MTV.com News — Andrew Garcia, Katie Stevens, Janell Wheeler, John Park and other early front-runners make the cut.By Katie Byrne Janell Wheeler on "American Idol" Wednesday Photo: Fox In an "American Idol" first, seven contenders for the season-nine top ... more info

ContactMusic — Shania Twain goes on holiday to work.The 'Still The One' hitmaker is currently on vacation in the Caribbean and believes heading off to sunnier climes makes her... more info

CMT — The Judds are reuniting again with a tour and new music on the books for 2010. They bid us farewell the first time with a weepy concert in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1991. To put that in perspective, Shania Twain had just signed her first Nashville reco... more info

People.com — Bryan Adams's name also leaks out, but no mention of PEOPLE reader choices Shania Twain or Avril Lavigne more info

CMT — Ellen DeGeneres started her stint as an American Idol judge this week. And she's not just a guest judge like Joe Jonas and Shania Twain were during the auditions. She's in it for the long haul. And what does semi-veteran judge Kara DioGuardi think ab... more info

People.com — The singer opens up about her tropical getaway and offers a video peek inside her holiday season more info

The Music Fix — Capsule Review: Proper country - but with a twinkle in the eye.Caitlin Rose is a country singer. Not your Shania Twain country, either. We're talking your proper twangy, Loretta Lynn country. As if to underline this, her songs deal with proper countr... more info

Detroit Free Press — It was one of the overlooked musical revolutions of the decade just passed: the migration of rock and pop fans into the world of country music. It wasn't a phenomenon Rascal Flatts necessarily set out to ignite -- and indeed, the embers had alr... more info

CMT — Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shania Twain were the first two women to win a Grammy for country album when the category was resurrected in 1994 after nearly three decades' absence. (Formerly titled "best country and western album," the category had been ... more info

MTV.com News — 'I never judge Simon — I just always wait 'til I see people for myself; he was a really nice guy,' she says.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Kelly Marino Mary J. Blige Photo: MTV News Mary J. Blige recently joined Kara DioGuardi, Simon... more info