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The North Carolina native who got her break on American Idol six years ago just completed her fifth USO Tour. She celebrates by flashing some flesh on the cover of Maxim’s Military issue.

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Carrie Underwood has said before that she likes to live a laid-back, ‘normal’ life when she’s not playing to sold out crowds. So, we weren’t terribly surprised when she proved just how normal she is by driving nine-and-a-half hours to her 10-year high school class reunion in Checotah, Okla. last May. Plus, she says, it gave her time to listen to ‘Blown Away’ demos.

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A big legal decision went against Tim McGraw this afternoon. It looks like the singer’s proceedings with Curb Records are going to take a little, or a lot, longer to sort out. Kellie Pickler also found herself with label troubles, and Miranda Lambert revealed which famous face will appear in her new video. Find all these stories, plus the No. 1 song on the Top 100 Country Songs list, in the Daily Roundup below. 

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Ever since teenage country star Scotty McCreery won Season 10 of ‘American Idol,’ he hasn’t stopped giving props to the popular show that gave him his big start in country music. On Tuesday, McCreery even stopped by to lend some encouraging words as future ‘Idol’ hopefuls gathered in Charlotte, N.C. to try out for the show’s next season.

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Scotty McCreery has a lot of new titles to his name. He’s an ‘American Idol’ champion, a platinum-selling country artist and a CMT Music Award-winner, as of last night. But he hasn’t been able to call himself a high school graduate until today.

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After two years, John Mayer finally responded to Taylor Swift‘s song ‘Dear John,’ and he didn’t have nice things to say about being on the receiving end of her scorn. That’s the top story from today’s Daily Roundup, but you’ll also find Miranda Lambert‘s new song, a surprise dignitary at tonight’s CMT Music Awards and the next songs in the Top 100 Country Songs list.

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Annette Bening
Age: 54
Occupation: Actress
Known For: Being a four-time Oscar nominee for her roles in ‘The Grifters,’ ‘American Beauty,’ ‘Being Julia’ and ‘The Kids Are All Right,’ winning Golden Globe Awards for the latter two films, and her longtime marriage to former Hollywood lothario Warren Beatty

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Gladys Knight
Age: 68
Occupation: Singer and Songwriter
Known For: Her legendary work fronting Gladys Knight & the Pips on hit singles including ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine,’ ‘Midnight Train to Georgia, ‘I’ve Got to Use My Imagination’ and scores more, earning a boatload of Grammys and other awards, and her recent stint as a contestant on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

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If you caught Carrie Underwood‘s powerful performance of ‘Blown Away’ during the Billboard Music Awards 2012 on Sunday night, you know that some of her musical influences lie outside of the country genre. Although the ‘American Idol’ winner is a member of team country music, sometimes her powerhouse vocals point to a different era and genre entirely. Last night on the red carpet, Underwood caught up with MTV to talk about the passing of the Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb — and how he impacted her musical tastes.

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With a wall of mechanical fans blowing hair all across her face, Carrie Underwood performed the title track from her new ‘Blown Away’ album at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night. The country singer’s performance lacked the luminaries, exotic dancers and costumes many of the previous artists employed, but it lacked nothing in talent. She was as vocally strong as she’s ever been during a televised performance.

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