Mjsbigblog — Nominations for the 47th annual ACM Awards were announced this morning, and 2 Idols (so far) and a Voice coach made the cut. Check out the nominations here! Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson scored 2 nominations apiece for the 47th annual ACM Awar... more info

ACountry — 20112 Academy of Country Music Awards nominations were announced online via the first-ever ACM digital press conference   Kenny Chesney leads with 9 nominations; Jason Aldean received 6 nominations, Lady Antebellum received 5 nominations, Brad Pais... more info

Mjsbigblog — Small tour report this week, but we get results for Kelly and Scotty. 18 Y-100 Jingle Ball: Pitbull, Kelly Clarkson, Foster the People, Avril Lavigne, David Guetta and others Sunrise, Fla.; BankAtlantic Center Dec. 10, 2011 $820,370; 12,622 of 12,62... more info

Perez Hilton — Marguarette Michel of Syracuse, NY was arrested for stealing a purse at a Kelly Clarkson concert at the Turning Stone Casino. Police say that Michel saw the purse underneath her victim's chair and made with the goods, stealing the cash and credit car... more info

Mjsbigblog — While Kelly Clarkson is on the road performing “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with a giant skeery hologram of Jason Aldean singing his part of the duet.  Jason is enlisting the help of his opening act–American Idol 10 runner-up, Lauren Alaina–to... more info

ContactMusic — Adele has become the latest star to pay tribute to soul legend Etta James who passed away on Friday 20Jan12 The At Last singer died just five days before her 74th birthday after suffering complications from leukaemia Beyonce Kelly Clarkson and... more info

Perez Hilton — Kelly Clarkson has a history with the music of the late Etta James. She performed the singer's famous song At Last during her original American Idol audition, which eventually catapulted her into the star she is today. This weekend, Kelly honored Ett... more info

Pop Crunch — The original American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, hit the stage at the legendary Radio City Music Hall this weekend. During her set, Kelly took a moment to honor the late Etta [...] more info

Pop Justice — Emeli Sandé looked a little bit on the sleepy side as she joined Nick Clegg and Jeremy Irons on The Andrew Marr Show yesterday morning. (BBC iPlayer) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01bf2np/The_Andrew_Marr_Show_22_01_2012/) Skip to the last f... more info

Mjsbigblog — Lots of milestones this week. Kelly Clarkson, alone, managed to achieve 4 of them. “Mr. Know it All” went top 5 on AC making it top 5 in two formats right now. And that’s her old single. Her new single, “Stronger”, hit 3 milestones. It wen... more info