Just Stand Up - Various Artist

Last year several female artists belonging to the genres of pop, R&B, country and rock gathered under banner of Stand Up To Cancer for the charity single, Just Stand Up.

Orginally the line-up included Mariah Carey, Beyonce Knowles, Keyshia Cole, Mary J. Blige, Carrie Underwood, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Leona Lewis, Ashanti, Ciara, Lee So Young, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge and LeAnn Rimes. But the last three could not appear in the LIVE! performance and Nichole Scherzinger taking on a few of their lines.

The song was a complete success and managed to not only raise alot of money but also gave them amazing promotion.

In my own humble opinion, the song is amazing! I love it! But I would not have placed Miley Cyrus in the line-up. Putting all the claims of her talent aside, her inexperience clearly showed. If they wanted to include someone for the tweenies, even Taylor Swift or Jordin Sparks could have done that and they would have definitely sounded much better.

Also I was pretty much surprised that artists like Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson were not featured. But never the less, it's a really good song and this week's LIVE! performance.

Have fun!

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