Month: October 2007

First-Week Sales of 527,101 Deliver the Best-Selling Debut Week of Any Female Artist in 2007, Arriving at #1 on Billboard’s Country and Pop Charts!

Carnival Ride Nets the Highest Debut-Week Sales of Any Sophomore Country Album in SoundScan History and Scores a Massive 60% Increase over Week One Sales of Underwood’s 6x-Platinum Blockbuster, Some Hearts

Digital Sales of 44,928 Mark the Largest Country Debut in Digital Album Chart History

Nashville, TN – She’s the reigning CMA and ACM Female Vocalist and two-time GRAMMY winner, and Carrie Underwood continues the record-breaking ways of her Sextuple-Platinum debut album, Some Hearts, with the explosive arrival of Carnival Ride, which vaults to #1 atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums and all-genre Billboard 200 charts with mammoth first-week sales of 527,101.

Setting multiple chart records, Carnival Ride not only earned the best-selling first week of any country sophomore album since the inception of SoundScan, but also notched the largest country debut in digital album chart history, with digital sales of 44,928.

As part of the excitement surrounding the album release, Underwood has recently been featured on Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Early Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the third game of the World Series (singing the National Anthem), and more, with upcoming performances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Nov 5), a second Good Morning America (Nov 12), and The Late Show with David Letterman (Nov 13). With additional appearances yet to be announced, Carrie will also perform on The 41st Annual CMA Awards on November 7, where she is a triple nominee, up for Female Vocalist of the Year, as well as Single of the Year and Music Video of the Year (for “Before He Cheats,” which also earned a Song of the Year nomination for its songwriters).

Carnival Ride’s first smash single, “So Small,” is currently inside the country airplay Top 5 and follows a string of four consecutive #1 country singles from her first album. Released in November of 2005, Underwood’s 19 Recordings/Arista Records/Arista Nashville debut, Some Hearts, became the best-selling, single-disc country album by a solo female in the new millennium and, with sales topping 1.3 million copies this year alone, has so far remained the best-selling country album of 2007.

Carrie is nominated in the Favorite Female Artist – Country category as well as the Favorite Album – Country category for Some Hearts.

For the first time in American Music Awards history, winners will be determined by online voting at ama.abc.com (votes will be collected from Oct. 9 to Nov. 1). Winners will be broadcast live on ABC, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18th (8:00-11:00 pm ET/PT) from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles.

Vote here: https://abc.go.com/primetime/ama/index

Catch Carrie performing “So Small” on tonight’s 10/29 edition of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno!

The show kicks off at 10:35 (CST) on NBC.

Condé Nast Media Group (CNMG), the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced today an all-star line-up of performers for MOVIES ROCK – a two-hour live event and television special that celebrates the powerful relationship between music and film. The live event will take place at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on December 2, 2007, and will air on Friday, December 7 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The Entertainment Industry Foundation will be a beneficiary of the project.

MOVIES ROCK will pay tribute to some of music’s most iconic moments in film. Performances will include Beyoncé singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz and Carrie Underwood performing the title song from The Sound of Music. Fergie and Jennifer Hudson will lend their own magic to “Live And Let Die” and “Goldfinger” from the James Bond films while Mary J. Blige and John Legend will sing “As Time Goes By” from Casablanca. Legendary composer John Williams will lead an orchestra in a medley of his original scores, and Elton John will honor the music from animated features.

Spend an hour with Carrie Underwood on GAC Nights, Tuesday October 23 at 10 p.m. ET on GAC. Tune in as Carrie talks about songwriting, dating and men, and her future plans for a family. Host Suzanne Alexander and Carrie also talk about the release of her new album, Carnival Ride, which hits stores on October 23rd.

Check out the GAC Nights page https://www.gactv.com/gac/shows_ngt/ for more air times!

GAC is offered on Ch. 167 on DISH Network and on Ch. 326 on DIRECTV; check your local cable listings to search for GAC in your area! Be sure to visit the Carrie Underwood section of GACTV.com.

NASHVILLE – October 17, 2007 – Superstar Carrie Underwood takes over CMT for a weekend and introduces a six-episode series bearing her name, CARRIE MUSIC TELEVISION, premiering Saturday, October 20 at 3:30-4:00 p.m., ET/PT. Underwood programs six half-hour episodes of her favorite videos in the new series CARRIE MUSIC TELEVISION, and steps in as honorary CMT host for the weekend. Underwood also stopped by the CMT studio to dish about her latest album with hosts Lance Smith and Katie Cook on CMT TOP 20 COUNTDOWN, premiering Thursday, October 18 at 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET/PT, and CMT INSIDER, premiering Saturday, October 20 at 2:00-2:30 p.m., ET/PT.

CARRIE MUSIC TELEVISION premieres as follows:

Episode 101 – “Girl Power.” Premieres Saturday, Oct. 20 at 3:30-4:00 p.m., ET/PT.

Episode 102 – “Get The Party Started.” Premieres Sunday, Oct. 21 at 10:30-11:00 a.m., ET/PT.

Episode 103 – “Best Live.” Premieres Sunday, Oct. 28 at 10:30-11:00 a.m., ET/PT.

Episode 104 – “Keep An Eye On.” Premieres Sunday, Nov. 4 at 10:30-11:00 a.m., ET/PT.

Episode 105 – “Break It Off.” Premieres Sunday, Nov. 11 at 10:30-11:00 a.m., ET/PT.

Episode 106 – “Country Hotties.” Premieres Sunday, Nov. 18 at 10:30-11:00 a.m., ET/PT.

CMT first became “Carrie Music Television” when it world premiered her video “So Small,” airing it back-to-back for six straight hours in a network first. The video set single day streaming records for CMT.com during its exclusive online debut.

Underwood’s new 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville album, Carnival Ride, will be released October 23. The first single, “So Small,” written by Underwood, Luke Laird, and Hillary Lindsey, broke records earlier this month when it earned the highest first-week sales of any country airplay single in digital history. The song also debuted on the Billboard/R&R country airplay chart last month as the highest entry by a solo country female artist in Nielsen BDS history.

For more information on CARRIE MUSIC TELEVISION, visit CMT.com.

Good Morning America Presents Carrie Underwood Live in New York City!
If you would like to attend, please read the info below:

Date:October 23,2007
Arrival time: 6:00 a.m.
The show ends promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Location: Times Square / 1500 Broadway
You may bring a camera and a handwritten poster.
No large bags allowed.

Nashville, TN – (October 15, 2007) – Reigning CMA and ACM Female Vocalist Carrie Underwood will begin television appearances this weekend to promote her new album, Carnival Ride, due in stores October 23. Her first performance is set as part of the Grand Ole Opry’s 82nd Birthday Bash Celebration on Saturday, October 20 when Underwood makes the television debut of her co-written single “So Small” on Opry Live on GAC. Additional appearances include Good Morning America October 23 LIVE in Times Square, Live with Regis and Kelly October 24 and on Friday, October 26 Underwood will perform on the CBS Early Show.

After wrapping up in New York City next week, Underwood will head to the City of Angels for an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Monday, October 29 followed the next week by a performance on The Ellen Show November 5. Later in the week Underwood will make her third appearance on the 41st Annual CMA Awards set for November 7 in Nashville where she is a triple nominee. Underwood is also slated for another appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on November 13.

CMT Insider will air an exclusive interview with Underwood and host Katie Cook on Saturday, October 20. GAC’s Country Across America will also feature a sit down with host Storme Warren on Thursday, October 18, and Underwood will also appear on GAC Nights October 23.

Carnival Ride in Stores October 23.

Congratulations to Carrie on her two American Music Award nominations! Carrie is nominated in the Favorite Female Artist – Country category as well as the Favorite Album Country category for Some Hearts.
For the first time in American Music Awards history, winners will be determined by online voting at ama.abc.com (votes will be collected from Oct. 9 to Nov. 1). Winners will be broadcast live on ABC, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18th (8:00-11:00 pm ET/PT) from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles.
BE SURE TO CAST YOUR VOTES FOR CARRIE AT ama.abc.com

Show Leads in to the October 23 Release of Carrie’s New Album, Carnival Ride
Reigning CMA and ACM Female Vocalist and two-time GRAMMY winner Carrie Underwood will perform the television debut of her latest smash, “So Small,” from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for GAC’s televised Opry Live, airing October 20. The show marks a double celebration as the venerable Opry enjoys its 82nd birthday, while Underwood looks ahead to the release of her new album, Carnival Ride, on October 23.

In addition to her Opry appearance on Saturday the 20th, fans in Nashville will also be able to see Carrie perform live at the Opry next Tuesday, October 9.

Currently Top-10-and-climbing on the country airplay charts, “So Small” is the debut single from Carnival Ride, Carrie’s first album following the six-million-selling success of her ACM Album of the Year, Some Hearts.