Monday, September 17, 2012

CMA excitement is building

The 2012 CMA Awards are fast approaching on November 1st and the excitement for Country Music's Biggest Night is building.

One of the best parts of the evening is seeing the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood host the show with Brad Paisley. This will be the 5th year in a row we will be treated to her charming personality and looking beautiful in numerous glamorous costume changes.

The CMA nominations were recently announced and the most exciting category will be Female Vocalist of the Year. After the HUGE success of Good Girl, her debut single from Blown Away, it's no surprise at all that Carrie Underwood is once again nominated. This year she will be going up against none other that the Season 1 Miss American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson in the same category! Kelly has enjoyed a lot of cross-over country music success with her singles Don't You Wanna Stay and Mr. Know It All getting a lot of airplay at Country Music radio.

Adding to the anticipation was the very fun three hour all-star concert that was on TV called the CMA Music Festival, Country's Night To Rock! It featured all of the biggest names in country music including many of the CMA nominees. Carrie Underwood was there to sing her current very powerful single, Blown Away. She also sang her classic hit, Last Name. The Season 10 Miss American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery was also there to join the party and sing a few songs for the fans. 

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Sparkle is #1

Sparkle, the feature film debut from Season 6 Miss American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks is in theaters now.

The soundtrack to the film features three new songs from Jordin, along with three covers from the original 1976 soundtrack. There's even a duet called Celebrate with Whitney Houston, who plays her mother in the film. Celebrate is a truly joyous pop dance anthem that would be a welcome addition to any music collection.

The soundtrack to Sparkle has been sitting at #1 on the Billboard Top Soundtracks chart for the past 4 weeks.

On the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart Sparkle had a peak position of #21.