{"id":5717,"date":"2015-10-21T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=5717"},"modified":"2015-10-19T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:48:17","slug":"kellie-pickler-loves-the-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/10\/21\/kellie-pickler-loves-the-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Kellie Pickler Loves The Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kellie Pickler is back!!! And this time not starring on someone else\u2019s show. Now she has her own.<\/p>\n<p>I know that Idol is now a thing of the past, but it seems to be a reoccurring stepping stone for many artists, but one in particular. Pickler began her career as a contestant on American Idol season 5, catching the attention and hearts of America, country music fans, and obviously the judges with her infectious smile, surprisingly bold voice, and strong country accent.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Kellie Pickler American Idol Audtion (Complete)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bMaZAREjhpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She went on to be the 5<sup>th<\/sup> runner up on season five of American Idol, where the legendary Carrie Underwood out shined her and took the win. Pickler\u2019s American Idol debut did not end with a win, but little did she know that she had already won over the heart of country music fans worldwide. Pickler signed with BNA Records and 19 Recordings as a recording artist in 2006, the same year of her American Idol gig. Another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/305678\/kellie-pickler\/chart\">big win for Kellie<\/a> in 2006 was the release of her debut country album Small Town Girl, which reached <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200 Top 10<\/a> at number 9, selling 79,000 copies within the first week.<\/p>\n<p>If you know Kellie Pickler at all, you know that she came from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/kellie-pickler-21221733\">hard home life<\/a>. Born in North Carolina, her mother left when she was only two years old, and her father was in and out of jail due to drug abuse. Kellie was put in the care of her grandparents when she turned 12 and they raised her into adulthood. She worked at sonic and competed in beauty pageants as a late teenager before her Idol audition. Her story is saddening, but also relatable to so many. Her loving and endearing attitude about her situation and her family was inspiring, and shone through in her singing and song writing.<\/p>\n<p>I can remember specifically jamming to \u201cDon\u2019t You Know You\u2019re Beautiful,\u201d Pickler\u2019s leadoff single on her self-titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrolyrics.com\/kellie-pickler-albums-list.html\">second album<\/a> in 2008. Kellie Pickler was someone girls could look up to, and a person who proved that no matter your situation, you can rise above.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Kellie Pickler - Don&#039;t You Know You&#039;re Beautiful\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fI2NyfV9N3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kellie\u2019s will to rise above and conquer shone through as she won season sixteen of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20702242,00.html\">Dancing With The Stars<\/a> with her partner Derek Hough. America could not get enough of the sweet southern girl who was constantly defying the odds.<\/p>\n<p>After an impressive and still on-going music career the present and future with Kellie is notable. Get ready to see 29 year old Kellie starring in her own <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Documentary_comedy\">docu-comedy<\/a> TV show \u201cI Love Kellie Pickler\u201d premiering this November 5<sup>th<\/sup>! She and her husband Kyle Jacobs are going to be giving viewers an inside look at their every day lives.<\/p>\n<p>So if you remember the sweet, good-humored, relatable girl from American Idol, tune in. And if you don\u2019t remember, and her successes and prevailing spirit didn\u2019t convinced you that her show will be worth watching, I don\u2019t know what will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kellie Pickler is back!!! And this time not starring on someone else\u2019s show. Now she has her own. I know that Idol is now a thing of the past, but it seems to be a reoccurring stepping stone for many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/10\/21\/kellie-pickler-loves-the-camera\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post-3","category-movies-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5718,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5717\/revisions\/5718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}