VIDEO: SHERRIE AUSTIN IS MAKING A LIST AND CHECKING IT TWICE - "NAUGHTY OR NICE"...

Film, TV, Broadway and Country music recording star Sherrie Austin contemplates the names on her ‘naughty or nice’ list while enjoying a poolside Australian Christmas in the video for her holiday duet, “Naughty or Nice” (featuring Shane Stevens). The video can be seen now and throughout the holidays on CMT, GAC and The Country Network in America as well as on CMC in Australia.

“Naughty or Nice” is featured on Austin’s first new album in 8 years, CIRCUS GIRL, which AOL The Boot recently named one of its “Top 11 Country Albums of 2011.” The Australian chanteuse’s return to the Country radio and video airwaves – as well as her starring role in the Sundance Channel’s reality documentary series “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys” -- was profiled last week in Billboard, The Huffington Post and Inside Music Row.

For more information about Sherrie Austin, please visit: www.sherrieaustinmusic.com

CIRCUS GIRL on iTUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/circus-girl/id470125973

CIRCUS GIRL on Amazon: http://amzn.com/B0061SV5RM

Sherrie Austin’s, CIRCUS GIRL, Named One of AOL THE BOOT’s TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS of 2011

ALSO FEATURED IN

THE HUFFINGTON POST & BILLBOARD’s 615 COUNTRY

Sundance Channel’s, “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys,” 

Features the Making-Of, NAUGHTY OR NICE, Music Video

Friday, December 16th at 9 pm ET/ 8 pm CT

CW’s INSIDE MUSIC ROW VISITS SHERRIE AUSTIN AT HOME

(NASHVILLE, TN) -- Film, TV, Broadway and recording star Sherrie Austin returned to Country music in a big way this year with her independently-released album, CIRCUS GIRL, which has been named one of AOL The Boot’s “Top 11 Country Albums of 2011.”

AOL The Boot -- which ranks CIRCUS GIRL alongside albums by Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley and The Civil Wars – heralds Austin as “a terrific vocalist and a top-notch songwriter and 'Circus Girl' is her best work yet.”

Austin was recently lauded by fans as the “Taylor Swift of the Sex & The City generation,” and lived up to the unofficial title when AOL The Boot deemed CIRCUS GIRL, “rife with humor, sensuality and a whole lot of heart.”

Austin is profiled today in a thought-provoking career feature in The Huffington Post. In the article, Austin candidly discusses the liberation of releasing a DIY project as well as the rollercoaster of a life-long career in the entertainment industry: http://huff.to/vxhbKP

Austin’s first new album in 8 years, was also recently spotlighted as part of Billboard’s 615 Country. Austin discusses her new music with Billboard and how it speaks directly to the 30-40 year old female audience – something that not many are doing on today’s Country radio. http://www.billboard.com/column/the-615/sherrie-austin-goes-diy-for-first-album-1005616812.story#/column/the-615/sherrie-austin-goes-diy-for-first-album-1005616812.story

Austin has also garnered attention recently for her role in the Sundance Channel reality documentary series, “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.” Austin stars with her real-life best friend, songwriter/ artist Shane Stevens (co-writer of Lady Antebellum’s “American Honey”) on the show’s 2nd season that documents the lives of straight women and their friendships with their gay male best friends.

This Friday, fans of both Austin’s music and “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys,” can tune in to the show to see the making of the music video for Austin’s fun, infectious holiday single, “Naughty or Nice,” a duet with Shane Stevens. The holiday hit can be seen nationwide on CMT, GAC and The Country Network as well as on CMC in Australia. The making-of “Naughty or Nice” episode airs this Friday, Dec. 16th on the Sundance Channel at 9 pm ET/ 8 pm CT.

Austin will be featured on the CW’s Inside Music Row the very next evening as she invites fans into her Nashville home for an inside look on the making ofCIRCUS GIRL. Inside Music Row airs on the CW network on Saturday, Dec. 17th at 9:30 pm CT and is syndicated nationwide. For local listings visit: http://www.insidemusicrow.com

ABOUT SHERRIE AUSTIN & CIRCUS GIRL:

The Australian-born ACM nominee and Golden Guitar Award winner previously enjoyed success on the Country charts with her hits, “Streets of Heaven,” “Never Been Kissed,” and “Lucky in Love,” during her days on Arista Nashville and Broken Bow Records. Most recently, Austin earned rave reviews for her starring roles on another type of stage - the New York Musical Theatre Festival’s production of Bonnie & Clyde and the Broadway productions of Ring Of Fire- The Johnny Cash Musical Show and Warrior. Returning to Nashville in 2006, Austin made a name for herself as an in-demand songwriter, penning songs for Trace Adkins, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw and George Strait.

It is, in fact, Austin’s stint as a career songwriter helped inspire many of the songs on CIRCUS GIRL. The collection is a female-empowerment record, from “Friday Night Girls,” the anthem for the brokenhearted single gals cutting loose and letting their hair down, to the raw, spunky, honest sensuality of “Just Wanna Love You Tonite,” to the feisty, matter-of-fact kiss-off track, “Get Your Leaving Done.” The album is a series of stories interpreted by a strong woman, about women, and for women, and Austin feels it’s something her female fans have been clamoring for, for quite some time.

At the urging of her fans, Austin decided to enter the recording “big top” once again. This time she found that a process that once had frustrated her is now exciting her again. “It stopped being fun for me, making records and touring, which is why I focused on writing, but this is fun again. I have freedom now that I never had before. I’m making music for my fans, my music,” she says.

For more information about Sherrie Austin, please visit: www.sherrieaustinmusic.com

CIRCUS GIRL on iTUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/circus-girl/id470125973

CIRCUS GIRL on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Circus-Girl-Sherrie-Austin/dp/B0061SV5RM

SHERRIE AUSTIN RETURNS WITH HER FIRST ALBUM IN 8 YEARS

Available NOW Everywhere Digitally and on CD at Amazon

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Film, TV, Broadway and recording star Sherrie Austin returns to Country music today with her first new music in 8 years, the full-length album, CIRCUS GIRL.

CIRCUS GIRL includes the holiday duet, “Naughty or Nice,” (with songwriter/ artist Shane Stevens, writer of Lady Antebellum’s “American Honey”). The track is a fun, infectious holiday song that cheekily details the naughty (nice?) pleasures of the holiday season. The new music video features Austin and Stevens – best friends in real life – in separate hemispheres of the globe, experiencing very different types of Christmases. Check out the video here on CMT.com: http://www.cmt.com/videos/sherrie-austin/709544/naughty-or-nice.jhtml

GAC will also be giving “Naughty or Nice,” the sneak peek treatment during today’s episode of GAC On the Streets, running throughout the day. CIRCUS GIRL is featured on MSN’s Listening Booth today at: http://music.msn.com/music/listeningbooth/

Additionally, AOL is featuring CIRCUS GIRL as part of its FULL CD Listening Party this week at: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds#/8 And, AOL’s The Boot is giving away an exclusive free download of the album’s title track, “Circus Girl” here: http://www.theboot.com/2011/11/09/free-song-download-sherrie-austin-circus-girl/

The Australian-born ACM nominee and Golden Guitar Award winner previously enjoyed success on the Country charts with her hits, “Streets of Heaven,” “Never Been Kissed,” and “Lucky in Love,” during her days on Arista Nashville and Broken Bow Records. Most recently, Austin earned rave reviews for her starring roles on another type of stage - the New York Musical Theatre Festival’s production of Bonnie & Clyde and the Broadway productions of Ring Of Fire- The Johnny Cash Musical Show and Warrior. Returning to Nashville in 2006, Austin has made a name for herself as an in-demand songwriter, penning songs for Trace Adkins, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw and George Strait.

It is, in fact, Austin’s stint as a career songwriter helped inspire many of the songs on CIRCUS GIRL. The collection is a female-empowerment record, from “Friday Night Girls,” the anthem for the brokenhearted single gals cutting loose and letting their hair down, to the raw, spunky, honest sensuality of “Just Wanna Love You Tonite,” to the feisty, matter-of-fact kiss-off track, “Get Your Leaving Done.” The album is a series of stories interpreted by a strong woman, about women, and for women, and Austin feels it’s something her female fans have been clamoring for, for quite some time.

“The last few years I had been complaining about that fact that there weren’t any females speaking to women above the age of 30, so I started thinking about how I was writing my songs and came up with the idea for “Friday Night Girls” …I wanted to write a three minute song with every “Sex and the City” episode that had ever existed, so I did. I quickly noticed that the women in my audiences loved it and so I switched my songwriting focus for a while to concentrate on that audience, who are my peers, to speak to them,” says Austin.

At the urging of her fans, Austin decided to enter the recording “big top” once again. This time she found that a process that once had frustrated her is now exciting her again. “It stopped being fun for me, making records and touring, which is why I focused on writing, but this is fun again. I have freedom now that I never had before. I’m making music for my fans, my music,” she says.

Additionally, Austin returns this week to the small screen – as a cast member of the 2nd season of Sundance Channel’s reality documentary series, “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.” The show pairs Austin with her gay best friend, songwriter Shane Stevens (Lady Antebellum's “American Honey”) and documents their lives as songwriters and artists on Music Row in Nashville. In fact, the premiere episode will document the making of the music video for Austin and Steven’s holiday duet, “Naughty or Nice,” when it airs this Friday, November 18th at 9 pm ET.

For more information about Sherrie Austin, please visit: www.sherrieaustinmusic.com

CIRCUS GIRL on iTUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/circus-girl/id470125973

CIRCUS GIRL on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Circus-Girl-Sherrie-Austin/dp/B0061SV5RM