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Carrie Is 2008's Top Country Female Touring Artist
“CARNIVAL RIDE TOUR” PLAYS 137 SHOWS FOR NEARLY 1.2 MILLION FANS IN 2008
UNDERWOOD WRAPS 2008 AS MOST-HEARD ARTIST AT COUNTRY RADIO
Grand Ole Opry member and 2008 CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of The Year, Carrie Underwood, is the top selling country female touring artist of 2008 as her headlining “Carnival Ride Tour,” sponsored by vitaminwater®, wrapped this past weekend with fan attendance close to 1.2 million. Underwood played 137 concerts to many sell-out crowds, and appeared last night on the Grand Ole Opry for her last live performance of the year.
In addition to her highly successful headline tour, 2008 was a stellar year for Underwood. She closes out 2008 as the most-heard artist at country radio and was named the #1 Hot Country Songs Artist by Billboard and #1 Top Country Artist by Radio & Records. She became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, co-hosted the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley, won her first BMI Awards as a songwriter, scored 2 more #1 single co-writes this year for a total of 3, performed for the Idol Gives Back and Stand Up 2 Cancer benefits, sang with Elvis on the Elvis Presley Christmas Duets CD, saw her likeness come to life as the latest wax figure at Madame Tussauds New York, shot television commercials for Nintendo and vitaminwater®, made her second appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” graced the covers of Allure, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, In Style, Shape and more, and she was included for a second consecutive year in People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful” issue.
Underwood heads into the New Year with a Grammy nomination for Best Country Female Vocal Performance for “Last Name,” as well as 3 People’s Choice Award nominations- Favorite Female Singer, Favorite Country Song for “Last Name” and Favorite Star 35 & Under. Underwood will perform on the People’s Choice Awards on January 7, 2009.
Since winning “American Idol” in 2005, Underwood has become one of the most popular performers in the nation. Her debut album, Some Hearts, is the biggest selling “American Idol” debut project to date, having sold more than seven million albums in the United States. With the release of her current album Carnival Ride, she has now sold nearly 10 million albums in just over three years and has had nine No. 1 singles. Her many accolades include 8 Billboard Awards, 6 Academy of Country Music Awards, 5 Country Music Association Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 4 CMT Awards, 3 Grammy’s, 2 People’s Choice Awards, 2 BMI Songwriter Awards, and many more.
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U SING SO GOOD
Wow Carrie you worked really hard in 08!
I saw you back on 4/17/08 and the show was awsome!
I can't wait to see what 09 will bring. Keep up the good work girl!
I hope to see you back out on the road in 2010!!
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*Meg*
9.27.06-MET Carrie, shook her hand, had front row seats
4.12.08-Gave Carrie flowers
Lady A's Biggest Fan
Your are Awesome. I have seen some of the Greats Brad Pasiley, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney. And you top them all!!!! You can bet I will see you over and over. Can't wait for the next album and tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
ever since i saw you in concert in feb. you changed my outlook on country music. that was the best concert that ive ever been too !! before you i was honestly never interested in it (country). now i love it! i was always interested in your music ever since american idol but now everything is better. you introduced me to a totally different world, thank you ! you are an amazing person and a extremely talented singer. good luck with everything! and come back to pittsburgh asap
-i love you carrie <333!
None of these accomplishments come as a surprise to me seeming how she his one of the 3 best female voices EVER! Christina Aguilera and Amy Lee of Evanesence being the other 2. I love Carrie everything she does is excellent. Can't wait for more new material she can't put it out fast enough she is a Goddess.
Woooooooo hoooooooooo! Hopefully Carrie will be able to increase her awards in 09' by 10000000000000!!!!!!!
Carrie you are amazin'! Keep up the great work!
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CU=♥
I hope next year you could win Female Entairtainment of the Year Award since you truly deserve this and should not only be given to Male Entertainment.
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taney44
congrats on your success sicne American idol i had you picked from the beginning on your audition and also congrats on getting the #1 video on CMT video of the year top 20 countdown with just a dream and #11 with all american Girl
I can't wait for the people's choice awards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been an extremely very amazing 2008 (not to mentioned few years back) and more to come for Carrie Underwood. Her achievements, awards, her hard work, her energies, her fans...there are countless and endless! When she says she is blessed....she is totally, completely and overwhelming blessed!! Thanks to her good morale and values, modesty, humbleness, cheerfulness, super singing talent, beauty..We all never stop loving her and her great songs.
She deserves a good long xmas holidays after all the Carnival Ride tours. Congratulations on your tours Carrie..it was greatfully a huge success i must say. Dont stop...you need to do more tours outside the states...Honestly you do have fans in Europe and Asia, you may not realise that. Go to the UK..go to Singapore..i will definitely fly and watch your concert.
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We all will stand by Carrie Underwood
Carrie,
You continue to impress and amaze us all. You are truly a living legend, simply unbelievable!! I'm sure you never even dreamed of success as great as yours (or did you??). You are really such a great inspiration to all of your fans. Your ambition, grace, eloquence, and talent are simply unsurpassed, and you are to be commended for it! If you don't already have enough people telling you how great of a job you are doing, here is another. You are doing such a great job!! It's so fun to watch your career continue to flourish.
We all can't wait for you to perform on The People's Choice Awards in January.
When is your next album due out?!? I know, you haven't really had time to record in 2008 with your crazy Carnival Ride tour, but...we're all anxious!!!
Have a very Merry Christmas, and a happy new year.
Love you!!
Cameron
omg im soo happy for her!!!! but i am sad that the tour is over!!!! i whant to se her back in concert!!!!!!! thanx for coming to canada carrie!!!!!! u rock and u r my idol!!!!
go se my site guys !!!!
www.carrieunderwoodrock.piczo.com
and plzz leave a comment !!! thanx!!!
she deserves all of this!!!!!!! congrats carrie!!!!!
i cant wait to see carrie at the
People Choice Awards :]