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Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
'American Idol' winner Scotty McCreery's CD goes gold
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closeYet another thing Scotty McCreery had to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day: The Garner High School senior's first CD has gone gold.
"Clear as Day," the debut of the Season 10 "American Idol" winner, has sold more than 500,000 copies since its Oct. 4 release.
"We just found out (last week). It's a huge thing," Scotty said Thursday afternoon.
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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade airs on NBC starting at 9 a.m. today. In addition to Scotty McCreery, other scheduled appearances include Cee Lo Green, Avril Lavigne, Mary J. Blige and the Broadway casts of "Sister Act" and "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying."
Scotty says his appearance should be about 10:30 a.m.
He already has a gold single for the song "I Love You This Big." And "Clear as Day," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 music chart, has notched several music milestones, including youngest male artist in history to open at No. 1 with a debut release and first country male singer from "Idol" to land atop the charts.
"Now we're shooting for platinum," Scotty said. A platinum single or CD has to sell at least 1 million copies.
A lot has changed for the 18-year-old. Most Thanksgivings, he and his immediate family - dad, Mike; mom, Judy; and sister, Ashley - are either with his paternal grandparents in Pinehurst or his maternal grandmother in Elizabeth City.
But the McCreerys woke up in New York Thursday morning for his Macy's parade appearance. Scotty rode on the "Home Baked Goodness" float, from Morton.
When the parade through Manhattan reached the Macy's flagship store at 34th Street, Scotty sang a short version of his latest hit, "The Trouble with Girls."
After that, the McCreerys flew to Atlanta, where Scotty was featured at the annual Macy's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Lenox Square. Only after that, back at the hotel, did the McCreerys get Thanksgiving dinner.
Scotty planned to be back in Garner last Friday afternoon to cheer his beloved high school football team as the Trojans beat Fayetteville's Jack Britt High and moved on to the state 4AA championship game coming up on Saturday.
And though he doesn't want to jinx anything, Scotty already has rescheduled a planned musical appearance next week so that he can support his team.
So, can the Trojans win the state championship the same year a Garner High student won TV's top-rated reality show? Scotty certainly thinks so.
"It's Garner's year!" he said.
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