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BID NOW! The newest eBay auction event for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt includes framed lyrics of Carrie’s Grammy Award winning hit “Before He Cheats” handwritten and signed by its songwriters, Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins! This charity eBay auction runs through Thursday, Feb. 5th. BID NOW!

Three-time GRAMMY winner Carrie Underwood is set to perform at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, where she is also nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance (“Last Name”). The music industry’s premier event will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 8, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show will also be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, on Twitter at “theGRAMMYs,” on Facebook at “The Recording Academy,” on YouTube at “51stGRAMMYs,” and on Last.fm at “the51stgrammys.”

Last night at the 35th Annual People’s Choice Awards live from Los Angeles, CA, Carrie won awards in three categories: Favorite Female Singer, Favorite Country Song (for “Last Name”), and Favorite Star 35 & Under. Her big night began with a powerful performance of “I Know You Won’t” from her multi-platinum album Carnival Ride.

Carrie is the Most-streamed Artist of the Year at CMT.com

Underwood’s smash video “Just A Dream” took the #1 spot on a list compiling the year’s best country music videos. In addition, she was the most-streamed artist on CMT.com for her video “All-American Girl,” which currently boasts more than 1.4 million streams for the year.

Underwood’s “Just A Dream” spent all but two weeks in the Top 5 during her entire 16-week CMT TOP 20 COUNTDOWN run.

“CARNIVAL RIDE TOUR” PLAYS 137 SHOWS FOR NEARLY 1.2 MILLION FANS IN 2008

UNDERWOOD WRAPS 2008 AS MOST-HEARD ARTIST AT COUNTRY RADIO

Grand Ole Opry member and 2008 CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of The Year, Carrie Underwood, is the top selling country female touring artist of 2008 as her headlining “Carnival Ride Tour,” sponsored by vitaminwater®, wrapped this past weekend with fan attendance close to 1.2 million. Underwood played 137 concerts to many sell-out crowds, and appeared last night on the Grand Ole Opry for her last live performance of the year.

In addition to her highly successful headline tour, 2008 was a stellar year for Underwood. She closes out 2008 as the most-heard artist at country radio and was named the #1 Hot Country Songs Artist by Billboard and #1 Top Country Artist by Radio & Records. She became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, co-hosted the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley, won her first BMI Awards as a songwriter, scored 2 more #1 single co-writes this year for a total of 3, performed for the Idol Gives Back and Stand Up 2 Cancer benefits, sang with Elvis on the Elvis Presley Christmas Duets CD, saw her likeness come to life as the latest wax figure at Madame Tussauds New York, shot television commercials for Nintendo and vitaminwater®, made her second appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” graced the covers of Allure, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, In Style, Shape and more, and she was included for a second consecutive year in People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful” issue.

Underwood heads into the New Year with a Grammy nomination for Best Country Female Vocal Performance for “Last Name,” as well as 3 People’s Choice Award nominations- Favorite Female Singer, Favorite Country Song for “Last Name” and Favorite Star 35 & Under. Underwood will perform on the People’s Choice Awards on January 7, 2009.

Since winning “American Idol” in 2005, Underwood has become one of the most popular performers in the nation. Her debut album, Some Hearts, is the biggest selling “American Idol” debut project to date, having sold more than seven million albums in the United States. With the release of her current album Carnival Ride, she has now sold nearly 10 million albums in just over three years and has had nine No. 1 singles. Her many accolades include 8 Billboard Awards, 6 Academy of Country Music Awards, 5 Country Music Association Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 4 CMT Awards, 3 Grammy’s, 2 People’s Choice Awards, 2 BMI Songwriter Awards, and many more.

Previous PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD-winner (and current multiple nominee) and three-time GRAMMY® winner Carrie Underwood has been tapped to perform at THE 35th ANNUAL PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS, hosted by Queen Latifah, to air live on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT), on the CBS Television Network.

Tune in to GAC’s Top 50 Videos of 2008 to see how Carrie’s videos ranked in the countdown.

Air times:
Monday, 12/29 8:00pm ET
Tuesday, 12/30 8:00pm ET
Wednesday, 12/31 8:00pm ET
Thursday, 1/1/2009 8:00pm ET
Friday, 1/2/2009 8:00pm ET
Saturday, 1/3/2009 10:00am – 4:00pm ET Marathon
Sunday, 1/4/2009 10:00am – 4:00pm ET Marathon

See stellar performances by Carrie on GAC as Opry Live takes a look back at its best moments of 2008.

Air TImes:
Saturday, 12/27 9:00pm ET
Sunday, 12/28 1:00am ET, 12:00pm ET, 7:00pm ET
Tuesday, 12/30 9:00pm ET

Planning to be in Nashville on Tuesday, December 16? Treat yourself to an early Christmas present! Come see Carrie, along with Martina McBride, Diamond Rio, and more on the Opry at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville. You can order tickets online at opry.com or call 1-800-SEE-OPRY. Plus, as a special fan of Carrie, you can take advantage of a $3 off discount! Just mention or enter code WEBFAN when ordering your tickets.

Can’t make it in person? Be sure to mark your calendars and tune in to Opry Live on GAC at 9 p.m. ET on December 20 to see her performance.

Last night, the Grammy Awards announced Carrie as a Best Female Country Vocal Performance nominee for her 7th #1 single, “Last Name” from the double platinum Carnival Ride album.