Hey all! I will be taking a short break to put on the biggest indie music festival in the western region, The UMS – the ninth annual Denver Post Underground Music Showcase – over the next week. July 23rd – July 26th, over 200 bands will take over South Broadway in Denver, Colorado to rock out in a South By Southwest-style fashion! This year is the biggest the festival has been and it’s only going to get bigger for it 10th Anniversary next year. Visit TheUMS.com for more information, to purchase tickets, or to check out the entire lineup. After the festival has subsided, I will be back delivering the…

This 19 year old singer and dancer is making her way to the top with her new single, “Goodbye”, tearing up radio and digital downloads. Her debut album will hit stores on July 28th and then she will be hitting the road, joining Ciara as an opening act on The Circus Starring Britney Spears Tour, when it comes back to North America. Introducing Kristinia DeBarge: The video for her first single, “Goodbye”:

Kelly Clarkson has begun her promotional tour for her new single, “Already Gone”, with her first stop on David Letterman. The third single from the her incredible new album, All I Ever Wanted, is brilliant and bold. The performance, while stripped down from the album version, is brilliant at spots, but leaves me waiting for her next stop on the talk-show chain, so we can hear it even more polished. Check it out and let me know where it rates on your K. Clarkson scale.

No, not that Paris! Thankfully, Britney has left her days with partying heiress behind, but she has made her way to France, as The Circus Starring Britney Spears tour continues through Europe. Entertainment Tonight was there to catch all the backstage footage. Watch, as Britney, her dancers, and crew prepare for the big show in Paris, while chatting up the second leg of her North American tour.

Mariah Carey’s new video for her brand new single, “Obsessed”, hit the Internet this morning. The song, which is rumored to be about her on-going feud with rapper Eminem, will be the lead single from her new album titled Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. The video for the song pokes fun at an “Obsessed” fan that follows Mariah around in Eminem-style garb. The obsessed fan, while male, is played Mariah herself, adding to the already comedic clip. Check it out – I love it!

So, it’s no secret that the Idol Insider loves him some Carrie Underwood, and after years of public adoration it looks like Carrie might be reciprocating. Well, maybe not, but we’d like to think so. After the success of her sophomore release, Carnival Ride, and sold out tours, the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year is doing it again! Carrie, who has sold over 10 million albums worldwide and became the first country artist in history to achieve 10 #1 singles, is putting the final touches on her third, currently untitled, album. The album, which will reunite the country diva with producer Mark Bright, is slated for release on November…

We posted Britney Spears’ new video, “Radar”, recently and wrote about the bland storyline and missing dance numbers. Now, we bring you the behind the scenes video, which shows Britney on the set of the video and shooting her latest Candies ads, that will be used for the clothing line’s fall campaign. She might not be doing a whole lot of dancing, but she looks awesome. Don’t you think?

While on tour, Beyonce switched up her hit, “Halo”, and turned it into a special tribute to the late, great King of Pop! Check it out:

She has one of the hottest albums of the 2008/2009 season, she’s penned some awesome, radio-friendly tunes, and landed two of the stand out tracks on Kelly Clarkson’s latest, All I Ever Wanted. Thankfully for all of us, Kelly did a much better with the track “Long Shot” than Katy’s original demo. Here’s a extremely low budget music video for the song that Katy put together before her days of kissing girls. THOUGHTS?