Flo-Rida II (Week 89)

Okay, the nominees have been selected, the poll has been created, and the vote is now open. Here's the lowdown on this week's EdgeMusic Artist of the Week contest.

Who should be the EdgeMusic Artist of the Week from Octpber 4 - 11?

Shinedown

Hey Monday

New Found Glory

Miggs

Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Week 88 Results

Okay, the poll has been closed, and the votes have been tallied. It's time to reveal who won last week's contest.

Last week, 34 votes were cast. Winning by a unanimous vote...

DAVID COOK IS THE NEW EDGEMUSIC ARTIST OF THE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to David Cook on the win, and thanks to everyone who voted. David Cook will be featured on EdgeMusic starting now and ending on Saturday. The new poll will be up shortly.

An Update On Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Tisdale was one of two EdgeMusic Artists of the Week featured from June 20-27, 2009. She tied for first with KSM. Since then, she has done heavy promotion for her second album "Guilty Pleasure" and her most recent film "Aliens In The Attic" which both premiered during the same week in July.

Since then, her film opened up below average at #5 with 8 million in its first weekend. The film has grossed over $24 million, but she's still at work on acting. She's continuing her voiceover role as Candace on Disney's "Phineas and Ferb". Also, she's at work on a new role, which had her switch back to blonde hair for the first time in a year. Currently, she hasn't confirmed the whole detail on the film, but she plans to reveal the full lowdown in the weeks to come. Ashley was born a brunette, but I was introduced to her as a blonde, so I'm glad she went back to blonde. The brunette hair fit better than I expected for the album, but I was concerned that she would put herself as another ripoff of Miley Cyrus's ripoffs of Diana DeGarmo.

No Messing With Texas II (Week 88)

Okay, the nominees have been selected, the poll has been created, and the vote is now open. Here's the lowdown on this week's EdgeMusic Artist of the Week contest.

EdgeMusic Artist of the Week Poll (Week 88)

This Week's Theme: No Messing With Texas II

Who should be the EdgeMusic Artist of the Week from September 27 - October 4?

David Cook
Erin McCarley
Green River Ordinance
A Bird A Sparrow
This Year's Fashion

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Week 87 Results

Okay, the poll has been closed, and the votes have been tallied. It's time to reveal who won last week's contest.

Last week, 64 votes were cast. Winning by 64% of the vote...

THE HELIO SEQUENCE IS THE NEW EDGEMUSIC ARTIST OF THE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to The Helio Sequence on the win, and thanks to everyone who voted. The Helio Sequence will be featured on EdgeMusic starting now and ending on Saturday. The new poll will be up shortly.

Final Results:

THE HELIO SEQUENCE - 64.06%

Everclear - 28.13%

The Decemberists - 7.81%

Stars of Track and Field - 0%

Mat Kearney - 0%

Who Is Tamar Kaprelian?

Tamar Kaprelian has received more than 85% of the vote last week to become the new EdgeMusic Artist of the Week. She pulled in 79 out of all the 92 votes that were cast. So now, we need to answer this question: Who Is Tamar Kaprelian?

Tamar Kaprelian was born in Scottdale, Arizona in 1987. She was raised by Armenian parents in Georgia and California. She grew up singing while watching classic Disney films, and she was eventually influenced by Billy Joel and Paul McCartney.

In March 2008, her first big exposure came when she did a YouTube video of her version of "Apologize" by OneRepublic. She entered the OneRepublic cover contest and won by an overwhelming response. The band later started working with Tamar on her solo stuff.



Not long after, she shot her first ever music video for "New Day".



In September of 2008, she began working on her album. Co-workers have so far included OneRepublic. Meanwhile, she has done background vocals for live televised performances of the All-American Rejects' smash hit "Gives You Hell". She has appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel, and a few other shows.



In June of 2009, her solo career made its first major break when "New Day" was featured on the season finale of MTV's "The Hills" during the final scene where Lauren Conrad left Spencer Pratt's wedding and the show for good. It was featured again on "The Soup" when they talked about the clip. Soon after, she was featured on MTV Buzzworthy, and iTunes released the song immediately.

Today, her album is completed and is rumored to be titled "It Is What It Is". It will be released on Interscope Records. She has already released two other singles: "Delicate Soul" and "Three Simple Words", which was released last week. With a fresh, melodic sound and a sweet surface, her music will captivate a new audience. That is who Tamar Kaprelian is.

Week 86 Results

Okay, the poll has been closed, and the votes have been counted. It's time to reveal who won last week's EdgeMusic Artist of the Week contest.

Last week, 92 votes were cast. Winning by almost 86% of the vote...

TAMAR KAPRELIAN IS THE NEW EDGEMUSIC ARTIST OF THE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to Tamar Kaprelian on the win, and thanks to everyone who voted. Tamar Kaprelian will be featured on EdgeMusic starting now and ending on Saturday. The new poll will be up shortly.

Final Results:

TAMAR KAPRELIAN - 85.87%

Michelle Branch - 6.52%

The Maine - 5.43%

Jordin Sparks - 2.17%

Jimmy Eat World - 0%

Demi Lovato "Gift Of A Friend" Music Video Premiere

This is a nice, pleasant song. I'm not confident it will break into the Hot 100 at all. Unless they release the movie that the song is featured on soon. "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure" will be released October 27th.

Artist Of The Year Preliminary Round #8

Today is the only day to vote in this preliminary round in our EdgeMusic Artist of the Year Faceoff. This round pits together all winners from August. The winner will represent August in the semi-finals, which will take place at the end of the year. The contenders are:

*Elliott Yamin

*Staggerford

*Cleverform

*The Right Coast

EdgeMusic Artist Of The Year Preliminary Round #8

August 2009 Preliminaries

Who should represent August in the EdgeMusic Artist of the Year Semifinals?

Elliott Yamin
Staggerford
Cleverform
The Right Coast

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Cheap Trick "The Flame" Live From New Orleans (08.18.2009)

This week's EdgeMusic Artist of the Week, Cheap Trick, was one of the opening acts for the concert we went to on August 18th headlined by past EdgeMusic winner Def Leppard (May 11 - 25, 2008). Since Cheap Trick wasn't an EdgeMusic winner yet, we excluded them from the coverage. But I did capture one of their performances on video. I even uploaded it on our YouTube account, but I wasn't confident that they would ever become featured on EdgeMusic one day. We do not rig the votes in any way, and last week's poll proved why they are the most underrated band of all time.

But the real reason why we captured this video is because the song they performed was the greatest song of all-time, and it still is. Now I can share with you my all-time favorite song, "The Flame", which became their only #1 single on the Hot 100 back in 1988.

Week 85 Results

Okay, the poll has been closed, and the votes have tallied. It's time to reveal who won last week's contest.

Last week, 135 votes have been cast. Winning by only 84% of the vote...

CHEAP TRICK IS THE NEW EDGEMUSIC ARTIST OF THE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to Cheap Trick on the win, and thanks to everyone who voted. Cheap Trick will be featured on EdgeMusic starting now and ending on Saturday. The new poll will be up in a little while.

Final Results:

CHEAP TRICK - 84.44%

The Last Vegas - 10.37%

Wilco - 2.96%

The White Tie Affair - 1.48%

Plain White T's - 0%

Raising Arizona II (Week 86)

Okay, the new nominees have been selected, the poll has been created, and the vote is now open. Here's the lowdown on this week's EdgeMusic Artist of the Week poll.

EdgeMusic Artist of the Week Poll (Week 86)

This Week's Theme: Raising Arizona II

Who should be the EdgeMusic Artist of the Week from September 13 - 20?

Michelle Branch
Tamar Kaprelian
Jordin Sparks
The Maine
Jimmy Eat World

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Backstreet Boys "Straight Through My Heart" Video Premiere

You can tell from this music video that it's all or nothing for these guys.

Van Atta High "Birthday Girl" Music Video