John Legend Signs Label Deal With Republic Records – John Legend has signed a new deal with Republic Records, leaving his longtime label home of Columbia, Billboard can exclusively reveal. The best-selling singer-songwriter will mark the occasion with the release of a new holiday single, “You Deserve It All,” on Thursday (Nov. 11), with his Republic full-length debut expected in 2022. “I am excited to partner with Republic Records in this next chapter of my career,” Legend says in a statement. “Everyone at the label has been so wonderful to work with. I am thrilled to take this new artistic and creative journey with them and look forward to sharing new music with people soon.” – Read more at Billboard
‘The Voice’ Coaches Talk Ariana Grande’s Emotional First Season (Exclusive) – Blake Shelton, Ariana Grande, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson sat down with ET following Monday’s first live shows to dish on their talented teams and the ups and downs of this season of the singing competition, which has already had its share of tear-jerking moments. “The artists are connecting with the music and putting themselves out there and making us really feel it,” John said. “We get to know them, we get to know their stories and get to know why those songs mean something to them.” – Read more at Entertainment Tonight
Blake Shelton And Ariana Grande Poke Fun At Kelly Clarkson And John Legend
Scotty McCreery Reveals He’s BFF’s With Kane Brown and Chris Young –
Catching up with David Cook – ‘American Idol’ Season 7 Winner David Cook is coming to Utah for a one-night-only performance.
CMA RESPECT: A FEW QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER HUDSON – Country isn’t a forward influence, yet it was in Franklin’s music. I feel like country music and gospel music are a huge base of it. One of my favorite things to do is tell stories through a song. Music can create a scene that fills in what you didn’t even know you had. It brings people into that place or that moment. It brings me to the Country Music Association Awards. Somehow we have common ground because we’re all here for the love of music, right? – Read more at HitsDailyDouble
Exclusive Interview: Kris Allen Chats “Hello, Mr. Right Next Door”, His Fall Tour, and More – P-C: Tell us about “Hello, Mr. Right Next Door”. Kris: Yeah, it’s possibly one of my favorite songs. That’s hard to say because I have a lot of favorite songs of mine, which is a weird thing to say, [laughs] but it’s my favorite song that I’ve written in a long time. It started as a really simple idea. The song is called “Hello, Mr. Right Next Door”. There’s this old man that lived next to me. We passed each other all the time, but we never talked. While he was still here, I started writing this song essentially as a conversation and all the questions that I could possibly ever have to ask him. I had a couple of verses and I really liked it. I played it for a few people, and it just never felt finished. Sadly, he passed away. He lived a long life—he was 93. Then the idea came to me, I was like, “I have to finish this song now.” It became very evident to me what this song’s ending was about. So, I finished it, and I couldn’t be happier with it. It’s one of my favorites. – Read more at Pop-Culturalist.com
Jake Hoot and The Tenors Share the Story Behind New Christmas Song – Jake Hoot and The Tenors will release the holiday single, “When Christmas Has Come and Gone,” on November 19. The song, which was co-written by Hoot, is the culmination of a couple of years and friendship — and mutual admiration — before the talented trio, made up of Victor Micallef, Fraser Walters and Clifton Murray, combined their voices for the new holiday tune. Hoot became friends with The Tenors, after they praised him on social media, following his performance of their rendition of “Wintersong” with Kelly Clarkson, during The Voice finale in 2019. – Read more at Everything Nash
The Emmys made a boo boo
Kelly Clarkson got her Emmys delivered–one for her daytime talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and the other as host. And, uhm, let’s just say, mistakes were made. But it’s pretty hilarious.
Does this mean we are going to the Super Bowl?! ? Celebrating our unprecedented @sportsemmys wins the best way we know how — a tailgate party! pic.twitter.com/pK6qBSbqyw
— The Kelly Clarkson Show (@KellyClarksonTV) November 10, 2021
