Tuesday, February 15, 2011

AI_NEWS~ The Top 40 of American Idol 10

http://www.joesplaceblog.com/american-idol-10-contestant-listings/

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AI_NEWS~ Fantasia Barrino boycotted Grammys over Aretha Franklin tribute, No one noticed

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/02/fantasia-barrino-boycotted-grammys-over-aretha-franklin-tribute-no-one-noticed.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Fantasia Barrino boycotted Grammys over Aretha Franklin tribute, No one noticed

By Tierney Bricker

February 15, 2011 10:57 PM ET

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Um, if you have to call into a radio show to announce that you boycotted the Grammys after they already happened, doesn't that kind of defeat the whole purpose of boycotting?

"American Idol" alum and 11-time Grammy nominee Fantasia Barrino called in to BET's 106 & Park on Monday, Feb. 14, to reveal to all the people who were~~n't~~ wondering why she didn't attend the Grammys on Sunday, Feb. 13.

The singer was hurt that she wasn't asked to be a part of the Aretha Franklin tribute, which Christina Aguilera, Yolanda Adams, Jennifer Hudson, Florence Welch and Martina McBride participated in:

"I'm going to be very honest with you. You know I wasn't at the Grammys last night. I'm kind of going through my own little thing. ... Last night they were honoring someone who is my idol, Aretha Franklin, and there is no way I could have sat there and not got the happy feet and wanting to jump on the mic because she is my favorite so I felt like, you know, at the end of the day I should have been on that stage so, I kind of did my own little thing last night."

Did you hear that, Fantasia fans? You can call off your searches, she was just at home on music's biggest night because a tribute shouldn't be about the person being honored; It should just be about the people honoring her apparently.

The good news is that Barrino won her first Grammy that night for Best Female Vocal Performance in the R&B genre for her song "Bittersweet." What was her reaction to finally winning after 11 nominations?

"Actually I scared my daughter because I just bust out and started crying, and she thought something was wrong with me. You know it's been a long time coming... at the end of the day its been a long time coming for me," she says. "I have been through a lot of things so when Brian called me (my manager accepted the award for me), I just bust out started crying because I felt like, man, I wasn't gonna stop until I got one and I'm still not going to stop and you know this has just given me motivation to do my own thing."

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

AI_NEWS~ 'American Idol': 12 Tearjerking Moments

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20312226_20463011_20906992,00.html?xid=email-ThisWeekend-20110203-5Things-Story1

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AI_NEWS~ AI 10th Anniversary Album!

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http://www.claynewsnetwork.com/2011/02/03/clay-aiken-10th-anniversary-album/

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Clay Aiken – 10th Anniversary Album!

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:11 AM PST

Clay Aiken has been included in a new music album that will be released on March 15th. In a late night post on February 2nd, Brian Mansfield of Idol Chatter broke the news. The album is being released by 19 Recordings/RCA Records and features all the American Idol winners and three other popular contestants.

The following is the playlist for the new album

Kelly Clarkson, Since U Been Gone
Ruben Studdard, Superstar
Clay Aiken, Invisible
Fantasia, When I See U
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats
Taylor Hicks, Takin' It to the Streets
Daughtry, Home
Jordin Sparks (duet with Chris Brown), No Air
David Cook, Light On
Kris Allen, Live Like We're Dying
Adam Lambert, Whataya Want From Me
Lee DeWyze, Sweet Serendipity

Do you think anyone else should have been included on the album? Do you plan on buying this album?

To see the entire article from Idol Chatter, click HERE!

BroadwayWorld.com is one of the biggest sites for up-to-date information on Broadway shows and the artists that are the heart of the Broadway community. The site has always been very supportive of Clay Aiken.

On Wednesday, February 2nd, BroadwayWorld wrote a great article about Clay and his concert at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio. The concert is scheduled or February 19th at 7:30PM.

The well-written article relays the information about the Tried & True Tour and also highlights both Clays professional career and his work with charities and education. The following paragraph from the article is one of the highlights.

An unlikely pop star, Aiken has remained steadfast in his desire to remain true to the simple values he learned as a child in Raleigh, North Carolina. "I still live in the town where I grew up," he says. "I like surrounding myself with people I know and love." It is this authenticity that his millions of fans have responded to, an almost supernatural earnestness that feels unconventional in the cynical world today.