Lauren Alaina performs on ABC’s “Good Morning America” in August. Her debut CD, “Wildflower,” is being released Tuesday.Tuesday is the day Lauren Alaina said she has anticipated since she first picked up a microphone: Her debut album, “Wildflower,” hits stores across America.
“I’ve been dreaming of this since I was, like, 3 years old,” the Rossville teenager said in a phone interview. “I can’t believe that it happened by the time I was 16. It’s mind-blowing.”
Lauren has a ready-made fan base of 26 million viewers who followed her journey earlier this year through Season 10 of “American Idol.” With Grammy-winning producer Byron Gallimore (who has worked with Sugarland, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill) at the helm and tracks written by an A-list of Nashville songwriters, “Wildflower” is already generating buzz in the industry.
US Weekly’s music critic posted: “Start sweating, Carrie Underwood … ‘American Idol’ at last has a finalist as good as its top alum.”
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