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Country cutie Taylor Swift and pop legend Michael Jackson swept last night’s 2009 American Music Awards. Jackson received posthumous awards for Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Album in both the Pop/Rock and Sou/Rhythm & Blues categories. Swift took home honors as Favorite Female Artist in the Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, and Country categories, as well as…

Adam Lambert closed out last night’s American Music Awards show with a performance that may have left viewers wondering if they were watching ABC or the S&M network. (If there is such a thing.)His performance of his song “For Your Entertainment” included feeling up one of the dancers in the … er … crotch, overt…

The Associated Press reports that one of the tour buses in Miley Cyrus’ tour caravan overturned, killing one. While the identity of the driver has not been released, reports indicate that it was a male, possibly the driver. Cyrus was reportedly traveling in another vehicle. According to reports, at about 8:15 am this morning, the…

Danny Gokey previewed his single, “It’s Only,” recently, but it looks like his label, RCA Records Nashville, has had second thoughts. It was reported yesterday that Gokey’s new first single will be “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me.” The single will be going to country radio shortly, but it’s already on Danny’s MySpace page…

Multi-platinum selling group Diamond Rio will be appearing on Fox News’ hit show “Huckabee” this Saturday, November 21 at 8 pm ET. The band will be performing “God Is There” off of their latest Word Records’ release, The Reason. Diamond Rio also recently released their first autobiography “Beautiful Mess” from Thomas Nelson. Hosted by Arkansas…

Gospel husband and wife duo, Aaron and Amanda Crabb, have been hired as the new worship leaders at the 20,000 member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, TX. The church is led by Pastor John Hagee. The Crabb’s are officially relocating to Texas in December, but their responsibilities at Cornerstone have already begun. During their introduction…

Mark your calendar for Friday, November 20, when rockers Fireflight will host a live webcast to share music from their upcoming February 2010 release, For Those Who Wait. The webcast kicks off at 5 PM eastern / 4 PM Central / 2 PM Pacific. All you have to do is head over to the Fireflight…

Skillet’s 2006 release, Comatose has been certified Gold by the RIAA. Their latest effort, Awake, debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 2 and has surpassed 200,000 units in just 12 weeks. The album remains a top-ten charting Christian project, best-selling CD overall on Billboard’s Top 200, a top 30 best-seller on iTunes Rock…

Matthew West is kicking off this holiday season with a mission: to remind others of the true reason for the season wih his “Give This Christmas Away” campaign. West was inspired by the song “Give This Christmas Away,” which he wrote and recorded in conjunction with VeggieTales for its new DVD release, “Saint Nicholas–A Story…

Five songs from singer/author/speaker Ginger Millermon’s latest album, Amazed, will be offered as free download resources for the new online community for women, Prayergates.com. The site is based around excerpts from Beth Moore’s best-selling book, Praying God’s Word. Prayergates.com has partnered with Lifeway Worship to offer free resources that fit the “theme” of each month’s…

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