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CARRIE UNDERWOOD SCORES HER 23rd #1 SINGLE WITH “HEARTBEAT”

 

“Heartbeat” Becomes Carrie’s 13th #1 as a Songwriter

 

 

Nashville, TN, March 14, 2016 – ACM Female Vocalist of the Year nominee and seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood has just achieved the 23^rd #1 single of her career with “Heartbeat,” the second #1 single from her chart-topping album, Storyteller.  Her 13^th #1 as a songwriter, “Heartbeat,” reached the top spot on both the Billboard and Mediabase country airplay charts. The song is also currently #1 on Canada’s Mediabase country airplay chart for a third consecutive week.

 

“Heartbeat,” written by Carrie, Zach Crowell, and Ashley Gorley, and produced by Crowell, is Carrie’s 13^th #1 as a songwriter. Rolling Stone touted “Heartbeat” as “head-turningly sexy” and NASH Country Weekly says “Carrie interprets the message with real conviction and a passion that hits the right emotional notes.”

 

The music video for “Heartbeat,” directed by Randee St Nicholas, currently sits at #1 on GAC’s fan-voted Top 20 Country Countdown, where it’s reigned for 6 straight weeks. Watch the video here: https://smarturl.it/cuheartbeataudio

 

Carrie wrapped up the international dates of The Storyteller Tour this past weekend, playing sold out shows at Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium, London’s O2 Arena, and Dublin’s 3 Arena. The weekend before Carrie played for the first time in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway to enthusiastic crowds. All 5 dates were a part of Country to Country (C2C), Europe’s biggest country music festival.

Carrie Underwood Celebrates 22nd #1 Hit

with “Smoke Break” Industry Party

Nashville- March 2, 2016- — Carrie Underwood and the co-writers of her #1 hit “Smoke Break” celebrated its success with music industry executives, family, and friends yesterday in Nashville. “Smoke Break” was written by Carrie, Hillary Lindsey, and Chris DeStefano, the same trio that penned Carrie’s last #1 hit, “Little Toy Guns.” 

“Smoke Break,” described by The Guardian as “refreshingly smart and bold,” became Carrie’s 22nd career #1 hit as well as her 12th #1 co-write and was the lead single from her gold-selling, #1 debuting Storyteller album. 

Photo 1:

Pictured- ASCAP songwriter Chris DeStafano, BMI songwriter Carrie Underwood, ASCAP songwriter Hillary Lindsey

Photo 2:

Pictured- (L-R): Back Row: Sony ATV’s Josh Van Valkenburg, BMG’s Chris Oglesby, ASCAP’s Michael Martin, BMI’s Bradly Collins, ASCAP’s Beth Brinker, BMI’s Jody Williams and Arista Nashville’s Randy Goodman. Front Row: Chris DeStefano, Carrie Underwood, and Hillary Lindsey.  

Photo credits: Erika Goldring

Carrie Underwood Sells Out All Nine Shows of

“The Storyteller Tour” Since Launch

 

Tour Heads to Europe Next Week for C2C Festival

With Sold Out Shows in London and Glasgow

Carrie Meets with Military Families and Patients of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

 

Carrie performs live before 17,000 fans at Boston’s TD Garden

 

NASHVILLE, TN– (February 26, 2016) – Following her performance on the Grammy Awards last week, Carrie Underwood sold out five consecutive arena concerts in Pittsburgh, PA, Hampton, VA, Philadelphia, PA, Boston, MA, and Washington, D.C. Underwood  has sold out all nine arena shows since The Storyteller Tour launched.

The seven-time Grammy winner and Pollstar’s three-time top female country touring artist will continue The Storyteller Tour overseas next week as Carrie headlines five concerts during Europe’s biggest country music festival, Country to Country (C2C).  Named “one of the strongest and most engaging performers in today’s music” by the Pittsburgh Tribune, the Carrie-headlined C2C shows at London’s O2 and Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium have sold out, with festival attendance in London doubling since Underwood’s previous C2C performance in 2013.  The international leg of The Storyteller Tour will begin in Stockholm, Sweden on March 4 and will wrap in Dublin, Ireland on March 13. Sam Hunt and Little Big Town will join the Glasgow, London, and Dublin shows. Dates and cities are listed below, and for more info click here.

 

March 4 – Stockholm, Sweden / Annexet

March 5 – Oslo, Norway / Spektrum

March 11 – Glasgow, Scotland / Clyde Auditorium

March 12 – London, England / O2 Arena

March 13 – Dublin, Ireland / 3 Arena

 

Carrie visited Seacrest Studios at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

 

While on tour in Pennsylvania this week, Carrie visited the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with the Ryan Seacrest Foundation where she was interviewed by and met patients at the Foundation’s Seacrest Studios. Also in Philadelphia, as well as in Boston and Washington, D.C., Carrie met with military families as part of the Honor. Family. Fun. initiative launched in January by Carnival Cruise Line, Operation Homefront, and Carrie to support military families.

 

Carrie Meets Military Family in Philadelphia with Reps from Carnival Cruise Line and Operation Homefront as part of their Honor. Family. Fun. Initiative

 

Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA on February 22, 2016

 

Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA on February 22, 2016

 

Photo credits:

Top live shot from Boston- Jeff Johnson

Hospital shot- Courtesy Ryan Seacrest Foundation

Trade Shot- (L-R) Christine Duffy, President of Carnival Cruise Line, Carrie, The Martin Family (Jonathon, Cara, Taryn and Eryca) and Marty Hauser of Operation Homefront

Live Shot from Philadelphia- Jeff Johnson

Live Shot from Philadelphia- Jeff Johnson

Country superstar Carrie Underwood was surprised last Friday evening (2/5) with a 20 Million Albums Sold plaque following her Louisville appearance on her Storyteller Tour – Stories in The Round.  The plaque commemorates the sales sum of Carrie’s Some Hearts, Carnival Ride, Play On, Blown Away, Greatest Hits: Decade #1, and Storyteller albums.

 

Pictured here (left to right), backstage at KFC Yum! Center are: Sony Music Nashville Marketing Director Rachel Fontenot, Sales VP Caryl Healey, Promotion & Artist Development EVP Steve Hodges, and Chairman & CEO Randy Goodman; Underwood; Sony Music Nashville EVP/COO Ken Robold; Ann Edelblute, Carrie Underwood’s manager (The HQ); and Sony Music Nashville Marketing Sr. VP Paul Barnabee, Marketing & Media Mgr Bob Foglia, and Digital Strategy VP Sarah Westbrook. (Photo credit: Jeff Johnson)

 

Invited media, special guests, and label executives gather with Carrie Underwood. (Photo credit: Jeff Johnson)

 

Carrie Underwood Stages Biggest Tour of Career with
“The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round”

 

Launches with Back to Back Sold Out Shows

 

 

Nashville, TN – (February 3, 2016) – Carrie Underwood’s “Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round” launched on Saturday in Jacksonville, FL, and continued Monday in Atlanta, GA, both to sold-out 360-degree crowds. The tour’s 17 semi-trucks and 8 buses rolled into Greensboro, NC for the third show tonight to continue its highly-successful 2016 run. Already fans and critics are raving about her stand-out performances coupled with the dramatic in-the-round stage production.

 

The show “is a no-expense-spared spectacle that highlights her approachable beauty, her roar of a voice and a substantive set of songs that have commanded the charts since her ‘American Idol’ victory a long decade ago,” expressed the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “The in-the-round setup commissioned by Underwood allows for unparalleled vantage points – and even those in the arena’s highest peaks could watch one of four oval video screens situated above each side of the stage.”  And says the Florida Times-Union, “Lasers and swaying spotlights and fireworks and explosions all added to the spectacle. But make no mistake, Underwood was the star of the show.”

 

Underwood, known for her vocal prowess and the ability to create stellar performance moments in any realm, concert, television, or recordings, spent much of 2015 working with her team to create her most spectacular concert tour to date. Barry Lather (Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Usher, Michael Jackson) is the tour’s Creative Director and Butch Allen (Metallica, The Eagles, Eric Church, No Doubt) is Production & Lighting Designer. “The Storyteller Tour” required many weeks of technical planning and rehearsing to program lighting cues, automation, and special effects, followed by numerous full-on performance rehearsals with Underwood and her band.

 

“The Storyteller Tour” features a staple in any Underwood production, wardrobe changes. She worked with Emmy-winning costume designer Marina Toybina to create varying costume options for each of the five acts so fans will see a variety of outfits every night during her 100+ minute set. Marina also designed the wardrobe for Underwood’s 2012/2013 “Blown Away Tour.”

 

The massive stage has seven elevator lifts and spans over 150 feet across the arena floor, with a main center stage expanse of 48 feet in diameter that rotates 360-degrees. The center lift can raise to 18 feet high. There are four satellite stages and three concentric LED rings that hover in the air and move throughout the show for visual moments and effects, plus four larger oval screens that provide video for fans on all sides of the arena. A very unique spotlight technology, the Black Track system, follows Carrie where ever she travels across the massive stage with aide by special beacons that have been built into her wardrobe.

 

Underwood will take a short break from the tour following this weekend to perform on the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards®, where the seven-time GRAMMY winner is nominated this year for “Little Toy Guns” in the Best Country Solo Performance category. The GRAMMY Awards® will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network, Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

 

The Storyteller Tour:

Feb-3	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Coliseum
Feb-5	Louisville, KY	KFC Yum! Center
Feb-17	Pittsburgh, PA	CONSOL Energy Center
Feb-20	Hampton, VA	Hampton Coliseum
Feb-22	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center
Feb-23	Boston, MA	TD Garden
Feb-25	Washington, DC	Verizon Center
Mar-4	Stockholm, Sweden	C2C/Hovet*
Mar-5	Oslo, Norway	C2C/Spektrum*
Mar-11	Glasgow, Scotland	C2C/ Clyde Auditorium*
Mar-12	London, England	C2C/ O2 Arena*
Mar-13	Dublin, Ireland	C2C/ 3 Arena*
Mar-17	Youngstown, OH	Covelli Centre
Mar-19	Allentown, PA	PPL Center
Mar-22	Auburn Hills, MI	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar-24	St. Louis, MO	Chaifetz Arena
Mar-26	Lincoln, NE	Pinnacle Bank Arena
Mar-29	Colorado Springs, CO	Broadmoor World Arena
Mar-30	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center
Apr-1	Las Vegas, NV	ACM Party for a Cause Festival*
Apr-5	Fresno, CA	Save Mart Center
Apr-8	Reno, NV	Reno Events Center
Apr-10	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena
Apr-12	Stockton, CA	Stockton Arena
Apr-14	Phoenix, AZ	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Apr-16	Las Cruces, NM	Pan American Center
Apr-18	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center
Apr-19	Houston, TX	Toyota Center
Apr-22	Bossier City, LA	CenturyLink Center
Apr-24	Lafayette, LA	Cajundome
Apr-27	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center
Apr-28	N. Little Rock, AR	Verizon Arena
Apr-30	Indio, CA	Stagecoach*
May-3	Madison, WI	Kohl Center
May-5	Green Bay, WI	Resch Center
May-7	Grand Forks, ND	Ralph Engelstad Arena
May-10	Casper, WY	Casper Events Center
May-12	Billings, MT	Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
May-15	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center
May-17	Rosemont, IL	Allstate Arena
May-18	Cleveland, OH	Quicken Loans Arena
May-24	Buffalo, NY	First Niagara Center
May-27	Ottawa, ON	Canadian Tire Centre
May-28	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre
May-30	London, ON	Budweiser Gardens

*festival date

 

“Storyteller Tour- Stories in the Round,” in association with ALMAY, and Carnival in support of Operation Homefront, is promoted by AEG in North America and includes special guests Easton Corbin and The Swon Brothers.

Carrie Underwood Launches Tour with
Sold-out 360-Degrees to Crowd of 14,000

 

“The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round”

 

 

NASHVILLE, TN – Nashville, TN – (February 1, 2016) – 2016 Grammy nominee Carrie Underwood launched The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round over the weekend in Jacksonville, Florida with a sold-out 360-degrees crowd of nearly 14,000 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. This is Underwood’s first tour “in the round.” With the stage in the middle of the arena floor, the 360-degree setting “had the effect of providing front-row seats for hundreds of fans. Lasers and swaying spotlights and fireworks and explosions all added to the spectacle. But make no mistake, Underwood was the star of the show,” said the Florida Times-Union.

 

Underwood’s second single “Heartbeat” from her #1 selling Storyteller album, being performed in the tour photo, has reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart today. The song was co-written by Underwood, Ashley Gorley and Zach Crowell and was produced by Crowell.

 

Be a part of a special moment EXCLUSIVE only to those who have downloaded the free Official Carrie Underwood App! The app is designed to release a special feature only on the night of the show which will allow you to help illuminate Carrie’s performance of “Heartbeat”. Don’t miss out on being a part of the show and download the free app now!

Step 1: Click here or search “Carrie Underwood” in the App Store or on Google Play

 

Step 2: Create an account and click “ALLOW” when asked about location services

Step 3: When Carrie and the band start playing “Heartbeat,” click the heart icon located in the top LEFT corner of the app, then hold up your phone to be a part of the show!

*NOTE the heart icon will ONLY appear on the day of the show and ONLY if you allow the app to access your location

Carrie Underwood Continues Momentum Into 2016

“The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round” to Launch This Weekend

Carrie to Perform on 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards®

 

 

NASHVILLE, TN – Nashville, TN – (January 28, 2016) – 2016 Grammy nominee and Pollstar’s three-time top female country touring artist, Carrie Underwood, will launch a new arena tour this Saturday, January 30th, with a sold-out show in Jacksonville, Florida at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round, in association with award-winning cosmetics brand ALMAY, will take new music from her Gold-certified Storyteller album on the road, playing 40 arenas across the U.S. and Canada as well as five international shows in March during Europe’s biggest country music festival, Country to Country (C2C).

 

On The Storyteller Tour Underwood will meet soldiers and their families in a new initiative with Carnival Cruise Line and Operation Homefront, a national non-profit that builds strong, stable, and secure military families. The year-longHonor. Family. Fun. program will help raise funds for Operation Homefront. Videos highlighting the meet & greets and the families’ individual stories will be featured on carnival.com/HonorFamilyFun.

 

After the tour’s first week, Underwood will continue her momentum from an impressive 2015, which closed with a live performance in Times Square on New Year’s Eve garnering 28 million viewers.  She will perform a collaboration with Sam Hunt at the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards®, where the seven-time GRAMMY winner is nominated this year for “Little Toy Guns” in the Best Country Solo Performance category. The GRAMMY Awards® will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network, Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

 

The GRAMMYs have included Underwood in their promotional campaign, “Witness Greatness,” which celebrates the uniqueness of Music’s Biggest Night through TV, print, social, and outdoor advertisements. Also featured are Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, Sam Smith, and The Weeknd.

 

The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round is promoted by AEG Live and will include special guests Easton Corbin and The Swon Brothers on the North American dates. Tickets are available now at www.aeglive.com.

 

The Storyteller Tour:

Jan-30	Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Feb-1	Duluth, GA	Infinite Energy Arena
Feb-3	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Coliseum
Feb-5	Louisville, KY	KFC Yum! Center
Feb-17	Pittsburgh, PA	CONSOL Energy Center
Feb-20	Hampton, VA	Hampton Coliseum
Feb-22	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center
Feb-23	Boston, MA	TD Garden
Feb-25	Washington, DC	Verizon Center
Mar 4 Mar 5 Mar-11	Stockholm, Sweden Oslo, Norway Glasgow, Scotland	C2C/ Hovet* C2C/ Spektrum* C2C/ Clyde Auditorium*
Mar-12	London, England	C2C/ O2 Arena*
Mar-13	Dublin, Ireland	C2C/ 3 Arena*
Mar-17	Youngstown, OH	Covelli Centre
Mar-19	Allentown, PA	PPL Center
Mar-22	Auburn Hills, MI	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar-24	St. Louis, MO	Chaifetz Arena
Mar-26	Lincoln, NE	Pinnacle Bank Arena
Mar-29	Colorado Springs, CO	Broadmoor World Arena
Mar-30	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center
Apr-1	Las Vegas, NV	ACM Party for a Cause Festival*
Apr-5	Fresno, CA	Save Mart Center
Apr-8	Reno, NV	Reno Events Center
Apr-10	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena
Apr-12	Stockton, CA	Stockton Arena
Apr-14	Phoenix, AZ	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Apr-16	Las Cruces, NM	Pan American Center
Apr-18	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center
Apr-19	Houston, TX	Toyota Center
Apr-22	Bossier City, LA	CenturyLink Center
Apr-24	Lafayette, LA	Cajundome
Apr-27	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center
Apr-28	N. Little Rock, AR	Verizon Arena
Apr-30	Indio, CA	Stagecoach*
May-3	Madison, WI	Kohl Center
May-5	Green Bay, WI	Resch Center
May-7	Grand Forks, ND	Ralph Engelstad Arena
May-10	Casper, WY	Casper Events Center
May-12	Billings, MT	Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
May-15	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center
May-17	Rosemont, IL	Allstate Arena
May-18	Cleveland, OH	Quicken Loans Arena
May-24	Buffalo, NY	First Niagara Center
May-27	Ottawa, ON	Canadian Tire Centre
May-28	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre
May-30	London, ON	Budweiser Gardens

*festival date

 

Each of Carrie’s three previous headline arena tours, 2008’s Carnival Ride Tour, the Play On Tour in 2010, and 2012-2013’s Blown Away Tour played for over one million fans. When the Blown Away Tour wrapped in 2013, Carrie had performed 112 shows in 110 cities across three continents and six countries, including sold-out shows at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall, and two nights at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.

 

Continuing its tradition of pairing artists in never-before-seen GRAMMY Moments, The Recording Academy announced that seven-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee Carrie Underwood will return to the stage on Music’s Biggest Night for a collaboration with Sam Hunt.

 

The 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on CBS, Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.