Jordan Smith has done it again on The Voice. For the second straight week, the 22-year-old has cracked the Top 10 on iTunes’ singles chart. That means Jordan gets bonus points toward advancing on the show and toward his vote total in the finale, should he make it that far. At this point, that seems…
Last week, Ellie Lawrence was eliminated from The Voice. This week, the 26-year-old launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a debut EP. Her goal is to raise $5,000. And as of 7 p.m. Monday, she had already reached the $1,700 mark. with 29 days left to go in the campaign. Ellie’s response on Twitter: “Y’all…
The Season 9 finals on The Voice begin tonight. And by Tuesday evening, we’ll have a far better idea which finalists might be capable of challenging Jordan Smith for the Season 9 crown. The Voice has left little doubt that Jordan is the show’s favorite. He’s gotten the highest praise, not to mention the…
The Voice Season 9 finals begin Monday night. And that means it’s time to rank the singers for the first time. Check back Monday at 8 p.m. for a live blog with song-by-song grades. I’ll be live blogging Tuesday’s results show as well. Following the link attached to each singer’s name will take you…
Around the time American Idol launches its final season, we’ll likely get new music from one of the singers who started the phenomenon. And I’m not talking about Kelly Clarkson. Justin Guarini, runner-up to Kelly way back in Season 1, has launched a Pledge Music campaign to fund an EP of original music. And it’s…
A few Elvis-like hip thrusts can do wonders for your social media following. Just check out the numbers for Zach Seabaugh, the 17-year-old county singer performing for Team Blake on The Voice. Coming off a rousing performance of “Brand New Girlfriend” in the live playoffs, Zach is The Voice leader in followers on Instagram and…
Janelle Arthur, an American Idol finalist back in Season 12, has released a new EP. The EP is simply called “Janelle” and features five tracks. The music starts with a don’t-you-dare-do-me-wrong foot-stomper called “Pine Hill” and concludes with a lovely ballad called “This Ole Six String.” And Janelle issues this warning on Facebook: “If you…
to Belmont and Lipscomb universities in Nashville, Scotty McCreery found plenty of southern belles to grace his new video for a song by that name. But these young women aren’t wearing daisy dukes and cowboy boots and riding in the back of a pickup truck. For the new video, Scotty decided to surround himself with…
Nicki Minaj is one of the five finalists in the running for artist of the year honors at the American Music Awards later this month. When AMA nominees were announced, 10 names were on the artist of the year list. After four weeks of fan voting, that list has been whittled to Nicki, Ariana Grande,…
Success on iTunes doesn’t guarantee you won’t be eliminated on The Voice. We found that out this week, when we bid farewell to Ellie Lawrence and Celeste Betton even though they did very well on the iTunes’ charts after their live playoff performances. But it’s still fun to compare where everyone lands on the…
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