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This online auction hosted by the Grand Ole Opry continues the fun of the first-ever live Guitars of the Stars Benefit Auction which occurred on Friday, June 12 during CMA Music Fest. For Carrie fans, there is an autographed guitar, t-shirt, denim jacket, and more signed by Carrie. Don’t miss your chance to own an item autographed by your favorite star. Visit opryauction.com and start bidding today for a great cause!

All proceeds benefit the Opry Trust Fund, which has for more than 40 years assisted members of the country music community in need of help with medical bills, living expenses, utilities, rent, and food.

Carrie is among the award nominees for Teen Choice 2009, with her double-platinum Carnival Ride album competing in the all-genre category of Choice Music: Album (Female Artist). Teens aged 13 to 19 will be choosing their favorites, with online voting underway now at www.teenchoiceawards.com. Teens can vote once a day if they like, with balloting continuing through August 1 at 12:01 AM PT. Teen Choice 2009 will air August 10, at 8 PM ET, on FOX. Click here to vote now!

Thanks to all of the fans that voted for Carrie for CMT’s Video Of The Year. Click here for a full list of the winners.

Carrie made it to the final for the CMT Awards Video of the Year for “Just A Dream” Vote now until the end of the CMT Awards Show on CMT.com or by texting Underwood to 8611 on your Verizon Wireless phone. Text Underwood to 8611 cast your vote, or click here!

The nonprofit organization, Musician’s On Call, is holding an eBay charity auction featuring the black and yellow L.A.M.B. designer sweater that Carrie wore at the L.A.M.B. Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week in Spring of 2008.

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Carrie, Vince Gill, Montgomery Gentry, Josh Turner and many others will step up to home plate at the 19th Annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge on Wednesday, June 10, at 7 p.m. at Nashville’s Greer Stadium. Arch rival teams, Grand Ole Opry and “After MidNite with Blair Garner” return for an exciting evening of pranks, fun and softball. Tickets are $18 each and $40 for a family four pack. To purchase tickets for the 19th annual City of Hope Nashville Celebrity Softball Challenge, visit www.ticketmaster.com or call 615-255-9600.

Billed as the unofficial kickoff to CMA Music Fest, this year’s softball game will be held in the evening for the first time since its inception 19 years ago. Country’s hottest stars have filled the dugouts for almost two decades to benefit City of Hope, a leading research, education and treatment center for cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The complete all-star line up will be announced in the coming weeks. There will be a silent auction during the game with autographed memorabilia as well as an online auction after the game at www.auctionsforhope.com

For more information on the 19th Annual City of Hope Nashville Celebrity Softball Challenge, visit www.cityofhope.org/softball

A first-ever Guitars of the Stars Benefit Auction sponsored by Humana to benefit the Opry Trust Fund Friday, June 12, 2 p.m. at the Ryman Auditorium will give fans in town for CMA Music Fest the unique opportunity to bid on Epiphone acoustic guitars decorated by country stars. Carrie has contributed a guitar, as have many other country superstars! CMA and Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Steve Wariner will also perform a number from his upcoming project STEVE WARINER, C.G.P., MY TRIBUTE TO CHET ATKINS followed by auction fun. For more information and to check out all the Opry action going on during CMA Music Fest week, visit www.opry.com/cmafest

Carrie Underwood: All-American Girl, a spotlight exhibit featuring the merlot silk taffeta gown worn by Carrie at the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards, will open June 11 at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum in Nashville, TN. Underwood won two awards at the ceremony: Entertainer of the Year and Top Female Vocalist.

The show-stopping dress, which was created by Miami-based designer Rafael Cennamo, features 120 yards of fabric and an eight-foot-long train. Underwood wore the voluminous confection during her April 5 performance of her hit song “I Told You So” (written and recorded originally by Randy Travis). “It was an honor to wear such a beautiful dress during one of the most special nights of my life. I truly felt like a princess!” says Underwood.

Carrie Underwood: All-American Girl, which is included with regular Museum admission, will remain open through December 31, 2009. If you’re going to be in Nashville for CMA MusicFest, June 11-14, be sure to check out the exhibit.

More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.com or by calling (615) 416-2001.

Carrie will return to American Idol (FOX) on Tuesday, May 19 to perform live this year’s Idol farewell song, “Home Sweet Home.”

Carrie’s “Home Sweet Home,” a cover of the original hit by Mötley Crüe, has aired on each results show during the Top 12 as the goodbye theme for contestants leaving the show. Carrie, 19 Recordings, Sony Music Nashville, and iTunes are donating a portion of the sales proceeds of the “Home Sweet Home” digital single to The Humane Society of the United States (www.hsus.org). These donations will be used directly for programs that help companion animals, provide spay/neuter services, and rescue and shelter animal victims of puppy mills and disasters.

Carrie Becomes the First Country Artist in History to Achieve 10 #1 Singles from Their First Two Albums!

“I Told You So” Today Marks Her 10th #1 Single with Album Sales Already Topping 10 Million!

She’s sold more than 10 million albums with her first two records alone, and now Carrie hits another milestone 10 as her current smash, “I Told You So,” becomes her 10th single to top a key sales or airplay chart. The accomplishment makes the four-time GRAMMY winner the first country artist in history ever to achieve 10 #1 singles on the strength of their first two albums.

This week’s #1 country airplay blockbuster also marks the fifth consecutive chart-topper from Carrie’s Carnival Ride album, which includes “Just a Dream” and three hits Carrie co-wrote: “So Small,” “All-American Girl,” and “Last Name.”

The newly crowned ACM Entertainer of the Year and three-time reigning ACM and CMA Female Vocalist accomplishes the rare feat of taking a former #1 song to the top of the country charts a second time – 21 years after Randy Travis first saw his composition hit the chart summit. She becomes the first country artist to return a song to #1 since Alan Jackson took the Don Williams classic, “It Must Be Love,” back to the top nearly nine years ago.

In addition to her original recording of “I Told You So” on Carnival Ride, a special studio duet of the song is currently available as a digital single, featuring Carrie with Randy Travis.

The only American Idol winner ever to achieve 10 #1 hits, Underwood’s collection of chart-toppers began with the instant success of her post-American Idol single, “Inside Your Heaven,” which debuted atop Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the summer of 2005. It was the first of five #1s from her 7x-Platinum debut, Some Hearts, with the others including the GRAMMY-winning “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Before He Cheats,” as well as “Don’t Forget to Remember Me” and “Wasted.”

And in a bit of Carrie trivia, 10 continues to be a lucky number for Carrie. Her birthday is March 10, and just two weeks after her American Idol win in 2005, she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry on the 10th of June and later became a member of the Opry with her official induction on May 10, 2008.