Kelly Clarkson has bowed down to RCA record bosses by performing the new single she’s dubbed a “rip-off” of Beyonce’s 2008 hit “Halo” during a live concert on Good Morning America Friday.
The free show drew a crowd of thousands to Rumsey Playfield in New York City’s Central Park this morning.
Early this week, the former American Idol claimed songwriter/producer Ryan Tedder sent her the ballad “Already Gone” without telling her he’d already offered the backing track to Beyonce. Kelly says her pleas to label execs not to release the track because it sounded too much like “Halo” were ignored. Read the rest of this entry »
Producer and songwriter Ryan Tedder is a bit taken aback over Kelly Clarkson’s assertion that he ripped off his own work on Beyonce’s 2008 hit “Halo” for her new single “Already Gone.” Read the rest of this entry »
Kelly Clarkson is once again at odds with RCA Records. This time the dispute is over her new power ballad — which sounds bizarrely like Beyonce’s 2008 hit, “Halo.”
The dispute began after the American Idol Season One champ realized that “Already Gone,” a tune she co-wrote with hit songwriter Ryan Tedder, was a deadringer for another Tedder-penned tune, “Halo.”
Tedder recently confessed that he gave both platinum-selling singers a tune with the same backing track. However, by the time Kelly heard “Halo” and realized the similarities between the tracks, it was too late to make changes to her current album, All I Ever Wanted, which debut last spring. Read the rest of this entry »
Former American Idol Kelly Clarkson — who will appear in VH1′s Divas Special in September — has unveiled a video for “Already Gone,” the third single off her current album All I Ever Wanted.
Kelly Clarkson will be hitting the road on her “All I Ever Wanted Tour” this fall, the platinum-selling American Idol announced Tuesday.
Supported by Aussie sister act The Veronicas and Parachute, Kelly’s fall tour kicks off Oct. 2 in Uncasville, Conn. The trek will make stops in 32 North American citiesbefore wrapping up in Hollywood, Fla. on Dec. 13.
