Happy New Year!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!
I hope everyone had a fantastic time ringing in the New Year. Here's to all the wonderful and awesome memories we made in 2009 and to all the new memories we are going to make in 2010. Like Brad Paisley tweeted, "Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one." I know I'm going to focus on writing a good one. I'm thinking that 2010 is going to be a time for reinvention.

I have a lot of things planned for this blog for 2010. I have some ideas for making it more interactive and a lot of fun. So keep checking back for some new stuff. And don't forget to follow Chris Young Fans on Twitter(@chrisyoungfans) as well as Chris himself(@chrisyoungmusic).

Good night to all of you and let's start 2010 off with a bang.

Chris Review

One of the @chrisyoungfans followers on Twitter got to see Chris for the first time recently when he played a show in Michigan with Jimmy Wayne. Janna was awesome enough to email a review and a few pictures from the show.



Driving down the road, I heard WITL Lansing Radio was having Chris Young for a Christmas party, along with Jimmy Wayne! FOR FREE. I immediately got in line for a pair of tickets.

I had to go out and buy Chris' album. The only song I heard at that point was Gettin' You Home.. I melted when I saw the video and when I heard it on radio!

Long story short, I waited in line from 2pm until 7pm in the 20degree weather! WORTH EVERY MINUTE! We were front row, Chris being about 5feet from me. Man, is he TALL!!

He was very engaging - using those eyes of his to win the crowd, which didn't take long.

After the show, he was just hanging around the Whiskey Barrel Saloon chatting and drinking it up (lightly, I may add) with whoever was there. He was in a black baseball cap, backwards, just hanging out! NO management, nothing! I didnt want to be a bother and tap him on the shoulder, but soo glad I did!

I apologized to him about getting his attention and said "Do you just hate this?" and his response was "Hate what? No - I love it!!". I told him I had watched his video loong before radio played his song and he explained how to get the radio stations to play music.. "They have all the same stuff that CMT has (videos vs music) you just have to ask them to play it". He was really kind and looked into my eyes as we chatted. I could have forgotten that he was such an up and coming star, because of his laid back and engaging personality! I have heard the album a dozen times since then, and can picture his face singing every song.

If someone hasn't had the chance to see him, DO IT. Made me a fan, instantly!






I agree with Janna. If you haven't had the pleasure of seeing Chris in concert yet, GO. You can find out if he'll be near you at his website, www.chrisyoungcountry.com. And while you're there, join his official message board and the Street Team too. It's free!

Vote for "The Man I Want To Be"

Here is a list of various places where you can vote for Chris' "The Man I Want To Be." I got this list from the Forums at www.chrisyoungcountry.com. Be sure to go by his OFFICIAL Forums and sign up and join in on the fun. There's always new places to go and vote and show your support to Chris.

CMT Pure 12-Pack
http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/cmt_pur...n/series.jhtml
Click on the left hand side where it shows "Voting for (specific date listed)". Remember, if you only vote for "The Man I Want To Be" you won't be assisting any other videos in beating it! You can vote over and over -- as many times as you can!

CMT Top 20 Countdown
http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/top_twe...n/series.jhtml
Click on the left hand side where it shows "Top 20 Countdown Viewers Poll". The poll is open from approximately 11am (Eastern) on Monday mornings through sometime late Saturday to late Sunday. (The close time seems to vary). You can vote as many times as you can, HOWEVER you can only pick one video on each "vote". Currently, both GYH and TMIWTB are on the poll.

GAC Top 20
http://www.gactv.com/gac/pac_ctnt/te...8_47219,0.html
You may only vote once each day per IP (Internet Protocol) address (i.e., once per computer or other electronic device capable of accessing the Internet). Any manipulation of this voting rule will result in the artist being penalized with a reduction in their vote total.
(Currently BOTH "Gettin' You Home" and "The Man I Want To Be" are on the ballot. Remember that if you vote only for Chris you'll avoid helping the competition to beat him.)

CMT Power Picks
Please check the forum for threads on the Power Picks, as this voting has to be done at a specific time.

Country Music Gone Wild
http://top-20.countrymusicgonewild.com/index.html
Vote daily

Oh and while your on Chris' site, you should join Chris Official Street Team. It's FREE.

Favorite video of 2009 is....

With almost half of the votes, Blake Shelton's "Hillbilly Bone" is the favorite video of 2009. COngratulations Blake! Your fans obviously love the video. I admit, it is an amazing video and one of my favorites.

Speaking of favorite videos of 2009. Did you vote in GAC's Top 50 videos of the year? Well if you did, you will get to find out if the videos you voted for made it on Dec. 28th at 8pm. Be sure to tune into GAC and watch it. It's sure to be an awesome show this year.

Chris' new video for "The Man I Want To Be"

Chris' new single is "The Man I Want To Be." It's a beautiful song about redemption and asking God to help change you into the person that you want to be. Chris does an awesome job in the video. I love the concept.

Chris Young (Country)   More CMT Music   More CMT Music Videos

Chris sings "O Holy Night" for GAC

Thanks to Vicky for sending me the link to Chris singing "O Holy Night." Now, I normally don't like listening to people try to sing this song. Because some people can really mess it up so I admit, I was a little skeptical before playing the video to watch Chris sing it. But, he did an amazing job. It's really beautiful.

Click here to watch it.



CMT has up an awesome article about Chris celebrating his number 1 hit, "Gettin' You Home." Go here to read the article and see the pictures from the party.

CountryMusicCares is doing something awesome. They have a Christmas Kids charity that they do to help give kids gifts for Christmas. You can find out more about it at www.countrymusiccares.net. Whitney Duncan Fans(@whitduncanfans) started a "10 until 10" where they are going to donate $0.10 for every new follower that they get to Christmas Kids from now until December 10th. A bunch of Fan Tweets have jumped in to participate. Now, I unfortunately cannot participate for financial reasons but I would like to encourage everyone to go to www.countrymusiccares.net and look at the list of people involved and follow all of them. And if you run a fan tweet, maybe you can participate!

Chris celebrates his first #1

Chris took to his twitter last night after his first #1 party to tweet the above picture. He was able to take a break out of his busy touring schedule to celebrate the success of his hit single, "Gettin' You Home." And look below for the cute little cookies they had at the party. The Black Dress Song has definitely made everyone very creative!



Pictures courtesy of Chris' Twitter and Brad Schmidt. Go Here for more.

The wonderful world of Twitter!

Twitter is an amazing thing. The best part is how all the artists seem to be enjoying themselves as much as the fans with it. And I love how the artists interact with the fans. The Fan Tweets are amazing too! And all the fans have been so supportive of them! I wanted to list the Fan Tweets for all the country artists for you. That I know of anyways. I only have one Taylor Swift fan tweet so if anyone knows what others are just email me at floridacountrygirl@gmail.com. And if anyone knows of any other Fan Tweets that I don't list, email me and let me know those!

Fan Tweets:
@Taylorsonline
@Justin_Jammers
@JNRealThings
@Bomshelfans
@RyanTylerFans

@CarrieHq
@Carrienews
@Carrie_Fansite
@CUnews4fans

@chesneyfanstudy
@Chesneyworld
@chesneyheads
@TheftHeadHQ

@Fansofgloriana
@glorianafans

@Shaniafanpage
@Sugarlandfans
@BlaineFans
@WhitDuncanFans
@xweloveLB
@MallaryFans
@JasonJonesFans
@cartertwinsorg
@FearlessCountry
@BSersTweet

@JakeOwensFans
@TeamOwen06

@KAcomfans
@KateNKaceyFans

@dierksfans
@DBcongress

@BrosCovington
@JMCs_Place
@RachReinertFans
@fastrydefans

And of course, @chrisyoungfans

And again, if you know of any other fan tweets, email me and let me know!

Check out This site for an awesome article on Fan Tweets!

Thanks to Vicky(@vdobbin on twitter) for sending me this!

Country Aircheck had this picture of Chris in their newsletter that they email out regulary. It had this caption with it "Toast Of Texas: RCA's Chris Young poses backstage with the KASE/Austin crew before a listener appreciation show for the station. Pictured (l-r) are Promotions Dir. Whitney Bond, label rep Josh Easler, APD/MD Bob Pickett, Young, morning co-host Bama Brown and PD Mac Daniels."

Go to countryaircheck.com for the country music news and to subscribe to their newsletter!!

And again, thanks to Vicky for sending this to me.

Lets go back in time a few months...to CMA Fest 2009

I saw Chris Young back in Nashville during CMA Fest in June. That first day he had a Black Dress party and he let the fans call out what they wanted to hear. He said this party was for them. Well, a few fans said they wanted him to sing the Cowboy song. Now I had never heard it before and Chris started saying how he was bored on the bus one day and wrote this song and then palyed one night. After singing the song he laughed and went, "I never should've written this song." But it's an awesome song and if you watch you will see why.

GAC's Top 50 Videos of the Year

Do you love Chris Young's video for Gettin' You Home? Well go vote for it to mae GACs Top 50 videos of the year!!

GAC voting link: Click here and vote, vote, vote for Chris!!!

Link to Chris video: All I can think about is getting you home

And "The Man I Want To Be" is #58 after it's first week on the charts. Prett impressive debut for it's first week. Remember to keep calling, emailing and tweeting your radio stations and requesting it!

Today's Country

I wrote a review for Chris Young's album, "The Man I Want To Be" for Today's Best Country Music Videos. Just click here to go to their site and read it! You can also follow them on Twitter @TodaysCountry.

Want to know what Chris wants for Christmas?

Chris took to his twitter to tell fans what he wanted for Christmas. That's a cool truck. I think I want one too. And he looks good in it. Don't you agree?

KJUG/Visalia, CA helped Chris celebrate his first #1

Adam Jeffries (r) surprises Chris Young with a cake commemorating his No. 1 "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress)" song at the station's Signature Series Concert.

By now everyone knows that "Gettin' You Home" is Chris' first number one song. At a show in California, a local radio station helped Chris celebrate his number one hit with a cake. Thank you to those that forwarded me this picture found in their Country Aircheck email update.

GAC Special

Chris Young tweeted this picture of him, Nan and Craig Morgan from when they were in Iraq entertaining the troops recently. GAC will air a special on December 10th. Be sure to tune in to see Chris and Craig.

Chris has released his new single!

The follow-up single to Chris Young's #1 hit, 'Gettin' You Home' is the title track to his second album, "The Man I Want To Be." This song almost didn't get cut as Chris said when it was brought to him, he almost didn't listen to it because he felt there were already too many ballads on the album. But as soon as he heard it he knew he had to cut it and made it the title of the cd.

God, I'm down here on my knees
Cause it's the last place left to fall
Beggin' for another chance
If there's any chance at all
That you might still be listenin'
Lovin' and forgivin' guys like me
I've spent my whole life gettin' it all wrong
And I sure could use your help cause from now on

It's a very reflective song and one of my personal favorites. I really think this will be Chris' 2nd number one hit. He's already filmed the video for it and I'm sure it'll be just as amazing as 'Gettin' You Home.' So please go support Chris by requesting "The Man I Want To Be" at your local radio stations.