November 10th 2010 is looking to be another great night for the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood. This is the night that she will join Brad Paisley for the third year in a row as the hosts for the CMA Awards. In addition to showing off her wonderful personality for the entire night, we are sure to see her in a whole new assortment of beautiful fashions with each different moment on stage. And, of course, she will add another outstanding live television performance to the list of ones she's already done. With her recent marriage to hockey player Mike Fisher, I predict that she will sing the lovely and appropriate Mama's Song, which could be the next single from her amazing album Play On now that the current single, Undo It, is ending its reign as the undisputed song of the summer.
While being the queen of the night with her hosting duties and performance, Carrie is in the running to add some more awards to her impressive collection. She is once again nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year and her Album, Play On, is up for Album of the Year.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Fantasia's BIG Debut
The Season Three Miss American Idol winner, Fantasia, makes a big debut on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart at #1 with her album Back To Me selling 117,000 copies in the first week.
This is her first #1 album on this chart as her previous album Free Yourself peaked at #2 and her self-titled Fantasia peaked at #3.
On the Billboard 200 Albums chart this is good enough for Back To Me to debut at #2 which makes this her highest charting album yet on this comprehensive chart.
Free Yourself peaked at #8 in 2004 and Fantasia peaked at #19 in 2006.
Over on the R&B/Hip Hop songs chart, Bittersweet is at a new peak position of #7 while it is at #74 on the Billboard HOT 100 singles chart.
This is her first #1 album on this chart as her previous album Free Yourself peaked at #2 and her self-titled Fantasia peaked at #3.
On the Billboard 200 Albums chart this is good enough for Back To Me to debut at #2 which makes this her highest charting album yet on this comprehensive chart.
Free Yourself peaked at #8 in 2004 and Fantasia peaked at #19 in 2006.
Over on the R&B/Hip Hop songs chart, Bittersweet is at a new peak position of #7 while it is at #74 on the Billboard HOT 100 singles chart.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Carrie Underwood - LIVE In Concert! - Part 2
It was exactly a year ago when I first saw the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner Carrie Underwood perform live at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park IL. When I learned that she was coming back for another performance, I immediately went online back in April and bought tickets for myself and some of my favorite cowboys so we could enjoy the fun of music under the stars with Carrie once again.
Carrie has been riding high on an fantastically successful 2010 already being named the ACM Entertainer of the Year for two years in a row, winning the CMT Video of the Year for Cowboy Casanova and having her 10th #1 hit on the Billboard Country singles chart with Undo It. In fact, just today the fantastic video for Undo It has now spent a record breaking 12th week at #1 on the CMT Top 20 Video Countdown.
With so many wonderful songs in her catalog the anticipation for this live performance was HUGE! We arrived at Ravinia at 3:20 and the crowd of fans was already lined up to get into the park. The Premier members were fortunate enough to get in early and get some prime picnic space while the rest of us regular people had to wait until 4:00 to finally get in. Thankfully, we were able to find a very cozy square of space under a tree that was large enough to accommodate our group of cowboys who were eager to have fun and enjoy the music.
It was a very hot and steamy day with the sun shining bright and temperatures climbing over 90 degrees. The food was delicious, the wine was chilled and the fans were fun and friendly so the time just flew by until the Supreme Miss American Idol finally took the stage at 7:15.
She opened the show were her crowd pleasing smash hit, Cowboy Casanova. The band played the familiar riff a few times and then Carrie walked onstage looking absolutely stunning in black skinny jeans lined with rhinestones and a lovely strapless top with glittering fringe. She segued directly into track 2 on her latest hit album Play On, Quitter. The set list for tonight's show was much different from what she did last year as she was able to pull huge hits from all three of her multi-platinum albums, Some Hearts, Carnival Ride and Play On.
She didn't have any costume changes through the evening as she went through a spectacular string of hits including Wasted, Just A Dream, Temporary Home, All-American Girl, Jesus Take The Wheel and So Small. One of the best parts about seeing a show at Ravinia is that fans have the space on the lawn to get up and dance to this fantastic set-list of songs. I thoroughly enjoyed dancing with my handsome cowboy friends to these songs and it was very clear that the other fans in the park loved seeing us two-step and shadow along with Carrie.
The show came to a very exciting culmination as Carrie sang her smash hits Last Name and Before He Cheats while the crowd sang along with satisfaction and approval. She closed the show with the very fun and catchy track from Play On called Songs Like This. The fans seemed to love it and it appears that this might be a likely future single to be released.
The Supreme Miss American Idol proved once again why she is the multi platinum selling artist who is adored by fans young and old. It was a great night with friends. The fried chicken was tasty, the shrimp cocktail was delicious, the ham was succulent, the cowboys were wonderful and the music was amazing! How lucky I feel to have been there. :)
Carrie has been riding high on an fantastically successful 2010 already being named the ACM Entertainer of the Year for two years in a row, winning the CMT Video of the Year for Cowboy Casanova and having her 10th #1 hit on the Billboard Country singles chart with Undo It. In fact, just today the fantastic video for Undo It has now spent a record breaking 12th week at #1 on the CMT Top 20 Video Countdown.
With so many wonderful songs in her catalog the anticipation for this live performance was HUGE! We arrived at Ravinia at 3:20 and the crowd of fans was already lined up to get into the park. The Premier members were fortunate enough to get in early and get some prime picnic space while the rest of us regular people had to wait until 4:00 to finally get in. Thankfully, we were able to find a very cozy square of space under a tree that was large enough to accommodate our group of cowboys who were eager to have fun and enjoy the music.
It was a very hot and steamy day with the sun shining bright and temperatures climbing over 90 degrees. The food was delicious, the wine was chilled and the fans were fun and friendly so the time just flew by until the Supreme Miss American Idol finally took the stage at 7:15.
She opened the show were her crowd pleasing smash hit, Cowboy Casanova. The band played the familiar riff a few times and then Carrie walked onstage looking absolutely stunning in black skinny jeans lined with rhinestones and a lovely strapless top with glittering fringe. She segued directly into track 2 on her latest hit album Play On, Quitter. The set list for tonight's show was much different from what she did last year as she was able to pull huge hits from all three of her multi-platinum albums, Some Hearts, Carnival Ride and Play On.
She didn't have any costume changes through the evening as she went through a spectacular string of hits including Wasted, Just A Dream, Temporary Home, All-American Girl, Jesus Take The Wheel and So Small. One of the best parts about seeing a show at Ravinia is that fans have the space on the lawn to get up and dance to this fantastic set-list of songs. I thoroughly enjoyed dancing with my handsome cowboy friends to these songs and it was very clear that the other fans in the park loved seeing us two-step and shadow along with Carrie.
The show came to a very exciting culmination as Carrie sang her smash hits Last Name and Before He Cheats while the crowd sang along with satisfaction and approval. She closed the show with the very fun and catchy track from Play On called Songs Like This. The fans seemed to love it and it appears that this might be a likely future single to be released.
The Supreme Miss American Idol proved once again why she is the multi platinum selling artist who is adored by fans young and old. It was a great night with friends. The fried chicken was tasty, the shrimp cocktail was delicious, the ham was succulent, the cowboys were wonderful and the music was amazing! How lucky I feel to have been there. :)
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Upcoming IDOL releases
A few of the Miss American Idol finalists have some new music that is going to be released in the next couple of months:
The one coming first is from Season Three Miss American Idol winner Fantasia. Her new album, Back to Me, will be in stores this Tuesday August 24th. The first single from the album, Bittersweet, is continuing to make small gains each week on the chart so it could have at least Top 40 potential.
The Season Seven Miss American Idol 1st Runner-Up, David Archuleta, will have his new music in stores on October 5th. We've already heard the first single, Something 'Bout Love, but it still hasn't made a ripple on the charts yet. The video for the song was just released so that might give this very fun and catchy dance pop jam a little more exposure and get people to pay attention to it.
Finally, on November 16th the Season Nine Miss American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze, will have his debut album in stores. No new single has leaked out yet so I can't really say much else except he's gonna have to work really hard to have a hit.
The one coming first is from Season Three Miss American Idol winner Fantasia. Her new album, Back to Me, will be in stores this Tuesday August 24th. The first single from the album, Bittersweet, is continuing to make small gains each week on the chart so it could have at least Top 40 potential.
The Season Seven Miss American Idol 1st Runner-Up, David Archuleta, will have his new music in stores on October 5th. We've already heard the first single, Something 'Bout Love, but it still hasn't made a ripple on the charts yet. The video for the song was just released so that might give this very fun and catchy dance pop jam a little more exposure and get people to pay attention to it.
Finally, on November 16th the Season Nine Miss American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze, will have his debut album in stores. No new single has leaked out yet so I can't really say much else except he's gonna have to work really hard to have a hit.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
It's good to LIKE Fantasia!
In just one week there will be new music available from the Season Three Miss American Idol Winner, Fantasia. Her new album Back To Me is going to be out on August 24th.
The first single from the album, Bittersweet, is at #90 on the Billboard HOT 100 this week and it's picking up spins on the radio airplay chart. Bittersweet also peaked at #10 on the Billboard R&B songs chart recently.
In addition, this album contains the song Move On Me that Fantasia talked about during the first season of her reality show, Fantasia For Real. She campaigned very hard for this song to be the first single, but that clearly did not happen. Now will be our chance to finally hear what she was raving about all that time.
This is also an opportunity to get a listen to some of the amazing work Fantasia did on Broadway while starring in The Color Purple. Her version of I'm Here from the Original Cast Recording is included in this collection.
BUT why wait till next week when you can get a listen to the entire album RIGHT NOW!!! Just go to the Fantasia fan page on Facebook and click that you LIKE her. This will give you access to stream every track on the album before you can buy it. I'm actually listening to it right now and loving it quite a bit.
The first single from the album, Bittersweet, is at #90 on the Billboard HOT 100 this week and it's picking up spins on the radio airplay chart. Bittersweet also peaked at #10 on the Billboard R&B songs chart recently.
In addition, this album contains the song Move On Me that Fantasia talked about during the first season of her reality show, Fantasia For Real. She campaigned very hard for this song to be the first single, but that clearly did not happen. Now will be our chance to finally hear what she was raving about all that time.
This is also an opportunity to get a listen to some of the amazing work Fantasia did on Broadway while starring in The Color Purple. Her version of I'm Here from the Original Cast Recording is included in this collection.
BUT why wait till next week when you can get a listen to the entire album RIGHT NOW!!! Just go to the Fantasia fan page on Facebook and click that you LIKE her. This will give you access to stream every track on the album before you can buy it. I'm actually listening to it right now and loving it quite a bit.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
So much IDOL news!!!
I finally got a chance to see the VH1 Behind The Music episode of Season Three Miss American Idol finalist, Jennifer Hudson. It really was a great chance to re-live all of the exciting moments of her getting better and better each week. She did a spectacular job singing Circle of Life and Weekend in New England. What a shock it was when she not only ended up in the bottom two, but got sent home so early in the competition. There was such controversy back here in Chicago that night because of the tornado and the phone lines being down for so many fans who would have surely voted for her if they could have. Then of course, the show featured her fabulous return in the movie version of Dream Girls where she was outstanding in the role of Effie White singing And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going. This, changed things forever as she became: Oscar Winner, Jennifer Hudson!
After being brought to tears because of the pride in her amazing success, the show then took our tears to another level covering the tragic murders of her mother, brother and nephew. She has shown wonderful strength being able to carry on with her life, marrying a great man and having a new baby son.
It's also been a great week for the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood who now has her 10th #1 smash hit song on the Billboard Country songs chart with Undo It. She is now in a very elite group of female country artists achieving this significant feat. Over on the Billboard HOT 100, Undo It is still going strong at #24 this week.
The only other Miss American Idols making a ripple on the Billboard HOT 100 this week are the Season 8 1st Runner Up Adam Lambert at #69 with If I Had You and the Season 3 winner Fantasia at #95 with Bittersweet.
Then of course we have all the news that came out this week about the revolving door of American Idol Judges. It's sad to see the fantastic Ellen Degeneres leave after only one season, but this really never was the perfect fit for her. She needs much more the 10 second sound bites of airtime to be at her funniest. I'm not going to miss Kara at all. She always seemed unnecessary and never really added anything special.
I think the addition of Jennifer Lopez might actually be a good thing. At least she has some pop music credibility to bring to the panel with her extensive history of success on the Billboard HOT 100. She has the following list of #1 hits to her credit: If You Had My Love - 5 weeks at #1 in 1999; I'm Real - 5 weeks at #1 in 2001; Ain't It Funny - 6 weeks at #1 in 2002; All I Have - 4 weeks at #1 in 2003. While these songs haven't really become classics, she knows quite a bit about creating the image and sound that is going to generate sales and airplay.
After the dismal reality that was American Idol Season 9, the show definitely needs a serious makeover. Lee DeWyze has barely made a ripple on the charts with his single so far and the outlook for his album is not good.
After being brought to tears because of the pride in her amazing success, the show then took our tears to another level covering the tragic murders of her mother, brother and nephew. She has shown wonderful strength being able to carry on with her life, marrying a great man and having a new baby son.
It's also been a great week for the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood who now has her 10th #1 smash hit song on the Billboard Country songs chart with Undo It. She is now in a very elite group of female country artists achieving this significant feat. Over on the Billboard HOT 100, Undo It is still going strong at #24 this week.
The only other Miss American Idols making a ripple on the Billboard HOT 100 this week are the Season 8 1st Runner Up Adam Lambert at #69 with If I Had You and the Season 3 winner Fantasia at #95 with Bittersweet.
Then of course we have all the news that came out this week about the revolving door of American Idol Judges. It's sad to see the fantastic Ellen Degeneres leave after only one season, but this really never was the perfect fit for her. She needs much more the 10 second sound bites of airtime to be at her funniest. I'm not going to miss Kara at all. She always seemed unnecessary and never really added anything special.
I think the addition of Jennifer Lopez might actually be a good thing. At least she has some pop music credibility to bring to the panel with her extensive history of success on the Billboard HOT 100. She has the following list of #1 hits to her credit: If You Had My Love - 5 weeks at #1 in 1999; I'm Real - 5 weeks at #1 in 2001; Ain't It Funny - 6 weeks at #1 in 2002; All I Have - 4 weeks at #1 in 2003. While these songs haven't really become classics, she knows quite a bit about creating the image and sound that is going to generate sales and airplay.
After the dismal reality that was American Idol Season 9, the show definitely needs a serious makeover. Lee DeWyze has barely made a ripple on the charts with his single so far and the outlook for his album is not good.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Something Bout Love
The Season 7 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up David Archuleta has released a new single to itunes today. It's called Something Bout Love and it's a very fun and catchy dance pop summer anthem. It's a little more radio friendly than his earlier singles so it could actually have some potential to be a hit. In it's first week out it's only at #94 on the itunes chart, but who knows what might happen.
Elsewhere on the itunes chart, The Season 8 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up Adam Lambert is at #42 with If I Had You. It's a great song that deserves more sales and airplay.
The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood is still hanging in there at #30 with Undo It, but there aren't any other Idol finalists having much chart impact lately.
Elsewhere on the itunes chart, The Season 8 Miss American Idol 1st Runner Up Adam Lambert is at #42 with If I Had You. It's a great song that deserves more sales and airplay.
The Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood is still hanging in there at #30 with Undo It, but there aren't any other Idol finalists having much chart impact lately.
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