April 29, 200817 yr New article, thanks to Joao Filipe A moment like this is causing Kelly Clarkson a great deal of anxiety. The original American Idol winner is peeved that four songs from her upcoming album have been leaked to the Internet before she's had a chance to tweak them in the studio. "I write all the time—lots of stuff not meant to ever be released, just working on ideas," Clarkson tells Billboard. "The fact that people have heard music that's not ready yet sucks, but I hope they like it." The quartet of new cuts—"Close Your Eyes," "Ready," "One Day," and "With a Little Bit of Luck"—popped up on Los Angeles-based music blog Pretty Much Amazing last week, generating huge amounts of traffic even though the tracks were still in demo form with varying degrees of sound quality. The 25-year-old singer's camp groused about the unauthorized posting, compelling the blog's editor, Luis Tovar, to remove the tunes from the site. By then, however, the MP3s had been copied and widely disseminated online. (The tracks were still downloadable on file-sharing sites as of Monday a.m.) "The support Kelly has from her fans is quite remarkable. It's still weird do [sic]b**ch so much over a few demos," Tovar wrote. Tovar, who said to "watch out for 'With a Little Bit of Luck' " for mega-hit potential, told Billboard that he acquired the tracks from a friend who had passed him a disc. The two-time Grammy winner supposedly wrote and recorded the songs for her highly anticipated fourth album, True You, due out later this year. The album is the follow-up to last year's 2 million-selling My December, which was darker in tone and sparked controversy when the "Since You've Been Gone" songbird got into a feud with Clive Davis, the head of her label Sony-BMG, who thought My December wasn't commercial enough and wanted her to lighten things up. While earning decent reviews and spawning the Top 10 single "Never Again," the disc failed to repeat the success of her 2004 album, Breakaway, which moved about 11 million copies worldwide. In the wake of the brouhaha, Clarkson left her managers at the Firm last summer and signed with Starstruck Entertainment, run by Narvel Blackstock, the husband of country star (and Clarkson idol) Reba McEntire. Clarkson and McEntire also toured together last year. Clarkson will take a break from recording and is next set to perform for Pope Benedict XVI when he visits the United States later this month. Source: http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index....1c-489c80e7d6e6
April 30, 200817 yr Author Kelly Clarkson overcame nerves to perform for 25,000 Catholics and the Pope in New York on Saturday. The singer wore a modest blue dress and tied her hair back into a bun to perform 'Ave Maria' for Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Joseph Seminary. The religious date was the latest in the Pope's tour of America. Clarkson admits that singing for the Pope was both a dream come true and one of her most difficult shows: "I was so excited to be asked to sing for the Pope. It's always been a dream of mine to perform Ave Maria. "To have that dream come true on such a special occasion istruly a blessing." Source
April 30, 200817 yr Author Interesting read about the leaked tracks... I love the fact she performed for the Pope, such an honour for her!
April 30, 200817 yr I loved the Ave Maria she done :) It was my fave hymn when i was little and it brought goosebumps
May 16, 200817 yr not fair just like anastacia then :( Well we haven't been waiting for 4 years though :lol: and yes, about the title is the last thing we've heard...
May 18, 200817 yr Well, The whole country orientated story isn't true, I think. Eind 2008 zal haar vierde album moeten verschijnen. Hiervoor werkt ze samen met producer Ryan Tedder, ook wel bekend door het schrijven aan het liedje "Bleeding Love" van Leona Lewis. Volgens hem zal het album "grote refreinen" hebben en "zware drumprogrammering" In recente interviews vertelt Clarkson dat zij weer een album in de stijl van Breakaway wil. Enkele nummers zijn geïnspireerd zijn op electro-rockband Garbage en er is zelfs een mid-tempo rockballad dat een experimentele brug heeft, geïnspireerd is op Mozart. In een radio-interview vermeldde ze dat ze al een vervolg geschreven heeft op het liedje "Irvine" van het album My December, genaamd "I Finally Got It Right". Translation: In late 2008, her (Kelly) 4th album wil be released. She's been working with producer Ryan Tedder, also known for writing Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love. According to him, the album wil have 'big choruses' and 'heavy drumbeats'. In recent interviews, Kelly has said that she would like to make an album more like Breakaway. Some songs have been inspired by electro-rockband Garbage, and there's even a mid-tempo rockballad with an experimental bridge, inspired by Mozart. In a radio interview, she said that she already has written a follow up to Irvine cales 'I Finally Got It Right'. Doesn't sound very country to me :lol:
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