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Dreams do come true, especially when you try and work for
making your dream become reality. This is the story of Melissa Lawson, a
32-year-old mother of five from Arlington,
who dared to take a chance on life and, to her surprise, won NBC's country
music talent competition Nashville Star. Besides winning a Toyota Tundra
pick-up truck and the contest, Melissa Lawson also won a record contract with
Warner Bros. Records.
“I was really sure they were going to call Gabe's
name. That's what I was anticipating in my mind. So when they called my
name, it was so shocking. I was so...
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Next month, The Jacksons will be honored at the Urban
Awards. According to BBC, there is also a chance for the Jackson brothers to reunite, as brother
Jermaine said that the group discussed a reunion and they could be on tour “sometimes
in 2008.”
With the exception of Michael, all the brothers have
confirmed their attendance at the Urban Awards, which will take place on
September 4 at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly
Hills, informed Broadcast Music Inc.'s publicist. A
release issued on Monday said that an all-star tribute is planned.
The show, hosted by BMI, honors hip-hop and...
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Metallica is due to release its first album in five years
worldwide on Friday, September 12, the group’s Web site announced yesterday. In
spite of the fact that albums are generally released on Tuesdays in North America, where the band is signed to Warner Music,
and a day earlier elsewhere, Metallica chose to defy the industry’s custom once
again and release their ninth studio album, “Death Magnetic” on a Friday.
As reported by Reuters, a posting on the band’s Web site,
named “The Last Piece of the Puzzle,” did not offer any explanation for the
abnormal release date.
“Without...
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Melissa Lawson, a Texas
mother of five, won NBC’s “Nashville Star” competition. According to Monsters
and Critics.com, Monday, Melissa Lawson was the sixth-season winner of the
country music talent competition. Texan Gabe Garcia came on second place and
Shawn Mayer from Iowa
won the third place.
The 32-year-old singer was filled with joy when she heard
that she had won the competition, shouting “Oh, my God!” Afterwards she began
singing her new song produced by John Rich “What If It All Goes Right,” which
is scheduled to appear on country radio Tuesday morning.
Melissa Lawson,...
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Sugarland claimed the first spot of Billboard’s weekly album
chart, forcing teenage idol Miley Cyrus to “Breakout” from No. 1, after the
15-year-old’s album sales decreased by 56 percent from the album’s opening
week.
For the week ended Sunday, Sugarland’s “Love on the Inside”,
last week’s No. 2, sold 171,000 copies, easily surpassing the “Hannah Montana”
star’s 163,000 units.
The Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush duo was lent a
hand from an exclusive release tactic. Last week, the band released the
higher-priced deluxe version of their “Love on the Inside,” while this...
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