Carrie Underwood is country music's sweetheart who quickly rose to stardom by playing the American Idol game very well. There's no denying Underwood's vocal talent, but over the years I've found it difficult to know as an artist where she stands and The same is true for her third studio album Play On.Underwood is all over the place on this album with a mixed bag of songs. It's not necessarily a...
Got a letter to send to grandma? Stamp is with an American Idol season four winner Carrie Underwood stamp. That’s right, competing with the Liberty Bell and American Flag for that $0.41 ($0.42 as of May 12th) corner space is a new set of American Idol stamps. The nostalgia of those iconic dead actors and Elvis has apparently worn of. Now, the six Idols – Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studda
Carrie Underwood is definitely leaving fellow American Idol champ Kelly Clarkson in the dust. Underwood's sophomore album and follow-up to her multi-platinum selling Some Hearts takes the top spot on the charts this week. Underwood's Carnival Ride sold more than half a million copies this week, beating out the Number Two album, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' collaboration Raising Sand, by more...
Had enough Carrie Underwood? Didn't think so. The singer is continuing to push the boundaries to promote her latest release Play On by teaming up with The Grand Ole Opry and MySpace for a live stream performance this Saturday (Nov 14th).Opry performances of Carrie Underwood, along with some of country music's biggest stars including Martina McBride, Rodney Atkins, Jake Owen and more will be bro...
For the first time ever, MySpace is teaming up with the Grand Ole Opry to offer fans a live broadcast of an Opry performance. This Saturday night, November 14, Jake Owen, Carrie Underwood and others will perform on the Opry stage and fans can go HERE to watch it as it happens. Carrie will sing [...]
Carrie Underwood, who is a self-proclaimed “private person,” has gone very public with her relationship with Ottawa Senators player Mike Fisher. Underwood wrote a very special note to the hockey hottie in her new album’s liner notes…“Thank you #12. You are the most amazing addition to my life! You are such a wonderful person and [...]
On March 15th Randy Travis extended an invitation for Carrie Underwood to join the Grand Ole Opry. A fitting gesture since Underwood covered Travis' number 1 hit "I Told You So" on her newest album "Carnival Ride". Carrie made her Grand Ole Opry debut on June 10, 2005, just two weeks after winning "American Idol." She will be inducted as an official member on May 10.Underwood seems to be the on...
It's not often that you begin working on a new album when your old one is still performing well on the charts and generating interest. That's exactly what Carrie Underwood is planning to do, the country starlet has begun work on her sophomore LP. If she wants to duplicate the success of 2005's Some Hearts, shes staring in the face of a very tall order.More >
I follow strange people on Twitter. I mean really, why do I follow Britney Spears? Or Robin Leach? Or Ross the Intern? I don't honestly know why, I just do. One of those off-the-wall people I follow is Nigel Lythgoe from So You Think You Can Dance. Why in the world do I follow him? Okay, there's actually a reason I follow him, his Twitter name is DizzyFeet . Yep, I follow hi
All kinds of bits and pieces are coming out about Carrie's upcoming holiday special. Gotta love it. This go around it's Radar.com providing us with some info...Don’t consider this a spoiler, consider it an early Christmas present – part of Carrie Underwood’s TV holiday special features her singing with Christina Applegate and Kristin Chenoweth, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.The
"Cowboy Casanova" is the first single taken from Carrie Underwood's forthcoming third album Play On (November 3rd). Sure I've seen better quality video before, but this'll do. Carrie looks great in the clip & I actually like it, so much so that it got me enjoying the song more than I previously have. Don't let the title scare you off either if you're not into country (like me) because it's a go...
The Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation Awards $100,000 in Music Matters™ Grants to School Music Programs The Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation today announced that it has awarded $100,000 in grants (the "Music Matters™ Grants") to more than 30 school music programs across the United States. The Music Matters™ Grants of $1,000 - $12,000 are