David Archuleta is at the missionary training center preparing for a two-year mission trip with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But he left behind some musical treats, and one of them surfaced today in the form of a new music video for “Forevermore.” It’s the title track off David’s just released album…
Scotty McCreery was named Best New Artist and Kelly Clarkson walked away with two trophies at the Academy of Country Music Awards Sunday night. In a fan-voted award, Scotty bested Brantley Gilbert and Hunter Hayes. Kelly, meanwhile, joined Jason Aldean on the stage to accept the Single of the Year award for “Don’t You Want…
The show is less than 24 hours away, but there’s still time to vote for Scotty McCreery as new artist of the year at the Academy of County Music Awards. The awards show is Sunday night, beginning at 8 p.m. (EST) on CBS. The new artist award is one of two determined by fan voting,…
Quiz time: Quick — name 10 of the 24 contestants who have advanced to the live shows on The Voice. Can’t do it? I’m not surprised. The Voice does a lot of things right, like putting on an entertaining show pretty much every week. But it lags way behind American Idol in a critical way…
Jermaine Paul is the guy who was a background singer for Alicia Keys and is trying to make a name for himself as a solo artist. He’s the guy whose daughter suggested he try The Voice. But there’s a lot we haven’t heard about Jermaine, according to the bio on his fan website. For instance,…
Jesse Campbell is the second contestant we met on The Voice in Season 2. And talk about making a quick first impression. Within 10 seconds of Jesse launching into “A Song for You.” three of the show’s four judges turned their chairs around. Within 25 seconds, Blake Shelton joined Christina, Adam and Cee Lo in…
Kim Yarbrough admits she was initially tempted to select Christina Aguilera as her mentor on The Voice because they sing similar types of music. Then something Adam Levine said “resonated” with her. That something? That there were no limitations to what she could do. That he thought she could do anything she wanted. Music to…
The Voice found Naia Kete performing on Third Street in Hollywood with her boyfriend and brother. But she grew up in Massachusetts, where she attended a performing arts charter school, joined her family’s reggae band at age 12 and earned her GED at age 15. She didn’t head to Los Angeles until about two years…
Tony Vincent might have spent the past 10 years performing on Broadway and in musicals, but he has experience performing as a solo artist as well. In fact, the 38-year-old New Yorker released a pop EP and two pop albums in the mid-1990s, the latter two under contract with EMI Records. His website bio says…
Prior to his time on American Idol, Heejun Han worked as a nonprofit organizer, helping kids with special needs. “I want to show them that if you believe in yourself, you can be someone,” the 22-year-old from Flushing, N.Y., told Idol after receiving his golden ticket. And the guy known for his deadpan comedy seemed totally…
