A new season of “American Idol” kicks off an ABC later this month, with a new batch of singers hoping to see the success of former contestants including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and more. But who is the most successful “Idol” alumni out there?

Well, according to a new report, season four winner Carrie holds the top spot, with a net worth $140 million. Not only is she the most profitable, she’s also had multiple number ones, won seven GRAMMY Awards, and was the youngest artist inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.

Coming in at two is season one winner Kelly, with a net worth of $35 million, followed by season three’s Jennifer Hudson, with a net worth of $30 mil, and Adam Lambert ($30 mil) and Katharine McPhee ($14 mil) rounding out the Top Five.

Source: Music Mayhem

Kacey Musgraves has always been an LGBTQ+ ally and she’s making sure all her fans feel like her current “Star-Crossed” tour is a safe space to have fun.

“I just feel like one thing that I’ve been really happy about is that people feel like they’re invited to a party that they may not have felt invited to before,” she shared on Amazon Music’s “Country Heat Weekly.” And while she says she’s happy to see country music “widening in a lot of different ways,” she knows there’s still a “long way to go.”

“For me, it’s not just about inclusivity in the LGBTQ community, but I’m so glad that there are more country artists of color or songwriters of color,” she says. “I feel like there’s hopefully a widening of even song matter,” noting, “What we’re singing about, what the songs sound like, just diversity across the board.”

And while Kacey knows, “there’s always gonna be people that are close-minded in any institution or genre,” she says, “I think it’s really cool to be alive in a time where things are being pushed forward…even if it’s in a small way.”

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Dolly Parton’s classic tune “9 To 5” is getting a refresh. Dolly has teamed with Kelly Clarkson to record an updated version of the song for “Still Working 9 to 5,” a documentary on the film, and the current state of workplace equality, that’s premiering at SXSW in March.

The new version, produced by Shane McAnally, is described as having a different tone than the original.

“The first iteration, Dolly’s original version was very upbeat. There was a lot of hope I would say in the song,” co-director/producer Camille Hardman shares. “And this version is just a little bit melancholic,” noting it goes with the theme of the movie, “that women are still trying to get equality and it hasn’t happened yet, 42 years after this song was created.”

The film’s co-director/producer Gary Lane tells “Variety” that Dolly wanted to call it “‘9 to 5: The Slow Version’,” adding, “It’s definitely slowed down and more haunting. Kelly — you can’t believe how she changes it, too. It’s really mind blowing.” Check out a trailer for the film below.

Source: Variety

When the GRAMMY Awards moved to April 3^rd, the CMT Music Awards had to be rescheduled, and now we know when and where they are going to happen.

The 2022 CMT Music Awards will now go down April 11^th airing on CBS live from Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium and various locations around Music City.

As of now performers for the show have yet to be announced, although execs promise a show “jam-packed with the most star-power, world premiere performances and one-of-a-kind collaborations from in and around Music City.”

Source: CMT