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CMB should be certified Platinum as well, IDNHU Gold, hell I think Don't Rush sold like 500K that should be Gold as well as Dark Side!
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CMB should be certified Platinum as well, IDNHU Gold, hell I think Don't Rush sold like 500K that should be Gold as well as Dark Side!
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They need to update Kelly's certifications. RIAA has her listed at 11.5 albums, but the most recent numbers we got were like 13.
MLWSWY, AG, MKIA etc are not even certified.  They need to update this mess. |
And AIEW the album.
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River looks exactly like her mama 
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Kelly Clarkson Looking to Release Next Album Later This Year
“I’ve written some stuff [for her] that’s very, very pop, like, straight down the middle pop, and she adds all the bells and whistles to it. Kelly is the kinda person where her voice kinda dictates anything, so it can go anywhere from a little country-leaning to a little dance-leaning, so I think she’s taking a bit of everything and making it her own with her voice… She has full, complete say in everything that happens. She has power now. She knows what she’s doing.”
— Claude Kelly ( x)
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That term excites and scares me. 'Middle pop' can mean radio smash but I hope it's nowhere near AIEW basic-ness 
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That term excites and scares me. 'Middle pop' can mean radio smash but I hope it's nowhere near AIEW basic-ness |
Exactly. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's a bit terrified by this. I guess it's more or less MLWSWY - a surefire smash with super catchy melody and zero longevity.
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Interesting article, never read it before. WIR, ha total slayage. 
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A New Christmas Hit Under Radio’s Tree
For the last few years, most artists have just given up on the notion of trying to get a new holiday song played at radio. There’s a glut of new holiday albums each year, but even the most contemporary artists go for the old (roasting) chestnuts. Lady Gaga and Rihanna both had new holiday songs at the height of their stardom that went mostly unnoticed. Michael Bublé, who certainly had AC radio’s ear at holiday time, included a new song on his holiday project, but didn’t promote it.
That makes Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath The Tree” a pleasant holiday surprise. It’s getting spins at Mainstream Top 40. It’s the No. 1 current song at AC this week, but it’s also the No. 23 song overall at AC, surrounded by almost nothing from the past 20 years. So how did Clarkson manage her holiday mini-miracle?
Because Clarkson is an artist with CHR and AC support. Clarkson has reached that place in her career where she grapples for a place at Top 40 each time out, but can now pretty much count on being in power at Hot AC and Mainstream AC, as was the case with “Catch My Breath.” But she’s still in CHR’s consideration set, giving her a multi-format opportunity that Bieber or Gaga’s holiday songs didn’t have.
Because AC is a little more aggressive this year. When AC became holiday headquarters more than a decade ago, CHR decided to pull back on the reins, (and the reindeer). AC wasn’t likely to break a new Christmas song that would fit at Top 40. CHR was even less likely to come up with a “Do They Know It’s Christmas”–the type of Christmas song that pushed from holiday rotation to the same rotation as any other hit record. And since labels don’t have much impetus to promote a 3-4 week record, it was almost certain not to happen.
Clarkson’s hit coincides with the somewhat more aggressive, somewhat-closer-to-Top-40 sound of today’s mainstream AC. Cumulus in particular has been playing newer music in heavier rotations on its mainstream ACs — stations that would have been considered Hot AC not that long ago. “Underneath The Tree” is one of several new holiday songs receiving significant spins in Cumulus’ holiday formats, not all of them by established artists.
At the same time, “Underneath The Tree” is a rare example of a holiday song cracking the 100-spin mark at Top 40 more than a week out, although it’s behind this year’s cover of “Last Christmas” (by Ariana Grande, this time) and well behind Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” But look for spins to increase in the next few days.
Because “retro” is a core sound. Like “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” virtually the last “original” Christmas song to find a significant place in the Christmas canon nearly 20 years ago, “Underneath The Tree” is yet another throwback to the Phil Spector Christmas Album, released more than 30 years prior to Mariah. The wall-of-sound has been a ready touchstone for “new” holiday songs for multiple artists ever since — it’s how you give an AC holiday station something in its comfort zone.
The difference in recent years is that Top 40 has become significantly retro flavored, too. Sometimes the touchstone is ’70s disco (see Bruno Mars and Justin Timberlake this year), but the mix of Motown, Spector, and swingin’ ’60s MOR pop has also been part of top 40′s DNA at least since “Rehab.”
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Look for "Wrapped in Red" (the song) to slay radio this holiday season, another #1 in the AC format! OR "Winter Dreams", either one will be epic!
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What doesn't kill you makes gou strongerrrrrrrrrrrr
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True. If you are not blinded she is very annoying. But the black people love her because she used to be black.
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You know what is funny? Your fav's forehead.
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That was so messy but so funny.
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Member Since: 6/29/2012
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I want Kelly to tweet another picture of River
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Is it weird that I wait every day to hear my little baby laugh ....I just really want to hear her giggle and all I get are quirky smiles 
— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) June 28, 2014
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Awws my icy heart melted a little
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Not again, Kevin. 
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What doesn't kill you makes gou strongerrrrrrrrrrrr
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I can smell the desperation to keep us from page 343445651. Or am I mistaken?
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Is it weird that I wait every day to hear my little baby laugh ....I just really want to hear her giggle and all I get are quirky smiles
— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) June 28, 2014
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Aww.
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Not again, Kevin.
I can smell the desperation to keep us from page 343445651. Or am I mistaken? |
Nope, drunk. Heard the remix at a club
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I honestly don't care about the radio updates, especially pop. Hope I'll get to hear amazing new songs, not safe, repetitive songs that pop radio will decide to play.
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