Here’s How Much Money 10 Artists Are Owed by Financially Strapped PledgeMusic – Yet last June, Variety broke the news that the company is struggling to pay artists, and its problems have snowballed in recent weeks, with hundreds if not more artists unpaid. The company is in triage mode: Founder Benji Rogers, who left the company in 2016, returned on a temporary, unpaid basis last month in an effort to stabilize the situation. While his return was greeted with relief by many in the artist community, the company advised all artists to suspend their campaigns shortly after his arrival (many already had). Beyond the recommendation to suspend artist campaigns, the company has not commented on its recent challenges beyond a statement late in January, in which it said, “It is our expectation that payments will be brought current within the next 90 days.” – American Idol’s David Archuleta is included on this list. Pledge Music owes him $22,000. Tons of reality stars have used Pledge Music including David Cook, Angie Miller, Blake Lewis, Crystal Bowersox, Chris Mann, Matt McAndrew, Nick Fradiani, Owen Danoff, Lindsey Stirling, James Durbin and more... Mann and Stirling appear to be in the midst of fundraising- Read more at Variety
American Idol Judges Gives Big Props to winner Maddie Poppe
Maddie is releasing a new song, “Little Things” on February 27. She’s kicking off release day on Good Morning America. Katy writes in all-caps, “This photo and this clip you are growing so fast OMG I’m freaking out.”
THIS PHOTO AND THIS CLIP YOU ARE GROWING SO FAST OMG IM FREAKING OUT https://t.co/t8TdAxXIi2
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) February 22, 2019
Scotty McCreery and Wife Gabi Add a Puppy to Their Family: ‘This Is Great Training for Kids – “We’ve been talking about getting a dog for a while,” McCreery, 25, tells PEOPLE. “We wanted to have a few months to get our family situated and get our house going and everything. After that, we figured it was time.” They went to a nearby breeder in Clayton, North Carolina to see a litter of yellow labs and were immediately drawn to their new dog. Although they’re holding off on having kids for the time being, McCreery admits learning how to potty train a puppy and otherwise care for Moose has given him a wake-up call about what raising children might be like someday. – Read more at People
Danny Gokey talks about life & career after American Idol
Carrie Underwood Lists Former Mansion Outside Nashville – Pop country music queen Carrie Underwood has listed her lavishly appointed mansion in a guard-gated golf course development in the affluent suburban community of Brentwood, Tenn., about 20 miles south of downtown Nashville, for $1.45 million. The seven-time Grammy winning fourth season “American Idol” winner isn’t seeking much profit on the property she bought for $1.353 million in 2007, not too long before she hooked up with her Canadian professional ice hockey player husband Mike Fisher, and hasn’t lived in since at least sometime last year. Sometime after a freaky fall outside the home in late 2017 that left her wrist broken and put dozens of stitches in her face, Underwood and Fisher reportedly decamped Brentwood for a semi-remote spread in nearby Franklin, Tenn., where they took up residence in a rustic-luxe barn-style home on close to 1,000 acres they acquired in a handful of transactions between 2011 and 2016 for a total of about $4 million. – Read more at Variety
