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you forgot the bit about her working on a broadway album:
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To the Texan native who'll be celebrating her second Christmas at her Nashville home with Blackstock, the album represents a sort of second phase for her career. The new year will bring pop and country releases, as well as a potential Broadway album. In a way, her Christmas CD represents a break from her past and a sampler of what's to come--like the holiday itself.
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Descriptions of a few of the songs. I'm excited for the imogen Heap cover and "Four Carats" :
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"It's all over the map," Clarkson adds. "But in a good way."
"Wrapped in Red" covers lots of ground, from the Spector-sounding first single "Underneath the Tree" to the closing a cappella version of "Silent Night" with Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood. In between, there's a grab bag of covers. Some, like "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "My Favorite Things," may seem like the hallmark of all holiday albums. But others, like Imogen Heap's "Just for Now," aren't.
"I just love that song," Clarkson says. "That was my family Christmas--highly dysfunctional, like, 'Can we just stop for like five minutes and have like a normal Christmas setting?'" To balance the drama, Clarkson offers the kitschy "Four Carats," an original she calls a cross between Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" and Madonna's "Material Girl." And there's a love song, "Winter Dreams"--which features a 50-piece orchestra--written for fiancé Brandon Blackstock, with whom she's eloping sometime before the holidays. But the biggest surprise is "Underneath the Tree," an optimistic tune that has Clarkson powering through Darlene Love-style vocals.
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The Christmas special will be part musical, part comedy:
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"Kelly Clarkson's (Cautionary) Christmas Tale" will be part comedy, part musical performances, the latter of which is taping in front of a live audience on Oct. 30 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Tickets went on sale Oct. 15 through Venetian.com, and fans can also win tickets through radio station contests.
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Different songs for Pop, HAC/AC, and country:
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RCA is shooting a video for the first single, "Underneath the Tree," and the label also plans to take some of the show's performances and turn them into videos. "Songs, like 'Holy Night' with Reba and Trisha, which might come from the special, will go to country stations, and CMT will do some things with us, too," Borns says.
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I am ready for Kelly being all Wrapped In Diamonds by Christmas. 