Scotty McCreery's post-American Idol career is off to a strong start.
The reality show champ's debut album, Clear As Day, has gone platinum after only being released in October, USA Today reports.
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Around this time every year, Fox executives and the American Idol producers start to panic, wondering if the show's huge audience will return en masse for the start of a new season. But this winter is different. Idol defied the odds last January, engineering a successful reboot with the addition of new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. And more importantly, the show's talent made a comeback as well, thanks in part to the countrified sounds of finalists Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery.
Now, as American Idol enters its 11th season, no one's predicting the show's demise. Even with The X Factor and The Voice on the scene, rivals concede that Idol, the granddaddy of them all, remains a ratings monster. For the first time in four seasons, there are...
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Even Goofy isn't immune to Justin Bieber's swagger.
Over the weekend, the singing superstar joined Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Cee Lo Green and Scotty McCreery to tape performances for the upcoming Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade to air on ABC. (Check local listings.) Bieber sang a medley of songs (check out those moves below!) from the Cinderella Castle stage before posing with Goofy in a Santa outfit.
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Jason Aldean topped the second annual American Country Awards, which aired on Fox live from Las Vegas Monday.
He won six awards including artist of the year. "It's been a helluva year," Aldean said. Carrie Underwood took home three guitar trophies at the show, broadcast live from Las Vegas."I have got an amazing 2012 planned for you guys," she told the crowd. "We're going to have a lot of fun!"
Check out red carpet arrivals from the 2011 American Country Awards
Toby Keith was named the artist of the decade and received a special video introduction to his performance of "Red Solo Cup" from...
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Is he a good Santa or a bad Santa? Sounds like a case for Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick), and in a very campy Christmas episode of TNT's The Closer (9/8c) — one of many holiday episodes we'll be weighing in on this week — the Santa is ...
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