Kris Wins A Relly Award!

Kris has won his first award!  Kris was announced as the winner of Favorite Newbie on Live! with Regis and Kelly this morning.






Here is Kris' May 26th interview and performance on Regis & Kelly.




Interview


Performance



CONGRATULATIONS, KRIS!!

The Power of Fans United

Kris fans had themselves a little Twitter Trending Party tonight, and put the title of Kris' new single, #livelikeweredying, into the Top Spot on Twitter's Trending Topics (try saying that three times real fast!) 

Ahhh, the power of fans united....it's truly a beautiful thing to behold!

Kris' new single is taking iTunes by storm, sitting tonight at #16 on the Pop Chart:

Congratulations, Kris!!  We're proud of you!!

"Live Like We're Dying" Now Available on iTunes

Kris' debut single is now available on iTunes.  Click here to buy it.

"Live Like We're Dying" Makes Its Debut on Z100

Kris' first single, Live Like We're Dying, made its debut this morning on New York radio station Z100.  Kris was in the studio for the debut, and was charming and witty (as always).

Kris at the Z100 Studio

Michael Slezak of EW.com was perhaps the first to weigh in on the new single:

I already weighed in last week on the 23-second snippet of Kris Allen’s “Live Like We’re Dying.”  The full version of the debut single from the American Idol season 8 champ premiered this morning on Z100, and I’ll just say the additional 181 seconds now available for consumption only make the track sound more like a future smash hit to me.

We're so excited for Kris, and we have every confidence that Live Like We're Dying will be a huge hit!

"Breakthrough Performance" Emmy Nomination

It's been a huge year in television...but which TV moments have been the most memorable?  Seeing Kris win American Idol is a moment we'll not soon forget!

Kris' win on the Season 8 Finale of American Idol has been nominated for an Emmy for "Best Breakthrough Performance" and voting for the year's top three is open to us, the viewers. 

The result of the voting will be revealed on September 20th on the Emmy awards on CBS at 8pm et/pt. This is the first time this award will be given.

ETA: Kris did not win the Emmy, but we're excited that his winning moment received a nomination.

Kris' Debut CD Slated for November 17th

American Idol season 8 champ Kris Allen is slated to drop his debut album on November 17, the singer announced to fans via his Twitter account on August 27th. Allen told EW.com in an exclusive interview last week that he’s been writing with collaborators during down days on the current American Idols Live tour, and that he recently worked with tunesmiths Lindy Robbins and Toby Gad. Other confirmed Allen collaborators so far include The Fray’s Joe King, Christian recording artist Mat Kearney, and producers Salaam Remi and Claude Kelly.

Source: EW.com  Click here for the full story and Michael Slezak's interview with Kris.

We have a blog! We're blogging!

Plaid Republic now has a blog! That's just all kinds of awesome.  We hope you all like it....we're very excited with how it came out.

Here on the blog you'll find news about Kris' Debut CD, and solo Tour as it becomes available.  We'll also post other big Kris news here (awards, television appearances, etc.)

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