YouTube Stars!

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

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

Christmas is in 9 days! I like Christmas music and there are always a bunch of YouTubers making Christmas music videos this time of year. I am featuring 4 different versions of O Holy Night in this post because its my favorite Christmas song. I also made a playlist of new Christmas music videos and you can watch them here (I'll be adding more as I find them):



Here is a playlist of Christmas Music videos from 2008:




And now, 4 excellent versions of O Holy Night!

The Celtic Women are a beautiful and heavenly sounding group of singers from Ireland who always seem to sing to a crowd outside of a castle! You may have seen them on your local PBS TV station. They often play their concerts during fund raising weeks. This "Divine" video has about 5 million views!

From the video's description:

Celtic Woman, starring the angelically lovely Chloe Agnew, performs ''O Holy Night,'' from the Celtic Woman concert at Slane Castle, in Ireland.

This song was never broadcast on television, or released in the DVD of the concert.

I first discovered Chloe on the plus-size modelling/ fashion site, http://www.judgmentofparis.com Chloe is not only a brilliant singer and incredibly talented performer, but also a positive role model for young women today - showing them that they don't need to be anorexic to be beautiful and successful, but can be even more gorgeous at a naturally curvy size.

Charming singer Christina Amato ( anitsirhcmarie ) and her cool guitar playing daddy do a sweet yet powerful acoustic version of O Holy Night as part of her 3 video (so far) Christmas Music series. Watch her belt out those high notes in her Christmas Pajamas! See her other Christmas videos in the first playlist above, or at her YouTube channel.

NEWS FLASH! Christina has written a guest blogger post for us! Her review of 4 excellent videos is coming here soon! Thanks, Christina! :-)





Rhema Marvanne IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD! Oh my Gosh, what an amazing voice this little girl has! Enjoy her version of O Holy Night which has 2.5 million views so far! Watch all the way through to hear her hit amazing notes and don't miss the cute ending! You can also see little Jackie Evancho (America's Got Talent star) sing O Holy Night, here.





Here's a very nice A Cappella version of O Holy Night by talented singer Delaney Elise. She adds another layer of her own voice singing harmony with the melody; its a great effect! Delaney has some cool rock tunes on her channel ("Flatline" rocks!) and you can buy her CDs on iTunes!



Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / Happy New Year to you and your families!

Labels: anitsirhcmarie, Celtic Women, Christina Amato, Christmas, delaneyelise, Jackie Evancho, O Holy Night, RhemaMarvanne

posted by KennyCrane at 12/16/2010 12:34:00 AM 0 Comments

Is this your first time visiting YouTubeStars? Welcome! We've been writing about YouTubers and their videos for over 4 years now and we are happy you dropped by! Our numbers are in for July. Google Analytics says we had 17,752 Visits and 22,290 Pageviews last month; thanks to all our readers! These numbers show that about one in 4 of you will click through to another post on our blog. We have a lot to read here! There are nearly 200 posts and you are sure to find some new YouTubers that you have never seen before, so check out some of our older posts!

Also, our "YouTube Top 100 - A Weekly Chart of the 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Members" got 19,815 Pageviews in July. A few months ago, we launched our Top 200 Weekly Chart, which has the top 200 Most Subscribed channels on YouTube. This chart got nearly 7000 pageviews in July. So check out our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts every week!

We have our own URL Shortening Service! We created http://TwHub.com to serve short URLs perfect for use on Twitter. So if you see links like http://TwHub.com/FV and http://TwHub.com/200 - have no fear, they are just shortened URLs to our Featured Video and Top 200 Chart. For a list of all URLs we shorten, please visit http://TwHub.com/Links.aspx


We will be watching three Music Videos and a vlog about the Music Business today...

But first, The News!


This week's Featured Video on our Top 100 Chart and Top 200 Chart is "Mike Lombard Smackdown" by Mike Lombardo. We also feature that video in this post, below. The video is long - a little over 10 minutes. YouTube used to limit the length of an uploaded video to 10 minutes for most users. But on July 29th, YouTube announced that users can now upload videos up to 15 minutes in length. Make your best video and hope it brings you your 15 minutes of fame!


Talented vlogger and musician Eveliiine got good news this week. She is a finalist in the SonicAngel competition! The page is in the Dutch language but you can see that Eveline is at the top of the list. Congrats to a very nice and talented woman!


Now, watch these videos!

Christina Amato (anitsirhcmarie) is now uploading videos in HD, thanks to her brother's new video camera! Good things are happening for Christina, and she deserves them. Look at her recent subscriber numbers:

8/1/2010 1245
7/25/2010 1216
7/18/2010 1169
7/11/2010 1144
7/4/2010 1109
6/27/2010 1068
6/20/2010 1007
6/13/2010 949
6/6/2010 919

And then there was this news, that Christina recently tweeted:

@chrlottesays A management company found me on YouTube, and is flying me and my godfather to NYC to audition for them :D
4:36 PM Jul 26th via Echofon in reply to chrlottesays

We expect big things from Christina! We have featured a few of her videos on our Top 200 Weekly Chart and now we're happy to write about her latest video here in the blog.

Christina is 17, lives in Las Vegas, and is of Puerto Rican heritage. She sings with passion and joy; commenters have noted that she flirts with the camera. If you watch any of her 63 videos, you will surely notice a smile on your face. Christina is a vivacious young woman and it shows in her videos! Watch this and see what I mean:





Charlotte (lotteatsugar) is an 18 year old resident of Germany with a very nice singing voice. She recently uploaded "Billionaire - Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars (Cover)" It was Charlotte that Christina was replying to in the tweet I mentioned above. Follow Charlotte at http://twitter.com/chrlottesays. If you like Charlotte's excellent cover of Billionaire, you'll also love the cover of Gabriella Cilmi's hit "Sweet About Me" sung with her friend Anne. It's great too!





My YouTube friend Danni wrote to tell me about this next musician, Reagan Whitehead (Reagan290). Reagan only has 4 videos up so far, but they all showcase his musical talent. He has an excellent voice and also plays guitar and the piano. Check out this killer cover of the hit "Use Somebody" by Kings Of Leon. It's from 11 months ago, but Reagan just uploaded 2 new videos that you will also want to see!





Listen just once to any of Mike Lombardo's songs and you can tell he has musical talent. But we also discovered in our interview with Mike, that he is intelligent and a really good guy! In this vlog, Mike responds to a blog he read which seemed to advocate for musicians to give away their music for free. Mike goes point by point through the blogger's arguements and states his own opinions on each claim. In my opinion, which is similar to Mike's, musicians are the owners of their musical output and should be in control of how it is released. Some may decide to give some songs away for free, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with a musician selling his songs to pay his way in live and to reinvest in future musical projects if he so chooses. Listen to what Mike says in this 10 minute video and see if you agree or disagree. Mike welcomes respectful replies in the comment section.

Labels: anitsirhcmarie, lotteatsugar, Mike Lombardo, MikeLombardoMusic, Reagan290

posted by KennyCrane at 8/02/2010 01:22:00 AM 0 Comments

Long time guest blogger, Diana (attractive picture at left), is here to review 3 videos from YouTube Star, and YouTubeStars Guest Blogger, Christina Amato! Read what Diana says about Christina Amato and three of her popular music and makeup videos. We first found Christina on YouTube in the summer of 2010 when she had less than a thousand subscribers. Now she has over 32 Thousand Subscribers!

Christina Amato, YouTube Star!

If any of my friends and fans remember, I did a review on the Amazingly talented Christina Amato here in 2010. I think its about time we talk about this beauty again. The now almost 21 year old Singer, songwriter, Host and model who is a Las Vegas, NV native, has over 7 million video views and 32,272 subscribers. Christina Amato is now also known as a Zowie Bowie Chick and has performed at his late night Las Vegas shows. Zowie Bowie says his shows combine the night club concerts with the hot young chicks and the old vintage orchestra in the same show. I don't know about you but that sounds awesome... I wanna go!!! Visit Zowie Bowie's facebook page here.

In the past three years she has grown from a very pretty girl into a true beauty that could grace any vogue cover, and her voice has grown as well. She had amazing control even at 17, but now her breathy voice is so much more full and mature.. Christina, I didn't think you could get better, but in this writer's humble opinion you have grown into your voice and left me in awe. Let's start with her newest cover: Katy Perry - Unconditionally



Amazing right??? I had not heard Katy Perry sing this, and so I had to go and hear the original and I have to be true to myself as I always am and tell you how I feel... I liked this so much more and would buy this one before I would Miss Perry's; WAY to go Christina. (And yes I am a HUGE fan of Katy Perry, she rocks, I just can't help it, to me Christina sang it better) ~

OK since its going into Christmas in less then two months I had to pick this song sang by Christina Amato. Its a cover of one of my favorite songs: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas (is you)



I love her 5 tone octave, starting in her lower register and moving so effortlessly into her head voice, that's talent. This song makes me wish my dad was sitting next to me while I watched it. What an awesome acoustic version and her adorable papa to boot. I heard a few cracks and like a pro she went on not looking back. Not only is she talented and beautiful but funny... Did you see the blooper? LOL what a doll, laughing it up with her daddy, as a friend calls and, as she puts it with a smile, ruins her video... This video will make you want to sing, smile and laugh. You can feel her love for her father and her singing was a pure joy to watch!!

Now we all know Christina Amato the singer, but did you know she is also a makeup guru??? She started 4 years ago, but just started to get into it again. This is why there are only 1,159 subscribers and 9,173 views. She has an amazing talent for using her face as a blank canvas and turning it into a work of art. Let's watch her Smokey Eye Makeup Tutorial and learn how to get that perfect, sexy Smokey eye look!



I love how she does her makeup and dubs her voice over while she is doing it, I think this sounds and looks more professional, except when she sounds like a chipmunk LOL. I LOVE IT, not only does she come across as beautiful and talented, but she has an amazing sense of humor and you can tell she is someone you would just want to hang around. I don't know about you but I would so have her sing to me while she did my makeup :)

P.S. The song playing in the background is an original song written and sang by Christina Amato, Order Your copy now here. The song is called Sparks. Only $.99, I bought this and have been rocking out and know this song by heart! I am in love!!!

Website: http://www.ChristinaAmato.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/anitsirhcmarie

Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/ChristinaOfficial

http://instagram.com/RealChristinaAmato

Labels: "Christina Amato", anitsirhcmarie, Christmas, Dianahottie78, makeup

posted by KennyCrane at 11/11/2013 08:51:00 PM 6 Comments