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Underwood Earns Multiple Year-End Accolades and Is the Billboard 200 Top-Selling Female Artist of 2007

Carrie’s 6x-Platinum Debut, Some Hearts, Makes History as Billboard’s Top Country Album for the Second Year

Nashville, TN – She is the preeminent female country artist of the past two years, and now, reigning ACM Top Female Vocalist, double GRAMMY winner, and back-to-back CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Carrie Underwood sees her 19 Recordings/Arista Records/Arista Nashville album, Carnival Ride, simultaneously RIAA-certified Gold, Platinum, and Double Platinum for sales of two million units.

Released on October 23, Carnival Ride has already launched the multi-week #1 smash, “So Small,” Underwood’s fifth consecutive country chart-topper after four #1 singles from her 6x-Platinum debut blockbuster, Some Hearts. Carrie’s continued success is celebrated in the year-end issue of Billboard, where she is #1 across multiple categories including Top Country Artist and Top Country Artist – Female (both based on sales and airplay), and #1 among Top Country Album Artists (based on sales). Outside the country categories, Carrie’s phenomenal 2007 is clear to see in the all-genre Billboard 200 Artist Recap, which ranks the pride of Checotah, Oklahoma, as the #1 best-selling female artist of the 2007 chart year.

Billboard also shows Carrie’s juggernaut Some Hearts as the Top Country Album for the second consecutive year, making Carrie the first female artist in Billboard history to earn back-to-back honors for Top Country Album. Only one other artist – Charlie Rich, in ’73 and ’74, with his landmark Behind Closed Doors – has ever accomplished this feat.

Based on cumulative SoundScan sales now in excess of 6.1 million copies, Some Hearts this year became the best-selling female country debut in history. No album – in any genre – to release since Some Hearts (on November 15, 2005) has surpassed the disc’s powerhouse sales to date.

On the airplay front, the 2007 Year in Music recap from R&R reflects the strength of Carrie’s support at country radio, where she is the year’s #1 female artist.

Carrie also scored outside of country radio, where “Before He Cheats” (a five-week #1 country single) recently spent a mammoth 64 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, earning the longest chart run of any Hot 100 single this decade.

Fans can soon be listening for her new single, “All-American Girl,” as well as toasting New Year’s Eve with Carrie when she performs live in New York City’s Times Square on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 on ABC.

‘Tis the season for giving and on Monday, Dec. 17, Great American Country (GAC) will launch “12 6 Strings of Christmas,” a three-day, primetime sweepstakes giveaway of 12 six-stringed Copley guitars autographed by some of country music’s hottest acts including Carrie Underwood,Trace Adkins, Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill, Rascal Flatts, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire, Dwight Yoakam, Jack Ingram, Josh Turner, Marty Stuart and more!

Each night on Dec. 17, 18, and 19 during the hours of 7-11 pm ET, viewers can respond to the on-screen prompt containing a 1-800 number for their chance to be the 50th caller and win an individually autographed Copley guitar. Every night yields four chances but the only way to win is by watching the network!

For more information, including complete rules for GAC’s “12 6 Strings of Christmas” sweepstakes visit GACTV.com. (https://www.gactv.com/gac/sweepstakes/article/0,,GAC_26084_5761250,00.html)

GAC is offered on Ch. 167 on DISH Network and on Ch. 326 on DIRECTV; check your local cable listings to search for GAC in your area!

LOS ANGELES, CA, DECEMBER 11, 2007 – D. Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 will rock in the New Year with special live performances from Times Square by Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers.

Celebrating the New Year with good friends and great music is a tradition celebrated by all generations. New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 will give American’s an opportunity to do just that by featuring performances by some of the biggest names in music.

Country Music’s hottest performer Carrie Underwood, TV & recording star Miley Cyrus and teen sensations the Jonas Brothers will perform live in front of hundreds of thousands of people and millions more viewers at home from stages in Times Square. Fergie, Akon, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Kingston, OneRepublic, Plain White T’s, Taylor Swift and will.i.am will celebrate and perform during the Hollywood Party segments of the broadcast.

The special will be broadcast on ABC and be hosted by Clark and Ryan Seacrest from New York and Fergie from Hollywood. It will kick off with Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 from 10-11 p.m. ET/PT. After taking a break from 11 to 11:30 p.m. for local news, the specials will resume at 11:35 p.m. for reports on the final minutes of the year 2007, the traditional Times Square countdown to midnight and more special musical performances. Marysol Castro, Good Morning America Weekend weather and features correspondent, will report from Times Square and Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba, will make an appearance at the Hollywood Party.

Two-time Grammy winner and a double nominee this year, Carrie Underwood, recently debuted her new album Carnival Ride at #1, selling over half a million copies in its first week. It immediately became the best-selling debut of any female artist in 2007 at that time, earning the highest debut-week sales of any sophomore country album in over a decade. The American Idol 2005 champion, Underwood is the reigning CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of The Year. In addition to her 2 Grammys she has garnered 4 CMA Awards, 5 ACM awards, 4 American Music Awards, 8 Billboard Music Awards, 4 CMT Awards, 2 People’s Choice Awards, and more.

Carrie has has been nominated for two GRAMMYs! She is nominated in the following categories:

Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “Before He Cheats”
and Best Country Collaboration for “Oh Love” with Brad Paisley

Congrats also to Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, the songwriters of “Before He Cheats” for their two nominations: Song of the Year and Best Country Song for “Before He Cheats”

The GRAMMY Awards will air live on February 10th, 2008 at 8pm (EST)on CBS.

New Exclusive Carrie Underwood Fan Club Pre-sales begin Wednesday, November, 28th!!

Pre-sales for the Love Pain & the whole crazy Carnival Ride begins Wednesday, November, 28th. Pre-sale passwords, links and detailed information will be posted on the TOUR page of the CarrieUnderwood.fm website prior to pre-sale start times. You will need to login using your Official Carrie Underwood fan club account to see the pre-sale link and password.

New pre-sales for the Love, Pain & the whole crazy Carnival Ride Tour Pre-Sales beginning Wednesday, November, 28th:

January 31 – Uncasville,CT – Mohegan Sun – Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. EST

February 1 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun- Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. EST

February 16 – Roanoke, VA – Roanoke Civic Center – Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. EST – Pre-sale ends at 5PM EST

March 7 – Omaha, NE – Quest Center- Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. CMT

March 11 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion – Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. PST

Condé Nast Media Group announced today that a limited number of tickets are now available for purchase at ticketmaster outlets and the Kodak Theater box office for MOVIES ROCK – a two-hour live event and television special that celebrates the powerful relationship between music and film. The live event will take place at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 2, 2007, and will air on Friday, December 7 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The Entertainment Industry Foundation will be a beneficiary of the project.

Be there when today’s top stars pay tribute to music’s starring role in movies.
Performances* by
Carrie Underwood
Beyonce
Fergie
Usher
Chris Brown
Mary J. Blige
will.i.am
Marc Anthony
Jennifer Lopez
Nelly
Jennifer Hudson
John Legend
Queen Latifah
Tony Bennett
Presented by the Condé Nast Media Group in association with the Producer’s Guild of America and the Entertainment Industry Foundation.
(*subject to change)

Ticket Info:

Tickets are available at Kodak Theatre Box Office, all Ticketmaster Outlets, by phone (213) 480-3232, on line at ticketmaster.com or kodaktheatre.com

Link to TM Page – https://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/74167

Tying For Most Wins At The American Music Awards, Underwood Continues The Celebration As “So Small” Becomes Her Fifth Consecutive Chart-Topper As An Artist and First #1 As A Songwriter.

Los Angeles, CA – 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville’s Carrie Underwood had a big night at the American Music Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday. Taking home three trophies for Favorite Country Female Artist, Favorite Country Album for Some Hearts, and the coveted all-genre interactive T-Mobile Text-In award, the country star shared most wins for the evening with Daughtry.

And, on the heels of her AMA award-winning night, Carrie Underwood receives further good news this morning as her current single, “So Small,” achieves the #1 slot on Billboard and R&R’s country airplay chart. Co-penned by Underwood, Luke Laird and Hillary Lindsey, “So Small” becomes the country star’s first chart-topper as a songwriter and fifth single to go #1 on country airplay charts.

Congratulations Carrie!

KEITH URBAN AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD SET TO CO-HEADLINE “Love, Pain & the whole crazy Carnival Ride Tour”

24-City Tour To Launch On January 31st

Grammy Award winners Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood are set to hit the road together in ’08, a 24-city tour that combines the music of two of the music industry’s most powerful performers. “Love, Pain & the whole crazy Carnival Ride Tour,” a name that combines the titles of each artist’s most recent album; Keith’s double platinum #1 debuting Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing and Carrie’s recent #1 debut second album Carnival Ride,” will feature 12 #1 songs (7 for Urban and 5 from Underwood). Tickets are set to go on sale as of December 1st.

“I’m looking forward to hitting the road with Carrie, and to bringing our audiences together for what I think will be a magical night of sights, sounds, songs and solos,” said Urban.

“I can’t think of a better person to begin 2008 with than Keith,” shares Underwood. “He is an amazing entertainer and a well-respected musician, singer and songwriter.”

Urban, who will release Greatest Hits: 18 Kids on November 20th, has been on the road since April in support of his #1 album Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing. In that time, he’s performed shows on three continents, to packed houses, frantic crowds and widespread critical praise. Electrifying performances and world-class production combine with songs that have helped define a career; “Somebody Like You,” “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me,” “Better Life,” “Days Go By,” “You’ll Think Of Me,” “Once In A Lifetime,” as well as his latest single “Everybody,” and more.

Underwood’s new album Carnival Ride recently debuted at #1 selling over half a million copies in its first week, immediately becoming the best-selling debut of any female artist in 2007. Earning the highest debut-week sales of any sophomore country album in over a decade, the album contains four Underwood co-penned songs including its first hit single, “So Small.”

More info will be posted soon!

Carrie took home Single of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year at last nights CMA Awards.

Congratulations Carrie!

Don’t miss Carrie perform on the 41st CMA Awards, Wednesday evening, November 7th on ABC. Consult your local listings for more info.