Clay Featured @ Grammy.com

The Associated Press article about Clay from last month has now been posted on the Grammy Awards' website.

Aiken Album Marks New Chapter
After a year and a half away from the spotlight, Clay Aiken returns with an edgy new look, a far-from-edgy new album and a newly secure sense of self.

"I know it's a new chapter but it's kind of like a whole new book — the sequel to my life before," says a casually dressed and scruffy-faced Aiken, sitting in an office at RCA Records, his label. "It's like we're starting out on something brand new where I'm really getting to be myself."

But not everything is brand new. On his new album, A Thousand Different Ways, Aiken covers 10 classic love songs and introduces four original tracks. It was a "challenge" issued by music mogul Clive Davis, who oversaw the project — and one that Aiken says he was initially reluctant to accept.

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