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  • Kellie Pickler Does Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

    Kellie Pickler lit up the chilly streets of New York City on Thursday as she sang in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Riding aboard the NHL float replete with a fully functioning ice rink, Kellie didn’t skate, but she did sing and celebrate. Kellie’s new album, The Woman I Am, debuted at Number 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart, and that’s definitely worthy of a celebration.

    The Woman I Am features 12 new Kellie Pickler songs, including A Little Bit Gypsy, which she shared with fans at the parade on Thanksgiving Day. Pickler co-wrote three songs on the album, which was produced by Luke Wooten and Frank Liddell.

    If you missed Kellie’s parade performance, you needn’t fret, as she’ll be on TV again December 2nd. She will perform on the CMA Country Christmas special on ABC, singing The Man with the Bag. Her version of that Christmas song is available for purchase now.

    Twitter fans loved seeing Kellie Pickler at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

    Fortunately Kellie Pickler and the rest of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade performers were accompanied by the grand balloons the parade is known for. There was some speculation that the balloons might not go up on Thursday due to a prediction of strong winds. However their show went on–as did Kellie’s. She likely felt like she was soaring high above the clouds with The Elf on the Shelf, Spider-Man and The Wizard of Oz–as she sang for her fans and celebrated what will no doubt become an even bigger hit album for the beloved country singer.

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  • Kellie Pickler Releases New Album “The Woman I Am”

    Kellie Pickler’s newest album, “The Woman I Am”, was released today, and she and her fans are very excited about it!

    Pickler, the former American Idol star, has always had very upbeat and quirky songs on her albums. However, this album, she promises, will be more personal and closer to her heart.

    “I’ve made records where I’m trying to make everybody else happy and say what other people want me to say. That was miserable,” she said. “If you go in and you’re honest, people will either like you or not. You can’t please them all, so you might as well be happy with it yourself. It’s your face on the cover. You can’t change who you are to please other people.”

    During an interview with Billboard, Pickler talked about one of her favorite songs on her album, “Selma Drye”, that describes her beloved grandmother.

    “I was just describing her,” she said. “She lived in front of us, and she was a pistol – your stereotypical hillbilly granny. I was so intrigued by her. She had a pistol and an apron, and kept a can of snuff in her apron. She never had a drivers license or had a car – it was the devil. She never put her money in the bank – it was the devil. She was very old fashioned and stuck in her ways. In some ways, it was beautiful. She never conformed to the ways of the world. She kept all of her money in canning jars, washed her clothes in the sink and hung them up on the line. She was very much old school, and I think that song represents the women of her generation.”

    Her last album, “100 Proof”, was one of Rolling Stone’s top picks for the Best Country Albums of 2012. Even though that album did not receive high sales or produce a top 20 hit, Pickler says she will not change her style.

    “I knew I couldn’t make the same album that I did with ‘100 Proof,’” she said, but I still wanted to keep some of that traditional sounds and that element sprinkled throughout this album, but also do something a little bit different. I think we did a good job at finding that happy balance. Frank Liddell and Luke Wooten produced this album as well, and they are so good at bringing out the best in me and capturing my heart on the record.”

    Don’t forget to pick up your copy of “The Woman I Am” in stores today, and then go to Kellie Pickler’s official Twitter page and let her know what your favorite song is on the album.

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  • Kellie Pickler Returns With New Album

    Kellie Pickler has returned with a new album for her fans that is to be released on November 11. The album is titled “The Woman I Am,” and she is even letting people stream the album online, something that has become very popular for musicians to do recently.

    Pickler shot to fame through her appearance on American Idol in 2006, and since then she has enjoyed a successful music career as a country artist with several award nominations, including a CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video Of The Year in 2008 for her single “I Wonder.”

    Her new album is much more personal than her others, and includes a song that she wrote for her grandmother. She says that she felt she captured the essence of who she was, and gets in touch with her emotion when writing the song. She told Billboard, “I was just describing her. She never conformed to the ways of the world. She kept all of her money in canning jars, washed her clothes in the sink and hung them up on the line. She was very much old school, and I think that song represents the women of her generation.”

    The new album is a debut for Kellie Pickler on her record label, Black River Entertainment, and she feels very happy with her new label. The album opens with her single “Little Bit Gypsy,” and closes with the ballad “Someone Somewhere Tonight.” This marks her fourth album as a recording artist, and she co-wrote three of the 12 songs on the album.

    She revealed earlier this year that her album would have autobiographical stories, and she seemed very excited to expose some of her personal history with her fans. Speaking on the decision to get more personal on the album, she said “I’ve made records where I’m trying to make everybody else happy and say what other people want me to say. That was miserable.”

    Although the album has not been available to purchase until today, Pickler let her fans enjoy a free streaming of the album online, starting last Friday. Those who are still not ready to buy the album, and would like to stream it first, can do so by going here.

    Kellie Pickler is currently on tour and promoting her new album, and earlier this year she won on Dancing With The Stars, with her partner Derek Hough.

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