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I agree with you there! :) He's had so many "life" experiences that a little of that has to be poured into his music. I hope he stays on his straight and narrow path though. Being in the spotlight does strange things to some. Hopefully he won't fall into that category.

White it's too early to be sure, preliminary data that starts to trickle in on Mondays seems to indicate that Carrie will have, at best, a moderate country hit with her AI single. If the arc of its actual sales follows its pre-sales, downloads and radio spins, it will peak early and fall quickly.

This week's Mediabase stats for radio spins show that Carrie's "In Your Heaven" has had a -9% drop in air play from an extremely weak 106 spins last week to an anemic 97 this week. That's Fantasia territory -- her "Truth Is" had 82 spins last week. That's 97 and 82 indivudal plays of their songs nationwide. Carrie is 86th on the list and Fantasia is 89th.

The big difference between the two AI winners is that Carrie's record is brand new, while Fantasia's has been out a long time. Normally, something new gets more airplay.

Carrie's record did get in the range of 300 spins per week shortly after the season ended, but it's dropped sharply. Carrie's single is on track to be the weakest AI winner's single so far, if her sales follow the same trajectory as her airplay.