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THR’s Robert Friedman reports that Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson are set to perform at Clive Davis’ annual Pre-Grammy Party Saturday night (Jan 29) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Ballwroom in Los Angeles.

What I can tell you exclusively is that Mary J. Blige as well as the Black Eyed Peas will perform for Universal Music’s Doug Morris, who’s being honored for his Lifetime Achievement by the Grammys at this party. Morris, like Clive, is one of the last real music men. His UMG is a towering success.

Also set for performances are Jennifer Hudson, Kesha, and Carrie Underwood, and Maxwell.

Also Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas are set to perform their new cover version of Eric Clapton’s “Sunshine of Your Love” from Santana’s forthcoming album of covers.

Clive’s party became an official part of the Grammy festivities last year. But even in its un-official capacity, it was one of the go-to events of the Grammy weekend. Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry and Fantasia have performed at Clive’s party in the past.

The Grammy Awards will air Sunday at 8 pm on CBS. Carrie and Jennifer will be part of a special tribute to Michael Jackson. Carrie, Kelly Clarkson, Mandisa, Ruben Studdard and Trenyce are all nominated for awards.

Kris Allen is back home in Arkansas for the holidays, and today he visited the Arkansas Children’s Hospital to celebrate a $10,000 donation from KYE-YAC International, a non-profit organization in Hot Springs aimed at involving youth in philanthropy. Prior to the check presentation, Kris visited patients in the hospital’s main playroom, Camp Wannaplay. For more info and a photo of the presentation, Check this out.   Watch a short news clip HERE.

Anoop Desai and WRAL.com’s Entertainment Editor, Kathy Hanrahan discuss the year in Entertainment in a 2-part video series. Part 1 covers celebrities we lost this year, including Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze and Brittany Murphy. Check it out HERE. Part 2 will be posted tomorrow. Also, Anoop will be part of WRAL’s coverage of First Night, Raleigh’s New Year’s Eve celebration, complete with an “Acorn Drop”–whatever that is! per Kathy Hanrahan’s twitter.

Carrie Underwood is set to appear on the People’s Choice Awards, airing on CBS January 6. Carrie is up for Favorite Female Artist. If she’s appearing, there’s a good chance she won in her category. Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Daughtry, Susan Boyle and American Idol are also up for awards. AINOW.org is reporting that Kris won’t be attending the ceremony.   No word yet on any of the others.

Matt Giraud is stoked! Last night he tweeted “Just got done with the first rehearsal with my NEW BAND!! Wow. These guys are incredible. Finally hearing how my songs sound with a band!” Matt is getting ready to fly out early tomorrow morning to Oklahoma, where he’ll be singing the National Anthem before the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game on New Years Eve.

Blake Lewis is working on some new music.   He tweeted today, “Just finished writing a song with my friends @samshrieve and Rachel Taylor of He Is We. Great song, now its time…”

Hits Daily Double sales numbers are in a day early because of the holiday. Susan Boyle holds on to her #1 position, selling 659,382 of her debut this week, for a 13% increase. Carrie Underwood is #5, selling 159,423 of her 3rd album, Play On, with a 44% increase. Glee Vol 2 drops 11%, from #3 to 11, with a total of 103,252 this week. Adam Lambert climbs from #30 to 27, a 37% increase this week, totaling 62,623. Neither Kris Allen or Allison Iraheta made the HHD Top 50. Nielsen Soundscan sales numbers, due Wednesday, will give a fuller picture of this week’s sales.

More chart news: Billboard posts a sneak peek of this week’s Billboard charts: Adam Lambert’s “Whataya Want From Me” debuts on Top 40 at #35. Kelly Clarkson’s “Already Gone” sits pretty atop the Adult Top 40 chart at #1. Carrie Underwood’s “Temporary Home” is the Country Songs Chart Greatest Gainer at #21.

Congrats to David Cook, who has 3 songs on Rick Dees Hot Adult Top 40 2009 chart. “Light On”   #18, #23, “Come Back to Me” and “The Time of My Life” at #40.   The Magic Rainbow lives!   Kelly Clarkson (2 spots) and Daughtry also earned chart spots. Pink is the only other artist to score 3 tunes on the year-end chart.

According to an item on AdamOfficial, Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” will be used by Fox to promote their January lineup. So watch for that!

Jennifer Hudson canceled an appearence at the 2010 Jamaica Jazz Festival to accept an opportunity to perform at the upcoming Grammy awards. ETA: Gossip rag, Star magazine is reporting that Jennifer is pregnant again.

Matt Giraud is back in Nashville writing and recording songs.   On Saturday, he recorded a co-write, “I Miss You Tonight”.   On Monday and Tuesday, he had writing sessions with Marcus Hummon and Jerry Flowers.   He’s been having a blast, tooling around in a rented Corvette.   And on Friday?   Major reunion with new Nashville citizen, Danny Gokey.   Check out their bubble tweet.

Y’all know Michael Sarver got signed. His new single, “You Are” debuted on Ryan Seacrest’s blog yesterday. Check out the pretty country ballad HERE. The single, plus a bonus track, “Cinderella Girl” will be available digitally on Tuesday, December 8.

Matt Giraud visited a middle school in Michigan yesterday to perform for the students. He told a fan via twitter that he sang one of his new songs called “4 AM” written with JT Harding, who co-wrote “Smile” for Uncle Kracker. Check out a photo of Matt with the kids HERE.

Kris Allen played the Jingle Ball in Chicago last night, and there are tons and tons of tweets from fans who where there HERE.   Kris was sitting in the audience enjoying the other acts like the Fray and Colbie Caillat, much to the delight of his fans in the audience! I’ll be at the concert in Worcester, MA on Monday. Yay me!

David Archuleta just launched a new iPhone app that allows fans to sing along to his songs, and then compare how well they did with other fans. The app contains five songs from his new Christmas from the Heart CD. It’s holiday themed! More info at Idol Chatter HERE.

Check out David’s latest video blog HERE. I cracked up when he turned around his laptop to show the scenery outside his tour bus window. Archie is too funny. And kind.Tweeters report that he dropped by an assisted living facility in Idaho to entertain the residents. Update: “I”ll Be Home For Christmas”

It happened quietly last week, but Carrie Underwood surpassed Kelly Clarkson as the highest selling Idol domestically.   World Wide?   Kelly is still #1.     The Top 5 Idol sellers in the US are:

• Carrie Underwood – 10,539,000
• Kelly Clarkson – 10,428,000
• Daughtry – 5,356,000
• Clay Aiken – 4,910,000
• Ruben Studdard – 2,532,000

Ruben gets no respect these days, but he sold a boatload of records…

Watch your favorites walk the American Music Awards 2009 red carpet via live stream beginning at 6et/3pt PM.

UPDATE: First Idol sighting! Blake Lewis in the House. Chris Daughtry, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Adam Lambert.

After the jump, check out photos from the red carpet.

• Click this link to watch the LIVE STREAM.

Idols Performing tonight (and appearing on the red carpet): Carrie Underwood, Daughtry and Kelly Clarkson. Adam Lambert is set to close the show.

Presenting tonight: Kris Allen with Demi Lovato, Paula Abdul, Ryan Seacrest, and Leona Lewis, plus, Kelly Osbourne and Donny Osmond from Dancing with the Stars.

Look for multiple posts as the night wears on.

It’s going to be a big night, kids!

Photos from the red carpet, after the JUMP…

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Kellie Pickler and Carrie Underwood pose backstage with   Dolly Parton at Dolly’s “Live From London” DVD premiere party at the Tracking Room last night (Nov. 9) in Nashville, Tennessee.

The stars were out to celebrate Dolly’s new DVD, including Wynona Judd and George Jones.

Everybody is in town, gearing up for the big CMA awards Wednesday night (Nov. 11) set to air on ABC and hosted by Carrie and Brad Paisley.

Carrie will co-host and perform, Kellie will present and Daughtry (!) will perform “Tennessee Line” with Vince Gill…

Did ya all notice Kellie’s a redhead now? Heh.

Get Carrie:

• Carrie Underwood ‘“ Play On ‘“ Amazon
• Carrie Underwood ‘“ Play On ‘“ iTunes

The American Music Awards released a sweet little video, featuring Adam Lambert, promoting   the red carpet show that will air on ABC prior to the ceremony.

Along with fellow Idols, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Daughtry, Adam is set to perform on the AMA’s.

Adam will be singing his yet-to-be-determined single, come November 22 when the AMA’s hit our TV screens at 8/7c pm.

I guess I’ll be live blogging this one!