YouTube Stars!

Today we will look at an inspirational video put together by Krista Nicole from pics sent in by her fans, and set to the music of her new song, "Dreams." We will also see two excellent cover versions of Britney Spears' new song, "Hold It Against Me."

But first, The News!

This week's Featured Video on our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts is a 2 minute movie depicting a pre-wedding encounter between a bride and her groom. This well acted and produced film stars Courtney Jines who played Demetra in Spy Kids 3D when she was 11. Courtney is now 19 and shows great emotional depth in this mini-movie; be sure to watch it! Check out our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts of the Most Subscribed YouTube Channels every week!


TIFFANY JO ALLEN PHOTO SHOOT: BEHIND THE SCENES. Our friend Tiffany Jo Allen has launched a new channel - TiffanyTV. Tiffany Jo had a "ton of fun" as we can see in this first video on her new channel! Check it out - click the pic to the left.


Rockin' singer / musician Jes Loren is giving away an iPod to one lucky person who promotes www.Music.JesLoren.com! Jes is one of my favorite rock chicks on YouTube and I promote her even when there's no prize to entice me. Yes, she can Rock Hard but she's versatile; she can cover Lady Gaga as well! So if you like pop tunes, hear her sing "Bad Romance" in the background of this vlog. If you're into rock originals with cool guitar parts (by her dad), then be sure to buy Jes' album, "Just Say Yes" which has 9 amazing original pop rock tunes plus the Gaga cover as well. Go to www.Music.JesLoren.com and check it out!


In December, we gave away 10 CDs by Krista Nicole to promote the interview she did with YouTubeStars. One winner was a nice German girl whose channel is Milena8112. Milena is a big fan of Krista Nicole and she also Loves Tyler Ward. On 2/11, she made her first video, a tribute to Tyler! Tyler saw it and commented, "This is amazing!!!! THANK YOU : )" Check out Milena's video for Tyler Ward - click the pic on the left.


Now, here are our Featured Videos!


A few weeks ago, Krista Nicole asked her fans to send in pictures for a fan video of Krista's original song, Dreams. Lots of her fans did just that! In fact, so many pics were sent that Krista needed to spread them out over multiple videos. Here is part 1. It will lift your spirits and put a smile on your face. Be inspired and Dream BIG!

Dreams available at iTunes.
Signed Dreams CDs.

"Dreams"
Written by: Krista Nicole
Produced by: Tyler Ward
Published by: KNH Music





In less than a week, Britney Spears' latest video for "Hold It Against Me" has 10 Million views! The song is pretty good and the video has the usual dance moves and special effects. But these two cover videos are also quite good! This one is by Alex Ford from the doctorford channel. Alex is a Maths teacher in the UK as well as a talented singer and musician. His version of Britney's dance tune is a dreamy soft rock interpretation, with Alex on echoed vocals, playing guitars and tapping some sort of board for percussion. I really like his version!

Alex also writes for music promotion blog/website 'Tube Idols' which is similar to what we do here at YouTubeStars. Check out the site!

"Hold It Against Me" as originally performed by Britney Spears
Written by: Bonnie McKee, Lukasz Gottwald, Mathieu Jomphe, Max Martin
Published by: Kobalt Music Publishing (c) Jive records sony music entertainment






Here is another excellent cover of "Hold It Against Me" by smooth singing Josh Rice from the jriceproductions channel. J Rice adds some R&B flavor as he sings while accompanied by his clone on a Yamaha keyboard. The beats come in at 1:26 and the energy builds as the song continues with danceable rhythms and awesome layered vocals. Josh had fun with this video, so have fun watching it!

Get the new J Rice album on iTunes and Amazon.




Please read our Interview with Krista Nicole!

Labels: Courtney Jines, doctorford, Jes Loren, jriceproductions, KristaHeartzuz, Milena8112, surfhouse, TiffanyJoAllen, TylerWardMusic

posted by KennyCrane at 2/23/2011 12:01:00 AM 0 Comments

Tory Taylor Tompkins and Random Impulse are two guitar based musicians I recently discovered on YouTube. They each have an intense and captivating sound but their musical styles are quite different.

Tory Taylor Tompkins is an actress as well as a musician and if you watch her perform in her "Dames At Sea musical theatre" clip, you will be impressed! Tory exhibits a wide range of expressiveness and also showcases her singing. I have noticed that Tory seems to look a little different in all of her videos but is always confident and flashing her beautiful smile. I think her ability to strike varied poses and exude a range of emotions proves her thespian talent. Just check out the Tory collage slideshow in "Eye of a Hurricane" below.

Tory, from Texas, plays keyboards as well as guitar, and you will hear both in the 2 videos from Tory I present to you. One is a cover and the other is an original. Tory has a strong yet expressive voice which she uses to bring the song's lyrics to life. Watch 2 of her videos below then browse her 45 uploads on her YouTube channel. I expect that you will be as impressed as I am!


What do you get when you mash up Grime, Hip Hop, Rap and Metal Music? You get an Overload of sound from Random Impulse!

Random Impulse is Jovel Walker from the UK. His ability to Refix hits with his own take on the lyrics while adding a very heavy guitar sound to the mix have impressed fans and industry people alike. His "genre crossing and infectious sound soon caught the attention of the L.A based manager Chris Allen (The Collective) who also manages Superstar acts such as Kanye West, Linkin Park, Slash and The All-American Rejects." This man Rocks! See what he can do by checking out any of the 30 videos on his channel.


The four videos are below...

But first, The News!

One of our all-time favorite YouTube musicians, Tiffany Jo Allen, has traveled to Boston where she will spend the next few months recording music for her 4th CD! Click the pic to the left to watch a behind-the-scenes video and read more about this talented singer on our site, her website and YouTube channel!


We have just chosen the WINNERS of the CONTEST we did for Krista Nicole's Interview!
10 Winners were chosen but only 8 responded to my message on YouTube telling them of the good news. Therefore, I am announcing TWO more winners! Each winner will get an AUTOGRAPHED Copy of Krista's new 4 song EP/CD titled "Dreams" - produced by Tyler Ward. Click the pic to hear Krista talk about the CD.

Now, here are the YouTube channel names of our 2 NEW WINNERS!
I (KennyWrites on YouTube) will contact each of you on YouTube to ask for your name and mailing address so Krista can sign and ship your CD to you. You will have one week to write back with your name and address. If either person does not write back within a week, their CD will go to yet another runner up which we will announce here.

CONTEST WINNERS!
stephanieonline101
heykimberlee


Now, here are four music videos That I really like!



Eye of a Hurricane ©2010 original song by Tory Taylor Tompkins

This original song shows that Tory can compose an engaging musical composition, write poetic lyrics, sing with heartfelt emotion and play expressive guitar tracks. Only a few days old and already having a few thousand views, this video tells the world that Tory is here and ready to rule! Others agree, with comments including "...one of the most captivating and delightful voices on YouTube Today." and "...a wonderful song with a significant message." Watch and see what everyone is talking about. Tory is taking over in 2011; watch for a full album coming this Spring!






Where I Stood Missy Higgins cover by Tory Taylor Tompkins

Tory introduces the video by telling us that this beautiful song is by the number one artist from Australia, then smiles all through her announcement that she was just made a YouTube partner; congrats, Tory!!!

Tory is looking you straight in the eye almost the entire time as she sings this lovely tune. In response, you won't be able to take your eyes off her. Such a touching singing and strumming performance, you'll just say, "Wow," when it's over. Enjoy!





Random Impulse - Overload [Music Video] [SB.TV WORLD PREMIERE]

Get ready to rock the house with this powerful original track - but can the house handle it? This is Random Impulse's debut single "Overload" - a combination of hip hop style set to a metal guitar backing track sure to blow out your speakers and cause the lights to explode! O va load, O va load, O va load, O va Load!!! Strong vocal performance and a guitar riff to match, this song kicks butt! I think Random Impulse is going to be big in 2011. Watch for the EP Overload due our soon!





Random Impulse X The White Stripes - 'Fell In Love With A Girl' REFIX

An early output from the 2-person rock band White Stripes was the high speed tune "Fell In Love With A Girl". Now add the very cool rap refix while keeping the rock guitar speed and energy and you have this masterpiece! Done in one take, sit back and watch this blaze a path through your brain! We chose this as This week's Featured Video on our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts - Updated every week!

Labels: KristaHeartzuz, RandomImpulse1, smokeybarz, TiffanyJoAllen, ToryTompkins

posted by KennyCrane at 1/10/2011 01:57:00 AM 0 Comments

This is the second post written by Guest Blogger Christina Amato. Read her first post here. Christina is a talented YouTube singer from Las Vegas whose videos we have Featured many times on our Top 100 Weekly Chart. That pretty woman at the left is Christina! :-) Click the pic to watch the video it came from - "Trey Songz - Can't be Friends (request)"

Christina's YouTube channel is anitsirhcmarie which is her first name spelled backwards and her middle name. Visit her channel and watch some of the 94 videos she has uploaded. Christina has nearly 3 Thousand Subscribers and almost Half a Million Total Video Views!

My favorite videos by Christina include her covers of Jason DeRulo's Ridin' Solo and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Subscribe to Christina's channel and see what songs she sings in the future!

Christina's reviews are below...

But first, The News!

This week's Featured Video on our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts is a cover version of Paramore's "Brighter," sung by KelseyOfficial, a talented singer who I really enjoy listening to! She sings this song A cappella (without music) and does a great job with it. Click the pic to watch!
Check out our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts of the Most Subscribed YouTube Channels every week!


We have just chosen the WINNERS of the CONTEST we did for Krista Nicole's Interview!
The 10 Winners were chosen based on a random number sequence provided by Random.org. Each winner will get an AUTOGRAPHED Copy of Krista's new 4 song EP/CD titled "Dreams" - produced by Tyler Ward. Click the pic to hear Krista talk about the CD.

Now, here are the YouTube channel names of our 10 WINNERS!
I (KennyWrites on YouTube) will contact each of you on YouTube to ask for your name and mailing address so Krista can sign and ship your CD to you. You will have one week to write back with your name and address. If anyone does not write back within a week, their CD will go to a runner up which we will announce here.

CONTEST WINNERS!
RebeccaSRAlder
xolyssa09xo
2ndEnding
bkoehlerjr
micahbob2
BeeReneeBby
Milena8112
schokocrossie91
SSwell87
eyzndasky


Now, here are Christina's latest video reviews!


I'm going to go out on a limb and say this girl has one of the best voices I've heard in a VERY long time. I happened to stumble across this video from the talented up-and-coming artist, Jessie J. Jessie is a very talented singer-songwriter from the UK who has recently released her latest single on iTunes, "Do It Like a Dude". Rising to fame on YouTube by singing original songs and carefully chosen covers, her powerful voice is quickly gaining attention. With her edgy look and Aretha Franklin-esque vocals, there is no doubt that Jessie J is a very unique artist. I can't wait to hear what else she has in store for us!





Lucy Kane is another very talented girl from the UK. I can't believe this girl doesn't have more views - she definitely deserves them! Lucy is a beautiful and sweet young girl with a voice very much like Leona Lewis. Her perfect vibrato and tender approach to big ballads convince me that she could soon be among the greats. From speaking with Lucy personally, I can attest to the fact that she is as humble and sweet as she is talented. I certainly hope she starts getting the attention she deserves!





Nicolo, a talented and charming Italian student, is another prime example of someone who deserves many more views. With his smooth voice and infectious smile, he fails to disappoint. From watching his videos for the past year, I've seen his English improve and have enjoyed watching him learn the guitar. He communicates to every viewer how much he enjoys singing. I wish Nico the best, and look forward to more of his videos!





Tynisha Keli videos always leave me hitting the 'repeat' button, and this video is no exception. I've been following Tynisha's career both on and off of YouTube for a couple of years. I still can't believe she hasn't achieved more commercial success! Tynisha has a powerful and unique R&B voice that is unlike any other. Although she has released a couple of albums, I feel like more people need to know about Tynisha Keli and her big voice! I can't wait for the day she gets the recognition she deserves.

Labels: anitsirhcmarie, contest, jacy9699, JessicaCornish, KristaHeartzuz, MissTynishaKeli, osstricker, winners

posted by KennyCrane at 12/29/2010 12:03:00 AM 1 Comments

[It is now 2:25 AM on Monday, December 27, 2010 and the Contest is Closed. Thanks to everyone who entered by commenting on this interview! You can still comment if you want, but the contest is over and we have announced the 10 winners in our next post, which is here.]



Here is another YouTubeStars interview with a talented and interesting YouTuber. This time, we have interviewed singer Krista Nicole, who has been uploading excellent music videos to YouTube since she was just 12 years old! Krista's YouTube channel is KristaHeartzuz which has over 40 great music videos including her most watched video "Love The Way You Lie - Krista Nicole Acoustic Cover feat. Mars Raps - Eminem ft. Rihanna". Krista makes most of her music videos with her dad accompanying her on guitar. It's great to see father / daughter teams working together to make music!

Krista's newest release is a 4 song EP CD called Dreams which you can download from iTunes, or you can download it or buy the CD from her Store, OR you can
WIN an AUTOGRAPHED COPY of the CD if you enter our contest - CONTEST Rules are below the Interview.


Now, our interview with Krista Nicole!

Hi Krista! Tell us a little about yourself, please.

Well my name is Krista Nicole Hudson, I'm 16 and a junior in high school. I'm involved in the theatre program at my high school and I love being in the fall musicals. I love acting as well as singing. I also really enjoy children's theatre because you get to be as dramatic, crazy and goofy as you want and the kids love it no matter what!

How long have you been singing, playing and writing music?

I've been singing for as long as I can remember. I was always around music. The first song I ever wrote was with my cousin, I was 5 and she was about 8. The song was called "Bubblegum Factory" and I still remember it exactly. I've (hopefully) come a long way in my writing since then, but I'd still really like to learn more about writing songs and I want to write a lot more.

Who are some of your favorite Musicians, both on and off YouTube?

Well OF COURSE Tyler Ward, Julia Sheer, Eppic and Jeff Hendrick. I love how they make all of the songs they cover their own. I also really like BoyceAvenue. John Mayer is a really talented artist and I love his voice and music as well.

How did you get started on YouTube?

I posted my first video when I was 12 years old. I didn't expect anyone to watch them except for some family and maybe some friends. But when I started to get comments it was interesting and exciting to see what people (that I don't even know) had to say! It quickly turned into a hobby of mine to record and post videos! Unfortunately when I started to get more views and more noticed, YouTube found that I was (by that time) only 12, just a couple weeks before my 13th birthday which was the age you had to be to have a YouTube account. [YouTubeStars: YouTube shut down Krista's original channel but she was soon back with her current channel!] I had a lot of subscribers who made "support Krista Nicole" videos and I gained back a lot of my subscribers when I started my new account. I was so thankful!

What do you think is the best video you have made so far?

My favorite video so far is probably the cover I did with Eppic and Jeff Hendrick of Just A Dream by Nelly. They're so talented, and I love that I got to do that collaboration with both of them!




Your dad is often seen playing guitar in your videos. How do you like making music with him?

I love that music is a common interest for me and my dad, and I feel really lucky to have him be so supportive of me. Although sometimes recording with him can be a pain! We can get a little frustrated with each other, but I wouldn't change it for anything.

How did you come to work with Tyler Ward? How was that experience?

I was going to do a cover of the song Two Is Better Than One with another talented YouTuber, Derek Cate. Unfortunately things didn't work out with finishing the song, but I still wanted to do a collab with a talented male! My dad came across Tyler Ward on YouTube and asked me if I'd be interested in messaging him and asking if he'd do the song with me. I figured it was a long shot but decided to let him ask anyway. Sure enough he replied and was totally willing to do it. Turns out he's one of the nicest and funniest guys I have ever met! I ended up being really lucky to be able to work with him. He produced my first EP Dreams which I'm really happy with, and I really hope to work with him again in the future.

How do you feel about "haters" on YouTube who leave rude comments?

I try to just ignore the comments from people who just want to be mean. I've read some comments that have really hurt my feelings, but I always remember how many more positive, helpful comments there are, and in comparison, the mean ones shouldn't even matter.

What else do you like to do in your free time, besides music and making videos?

Like any other teenager I just really enjoy hanging out with my friends, surfing the web, going on walks, and also being involved in community theatre and the high school plays/musicals.

How do you feel about fans making YouTube channels about you, like http://www.youtube.com/user/HeartzuzFans? Do you mind having your old videos on these channels?

It's so flattering to have pages dedicated towards me! I really love that. But I honestly try and avoid the old videos of myself that are posted. I'm even a little surprised that I posted some of the videos that I did! I notice every flat and sharp note, every crack, every mistake in my voice. But I guess I have to remember you are your own worst critic. But I also can't stand to see myself from back then. Everyone has gone through an awkward stage, and I think mine lasted for a couple years! Sometimes I wish people didn't have to see me like that. Ha ha!

It's been 14 years, are you ever going to do another cover video of you singing "Louie Louie"? We LOVED the first one you did! (reference to the very cute video: The life of Krista Nicole)

There's no reenacting that; it's a classic.

What projects are you working on right now? Any live shows coming up?

Lately I've been doing a lot of musical theatre. I just finished with my high school's production of Fiddler On The Roof playing the part of Hodel and this month I plan on auditioning for the role of Wendy in Peter Pan. I also signed up to be in the next play at my school, Almost Maine. I love being on stage as a character and singing, it's so much fun. Unfortunately there are no live shows of me doing any cover songs, or originals, but hopefully soon I will be able to arrange a show somewhere.

What are your plans for the future?

I plan on starting some piano lessons and maybe once I get the gist of that I can also pick up guitar. We'll see how things go. I'm looking forward to growing and expanding my music knowledge. After high school I plan to continue doing community theatre and my music, study business music and theatre at a community college, and after that move down to southern California to go to beauty school and continue making music and just see where life takes me.

Could you please provide links to your websites and let us know how often you update each one?

I usually post something on facebook and twitter every couple days. Just updated my website a couple days ago but it had been a while since it was changed.

http://kristanicole.com

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Krista-Nicole/98162366920?ref=ts

http://www.twitter.com/ImKristaNicole

http://www.youtube.com/user/kristaheartzuz

http://itunes.com/kristanicole

[YouTubeStars: Also see this Interview of Krista by Michael Boyce of YouTrax.tv:
http://www.youtrax.tv/shows11thru20.htm]


Now, some survey type questions!

Right Handed Or Left Handed? Right

The Shoes You Wore Today? Gray suede boots.

Your Most Overused Phrase On An Instant Messenger? LOL of course

Pepsi Or Coke? Dr. Pepper. :)

McDonalds Or Burger King? Can I choose neither?

Single Or Group Dates? Group dates! I've never been on a single date.

Have You Been In Love? Never.

Do You Want To Get Married? Maybe many years from now.

What Country Would You Most Like To Visit? I would love to go to Italy or Greece!

First Thought When You Wake Up? What time is it?

Scary Movies or Romantic Comedies? Romantic comedy.

Favorite Candy? Anything chocolate.

Favorite Animal? I think wolves are beautiful!

What Kind Of Perfume Or Colone Do You Wear? Juicy Couture 'Viva la juicy'

Are you named after anyone? Not to my knowledge.

What color is your room? 2 of my walls are gold and one is a dark plum.

Favorite movie star? Will Ferrel is hilarious.

Favorite holiday? Definitely Christmas.




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We will pick TEN people who comment on this interview at random and send them a free copy of "Dreams." The contest begins Monday December 20th 2010 and ends midnight Sunday December 26th 2010 Eastern Time.

Here are the rest of the rules: Comment on this interview here at YouTubeStars using the comment link you will see below (the link says "Post a Comment"), and please include your YouTube channel name at the end of the comment. Do NOT put any links in your comment. Comments containing links will not be approved. Multiple comments are okay but only one will count as an entry. TEN commentors will be chosen at random after the contest ends and will be notified with a Personal Message (PM) at YouTube stating that they have won this contest. Winners must reply to the PM with their mailing address within one week. If a winner does not reply, a new winner will be chosen at random.

So tell us what you think about this interview and what you think of Krista and her music. TEN of you will win a copy of Krista's new CD!

Post a Comment! Good Luck!

Labels: interview, KristaHeartzuz, music, singer. contest

posted by KennyCrane at 12/19/2010 08:04:00 PM 52 Comments

This post is written by Guest Blogger Christina Amato. Christina is a talented YouTube singer from Las Vegas whose videos we have Featured many times on our Top 100 Weekly Chart. That pretty woman at the left is Christina! :-) Click the pic to watch the video it came from - "Trey Songz - Can't be Friends (request)"

Christina's YouTube channel is anitsirhcmarie which is her first name spelled backwards and her middle name. Visit her channel and watch some of the 89 videos she has uploaded. Christina has nearly 3 Thousand Subscribers and almost Half a Million Total Video Views!

My favorite videos by Christina include her covers of Jason DeRulo's Ridin' Solo and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Subscribe to Christina's channel and see what songs she sings in the future!

Christina's reviews are below...

But first, The News!

This week's Featured Video on our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts is a cover version of Far East Movement's "Rocketeer," sung by beautiful and talented Christina Amato, today's Guest Blogger! Read more posts about Christina. Check out our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts of the Most Subscribed YouTube Channels every week!


We have just interviewed Krista Nicole! KristaHeartzuz)! The interview will be posted here any day now. [It is here now!] When we post the interview, we will also do a CONTEST! We will Give Away 10 AUTOGRAPHED Copies of Krista's new 4 song EP/CD titled "Dreams" - produced by Tyler Ward. Click the pic to hear Krista talk about the CD. Krista has been singing on YouTube for 4 years now and has nearly 80 Thousand Subscribers! Check back soon for the Interview and Contest!


Now, here are Christina's video reviews!


This video features the young and very talented singer, Celica Westbrook. Celica is shown in the studio performing her haunting Twilight-inspired original song entitled "New Moon." Celica's soulful and emotional voice is accentuated by professional camera work and top-notch sound quality, making the video much more enjoyable to watch. "New Moon" is a Twilight-inspired ballad written by Celica's mother, Amy Westbrook. The song sounds like it belongs in the soundtrack with its melodic crescendos, mysterious lyrics, masterful production and Celica's clear and powerful delivery. This talented young beauty has other videos uploaded to her YouTube channel, including covers of popular songs and more original material. I foresee many great things happening in Celica's future, and I wish her the best of luck! :)





This A cappella cover of the classic Luther Vandross song, "Superstar" is performed by the very talented Marcus Marshall. His simple yet soulful execution of this classic tune makes it clear that he has an understanding of both the song and his voice. Marcus is a very talented singer-songwriter from Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a long-time friend of the very successful YouTuber, Erika David, and has even written many of the songs on her demo. There is no where to go but up for Mr. Marshall, and I wish him the best of luck.





There are many adjectives I could use to describe Maxine Ashley. The first few that come to mind are beautiful, talented, confident, and quirky. It was hard to choose a video of hers to review, because they're all so unique. Ultimately, I decided on her cover of "Unthinkable" by Alicia Keys because of her convincing and soulful delivery. Maxine has recently contributed vocals on Alex Gaudino's summer smash-hit, "I'm In Love (Vocal Version)" and has quickly been gaining exposure. I see big things in Maxine's future - Good luck!





This is one of my favorite YouTube finds as of late. I was so surprised by this boy's voice, that my jaw literally dropped. Conor Maynard is a very talented young man from the UK, whose unexpected gritty and soulful voice has been rapidly gaining attention in the YouTube community. I can't get enough of his voice - or this video! Enjoy!



Read Christina's Second Guest Blog Post, HERE!

Labels: anitsirhcmarie, blogger, CelicaWestbrookTV, Christina Amato, guest, KristaHeartzuz, MaxineOfficial, MrMarcusMarshall, skillzaisherebooya

posted by KennyCrane at 12/18/2010 04:55:00 PM 1 Comments

It's always nice when families get along. Doing things together helps to create a strong bond. Memories are made that will last a lifetime. Especially when there's a video to look back upon in years to come!

Here are 5 videos of talented fathers and daughters making music together. In each case, the daughter sings while the father accompanies her on guitar. Enjoy all of these awesome father/daughter music videos!



Christina Amato and her "daddy"



Krista Nicole and her dad



Jes Loren and her dad



Chloe Wilders with her dad's band



Rachel Lee Williams and her dad

Labels: anitsirhcmarie, ChloeW13, KristaHeartzuz, rachelleewilliams, surfhouse

posted by KennyCrane at 11/08/2010 05:05:00 AM 1 Comments

YouTube continues to celebrate its 5 year anniversary with a new Birthday logo at the top of the page and a new FiveYear channel that has videos from some of the YouTube Stars of the last 5 years. We have been documenting YouTube right here for the last 4 years! We like the funny stuff and even some of the stupid stuff, but what we like the best is to watch interesting vloggers and entertaining musicians. So here are 4 videos; two vloggers and two singers.

But first, The News!


Thanks to everyone who regularly visits our YouTube Top 100 Weekly Chart! Now we are introducing our Top 200 Chart. You'll be able to see who fell off the bottom of the Top 100 and who is climbing their way up to soon debut on the Top 100. This week's Featured Video on the Top 100 Weekly Chart is a cover of Whitney Houston's classic "I Will Always Love You" by one of our favorite YouTube singers Christina Amato. Click her lovely pic at the left to watch her sing!

I recently received a package from YouTube's favorite teacher, HotForWords! Marina sent me a beautiful signed glossy publicity pic along with a copy of her excellent and educational book that describes word origins. Click the pic to the left to see a much bigger version of the signed glossy, and click the book on the right to order your copy!

Visit the HotForWords Bio page to read more about Marina, and check out the Subscriptions widget and Total Video Views widget we made for her!

Okay, now here are four great videos for you!


YouTube is 5 years old and in the early days, no one really knew what to make of it! What should one do with videos - what could one do? You could vlog or play music and just be yourself. OR, you could be someone else!

Before there was LonelyGirl15 and Little Loca, there was EmoKid21Ohio. Back in the Spring of 2006, "Matt" began to blog about his Emo life. Then he met EmoGirl21 and they began replying to each other's videos. If you don't know about the early history of YouTube, read this article and this post here.

Matt is back on YouTube after several years away. He is complaining about OlgaKay's parody of Emo people in his own satirical video. Watch it and try to understand what this really is - it really is brilliant! If you don't get it, you'll need to read the article and post.





Here's an interesting woman from the UK named Alexandra on the flashcrashbang channel who vlogs about what to vlog about! Got vlogger's block? Watch this video and you'll surely find a great topic for your next vlog.

Alex looks cool in this video! She wears Renetto style glasses, a pearl necklace with a tank top and sweater - I like her look! Watch now, and come back again next time you need a topic to vlog about!





This is a fun video from KristaHeatzuz, a talented singer who usually sings to her dad's guitar playing. But lately she is singing with Tyler Ward, another talented and popular YouTube musician. Watch as they sing this charming duet that looks like they are making it up as they go!





Our last video is from a singer with a beautiful voice who loves to smile! AndreaLovesMusic116 plays her guitar and sweetly sings an original song with Spanish lyrics. Andrea says " i love music more than anything! :) I love love love to sing, its one of the things about me that very few people know about me, cause i can only sing in the shower or when i'm all alone!" I'm glad she decided to share her music with us on YouTube!

Labels: AndreaLovesMusic116, anitsirhcmarie, Emo, EmoGirl21, EmoKid21Ohio, flashcrashbang, hotforwords, KristaHeartzuz

posted by KennyCrane at 5/17/2010 03:39:00 AM 0 Comments

Here are Four Totally Unrelated Man Vids for your enjoyment, videos featuring the males of YouTube - but first -
Happy Birthday, YouTube!


YouTube is 5 years old! Although the URL was registered on 2/14/2005, it didn't really get going right away. YouTube offered the public a beta test of the site in May 2005, six months before the official launch in November 2005.

We had our first Top 100 Weekly Chart on 11/19/2006 and these were the Top 5 Most Subscribed YouTubers:

1 lonelygirl15 60099
2 smosh 31124
3 geriatric1927 30821
4 Brookers 27880
5 thewinekone 21335

This is when people really started to Subscribe to channels, and it happened because of all the publicity for the LonelyGirl15 channel.

The earliest data we recorded was on September 10th, 2006. YouTube had been around for a while and was starting to become well known. After being dominated by women such as LittleLoca, FilthyWhore and Brookers, a 79-year-old man from the UK hit the Most Subscribed spot with the Screen Name of Geriatric1927. Read more about the early days of YouTube at this article and in the early posts right here at YouTubeStars!

Real name Peter Oakley, Geriatric1927 went from his first video (on August 5th, 2006) to most subscribed in about a week! This brought lots of media coverage. Here's the data for 9/10/06 when Geriatric1927 was still at the top, but LG15 was about to overtake him, and did by the following week:

Member ProfileViews Subscribers
geriatric1927 902049 26255
lonelygirl15 2201892 25497
Brookers 2649706 19271
smosh 1507731 18326
thewinekone 555815 12685

Peter continues to make videos to this day. He is now 83! He has uploaded 228 videos, has 51,424 subscribers, 8,238,850 Total Video Views and his website is still going strong. Here is Peter's thoughts on YouTube's 5th Anniversary:





There are a lot of cool musicians on YouTube, but this new band is the grooviest on the planet! The LSD Enigma is Dave from The Riviera Playboys and Darren from McFadden's Parachute. Combining elements of 1960s Garage Rock, Psychedelic Tunes and Go-Go Dance Music - The LSD Enigma is part of the new wave of Garage Rockers getting airplay at radio stations around the world and on Little Steven's Underground Garage on Sirius 25. The LSD Enigma is on tour and if they come to your town, go see them!





Here is a super High Quality video of Tyler Ward singing a duet with Krista Nicole, who we have been writing about since she was 13. They do an excellent cover of Taylor Swift and Boys Like Girls' hit Two Is Better Than One. This video has about 40 thousand views in the last few weeks and it has a 5 star rating with over 1100 ratings counted so far. Don't miss this one - Tyler and Krista are both great singers and they sound awesome together!





Michael Boyce has been around YouTube for a while, interviewing a lot of the same musicians we have written about here, on his YouTraxTV YouTube channel and his YouTrax.tv website. Now Michael is doing comedy monologues on his YouTraxTVNews channel! He makes fun of all kinds of people in the News these days. He already has 12 News shows up in the last two months, which is pretty amazing, especially since Michael has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Michael is a good guy and these comedy videos are extremely well made. Check this one out and you'll see what I mean!

Labels: dagwoodacid, Garage, Geriatric1927, KristaHeartzuz, youtraxtv

posted by KennyCrane at 2/17/2010 03:51:00 PM 2 Comments

Here we are again, bringing you the newest Future YouTubeStars! Here are 4 music videos, with commentary by both Kenny and Diana! This post's videos are all by females. There are many great male music video makers too! I love the music of bsondahl, capo420420, dayoffproductions, goldhat3, jcvanluyn, KrisShred, MysteryGuitarMan, PeriUrban, PianoPlaya123, stealurface1976, and many others; all male!

But this time, we'll see 4 videos by talented females who have a future in the music business. PLUS, I'm adding a special BONUS VIDEO from 41 years ago, featuring 4 young ladies who were between 12 and 15. They won a contest with $10,000 in prizes! Watch all FIVE videos, 4 from Now and one from Then.

But first, The News!

Did you know that Miley Cyrus has a little known YouTube channel? It is MileyOfficialOnline and there is a contest going on over there! The contest is - Be a Superstar! Win a Record Deal - and you can see the 6 finalists at one of Miley's websites. Did you also know that Miley just opened a new Twitpic account about an hour ago???? Is it really Miley's account, or not? Go see the 15 pics up there!


Talented UK singer Cordayrox was on the Radio recently! Gerry Richards, a local radio personality in or near Bristol, interviewed Cordelia and you can hear it, here. Cordelia's video description is "thank youuuu jerry, actually so grateful :) there we go guys, i'm now clearly a worldwide star, waheyy. hope you enjoy :)" Congrats, Cordelia!


And now, for something completely different...
The Taliban has a YouTube channel? What? It's true, and this is it. Only one video is on there. They had a gruesome one and YouTube took it down. Read more, here.

Pop/Rock Fans...
U2 is going to stream their entire concert, live, on YouTube this weekend! If you are a fan of U2, be sure to visit their YouTube Channel October 25th (this Saturday) at 8:30 PM Pacific time. Read more on the YouTube Blog.

Okay, now let's watch some entertaining Music Videos!


Name: Krista Nicole
Style: Singer-Songwriter
Subscribers: 28,934
Website: http://www.kristanicole.com

Diana: Krista Nicole is a 15 year old singer songwriter who lives in Oregon. Have you heard this girl yet??? If not, you're missing out - what a powerful voice. Beautiful and pure, don't miss out on this one. The name of this song, which she sings and wrote, is "Your Silence Screams Goodbye." I can't get over the talent this 15 (yeah, I said 15) years old has. Check it out and let me know what YOU think!! Ah and yes I can't forget, this girl doesn't mind you seeing some mess-ups, she is adorable and oh yeah did I say she is only 15????
Kenny We have been writing about Krista for over 2 years now, here at YouTubeStars. She is a very nice and so is her dad, who usually plays guitar on her videos. This is a great Original song and is recorded in very high quality audio. You'll love it, just like we do! Best wishes to Krista!





Name: Jessica Loren
Style: Pop
Subscribers: 1,182
Website: www.myspace.com/surfhousemusic

Diana: Here we have a young women by the name of Jess Loren. Jess is a singer songwriter who is singed to an independent label, and watching and hearing this video you WILL see why. AWESOME! I love a person with a passon for something and showing what they believe in! Jess calls this video Woodstock 2009 PSA - Jess Loren, Let us Be. She says she wrote this song and dedicated it to saving the Earth, the youth of today and our generation. I can really see this girl going places, come see what I mean and tell me, what do you think?? (I think she is adorable!)
Kenny: Jess is a talented young singer/songwriter who plays piano and guitar, and writes her own original songs. She has been performing her material at venues that include Madison Square Garden and the Papermill Playhouse stage. This song shows her concern for the inhabitants of the rainforest. Watch as she plays this tune with her family (and a parrot), causing Jess to almost burst into laughter! This is one of 11 uploads; watch the others too!





Name: Meghan Tonjes
Style: Acoustic
Subscribers: 13,790
Website: http://www.meghantonjes.com

Diana: Hello all; here we have a very talented young lady by the name of Meghan Tonjes. She is in Michiagn (Oh wow, one from my home town and proud to say so too) Miss Tonjes is singing in this music video she had made for her song called
"The End." Wonderfuly done and I am honored to write this review for an amazing plus size beauty and talent. GREAT VIDEO; a must watch and now added to my favs. I am sure after you hear her you will add her to your favs too. Thank you Meghan for being you!! Please leave a comment and let me know what you think??
Kenny: Meghan has a beautiful voice! This original song is touching, and is recorded in high quality audio. Meghan includes clips form a bunch of YouTubers in this video, including Michael Buckley from whatthebuckshow. Great vid!





Name:Rachel Lee Williams
Style: Alternative
Subscribers: 48

Diana: Rachel is a talented 13 year old girl who loves to sing and play the piano and is also enjoying learning the guitar. Rachel in this video
is singing "Let it Be" ( With the Engagments ) Its not often you hear a 13 year old with such a pure and natural talent. Such an adult song and this girl pulls it off with flying colors. If you love to watch kids with talent then this one is perfect for you - NOT one you want to miss out on! Stop by and tell me what do you think???
Kenny: Rachel is 13 and likes The Beatles and Kiss - so do I! She does a beautiful version of a Beatles classic in this video. I love 60s Rock and its great to see young people still getting into the old school pop rock. (For example, watch Allison Brustofski sing a Beatles song, here.) Rachel has a great voice and I'm looking forward to hearing more of her in the future!





Bonus Video!

Here's a recording from a TV show broadcast in September of 1968. Watch these 4 young ladies named The Heartbeats do a very cool cover of the Outsiders hit, "Time Won't Let Me." They were an entered into a contest and they won $10,000 in prizes! Read more about this, here.

Labels: KristaHeartzuz, rachelleewilliams, surfhouse, tonjesml

posted by KennyCrane at 10/21/2009 03:40:00 AM 1 Comments

We all know that YouTube has its share of self-serving attention whores and obnoxious rude haters, but there are plenty of good people there too! Let's have a look at some of the good things happening on YouTube. Here is just a small sample of people helping people.

But first, The News! We've been writing about current and future YouTubeStars for Three Years now! A lot has changed. Many of the popular people from YouTube's early days aren't even on the site anymore. But there are always new and interesting people coming along to keep us intrigued and entertained. We have written about many of the up and coming musicians on YouTube, and there is a channel that has been interviewing many of the people that we have written about. I'm referring to YouTraxTV. Michael Boyce does a great job of regularly interviewing YouTube musicians and puts the resulting videos on his website, youtrax.tv. These are in depth interviews often lasting 10 minutes and more! He has interviewed people we have written about, like TiffanyJoAllen, AngelicaV1, KristaHeartzuz and SavannahSings.
YouTraxTV supports and promotes YouTube Musicians just like us. Support YouTraxTV by Subscribing to their channel!

Angelica Vasilcov, AngelicaV1 (5,270,911 Video Views), is doing very well in the MusicMogul contest! Her "Superwoman by Alicia Keys" Is in the 4 Top Rated videos. The top 4 highest rated performers get to compete on the world-famous Sunset Strip in front of a live panel of experts from all areas of the music industry, including Grammy-winning producer, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. The winner of the live competition will receive a demo deal with Darkchild Productions. Register at MusicMogul and vote for Angelica! For more info, watch this video.

Celeste Kellogg, CelesteMusic5 (136,997 Video Views), is in the upcoming movie - "Much Ado About Middle School." Watch the trailer on her MySpace page. Celeste tells me, "There were two lead roles and I had one of them and their are about 6 musical numbers in the movie. I also recorded 5 songs on the soundtrack --- I had a blast --- For more information you can go to http://www.elevatingentertainment.com/. They will release updates on the movie." Now in post-production, the movie also has its own website. Looks like a pretty cool movie, congrats Celeste!

And now, watch these videos!

ShaneDawsonTV (17,746,076 Video Views), who moved up 5 positions to number 42 last week on our Top 100 Chart, has a vlog channel where he posts "behind the scenes videos and some special extras." This rising YouTubeStar is using his popularity to help other talented but lesser known YouTubers become the next YouTubeStar! Shane made this video showing some of the people he likes on YouTube, and asked for commenters to suggest their favorite lesser known YouTubers. He has received about 10 Thousand comments so far. Even better, he requested video responses, asking people to showcase their best stuff. So far, he as about 5000 video responses. Check some of them out!




SamProof is taking over the Battle of the YouTube NonStars, originally produced by JenLuv37. Nominations for Season 3 are closed after Sam got loads of response to the contest following this video being Featured on YouTube. Check it out and vote when the Battle begins. For more info, visit Sam's Failpire site.




Julia, thefalsetruths, is shaving her head for a children's cancer charity. She has already surpassed her goal of raising $1000 with the help of SxePhil who mentioned her on one of his videos, at 2:30. She her original video and her update video on this charity event. Now here is Julia doing a fun video in which she sings into a hairbrush, enjoy!!!




Here's an update from Cara/Crystal on the CaraOfficialpage channel. She helped us by mentioning our Top 100 Chart and now I'm helping her by showing this video! Be sure to check out her excellent and very catchy music video for her Original Song, Frozen Heart, I love it!

Labels: caraofficialpage, celestemusic5, KristaHeartzuz, samproof, savannahsings, shanedawsontv, sxephil, thefalsetruths, TiffanyJoAllen, youtraxtv

posted by KennyCrane at 5/15/2009 12:35:00 PM 0 Comments

This cool Reggae tune has been out since this past Winter but people still love it! Many YouTube musicians have covered it. Here's the Official Jason Mraz - I'm Yours video, as well as three excellent versions by Tiffany Jo Allen, Roxanne Andrighetti and Krista Nicole Hudson.

First, the News. We reported last time that "Nigahiga is now the Most Subscribed channel." That didn't last long! Fred is now in the top spot. Be sure to visit the Top 100 Weekly Chart every week to see who moved up, or down, the chart!

What is more popular, Harry Potter or Twilight? Which do you like best? The first Twilight movie is coming out next month. Watch the Trailer at the TeamTwilighter website! TeamTwilighter is a collaboration group on YouTube who are fans of the Twilight series of books by Stephanie Meyer. You'll find a list of their latest videos on their Videos page.

Someone recently wrote a review of Twilight, saying that it sends a bad message:

"If there was ever a book that deserved the medal for Worst Messages of All Time to Send to your Teenage Audience, then this is the one. Girls, life is not worth living unless you have your man. It's okay to have no dreams, ambitions, hobbies, interests, goals, ideas, friends, etc... as long as you have your man."

Read more at the Books page. I'm sure the readers know that this is Fiction, and no female should be addicted to love with no regard for her own life, like Bella. What do you think???

And now, on with the "I'm Yours" videos!

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This is the Official Jason Mraz - I'm Yours video, complete with a "post-roll" advertisement, hmm. I guess YouTube should be given a chance to make some money to pay for the storage and bandwidth that lets us all upload and watch videos for free. Enjoy the video; you can always x out of the ad if you don't want to watch that!




Here's a great version of "I'm Yours" by continually rising YouTubeStar musician, TiffanyJoAllen. But it's not just Tiffany Jo singing and playing her guitar, no, this time she makes a cool and funny music video to go along with the song! Check it out!




Roxy has two channels. She put this sweet ukulele version of "I'm Yours" on her less subscribed RoxyParadox channel, rather than on her popular randrigh one that we've written about a few times. Well, we think everyone should listen to this talented singer, so here it is, for your listening pleasure!




Krista Nicole is a great singer who makes videos accompanied by her Dad on guitar. Be sure to watch her videos and learn why she won that WebPops contest last Winter! Here's Krista and Dad with their excellent version of "I'm Yours."

Labels: I'm Yours, jason, jason mraz, KristaHeartzuz, mraz, randrigh, roxyparadox, teamtwilighter, TiffanyJoAllen, Twilight

posted by KennyCrane at 10/22/2008 01:45:00 AM 1 Comments