Jan. 7, 2009 — Vince Gill made a surprise guest appearance Sunday night at the Jonas Brothers’ concert in Nashville, and he turned around the next night and played another unannounced date, bringing along former "American Idol" contestant Jordin Sparks to sing with the Time Jumpers.
Jordin Sparks - Sparks Rings In New Year As Bridesmaid (ContactMusic) 31 December 2008Singer JORDIN SPARKS will ring in 2009 at a reality-TV wedding - when a fellow AMERICAN IDOL contestant who named Sparks her bridesmaid ties the knot. Gina Glocksen, who ...
Idol downloads: And then there were three (USA Today) 07 January 2009The post-Christmas collapse of track sales means some familiar names are missing from the top 200 of Nielsen SoundScan's Digital Tracks Current chart this week. Only three Idols remain, all of them seeing dramatic declines in downloads.
Darius Rucker Joins Jonas Brothers Pal (Great American Country) 07 January 2009Jan. 6, 2009 — Darius Rucker is counting down to Jan. 15, when he begins his first major country trek as one of the support acts on Brad Paisley’s Paisley Party Tour. It will be an interesting vantage point for Darius, who got a chance to see Brad’s Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour when that concert package — including Rodney Atkins and Taylor Swift — played Charleston, S.C., in November 2007.
Return of the Sanjaya (Los Angeles Times) 06 January 2009Of all the many paths across the Idol Nation, none has run over rockier terrain than that taken by Season Six anti-hero Sanjaya Malakar.
The Nielsen Company 2008 Canadian Music Industry Report (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) 07 January 2009TORONTO----Nielsen SoundScan Canada, the entertainment industry's data information system that tracks point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product and Nielsen BDS, the music industry’s leading music performance monitoring service, have announced their 2008 Canadian year-end sales and airplay monitoring data, for the 52-week period December 31, 2007 through December 28, 2008.
Taking People's Choice To The Streets (CBS News) 06 January 2009The stars will be out tomorrow night for the 35th annual People's Choice Awards. The show honors fan favorites in film, television and music.
Rise 'n' Shine: Should George Clooney Forget Paris? (E! Online) 05 January 2009• It's only January 5th, and already we have a front-runner for the year's most absurd romance rumor: Paris Hilton and George Clooney. Love it. • We bet you wish you...
Wedding bells for former American Idol finalist (The Star) 06 January 2009Gina Glocksen, a former finalist on American Idol , has married her longtime boyfriend Joe Ruzicka. Glocksen had finished ninth in the sixth season of American Idol , whichw as won by Sparks.
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