Kelly Clarkson Is Doing A Christmas Album

Kelly Clarkson is currently recording a Christmas album, something she either mentioned herself during an online chat or Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn let out of the bag by posting the info on Facebook.

Either way, great opportunity to post the above pic of Keluminescent wearing a Santa hat and looking like a possessed elf.

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US Chart Roundup: Kesha Career Death Watch

Maroon 5's "One More Night" finally takes a tumble out of the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 this week, which allows Swedish House Mafia's John Martin-featuring smash "Don't You Worry Child" to breeze in at #7.

The song, as you know, landed on Chart Rigger's 10 Best Pop Singles Of 2012 list, and recently the kids of the PS22 Chorus performed a cover of "Don't You Worry Child" with Ithacappella, Ithaca College's men's chorus.



Awww. Brings a tear to the eye, doesn't it? You heartless broads.

Elsewhere, Pink's "Try" — inescapable on radio at the moment — is up to #12, while Calvin Harris and Florence Welch's "Sweet Nothing" becomes the Scottish DJ's fourth Top 20 hit in the States by climbing to #20.

Kelly Clarkson's "Catch My Breath" also continues its slow slog up the chart, this week making it to #23. I don't know — it seems that even when her singles don't crack the Top 10, you still hear them played nonstop for years after in elevators, doctor's offices and grocery stores. Kelly's getting her royalty cash, one way or another.

Meanwhile, checking in with Ke$ha Career Death Watch this week: "C'mon," the glitter-addicted diva's second single off Warrior, is up 17 positions to #48, while the album itself plunges from #29 to #46 on the Top 200 in only its sixth week on the chart.

Maybe she just didn't incorporate enough Illuminati iconography into her last five vidoes/photo shoots/single covers?

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars *6 weeks*
2. "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
3. "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers
4. "I Knew You Were Trouble" - Taylor Swift
5. "Diamonds" - Rihanna
6. "Scream & Shout" - will.i.am & Britney Spears
7. "Don't You Worry Child" - Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin
8. "Beauty And A Beat" -Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj
9. "Home" - Phillip Phillips
10. "I Cry" - Flo Rida

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US Chart Roundup: Ke$ha's Career Is Dying Young

In the week following Christmas, when iTunes gift cards were used at full force — thus propelling older singles like PSY's "Gangnam Style" back into the Top 10 and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" back into the Top 40 (up to #27 from #43)  — several songs take a plunge.

First up is Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child," which drops from its peak of #11 to #15. Pink's "Try" also dips from #13 to #18, while Kelly Clarkson's "Catch My Breath" falls six positions to #36 and Calvin Harris and Florence Welch's "Sweet Nothing" drops 14 spots to #40.

Meanwhile, One Direction's dull as shit "Little Things" is up to #33, making the dirge their fourth Top 40 hit in the States, following "What Makes You Beautiful" (#4), "One Thing" (#39) and "Live While We're Young" (#3).

On a final note, waaaaaay down the chart, Ke$ha's second Warrior single "C'mon" squeaks up to #97. Unfortunately, the album itself is languishing at #46 in its fourth week on the Top 200.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars *4 weeks*
2. "I Knew You Were Trouble" - Taylor Swift
3. "Diamonds" - Rihanna 
4. "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers
5. "Beauty And A Beat" -Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj
6. "Gangnam Style" - PSY
7. "Die Young" - Ke$ha
8. "One More Night" - Maroon 5
9. "Home" - Phillip Phillips
10. "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz

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US Chart Roundup: The #1s Of 2012 (And When Are The Swedish House Mafia Guys Gonna Bang?)

Bruno Mars still rules the Billboard Hot 100 on the first official chart of 2013 (dated January 5). Or you can look at it like the last chart published in 2012. Whatever.

Here's a rundown of the 13 singles that hit #1 this year:

1. "Sexy And I Know It" - LMFAO (2 weeks)
2. "We Found Love" - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris (2 weeks in '12)
3. "Set Fire To The Rain" - Adele (2 weeks)
4. "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson (3 weeks)
5. "Part Of Me" - Katy Perry (1 week)
6. "We Are Young" - fun. feat. Janelle Monae (7 weeks)
7. "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra (8 weeks)
8. "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen (9 weeks)
9. "Whistle" - Flo Rida (1 week)
10. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift (1 week)
11. "One More Night" - Maroon 5 (9 weeks)
12. "Diamonds" - Rihanna (3 weeks)
13. "Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars (2 weeks)

Only one of those trash ("Diamonds") jams landed on Chart Rigger's 10 Best Singles Of 2012 list, which tells us all one thing: the iTunes-downloading public's taste blows, while my own is impeccable.

Back to this week's chart, another entry on Chart Rigger's Best list, Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child," is up to #11. Elsewhere, Calvin Harris and Florence Welch's former UK chart-topper "Sweet Nothing" is up to #26, while Kelly Clarkson's "Catch My Breath" cracks the Top 40 by flying up to #30.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars *3 weeks*
2. "Diamonds" - Rihanna
3. "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers
4. "I Knew You Were Trouble" - Taylor Swift
5. "Beauty And A Beat" -Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj
6. "Die Young" - Ke$ha
7. "One More Night" - Maroon 5
8. "I Cry" - Flo Rida
9. "Home" - Phillip Phillips
10. "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz

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It's Kelly Clarkson's "Catch My Breath" Video

No, folks, Kelly Clarkson never met a black dress and a bank of lights on a soundstage she didn't like. Et voila — her "Catch My Breath" video!



This lackluster clip probably won't do much for the single's chart prospects, as it already peaked at #54 on the Hot 100 upon its release last month, and is now off the chart. But who knows — maybe some late-in-the-game airplay will kick in?

Kelly's Greatest Hits: Chapter One is out next week (November 19) in the US.

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US Chart Roundup: Ke$ha Is Beethoven

Can you believe it? There actually isn't a single song "featuring" somebody in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 this week. Technically there wasn't last week, either, since "Good Time" is actually credited as Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, but you get the point.

Anyway, Ke$ha's "Die Young," at #5, is now not only her seventh consecutive Top 10 single as a lead artist, but also her fourth song to land in the Top 5, following "Tik Tok" (#1), "Your Love Is My Drug" (#4) and "We R Who We R" (#1). Her singles that missed the Top 5: "Blah Blah Blah" (#7), "Take It Off" (#8) and "Blow" (#7).

Elsewhere, Rihanna's "Diamonds" becomes her latest Top 10 hit as the Sia co-write jumps up to #8, while her trashy boyfriend Chris Brown is up to #11 with his Madonna reject "Don't Wake Me Up."

Meanwhile, Adele's James Bond theme song "Skyfall," which debuted at #8 two weeks ago, had a short life in the Top 40; this week it's down from #13 to #45. Below that, Kelly Clarkson's "Catch My Breath" debuts at #54, while Christina Aguilera's "Your Body" flounders at #59 in its fifth week on the chart and Ellie Goulding's "Anything Could Happen" rises 11 positions to #64.

On a final note, this week's UK chart-topper, Calvin Harris and Florence Welch's "Sweet Nothing," debuts at #96.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "One More Night" - Maroon 5 *6 weeks*
2. "Gangnam Style" - PSY
3. "Some Nights" - fun.
4. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift
5. "Die Young" - Ke$ha
6. "As Long As You Love Me" - Justin Bieber
7. "Too Close" - Alex Clare
8. "Diamond" - Rihanna
9. "Let Me Love You" - Ne-Yo
10. "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" - Pink

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Kelly Clarkson's 'Greatest Hits' Collection Is Missing A Pic Of Her Tits On The Cover

The cover image for Kelly Clarkson's upcoming Greatest Hits - Chapter One (out November 19) looks totally recycled from the Stronger album shoot, and the tracklist is missing stuff like "The Trouble With Love Is" and "I Do Not Hook Up." Still, it's a pretty fine collection. And it has her future Top 60 smash "Catch My Breath" on it!

Nice one, Texas bitch.

1. Since U Been Gone
2. My Life Would Suck Without You
3. Miss Independent
4. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
5. Behind These Hazel Eyes
6. Because Of You
7. Never Again
8. Already Gone
9. Mr. Know It All
10. Breakaway
11. Don’t You Wanna Stay (with Jason Aldean)
12. Walk Away
13. Catch My Breath
14. People Like Us
15. Don’t Rush (featuring Vince Gill)
16. A Moment Like This
17. I’ll Be Home For Christmas

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Kelly Clarkson's "Catch My Breath" Is Just Okay

Kelly Clarkson's songs really fall into two categories, don't they: 1.) mom-safe pop like "Mr. Know It All," "Because Of You" and "Already Gone," and 2.) balls-to-the-wall jams like "Since U Been Gone," "My Life Would Suck Without You" and "Miss Independent."

Like her most recent chart-topper "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," new single "Catch My Breath" somewhat straddles the thin line between the two. And that's what's given her the elusive longevity other singers would kill for in the music biz — the ability to get her singles onto multi-format radio playlists. Like Pink, you'll be hearing Kelly's shit on Top 40 stations, adult contemporary stations, in the grocery store and in the elevator till the end of time.



Playing it safe, of course, often makes for a bland listening experience. I'm still on the fence, myself, about "Catch My Breath." But I'll probably come around, eventually.

The song, off Clarkson's upcoming Greatest Hits: Chapter 1 collection, is out tomorrow on iTunes.

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Kelly Clarkson's To Release Greatest Hits (Finally) & New Single "Catch My Breath"

It's about time this broad unleashed a greatest hits collection. Ten years after she won American Idol, Kelly Clarkson's roundup of singles — imaginatively titled Greatest Hits – Chapter 1 — is scheduled for a November 19 release. No official tracklist has been announced, but a new single called "Catch My Breath" will hit iTunes on October 16.

Hopefully my favorite of all her smash hits, i.e. a four-minute loop of Clive Davis shrieking like a 70-year-old woman being Barbie Doll-legged up every orifice into Kelly's voicemail, makes the cut!

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US Chart Roundup: Gotye Still Rules, Train Climbs And The Wanted Sink

Gotye and Kimbra rack up a fifth straight week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "Somebody That I Used To Know", which puts the song just behind "We Are Young" by fun. and Janelle Monae as far as the most weeks spent at #1 this year (six). And unfortunately for both of these tunes, they've now reached the point where I want to take a baseball bat and smash the radio every time each of them come on (which, really, is like every two minutes).

Meanwhile, Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" — another one I never want to hear again in my life — finally drops out of the Top 10, making way for Train's "Drive By" to zip up to the #10 position.

Elsewhere, Calvin Harris' "Feel So Close" is stuck at #12 yet again, Adele's "Rumour Has It" is still at #16, Rihanna's "Where Have You Been" jumps 11 rungs to #18, Karmin's "Brokenhearted" cracks the Top 20 (at #20) and Ellie Goulding's "Lights" moves up to #26. A bit further down, David Guetta and Sia's "Titanium", a previous #1 single in the UK, is up to #46.

Over on the Top 200 album chart, where Carrie Underwood's Blown Away is #1 for a second week, Keane's Strangeland debuts at #17, while Nicki Minaj's Roman Reloaded drops out of the Top 20 (at #21) in its sixth week, The Wanted flop all the way down to #61 in their third week on the chart with their self-titled EP and Madonna's MDNA sinks to #71 in its seventh week.

At this point people aren't even going to realize which album Madge is touring for by the time her tour hits America.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra *5 weeks*
2. "Payphone" - Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
3. "We Are Young" - fun. feat. Janelle Monae
4. "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen
5. "Wild Ones" - Flo Rida feat. Sia
6. "Starships" - Nicki Minaj
7. "What Makes You Beautiful" - One Direction
8. "Glad you Came" - The Wanted
9. "Boyfriend" - Justin Bieber
10. "Drive By" - Train

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US Chart Roundup: Fun. Have The Best Selling Single Of The Year To Date

Fun. and Janelle Monae's "We Are Young" is tops on the Billboard Hot 100 for a fourth week, thus giving the song the longest run at #1 so far this year. It's no surprise that the publication notes "We Are Young" is the best-selling single of 2012 to date, based on sales of 2.39 million paid downloads. Right behind it is Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," which previously spent three weeks at #1 and stands at 2.25 million in sales so far. 

Looking at the rest of the Top 10 this week, it's snooze village, as no new songs make a dent in the upper tier of the chart. Just outside it, however, Billboard cover boys One Direction climb to #11 with "What Makes You Beautiful." Their album Up All Night gets bumped off the throne of the Top 200 by the arrival of the soundtrack to The Hunger Games, however, and slides down to #4.

Meanwhile, Calvin Harris' "Feel So Close" moves up three positions to #15 and Carly Rae Jepsen's addictive jam "Call Me Maybe" jumps to #18.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "We Are Young" - fun. feat. Janelle Monae *4 weeks*
2. "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson
3. "Glad you Came" - The Wanted
4. "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra
5. "Starships" - Nicki Minaj
6. "Set Fire To The Rain" - Adele
7. "Wild Ones" - Flo Rida feat. Sia
8. "Part Of Me" - Katy Perry
9. "Take Care" - Drake feat. Rihanna
10. "Turn Me On" - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj

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US Chart Roundup: The Wanted Have A Top 10 Hit

Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" rebounds to #1 on the Hot 100 this week, thankfully knocking Katy Perry's Z-grade "Part Of Me" down to #4. Some chyldryn were frenzied last week thinking that this meant the blue-wigged warbler finally landed a sixth chart-topping single off Teenage Dream. Alas, no — Whipped Cream Tits merely saw her first single from Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection chart at the top. At least that's how I'm choosing to see it.

Meanwhile, my jam "Glad You Came" by The Wanted flies up from #23 to #5 following its inclusion on Glee last week. The show's cast version of the song, which, I must say, I was a little disappointed in, debuts at #90.



So how long has it been since a boy band had a Top 10 hit here? I feel like NSYNC's 2002 single "Girlfriend" the last one, no?

Elsewhere, Sia makes her first appearance in the Top 40 via her feature on Flo Rida's "Wild Ones" (#35), Calvin Harris climbs 31 positions to #46 with "Feel So Close," One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" drops to #50 after debuting at #28 last week and Madonna's "Give Me All Your Luvin'" falls to #58 in its fourth week on the Hot 100.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson *3 weeks*
2. "Set Fire To The Rain" - Adele
3. "We Are Young" - fun. feat. Janelle Monae
4. "Part Of Me" - Katy Perry
5. "Glad you Came" - The Wanted
6. "We Found Love" - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
7. "Good Feeling" - Flo Rida
8. "Turn Me On" - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
9. "Young, Wild & Free" - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
10. "Starships" - Nicki Minaj

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US Chart Roundup: Republican Kelly Clarkson & Vampyre Madonna Have A Good Week

The Republican Kelly Clarkson lands her third chart-topping single this week, as "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" swaps places with last week's top song, "Set Fire To The Rain" by Adele, on the Billboard Hot 100. This gives The Republican her third #1 hit, after her 2002 American Idol winner's song "A Moment Like This" and lead All I Ever Wanted single "My Life Would Suck Without You" (2009).

The other big chart news: Ye Olde Vampyre Madonna's new jam "Give Me All Your Luvin'" debuts at #13 after selling 115,000 downloads between Friday and Sunday, thus marking her 56th entry on the Hot 100, as well as her first Top 20 hit in the States since "4 Minutes" reached #3 in 2008. This comes after over 112 million viewers tuned in to watch Madge's pretty fucking rad Super Bowl halftime performance.

After looking over the performance of all Madonna's singles to date (Christ, I was bored), "Give Me All Your Luvin'" is now her 44th Top 20 singles in the US. Elsewhere, The Wanted's "Glad You Came" hops up 10 positions to #30. 

On the Top 200 album chart, Lana Del Rey's debut album Born To Die enters at #2, while Madonna's 2009 greatest hits set Celebration re-enters at #24.

So now that the you've had a week to digest The Formaldehyde Girl's The Material Girl's first single off MDNA, what do you think of it?

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson *1 week*
2. "Set Fire To The Rain" - Adele
3. "Good Feeling" - Flo Rida
4. "We Found Love" - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
5. "Turn Me On" - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
6. "Domino" - Jessie J
7. "Rack City" - Tyga
8. "Young, Wild & Free" - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars
9. "Sexy And I Know It" - LMFAO
10. "It Will Rain" - Bruno Mars

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