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Posted by on Jun 15, 2007 in American Idol, Christian Music, Mandisa, Music | 0 comments

Listen to Mandisa’s “True Beauty” live

Listen to Mandisa’s “True Beauty” live

mandisa_01_600×400.jpg (For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains streams of Mandisa’s True Beauty, off the Mandisa album True Beauty. This version is taken from her live performance on American Idol Extra. It also contains Mandisa’s True Beauty lyrics. GannsDeen.com does not offer Mandisa mp3’s for download. If you like what you hear, please leave a comment in the Comments box.)

American Idol Season 5 finalist Mandisa Hundley’s new single, Only The World, hit number one on Billboard’s Hot Singles Sales chart this week, making Only the World the 126th #1 song for the American Idol franchise and Mandisa’s first chart topper. Mandisa’s debut album, True Beauty, follows on July 31.

A second airplay track, however, is the title track from Mandisa’s debut album. She sang True Beauty live on American Idol Extra. People are searching for Mandisa True Beauty mp3s, but we’ll be happy to stream it to you instead to protect copyright.

We also encourage you to purchase Mandisa’s True Beauty legally on iTunes or your favorite digital single store. Visit MandisaOfficial.com or www.myspace.com/mandisa for more information.

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Lyrics to Mandisa True Beauty after the jump.

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Posted by on May 15, 2007 in American Idol, Christian Music, Mandisa, Music | 6 comments

Listen to Mandisa’s “Only the World”

Listen to Mandisa’s “Only the World”

mandisa_01_600×400.jpg (For your listening pleasure, this blog post contains streams of Mandisa’s Only the World, off the Mandisa album True Beauty. It also contains Mandisa’s Only the World lyrics. GannsDeen.com does not offer Mandisa mp3’s for download. If you like what you hear, please leave a comment in the Comments box.)

American Idol Season 5 finalist Mandisa Hundley’s new single is titled Only The World. The Only The World CD single will be available for purchase online May 22 via Sparrow Records. Mandisa’s debut album, True Beauty, follows on July 31.

Fans will remember Mandisa for her off-the-hook performances of I’m Every Woman by Chaka Khan, Never by Heart, and I Don’t Hurt Anymore by Dinah Washington. The Season 5 finalist competed alongside eventual winner Taylor Hicks, and other finalists Katharine McPhee, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, and Paris Bennett.

Mandisa’s Only The World debut single has already been serviced to contemporary Christian radio. The Only The World CD single out on May 22 will include the title track of Mandisa’s debut album, True Beauty. Producers who worked on Mandisa’s debut album include CCM hitmaker Brown Bannister, most popular known for his work with Avalon and Steven Curtis Chapman; Andrew Ramsey and Shannon Sanders, whose roster of musical talent includes India.Arie; Christopher Stevens, most renowned for his TobyMac production; and Shaun Shankel, collaborator of Amy Grant.

Mandisa performed at the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards April 25 with Kirk Franklin and TobyMac on Lose Your Soul. She is scheduled to perform at several major summer Christian music festivals.

We also encourage you to purchase Mandisa’s Only The World legally on iTunes or your favorite digital single store. Visit MandisaOfficial.com or www.myspace.com/mandisa for more information.

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Mandisa’s Only The World lyrics after the jump.

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Posted by on Mar 8, 2007 in American Idol, Mandisa, Music | 9 comments

Top 10 Favorite American Idol Performances (with videos!)

Top 10 Favorite American Idol Performances (with videos!)

gannsyes.gifAfter reading MSN’s Top 10 American Idol performances of all time, Cathy and I got to talking about our Top 10 favorite American Idol performances.

She’s making her list, and I’ve made mine. See how different my choices are from MSN’s.

Oh, and feel free to post some of your favorite AI moments directly in the Comments, or leave a link to your blog where you posted it. :)

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Posted by on Jan 26, 2007 in Mandisa, Music | 8 comments

Daughtry kicks Taylor Hicks in the nuts

Daughtry kicks Taylor Hicks in the nuts

Okay, so maybe American Idol Season Five fourth placer Chris Daughtry didn’t literally kick season winner Taylor Hicks where the sun don’t shine, but it sure feels like it. Daughtry’s band’s self-titled debut album topped the Billboard 200 this week with a 130-copy lead over the original soundtrack of Dreamgirls, selling over 65,000 copies, according to Soundscan. Where is Hicks’ debut album? Moved up three notches to #50.

In its ninth week on the chart, Daughtry’s RCA album has established two records of sorts: it is the fastest-selling debut by a rock artist in history, and it is the first album by an American Idol non-Top Two finalist to top the Billboard 200. Idols who have topped the Billboard 200 are Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, and his runner-up Clay Aiken; all remaining Idol winners and runners-up, including Justin Guarini, Fantasia, Diana DeGarmo, Carrie Underwood, Bo Bice, Taylor Hicks, and, for now, Katherine McPhee, have not topped the albums chart.

Of course, there are some factors to take into consideration here. It is the third week in a row that the #1 album on the Billboard 200 has sold less than 100,000 copies. You’d have to go back to the early 1990s to see those kinds of relatively low sales figures. You could also take into consideration that Daughtry has a hit single, It’s Not Over, that’s burning up the modern rock and Top 40 formats; RCA continues to hedge on sending a Hicks single to radio, which will continue to hurt Taylor’s chances of long-term success on the album charts.

Meanwhile, in other American Idol Season Five alum news, Bucky Covington‘s new Lyric Street single A Different World has been serviced to country radio and is now #47 on the Radio and Records country chart; Paris Bennett has a new 306 Entertainment single, Ordinary Love, that’s being serviced to R&B formats; and Mandisa Hundley has signed up with Sparrow Records for a gospel album to be released late this year or early next year (her MySpace page features the delightful light acoustic toe-tapper Redeemer, a track on the album Beth Moore Presents: Songs of Deliverance.

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Posted by on Jun 17, 2006 in Mandisa, Music | 0 comments

Album Review: American Idol 5 The Encores

Album Review: American Idol 5 The Encores

Having purchased American Idol Season 5: The Encores, I have to say the quality of this season’s batch is certainly formidable, and for the quality of three tracks on this album, the soundtrack is definitely worth purchasing.

The review that follows comes from the perspective of a 30-year-old with adult contemporary preferences. It’s posted on Amazon and Superblessed as well to maximize distribution. Cheers.

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