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Favorite soulstress Elise Testone wields the power in her gravelly voice to wrap an entire audience into whatever she sings, but this week she struggled to sieze the moment and left judges feeling lukewarm. Testone, who wowed us last week with her take on Adele's 'One and Only' just couldn't quite get there with late pop diva Whitney Houston's 'I'm Your Baby Tonight.'

Melanie Amaro is hard at work on her debut album, and she has an awesome team on hand to help.

Joshua Ledet went first on tonight's episode (March 7) of 'American Idol' and he absolutely tore through Stevie Wonder's 'I Wish,' delivering a performance so full of soul that we think they heard him all the way up there in heaven. He was grooving while singing and even gave J. Lo a shout out from the stage, mid-song, which was a very nice touch. It was evidence of his charm and he exuded confide

YouTube is full of bad amateur covers of Adele's 'Someone Like You,' but that's part of what comes with living in a free society where people can post what they wish. Not everyone in the world has the same freedom, however, and that's why a YouTube cover of a 13-year-old Iranian girl named Tara performing the song is attracting so much attention.

Do you recognize the face in this yearbook photo? The singer-songwriter pictured here looks mighty different nowadays, ditching the earrings for a more rugged look.

Florence + the Machine performed acoustically for 'MTV Unplugged' last December. Now, the redheaded singer will release the performance on CD and DVD as 'MTV Unplugged – A Live Album' on April 10. It is Flo and co.'s first-ever live effort and it will include 11 tracks. It's a mixed bag of originals and covers.

Scotty McCreery's days as an 'American Idol' contestant are over, but that doesn't mean he's left the show completely behind. You'll hear Scotty's voice every time a contestant is sent home during Season 11 -- and he'll be making Tim McGraw a nice chunk of change in the process.

Just when you thought the Whitney Houston drama was winding down, TMZ reports that callers and emailers claiming to be relatives of the late legend are demanding the coroner's office launch a murder investigation on the case.

San Diego musician Carlos Serrano has created a new mashup that deftly mixes two artists whose musical styles are miles apart — extraordinary vocalist Adele and French electronic duo Daft Punk.

March 2012 has arrived, which means it's another time for PopCrush's New Songs on the Radio recap. The spring months of 2012 are upon us, and with the warmer weather on it's way, pop stars are getting fans pumped for the end of winter by unleashing some fiery new songs to the radio airwaves.