Julianne Hough (Mercury Nashville): B-
Blue-eyed, blonde belle of the ballroom Hough (pronounced Huff) is using her stunning looks and success on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” to get a leg up on a country music career. Odds are she’ll succeed, in spite of this so-so debut. Rather than join the endless parade of sexed-up pop tarts, the 19-year-old Utah native wisely goes the chaste, girl-next-door route (and there’s not a single song about dancing!). Hough’s pleasant but unremarkable voice succeeds best on the ballads. But catchy first single, the uptempo “That Song in My Head,” is the song to download.
