Mjsbigblog — HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 PEEPS. Today’s Idol Appearances: Danny Gokey appears on the Tampa Bay FL Lightning hockey team concert series. Danny will perform after the 7:30 pm game. Carrie Underwood performs at the Borgata in Altlantic C... more info

People.com — Sandra Bullock, Carrie Underwood, Heidi Montag and Jessica Simpson captivated readers most more info

Guardian Music — The surprise at the top end of Rolling Stone and Spin critics' albums of the year lists was The Guitar Song by a liberal country singer who's more Oprah than OpryHovering at the top end of Rolling Stone and Spin's albums of 2010 lists was a name unfa... more info

Mjsbigblog — Billboard must be in holiday mode because there still is no summary chart. I’ll pull out the stats for a few of the charts. This is the daily numbers’ thread. Last of 2010. BB200 47 Crystal Bowersox “Farmer’s Daughter” (p... more info

Mjsbigblog — Carrie at the Palace Of Auburn Hills 12-22-10 credit: countrymusicfever.comEach year Pollstar compiles a list of the top grossing North American and worldwide tours of 2010. Carrie Underwood comes in with the #18 top grossing North ... more info

Mjsbigblog — This was likely the best selling week of the year and how did the Idols fare? Let’s see. There are 5 Idols that make the BB200. Crystal leads the pack with a 35% drop in her second week. Carrie, Fantasia, Lee and Daughtry not only... more info

The Newsroom — Find out how to fight those extra holiday pounds the same way celebrities do with celeb trainer Grace Lazenby's Rockin Models Workout! Hollywood 411 looks at the workout that Courtney Cox, Carrie Underwood and other stars swear by! more info

Mjsbigblog — The Glee team has had some tremendous success with their Christmas CD. I will be stunned if there is not another released next year. There are a million Christmas songs for them to mine and nobody minds a cover of one of them. This ... more info

Mjsbigblog — Billboard must be in holiday mode because there still is no summary chart. I’ll pull out the stats for a few of the charts. In the meantime, here is an interesting factoid. Glee’s Darren Criss just became the 400,000th member of... more info

Mjsbigblog — Manager, Gina Orr tweets, “Good Sales coming in for Crystal Bowersox next week.” *** Today’s repeat episode of Live with Regis and Kelly features a performance by David Archuleta! *** More Headlines after the JUMP… Rickey M... more info