American Idol Fun Fact

In it's first week, American Idol winner Scotty McCreery's debut album Clear As Day made #1 on the Billboard 200, while runner-up Lauren Alaina's Wildflower made #5.

Fun fact: an American Idol winner and runner-up haven't charted at the top 5 of the Billboard 200 with their debut albums since 2008, when Season 7 winner David Cook's self-titled debut made #3 and runner-up David Archuleta's debut album made #2. Cool!

Source: Billboard

Album Review: Enation - My Ancient Rebellion

Today the much anticipated new album from Enation is out, and it does not disappoint. My Ancient
Rebellion represents everything I love about the band: it's calm, soulful, cryptic and artistic.

Jonathan Jackson's voice is captivating and so full of emotion in these poetic tunes. Between the passionate "Tears of Hope" ballad, the meaningful
groove of "The Salvation of One" and the upbeat anthem "The Rushing Wind", those are only a few examples of the contrast and the glimpses of inspiration this album holds. Each song takes you on a journey of soul searching and makes you look at things in a different perspective.


And to add on to the excitement of the day, Enation is at Times Square in NYC checking out their About.Me billboard!

You can also read my interview from back in August with Enation HERE.

Enation wins grand prize from About.Me!

If you've been keeping up with Enation's tweets, you'd know they were part of About.Me's Campaign to find a new 'face'. Not only would the winner become the new face of About.Me, but would be on a billboard in Times Square. Now thanks to all of the votes from their dedicated fans, Enation announced on twitter tonight that they're won the grand prize!

Jonathan Jackson took to twitter as well to tweet the news and his thanks, saying "Enation WON THE GRAND PRIZE FROM THE ABOUT.ME CAMPAIGN! Thank you!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, everyone for your amazing support - and passion for our music."

Congrats to Enation for winning! This has been quite a week for the band, not only are they now About.Me's new face and will be on a billboard in Times Square, but their new single "The Rushing Wind" off of their new album, out October 11th, was released on Tuesday! Check out my review of "The Rushing Wind" HERE, as well as my interview with Enation from last month HERE.

Vote for Enation on About.Me!

About.Me is a website that gives anyone a one page website to tell the world who you are and how to connect with you, and they're looking for the "face" of their new ad campaign. And Enation needs your help! 

If Enation wins, not only do they get their page, but they get on a a billboard in Times Square! You can vote for them once a day, every day until September 20th! Go HERE to vote! Good luck guys! Also go HERE for my exclusive interview with Enation.