Kelly Clarkson lets Katy and Britney Have It!

Grammy winning pop superstar Kelly Clarkson is currently on the summer leg of her fantastic Stronger summer tour and she has picked up where her spring tour left off by playing fan requests each night. The Duets star has tackled everyone from Coldplay to Barbra Streisand, the Foo Fighters and Heart and in her recent concerts, she took on two of her contemporaries, Britney Spears and Katy Perry. The results were naturally astonishing as Kelly utterly destroyed the other two ladies with brilliant versions of their hits “Everytime” and “Wide Awake” that showcased Clarkson’s amazing vocals. Check out both tracks below and Katy and Britney, please take note, this is how you sing live! … Also, head to Kelly’s website here for more deets on her tour and I’ll fill you in on my experience seeing her tonight at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl. I can’t wait!!! My life would suck without Kelly Clarkson!

Kelly Clarkson “Everytime” (live)

Kelly Clarkson “Wide Awake” (live)

Kelly Clarkson takes on Olivia Newton-John and Grease

Today, Entertainment Weekly online had a great post on the end of Kelly Clarkson‘s phenomenal Stronger tour. As I’ve also shared with you, at each stop, she has done an amazing cover song (and fan request) by artists ranging from Heart to Barbra Streisand to Coldplay and Britney Spears (“Til the World Ends” which we saw at her exceedingly brilliant show in LA las week). EW compiled their favorites and the list included one of her last covers, Olivia Newton-John’s Oscar and Grammy nominated # 3 smash from Grease, “Hopelessly Devoted to You”. As you can imagine, two-time Grammy winner Clarkson’s version is amazing, but I have to say I still love four-time Grammy winner Newton-John’s the best. (And yes, I loooooooove me some Olivia!!!) Hey it’s from Grease! It’s a classic. Anywho, I know you’ll love them both. Check them out below and watch for Clarkson this summer on the new ABC singing contest Duets.

Kelly Clarkson “Hopelessly Devoted to You” (live)

Olivia Newton-John “Hopelessly Devoted to You” (from Grease)

Kelly Clarkson Defies “Gravity”

Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger world tour is turning into a sensation. The shows are selling out like crazy and each night, she is treating fans to a special “Fan Request” song. She has already done brilliant covers of songs by Heart (“What About Love”), Coldplay (“Fix You”) and Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl‘s “My Man”), and last night she almost brought herself to tears on her latest. Check out the brilliant version of Sara Bareilles‘s “Gravity”, Clarkson performed below. It’s simply stunning. For more on Kelly, her current # 2 smash single “Stronger”, her tour, her upcoming Super Bowl performance (she’s doing the National Anthem) and her upcoming Grammy performance, click here.

Kelly Clarkson “Gravity” (live)

And here’s Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles with her original version of “Gravity” (one of my fave songs of all time!)

Disturbed takes down Katy Perry and the Goo Goo Dolls!

Hard rockers Disturbed grab the top spot on the Billboard Album charts this week with their latest Asylum. (It sounds like some lovely and soothing meditation music, now doesn’t it?). They’re able to hold off several newcomers including the Goo Goo Dolls, country singer Lyfe Jennings, Heart and the latest Now! compilation which lands in the runner-up spot. Last week’s chart topper, Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, takes a hit and falls to # 4 despite her two hit singles still going strong including her new # 1 “Teenage Dream”. Check out the new top ten below and for all your chart needs, head to Billboard here.

Official Billboard Results for Week of 08.30.10

1. Disturbed, “Asylum” (DEBUT)
2. “NOW That’s What I Call Music!, Vol. 35″ (DEBUT)
3. Eminem, “Recovery” (last week~ 3)
4. Katy Perry, “Teenage Dream” (lw~ 1)
5. Fantasia, “Back to Me” (lw~ 2)
6. Lyfe Jennings, “I Still Believe” (DEBUT)
7. Goo Goo Dolls, “Something for the Rest of Us” (DEBUT)
8. Justin Bieber, “My World 2.0″ (lw~ 7)
9. “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” original television soundtrack album (lw~ 13)
10. Heart, “Red Velvet Car” (DEBUT)

UPDATE~

Here’s the New Top 10 on the Hot 100 Singles Chart:

1. “Teenage Dream”- Katy Perry (last week~ 2)
2. “Love the Way You Lie”- Eminem w/Rihanna (lw~ 1)
3. “Dynamite”- Taio Cruz (lw~ 3)
4. “Just the Way You Are”- Bruno Mars (lw~ 6)
5. “I Like It”- Enrique Iglesias w/Pitbull (lw~ 4)
6. “DJ Got Us Falling in Love”- Usher w/Pitbull (lw~ 5)
7. “Mine” –Taylor Swift (lw~ 9)
8. “Take It Off”- Ke$ha (lw~ 10)
9. “Just a Dream”- Nelly (lw~ 13)
10. “California Gurls”- Katy Perry w/Snoop Dogg (lw~ 7)

 

Oh No You Didn’! … The Best Angry Girl Music…

So, this morning I kinda woke up angry. Not sure why, it’s not like I was upset over who got the boot on Project Runway last night or anything…. Maybe it was just the really loud trash people waking me up. Nonetheless, I decided to work it out with a little cardio at the gym and, like magic, my iPod played Orianthi’s kiss off song “According to You” which she recently played on the American Idol results show. It got me thinking… I love me some angry girl music! I mean Pink and Kelly Clarkson are two of my favorite artists, for goodness sake! … And all of that brings me to this post. I thought I’d share with you some of my favorite angry girl “oh no you didn’” songs. From rock to country and a little R&B, these dissed divas will let you have it. Take a look, enjoy the videos, sing along and then let me know what your favorite angry rock chick songs are in the comments below…

Pink: “U & Ur Hand”

~ the you’ll never get a piece of this anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUtHjOvPKT0

 

Kelly Clarkson: “Never Again”

~ the I’m gonna sing my face off anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVYesEpMr84

 

Jazmine Sullivan: “Bust Your Windows”

~ the I’m gonna get you and your little car too kiss off anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOzdfaEPaR0

 

Dixie Chicks: “Not Ready to Make Nice”

~ the political kiss off anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pojL_35QlSI

 

Alanis Morissette:“You Oughta Know”

~ the quintessential 90’s kiss off anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY

 

Beyonce: “Irreplacebale”

~ the three words anthem… “to the left”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ

 

Heart: “Who Will You Run To?”

~ the 80’s girl rock anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmK3zloXfs0

 

Pat Benatar: “Hit Me with your Best Shot”

~ the ultimate karaoke kiss off anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JRgHol94Xc

Carrie Underwood: “Before He Cheats”

~the country queen kiss off anthem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaSy8yy-mr8