Month: April 2014

Six-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood received a standing ovation during her headline performance at the TIME 100 Gala held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City last night (4/29).  The event honored present and past recipients of the 100 most influential people in the world.  Some of this year’s honorees in attendance were Amy Adams, Alfonso Cuaron, Megyn Kelly (who introduced Carrie’s performance), Seth Meyers, Rupert Murdoch, Rand Paul, Charlie Rose, Christy Turlington, Pharrell Williams (who also performed), and more.

Carrie was also honored as one of this years’ TIME 100 in addition to Hillary Clinton, Jeff Bezos, Beyonce, Pope Francis, Robert Redford, Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, President Barack Obama and many more.  The full TIME 100 list and related tributes appear in the May 5 issue of TIME, available on newsstands and tablets now and can also be found at www.time.com/time100.  Carrie’s longtime friend Brad Paisley serves as the guest writer for her profile in this year’s issue. 

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Carrie Underwood performing at the TIME 100 Gala

Carrie on the red carpet

Carrie backstage with Pharrell Williams

The reigning queen of country music, Carrie Underwood, will bring her powerhouse vocals to the Great New York State Fair Grandstand on Wednesday, August 27, Troy Waffner, Acting Fair Director, announced today. Tickets, priced at $70, $60, and $50 go on sale at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 3 at the New York State Fair box office and through the Fair’s only official online ticket agent, etix.com, or by calling etix toll-free at 1-800-514-3849.

Since winning American Idol in 2005, Carrie has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, placed 18 singles at #1, nine of which she co-wrote, within four albums. She’s won a vast array of awards including six GRAMMYs®, and three female vocalist awards from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM). In 2010, when Carrie garnered her second win as ACM Entertainer of the Year, she became the first female artist to win the award twice. In addition, Carrie has won seven American Music Awards, six People’s Choice Awards, nine CMT Music Awards, 12 American Country Awards, nine BMI Songwriter Awards, and is a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry.


In the spring of 2013, Carrie wrapped her highly successful headline arena tour, “The Blown Away Tour,” which performed a total of 112 dates in 110 cities, in six countries across three continents, playing for more than one million fans and selling out every concert in 2013.

This past December, Carrie starred as Maria Von Trapp in NBC’s three-hour live broadcast of The Sound of Music, based on the original musical, delivering a ratings bonanza as the show ranked #1. More than 44 million viewers saw some or all of the groundbreaking event and its re-airing. Last year Carrie became the voice of primetime television’s #1 program, Sunday Night Football on NBC, singing the opening theme song, “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.”

“Carrie Underwood is one of the biggest stars in country music with a huge fan base and a playlist of songs that her fans know and love by heart,” said Acting Director Waffner. “This year’s Grandstand Concert Series is shaping up to be one of the best ones we’ve had in years and if you’re not getting excited yet about this year’s Fair, you should be. We are ‘Summer’s Best in Show’ and we have even more exciting concert announcements like this one coming right around the corner.”

TIME’S ANNUAL LIST OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 

Underwood’s Story for TIME Contributed by Brad Paisley

TIME has named six-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood to the TIME 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.  The full list and related tributes appear in the May 5 issue of TIME, available on newsstands and tablets on Friday, April 25, and now at www.time.com/time100. 

Carrie will also headline a performance as part of the TIME 100 Gala to be held on April 29 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.  The black-tie dinner will include present and past recipients of most influential list.  Previous guests have included Pres. Bill Clinton, Justin Timberlake, Oprah Winfrey, Carlos Slim, Amy Poehler, Gabrielle Giffords, Steven Spielberg and many more. 

The TIME 100 features pairings of the influentials and the guest contributors TIME selects to write about them.  Carrie’s longtime friend Brad Paisley serves as the guest writer for her profile in this year’s issue.  He shares, “Not only has she earned her place [in country music], she’s raised the bar: a prolific songwriter, a trend-setter, and an Opry member.  But it’s her decency as a person that is so impressive.”    

The list, now in its 11th year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals.  As TIME has described the list in the past, “The TIME 100 is not a list of the most powerful people in the world, it’s not a list of the smartest people in the world, it’s a list of the most influential people in the world. They’re scientists, they’re thinkers, they’re philosophers, they’re leaders, they’re icons, they’re artists, they’re visionaries.  People who are using their ideas, their visions, their actions to transform the world and have an effect on a multitude of people.” 

HBO will Premiere Induction Special on Saturday, May 31 at 9pm ET/PT

Nashville- April 11, 2014 – Six-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood performed last night during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony as part of an all-star cast honoring Linda Ronstadt. Underwood performed solo and alongside Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, Emmylou Harris, and Sheryl Crow on some of Ronstadt’s biggest hits including “Different Drum,” "Blue Bayou," “You’re No Good,” "It’s So Easy," and “When Will I Be Loved.”

This year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees included Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates, KISS, Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens, the E Street Band, Brian Epstein and Andrew Loog Oldham.

The event was held last night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and will premiere on HBO on Saturday, May 31 at 9pm ET/PT.

Photo l-r: Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, Underwood, Emmylou Harris
Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

CARRIE UNDERWOOD NAMED A FINALIST AS CHEVROLET AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS TEAM UP TO PRESENT THE FAN VOTED MILESTONE AWARD AT THE “2014 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS” ON MAY 18TH LIVE ON ABC 

Fans Can Vote for their Favorite Chart Milestone Finalist Online at Billboard.com, and Enter Contest to Present Award LIVE Onstage to Winner with Global Music Superstar Kelly Rowland

The Billboard Music Awards and Chevrolet are teaming up to celebrate the impact of this year’s hitmakers with the second annual Milestone Award at the “2014 Billboard Music Awards” broadcasting live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 18 on ABC at 8:00 PM ET/PT.  Fans can vote for their favorite Milestone artist online and enter a contest for a chance to win an opportunity to present the award live at this year’s event alongside global music superstar and Billboard Music Award winner Kelly Rowland.

The special editorial award will be given to an innovative artist who has achieved a notable chart milestone over the past year. Carrie Underwood joins a group of six finalists for the 2014 Milestone Award presented by Chevrolet that were announced today on Billboard.com – other artists include Imagine Dragons, John Legend, Luke Bryan, OneRepublic, and Ellie Goulding.

Voting is now open on Billboard.com/milestone. The six finalists will be narrowed down to three finalists, who will be announced on the website on April 21st. Voting will then continue through the first two hours of the live 2014 Billboard Music Awards broadcast, culminating with the announcement of the award winner during the last hour of the show.

Vote here: Billboard.com/milestone