Kelly Clarkson

Ten Reasons the Grammys Actually Didn't Suck

We're experiencing a lot of weird feelings right now. We're not exactly sure how to cope with these emotions. But they say the first step to getting over your problem is admitting you have one. So deep breath ... Here we go. We actually enjoyed the 55th annual Grammy Awards. OMG, please don't ju ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Sat Next to Jay-Z and Beyonce at the Inauguration (and You Are Now Insanely Jealous of Her)

We're sure its an honor just to sit on the steps of capitol at the inauguration, but lets be honest, the hottest seat was next to Beyonce. Which, well, obviously was taken by Jay-Z, but seated directly next to them was South Florida congresswoman and DNC chief was Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who the e ... More >>

World Music Awards 2012 in Miami: Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Jimmy Buffet Nominated

That $515 million ballpark in Little Havana that Miami-Dade taxpayers helped build for Major League Baseball's biggest joke, Jeffery Loria's Miami Marlins, is finally being put to good use. For only the third time in its 23-year history, the World Music Awards are coming to the United States. And ... More >>

Grammy Awards 2013 Nominees: From Frank Ocean to Black Keys and Rick Ross

Grammy-tastic! Last night, amid goofy, sexually tense intergenerational banter between co-hosts LL Cool J and Taylor Swift, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States announced the nominees for its 54th Grammy Awards, airing Sunday, February 10, on CBS. Genre-bending ... More >>

Pitbull a Diva? Joins Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus, Metric for VH1 Divas Special

He's known as Mr. 305, Mr. Worldwide, and Dat Lil Chico ... But a diva, he is not. However, Pitbull is teaming up with VH1 Divas to help raise money for the network's Save the Music Foundation, as well as pay tribute to two of music's biggest deceased divas, Whitney Houston and Donna Summer. The ... More >>

Ten Black Pop Stars Who Should Go Country

Editor's note: Country Time is a new biweekly column for our sister music blog in Seattle, celebrating that city's favorite musical genre: mainstream country. With the nation's major-party political conventions drawing to a close recently with a rousing reelection appeal from the nation's first bla ... More >>

MTV Video Music Awards 2012's Big Winners and Even Bigger Losers

If, last night, you shouted, "Screw crappy pop!" and chose Barack, then you've probably got no effing idea who won and lost at the MTV Video Music Awards. Luckily, we here at Crossfade own a DVR. So while watching Obama goin' hard at the Democratic National Convention, we were also keeping track of ... More >>

MTV Announces Video Music Awards Nominees, Snub Rick Ross

Like the History Channel, MTV is lying about itself. Despite their respective names, programming is anything but historical or musical. For example, Teen Mom and Snooki and JWoww are reality-ish shows, and they're light-years away from MTV's traditional business model built around a 24-hour music ... More >>

Charlie Sheen May Join American Idol as Judge, Three Predictions

It's safe to say that American Idol's run as America's favorite reality competition show is fading. Last season's ratings were significantly lower than previous years and, quite frankly, many of us can't name three Idol winners that aren't Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Jordin Sparks. Nev ... More >>

Kelly Clarkson Announces Stronger World Tour With South Florida Show on February 16

​Every time we here at Crossfade screw up and need to say sorry to our (current) significant other, we don't bother with sweet nothings, red roses, or awkward attempts at makeup sex. We just pop in our fave Kelly Clarkson mixtape, turn on the waterworks, and let the American Idol diva's 2009 sup ... More >>

Lady Gaga's Lettuce Dress and Other Pop News That Won't Change Your Life

Trade you a lettuce gown for that meat dress, Gaga. ​Do you ever wish you could be in two places at once? Better yet, how about 50 places at once? Sometimes we here at Crossfade get really pissed about the fact that we're stuck in our cubicle and not traveling to India to write about vegetariani ... More >>

Simon Cowell Sued by Father and Son X Factor Contestants for "Physical and Mental Exertion"

​Former American Idol judge Simon Cowell scoured America this summer looking for contestants for his new singing show, The X Factor. We're not sure if he found any future Kelly Clarksons when he visited Miami, but he did discover a now angry and litigious father-and-son duo. Stephen Marks, 54 ... More >>

Girl Talk at the Fillmore Miami Beach, May 19

Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezGirl Talk (AKA Gregg Gillis) getting wild at the Fillmore.​View photos from Girl Talk at the Fillmore Miami Beach here.Girl Talk With Max Tundra Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday, May 19, 2011 Better Than: An impromptu cock-rocking rave in a confetti supply store. Just pa ... More >>

Girl Talk on Top 40, Sampling Songs He Hates, and Aspiring to Be as Bombastic as Kiss

Photo by Paul SobotaGirl Talk, AKA Gregg Gillis.​Read Crossfade's full feature article "The Spastic Science! Girl Talk Is All About Confetti, Sweat, and Scientific Rigor." Gearing up for the Girl Talk experience at the Fillmore Miami Beach this Thursday and Friday, we've slipped into our wettest ... More >>

Who Wants a Free CD Full of Katy Perry, Pitbull, and Wacka Flocka Flame Hits?

NOW That's What I Call Pop Appeal!​If you're the kind of weirdo who still owns a "compact disc player," then you're probably also the kind of weirdo who still listens to "commercial pop radio." Well, amazing news for you! We're giving away two new CDs from the ubiquitous NOW compilation series. ... More >>

Fantasia Barrino at James L. Knight Center November 14

American Idol diva Fantasia Barrino Is Out of the Hospital and Working Again

​You know what's funny about primetime pop pageant American Idol? (Nope, not ex-panelist Ellen Degeneres.) It's that the biggest star to ever shoot out of that black hole was a loser named Jennifer Hudson. Of course, there's an argument to be made for Season One winner, Kelly Clarkson. And if you ... More >>

Five Questions with StumbleDrunk's Jason Villenes and Frankie Pointless

​Most people will remember Frankie Pointless from his old days in Miami rock with the outfit Splat, a pop-punk band that touted the best in excess that dear old Coconut Grove had to offer. They gave the hippies and Bahamians a run for their money when they held down at their old Macdonald St ... More >>

Leona Lewis's "Can't Breathe" Dance Remix by Miami's Uriel "Frenchie" Kadouch

​If you still haven't heard of Parisian-born, Miami-based studio producer Uriel "Frenchie" Kadouch, it's only a matter of time. His A-list accolades speak for themselves. By his early 20s he was already making beats for the likes of R&B stars Robin Thicke, Ashanti, and Cassie while also collab ... More >>

With Greene Gone, Meek Still Has Mountain to Climb in US Senate Race

kendrickmeek.comMeek on Election Day​Kendrick Meek will not miss Jeff Greene. Like that guy at your party who shows up uninvited, plays Kelly Clarkson so loud the cops come, and then bolts before you're handed a noise violation, Greene has been a major headache.But Meek will miss Greene's money. T ... More >>

UPDATE: Lilith Fair Finally Confirms West Palm Beach Date, August 10, and Lineup

​As I type this, Lilith Fair's official site is crashing like any web coverage devoted to Tiger Woods' return to professional golf at this year's Masters. And for good reason. The all-female touring festival featuring the likes of Loretta Lynn, Kelly Clarkson, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, Tegan and ... More >>

Food News Roundup - Naked Tacos, Food Bank, Bad Habits, Cookies, Bees and Cocaine

8 year old Miami Beach kid Joshua Williams tackles world hunger, starts in Dade. [Herald]Sometime Miamian, the pregnant Kourtney Kardashian, craves fruit smoothies, eats twizzlers and Mexican food in bed, runs around naked all day. [USMagazine]Ford Motor Company and Newman's Own donate a refrigerate ... More >>

Kelly Clarkson Playing Hard Rock Live December 13

Say what you will about Kelly Clarkson, there's little denying she's got a set of pipes most singers would kill for. American Idol's very first (and most successful) winner has announced a fall/winter tour with a stop at Hard Rock Live on December 13. Despite what the naysayers believed, Clarkson is ... More >>

Josh Freese: Workin' for the Fan

Superstar drummer of Devo and A Perfect Circle sells himself, his famous friends, and all-you-can-eat shrimp dinners to promote his new album.

If Looks Could Kill

Back-alley plastic surgery sent Donnie Hendrix to jail. Finally, she talks.

Girl Talk Plays the Culture Room

Gregg Gillis's cut-and-paste is the present and future of pop music.

93.9 FM Rick Rolls Smooth Jazz Lovers With Guilty Pleasures

Let's say you're a smooth jazz lover who was away for the holidays and tuned into your favorite radio station Love 94 at exactly 4:10 p.m. today for the first time since Christmas hoping to hear the smooth, comforting sounds of Kenny G finally back on the airwaves after the station went bonkers for ... More >>

Can We Have Your Autograph?

Don’t forget the little people.

Power Pop Rocks

Rooney and Locksley snap and crackle at Revolution.

2007 Music Year in Review

It's all in the stars.

Moments Like These

Our time-traveling reviewer peeks into Kelly Clarkson’s future.

Marc Broussard's Soul Revue

Musical Meltdown

It's sweltering outside, but there's still music worth hearing

Louie's Lair

Deep beneath the Shelborne Hotel, Studio is an underground haven for karaoke connoisseurs

Pink/Damone

I'm Not Dead/Out Here All Night (LaFace/Island)

The Veronicas

The Secret Life Of ... (Sire)

Spiritmachine

Your Government at Work

Girls on Film

The dangerous devolution of video vixens

Natasha Bedingfield

Unwritten (Epic)

Destruction Boom

Side Dish

Douglas Rodriguez to helm at the old 5061 space

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?