Teen Choice 2008 Awards

Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and Paramore are among the nominees for the Teen Choice 2008 awards, celebrating the hottest teens in film, television, music, comedy, sports and fashion. Miley Cyrus, a four-time nominee, will host the show airing Mon., Aug. 4 (7 PM CT) on FOX. The surfboard awards will be handed out during the 10th annual broadcast from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA.

Swift is up for Choice Music: Breakout Artist against Colbie Caillat, Flo Rida, Jordin Sparks, and Leona Lewis. Underwood secured a nom for Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon Female along with Hayden Panettiere, Jessica Biel, Kate Hudson and Lauren Conrad. Paramore is up for Choice Music: Breakout Group beside Day 26, Girlicious, Jonas Brothers, and OneRepublic.

Starting today, fans ages 13-19 can vote at www.teenchoiceawards.com. Additional nominees, musical guests, attendees and presenters to be announced.

“Carnival Ride Tour” Adds Performances Through End of The Year

The excitement and overwhelming demand from fans for tickets to Carrie Underwood’s headline tour, the “Carnival Ride Tour,” is no surprise. As one of the hottest country tours on the road this year, additional dates have been added through December. Shows beginning September 23 will feature special guest Little Big Town.

Nearly 600,000 fans have been a part of the “Carnival Ride Tour” audience to date. Underwood will hit 51 cities in the U.S. and Canada this fall, in addition to her wrapping the current leg with opening act Jason Michael Carroll ending June 24. She will also play a select number of fairs and festivals this summer.

Underwood was recently inducted as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry and named Top Female Vocalist at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards for the second consecutive time. Her current album CARNIVAL RIDE, which contains the #1 co-written smash hits “So Small,” “All-American Girl” and “Last Name,” was certified double-platinum within 2 months of its release. Her debut album, SOME HEARTS, was certified 7x-Platinum, becoming the best-selling solo female country debut in RIAA history and surpasses all other releases as the all-time U.S. top-selling album by any American Idol contestant.

All dates for the “Carnival Ride Tour” are below, with select dates going on sale starting Friday, June 20. Please go to www.carrieunderwood.fm for a listing of all tour cities/dates, special fan club pre-sales, and more information.

9/23 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center @ Cleveland State University
9/24 Highland Heights, KY Bank of Kentucky Center
9/25 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
9/27 Grand Forks, ND Ralph Engelstad Arena
9/28 Sioux City, IA Tyson Events Center
9/30 Topeka, KS Landon Arena
10/2 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall @ University of Illinois
10/3 Hoffman Estates, IL Sears Centre
10/4 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
10/ 6 London, Ontario CANADA John Labatt Centre
10/7 Toronto, Ontario CANADA Air Canada Centre
10/10 St. John, NB CANADA Harbour Station
10/11 Moncton, NB CANADA Moncton Coliseum
10/12 Halifax, NS CANADA Halifax MetroCentre
10/14 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Centre
10/15 Boston, MA Agganis Arena
10/16 Kingston, RI Ryan Center
10/18 Syracuse, NY OnCenter at War Memorial
10/19 Philadelphia, PA Liacouras Center
10/21 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
10/23 Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum
10/24 Winston-Salem, NC LJVM Coliseum
10/26 Southaven, MS DeSoto Civic Center
10/27 Jonesboro, AR ASU Convocation Center
10/29 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
10/30 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre
11/1 Houston, TX Reliant Arena
11/2 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
11/6 Las Cruces, NM Pan American Center
11/7 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
11/8 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
11/9 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre
11/14 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Arena
11/15 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
11/17 Portland, OR Rose Garden
11/19 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
11/21 Missoula, MT Adams Center
11/22 Billings, MT Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
11/24 Lethbridge, AB CANADA Enmax Centre
11/25 Edmonton, AB CANADA Rexall Place
11/29 Saskatoon, SK CANADA Credit Union Centre
12/1 Regina, SK CANADA Brandt Centre
12/2 Winnipeg, CANADA MTS Centre
12/4 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum
12/5 St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena
12/7 Nashville, TN Sommet Cener
12/8 Chattanooga, TN UTC McKenzie Arena
12/9 Tupelo, MS BankcorpSouth Arena
12/12 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
12/13 Orlando, FL UCF Arena
12/14 Gainesville, FL Stephen Connell Center

Carrie Underwood Continues to Etch Chart History with Seventh #1 Country Single!

“Last Name” is Her Third Co-Written #1 Single from the Double-Platinum Carnival Ride

Look for Carrie on the Covers of the New Issues of Cosmopolitan and Country Weekly, Both on Sale Now!

Nashville, TN – Three-time GRAMMY winner and two-time, reigning ACM and CMA Female Vocalist winner Carrie Underwood continues to define her place in music history as her newest hit, “Last Name,” this week becomes her seventh consecutive #1 single to top the BDS or Mediabase country airplay charts.

With the unprecedented success of “Last Name,” Underwood becomes the only artist in country chart history to have their first seven singles all reach #1. No country artist in the current era of BDS or Mediabase airplay monitoring has matched this accomplishment, nor has any country artist in recorded chart history debuted at #1 and extended that run across seven hits in a row.

From her Double-Platinum current release, Carnival Ride, “Last Name” is the album’s third #1 single – including “So Small” and “All-American Girl” – all of which were co-written by Carrie. Underwood’s first album, the 7x-Platinum juggernaut, Some Hearts, launched four country chart-toppers beginning with the first single serviced to country radio, the GRAMMY-winning “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” and continuing with “Don’t Forget to Remember Me,” GRAMMY winner “Before He Cheats,” and “Wasted.”

Fans can be watching for Carrie this Saturday, June 14, as she performs on GAC’s Opry Live (8 PM ET), in a re-airing of last week’s special, followed by an encore broadcast of the half-hour profile, Road to the Opry: Carrie Underwood. She’s also featured on the covers of the July issue of Cosmopolitan and the June 16 issue of Country Weekly, both on sale now.

Underwood continues her headlining “Carnival Ride Tour” through the end of the year, with upcoming performances this week in Reading, PA; Huntington, WV; and Greenville, SC.