Circus is planning to release a debut album in 2016. And as a reminder of what’s in store, the Los Angeles-based band has released a video cover of Duran Duran’s “Do You Believe in Shame?” Wow, doesn’t Allison Iraheta sound fantastic? Allison, the fourth-place finisher on Season 8 of American Idol, is 23 now and…
The Top 11 on The Voice will be hard-pressed to repeat last week’s performance, at least one the music charts. I mean, three songs in the Top 10 on the iTunes’ singles chart. Ten of 12 songs released hitting the Top 10 on a genre chart. That’s quite impressive. And, of course, Jordan Smith…
Jordan Smith wasn’t just The Voice victor on iTunes last week. He’s also the contestant who made the biggest advances on social media. Jordan scored another iTunes hit on The Voice Monday night. And that might be something of an understatement. His version of “How Great is They Faithfulness” hit number one on the iTunes…
There will be a touch of American Idol flavor to this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Among the stars expected to be on hand for event are Season 6 American idol winner Jordin Sparks and Season 5 standout Chris Daughtry and his band. Mariah Carey will also be in the parade, though she’s distanced herself…
Clarkson released the video for the title track from her “Piece by Piece” album Thursday. And this is a song with a very personal message for Kelly. During the chrous, she sings “piece by piece / he restored my faith / that a man could be kind / and a father could stay.” Basically, the…
Chalk up another YouTube hit for Melanie Martinez, a Season 3 standout on The Voice. Wednesday afternoon, Melanie released a self-directed double-feature — videos for the songs “Soap” and “Training Wheels” from her celebrated “Cry Baby” album. About 24 hours later, the 8-minute video has been viewed more than 360,000 times and is drawing universal…
You’ll recall that Mark Hood was something of a dual threat when we met him as the very first singer to audition for Season 9 of The Voice. The day after his elimination, Mark made it clear he’ll pursue both an acting and singing career moving forward. He said his acting career was beginning to…
Sawyer Fredericks’ debut EP hit the Billboard 200 at number 49 this week. That doesn’t sound as impressive as his performance on iTunes. His EP was number five on the albums chart there as of noon last Thursday, the day after he performed the lead single on The Voice. But because the EP arrived as…
Wondering why The Voice eliminated just one contestant last night? So was I, so I went searching for an answer. And, apparently, the show has tinkered with its finals format again. We’ll start off American Idol style, with one contestant heading home each of the next two weeks, just like what happened last night. Then…
Well, that was fast. On Monday, Ellie Lawrence, fresh off The Voice, launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $5,000 for her first EP. By midnight ET Wednesday, the 26-year-old from Calhoun, Ga., had hit that goal. By 10:30 a.m. this morning, her campaign had raised $5,135 with 28 days to go. Ellie’s response on Twitter:…
