Someone At iTunes Norway Is Spending The Weekend Cleaning Out Their Desk

Cleanup on Aisle 5. Google capable fans of original American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson don't have to wait for the official release date of her new CD All I Ever Wanted. The entire album leaked on-line on Friday a little less than a month before its official March 10th drop date.

But P2P pirates weren't responsible for the oops. The Norway division of Apple's iTunes music service accidentally streamed entire tracks from the new album, instead of 30-second clips of each song, which is typical for pre-purchase preview.

Someone in Norway will be feeling the wrath of music don Clive Davis, the master mind behind Clarkson's rise to pop super-stardom. The leak comes near the end of what has been a drawn-out marketing plan, even by major label standards. Beginning in late December, drips and drabs regarding All I Ever Wanted were gradually made public. The unveiling of Clarkson's single, title, art and lyrics were all treated as mini events.

There is some good news for the promo team. Early reviews are so far positive. Idolator notes, "It's a fun collection of pop tracks that's carried in large part by Clarkson's endlessly rootable personality and (slightly sweetened, but still undeniable) pipes." For the record (ha!), fans wanting the bombastic pop-rock, throw up the devil horns, and belt out lyrics into your hairbrush microphone tunes found of Breakaway won't be disappointed in her newest work (uh, we might have possibly maybe heard the album tracks.)

Clarkson's fourth album marks a return to mainstream pop-rock songs for the reality show winner, who took a new direction with 2007's My December, which failed to strike a chord (at least in comparison to her 2004 smash, Breakaway), the scrapping of her tour due to lousy ticket sales and much-publicized feuds, including one with record boss Clive Davis and another with her managers.

The first single,"My Life Would Suck Without You" claimed the No. 1 slot and leaped into the history books for the biggest jump to number one in Billboard Hot 100 history. Busting a move up 96-spots, the rock-pop tune beat the previous biggest mover, Britney Spears' recent 95-spot jump for Womanizer. But Clarkson's history-making ways didn't stop there. My Life also made Clarkson the first Idol contestant to score a second solo No. 1.

No official comment has been released by iTunes. "Our bad" works, don't you think?

By Paige Muller

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