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Lauren Alaina performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" in August. Her debut CD, "Wildflower," is being released Tuesday.Photo by Associated Press /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
“Wildflower,” the debut album by Rossville’s Lauren Alaina, was released today, and by noon was No. 1 on iTunes’ Country Top 10 album downloads.
Alaina was runner-up on Season 10 of “American Idol,” which was won by North Carolinian Scotty McCreery. McCreery’s debut album, “Clear as Day,” released Oct. 4, is No. 2 in iTunes’ country album chart.
“Wildflower” was also ranked No. 3 among all iTunes album downloads. Evanescence and Five finger Death Punch were No. 1 and 2, respectively.
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Susan Palmer Pierce is a reporter and columnist in the Life department. She began her journalism career as a summer employee 1972 for the News Free Press, typing bridal announcements and photo captions. She became a full-time employee in 1980, working her way up to feature writer, then special sections editor, then Lifestyle editor in 1995 until the merge of the NFP and Times in 1999. She was honored with the 2007 Chattanooga Woman of ...
Haha, Gross!
Congrats Lauren Alaina! While I don't personally listen to much country music and probably won't buy her album, it's great to see a local artist wreap great success and live out their dreams! And while some can argue that American Idol gives an easy pass to exposure for their annual finalists as opposed to other artists who work their butts off spending their own money touring before they ever land a deal or have any success, the fact is that Lauren Alaina is already more successful than almost all other Idol finalists ever (with the exception of a few), and she has EARNED this success that almost 1 million other people have tried to attain by trying out for Idol the past 10 years.
dao1980 's moniker has nothing to do w/"the tao" !
glad to see someone get a head start on living their dream!
why pay the dues if you don't have to!
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