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Who would have thought that a young cocktail waitress from Texas would eventually have three music labels? Kelly Clarkson won the first American Idol contest back in 2002, and was awarded with a record deal and the chance at a music career. That is when the Texas native released her first music album, Thankful in 2003. It is no surprise either, that that single music album was so well received. Not only did several of the music hits get number one on many hit-lists; but the album sol over two million copies, and the reviews to go along with it.

It took a long while for her to make it in to the music scene. Before winning “American Idol”, Clarkson joined her school’s chorus and began singing late in her youth, at age 13. Even back then, her voice was strikingly amazing, and everyone knew that she would one day have her own music labels. After graduating high school the lively young singer with a powerful voice recorded her own songs while holding down numerous jobs. Some of these songs she put onto websites for people to find the music files. But the downloading music sites were not popular enough for her to get noticed. She then moved west to make an attempt at a music career, but as fate would have it, it wasn’t her time yet. After a series of mishaps while living in Los Angeles, including an apartment fire that left her with nothing, she returned home to Texas.  Read more...

Everyone remembers where they were when something important or life-changing breaks in the news, it is almost as if time stands still just long enough to leave its indelible impression. Yesterday, millions of people the world over were left shocked and utterly speechless upon learning about the untimely death of legendary pop music icon, Michael Jackson. There are some in Jackson’s close personal circle who have come out in the press saying that while it was shocking, they were not truly surprised.

Michael Jackson first broke into the music industry at the tender age of five and achieved a career that spanned a lifetime, reaching heights that one can only dream about. His songs are memorable, his dance moves were incredible, his stage presence intoxicating and vibrant. He was a consummate professional and his appeal was universal and widespread, reaching all four corners of the globe. Throughout his long and prosperous career he had an impressive total of 13 songs that climb the charts to number one, released 12 albums, 6 films and 13 music videos.

The music was cut short on June 25th, 2009 at 2:26 p.m., when Michael Jackson was pronounced dead at UCLA Medical Center in California. The apparent cause of death was first attributed to cardiac arrest, but media reports are speculating now as to the underlying reason Jackson died. Some are saying it was due to the stress of performing a series of sold-out concerts set to begin in July, others are sighting something more sinister was behind the demise of the musical genius. With parallels being made to the tragic details surrounding the sad deaths of Anna Nicole Smith and Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson may have met his end due to misuse of prescription drugs.