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With her blonde curls, big voice, and bubbly girl-next-door persona, Carrie Underwood charmed judges and viewers alike on American Idol’s fourth season as she belted her way to a win in 2005. And if ...

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Still just 22, but on his fifth album, Paul Weller cared less about being mod or punk (or a royalist), and started holding up ...

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