Best songs of the decade: “Since U Been Gone”

While pondering the best albums of the decade for ZME, it occurred to me that I should also consider discussing the decade’s best songs. I’ve certainly been making a list of the best of the 2000’s in my head for some time now, and I finally have an outlet for those thoughts. That said, I’m not going to bother with an actual ranking of these songs in the coming weeks for three reasons. Primarily, I’m…

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Kelly Clarkson ‘All I Ever Wanted’

Album name: All I Ever Wanted Artist name: Kelly Clarkson Genre: Pop Rock Released: March 10, 2009 Label: Sony BMG ZME Rating: 8/10 Website: kellyclarkson.com Well to sum it up pretty well, I’d have to say that this album, just as her previous releases, is made of pop rock that doesn’t suck; quite the contrary. Kelly Clarkson manages to put her lovable self into her songs and face it, that’s why we listen to her….

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Carrie Underwood rides to No. 1

After the first American idol winner [tag]Kelly Clarkson[/tag] made it big with her impressive and lovely voice it is now the second album was the charm for the former winner Carrie Underwood. It was far better than the first. The 24-year-old country singer’s latest disc, Carnival Ride, checked in at No. 1 with 17,000 in sales, knocking Josh Groban’s “Noel” (11,000) down to No. 2. She has sold 527,000 copies of “Carnival Ride” just in…

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Kelly Clarkson defends new CD

There are not so many things Kelly Clarkson did this year. That is Aside from the widely reported tete-a-tete with legendary music executive Clive Davis over her new album My December. She fired her manager, Jeff Kwatinetz and the planned North American summer tour was axed. She claims that “I think it has been a fabulous creative year for me, but at the same time I think it has been a testing of my patience…

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This weeks new records: 25 June

Not as many new releases as last week, but some decent one non the less. [tag]Editors[/tag] are really a favorite of mine, so i’m really happy they’ve released a new record “An End Has A Start” (i’ll be doing a review as soon as i get the record, so be sure to check back). On a similar note ex-Sugababes Siobhan Donaghy delights us with her 2nd solo album “Ghosts” and never weary [tag]Beastie Boys[/tag] release…

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Kelly Clarkson cancels her summer tour

After firing her manager Jeff Kwatinetz just a few days ago, [tag]Kelly Clarkson[/tag] succeeds to surprise us by making yet another bold move: she cancels her summer tour( for now at least), due to low ticket sales. The pop/rock star was set to play in 35-date tours, from July 11 to September 26, the only official summer concert that the artist will play at is July 7 [tag]Live Earth[/tag] concert at Giants Stadium in New…

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