to Zion's teachers. This often means that Zion receives many gifts and toys in the mail while her mommy is gone.
The gifts that Fantasia showers on her brothers come in the form of helping them get a break in the music business. She spends so much time trying to help them that she seems to neglect her own career. Her new single was just released and unfortunately it isn't even on the i-tunes top 200 best sellers chart this week. Fantasia is indulging her older brothers idea to record an inspirational single and he wants her to be a part of it. Fantasia takes it a step further and decides to make it a family affair by inviting brother Teeny to be included as well. He shows off how completely undisciplined and unprofessional he is during the recording session. Her manager suggests that Fantasia invite Teeny to tour with her so he can gain experience. Not wanting to deal with all of his drama, Fantasia is initially against the idea, but she goes along with it anyway. Just as suspected, he doesn't listen to any directions and tries to take charge every chance he gets. But thankfully, Fantasia is pleasantly surprised that once up on stage with her he manages to do a pretty good job. For now....
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Hollywood Week - Season 9
We have finally made it to Hollywood week in Season 9 and we'll have the names of this years top 12 finalists - IN ANOTHER MONTH!!!
While, we're waiting it was nice to see Ellen Degeneres sitting at the judges table for the first time. She was just as insightful and funny as I hoped she would be.
February is Black History Month so our very first black President of the United States invited some of the biggest names in music to perform a celebration of black music at the White House. In addition to legendary names like Natalie Cole and Smokey Robinson, the list included Oscar Winner and Season Three finalist, Jennifer Hudson. She sounded wonderful singing People Get Ready and Someday We'll All Free.
Jennifer Hudson also recently found herself at the #1 position on the Billboard Top Albums chart when she performed Let It Be on the Hope For Haiti Now album.
As we all know from watching Fantasia For Real, she is working very hard to get herself back on the top of the charts. Last week it looks like her record company finally convinced her to reconsider what her first single should be. Fantasia wanted it to be a song called Move On Me, but you just have to look at itunes this week and see that her new single is finally available for download and it's called, Even Angels. It's all the way down at #199 on the itunes sales chart, but at least she has something new out there. She needs something to help her deal with the stress from her ungrateful brothers.
Fantasia's manager arranged for her to meet with a Life Coach who helped her talk through her feelings around having to take care of her family. It was emotional and helpful, but it the next step involved having Grandma come and call for a family meeting. Everybody showed up except for her bratty, arrogant brother, Teeny. It was just more than he could handle at the time.
On his own terms, Teeny decided to secretly go see a performance of his sister in The Color Purple. After six years of letting her support him, he finally saw for himself how much work she has to do to keep the income coming in. He was amazed how she transformed herself into the character and sang so beautifully. This was a big enough realization to motivate him to come home and actually talk to Fantasia again. She was happy to have him back and willing to give him another chance under these conditions - he can move back into the house until January 1st. After that he'll have to move out and take care of himself. She told him she has faith that he will use this time to get his act together and be able to take care of himself.
Fantasia was so happy to share the news with Teeny's ex-girlfriend who immediately expressed that she has no faith that Teeny will be moving out come the first of the year....
While, we're waiting it was nice to see Ellen Degeneres sitting at the judges table for the first time. She was just as insightful and funny as I hoped she would be.
February is Black History Month so our very first black President of the United States invited some of the biggest names in music to perform a celebration of black music at the White House. In addition to legendary names like Natalie Cole and Smokey Robinson, the list included Oscar Winner and Season Three finalist, Jennifer Hudson. She sounded wonderful singing People Get Ready and Someday We'll All Free.
Jennifer Hudson also recently found herself at the #1 position on the Billboard Top Albums chart when she performed Let It Be on the Hope For Haiti Now album.
As we all know from watching Fantasia For Real, she is working very hard to get herself back on the top of the charts. Last week it looks like her record company finally convinced her to reconsider what her first single should be. Fantasia wanted it to be a song called Move On Me, but you just have to look at itunes this week and see that her new single is finally available for download and it's called, Even Angels. It's all the way down at #199 on the itunes sales chart, but at least she has something new out there. She needs something to help her deal with the stress from her ungrateful brothers.
Fantasia's manager arranged for her to meet with a Life Coach who helped her talk through her feelings around having to take care of her family. It was emotional and helpful, but it the next step involved having Grandma come and call for a family meeting. Everybody showed up except for her bratty, arrogant brother, Teeny. It was just more than he could handle at the time.
On his own terms, Teeny decided to secretly go see a performance of his sister in The Color Purple. After six years of letting her support him, he finally saw for himself how much work she has to do to keep the income coming in. He was amazed how she transformed herself into the character and sang so beautifully. This was a big enough realization to motivate him to come home and actually talk to Fantasia again. She was happy to have him back and willing to give him another chance under these conditions - he can move back into the house until January 1st. After that he'll have to move out and take care of himself. She told him she has faith that he will use this time to get his act together and be able to take care of himself.
Fantasia was so happy to share the news with Teeny's ex-girlfriend who immediately expressed that she has no faith that Teeny will be moving out come the first of the year....
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Carrie Underwood at the Super Bowl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhEzqbOzODg
The link above is the amazing performance of the National Anthem by the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood. She was outstanding!
The link above is the amazing performance of the National Anthem by the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood. She was outstanding!
Another American Idol GRAMMY win!
The 52nd Grammy Awards was a very fun presentation of musical entertainment filled with exciting performances. Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Lady Antebellum were the highlights of the live action on stage. In addition, there was a tribute to Michael Jackson that included two of the greatest Miss American Idol Finalists ever. There was a performance of MJ's Earth Song by Celine Dion, Usher, Smokey Robinson, Season Three Finalist Jennifer Hudson and the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood.
Carrie looked stunning on stage and both she and Jennifer sounded great. This was the only time that Carrie was on stage tonight although she should have enjoyed the pleasure of having her name called as the winner of the Best Country Collaboration Grammy for her duet with Randy Travis, I Told You So. This is the 5th Grammy that Carrie Underwood is adding to her collection of awards.
It should have been the night for her to get her 6th Grammy, but she ended up not winning the Grammy for Best Country Female Vocalist. After winning it three years in a row, she handed the torch over to Taylor Swift. The only other Miss American Idol finalist who was nominated for a Grammy this year also did not win. Season One winner, Kelly Clarkson, lost out on getting her Grammy for Best Pop Album for her latest release, All I Ever Wanted. In this case the Grammy went to the Black Eyed Peas.
Since one of Carrie's Grammy wins is the honor of Best New Artist, it's also interesting to see who is the latest to be added to this elite group. In year's past the Grammy for Best New Artist has gone to music superstars such as: Sheryl Crow, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Toni Braxton, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, Maroon 5, and of course, the standard was set by 20 years of platinum albums and #1 hits, Best New Artist winner, Mariah Carey.
Last year's winner was British artist, Adele. Although she is very talented, her win hasn't translated into having huge hits. This year the award went to hit making country act, The Zac Brown Band. They have two of my favorite songs: Chicken Fried and Whatever It Is. Of the nominees this year, they were easily my choice to win. My choice would have been a little different if it weren't for a rule that disqualified the amazing Lady Gaga from getting nominated for the award that seemed to have her name all over it. Turns out she was nominated in the dance category last year and therefore she couldn't be considered a new artist anymore.
Her loss was good news for The Zac Brown Band so I guess it all worked out in the end. :)
Carrie looked stunning on stage and both she and Jennifer sounded great. This was the only time that Carrie was on stage tonight although she should have enjoyed the pleasure of having her name called as the winner of the Best Country Collaboration Grammy for her duet with Randy Travis, I Told You So. This is the 5th Grammy that Carrie Underwood is adding to her collection of awards.
It should have been the night for her to get her 6th Grammy, but she ended up not winning the Grammy for Best Country Female Vocalist. After winning it three years in a row, she handed the torch over to Taylor Swift. The only other Miss American Idol finalist who was nominated for a Grammy this year also did not win. Season One winner, Kelly Clarkson, lost out on getting her Grammy for Best Pop Album for her latest release, All I Ever Wanted. In this case the Grammy went to the Black Eyed Peas.
Since one of Carrie's Grammy wins is the honor of Best New Artist, it's also interesting to see who is the latest to be added to this elite group. In year's past the Grammy for Best New Artist has gone to music superstars such as: Sheryl Crow, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Toni Braxton, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, Maroon 5, and of course, the standard was set by 20 years of platinum albums and #1 hits, Best New Artist winner, Mariah Carey.
Last year's winner was British artist, Adele. Although she is very talented, her win hasn't translated into having huge hits. This year the award went to hit making country act, The Zac Brown Band. They have two of my favorite songs: Chicken Fried and Whatever It Is. Of the nominees this year, they were easily my choice to win. My choice would have been a little different if it weren't for a rule that disqualified the amazing Lady Gaga from getting nominated for the award that seemed to have her name all over it. Turns out she was nominated in the dance category last year and therefore she couldn't be considered a new artist anymore.
Her loss was good news for The Zac Brown Band so I guess it all worked out in the end. :)
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