CARRIE UNDERWOOD:From a Country Girl to a SUPERSTAR![Carebears 2]

[Nowelle]

Underwood’s Fourth Album to Be Released This Spring



Nashville, TN – From one of this year’s most anticipated albums, superstar Carrie Underwood will release her new single, “Good Girl,” to country radio on February 23. The five-time Grammy winner’s new CD will arrive later this spring.

Underwood wrote the track with Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley, who co-wrote two of Underwood’s No. 1 hits “Don’t Forget to Remember Me,” and “All-American Girl.” Once again Carrie teamed up with Mark Bright, who produced her two previous albums as well as seven tracks from her debut album Some Hearts.

Since releasing Some Hearts in 2005, Underwood has sold more than 14 million albums with Some Hearts, 2007’s Carnival Ride, and 2009’s Play On. She’s amassed 14 No. 1 singles, six of which she co-wrote, and became the first country artist in history and the only American Idol winner ever to achieve 10 No. 1 singles from their first two albums.

Underwood is a current Grammy Award nominee and a five-time Grammy Award winner, a two-time Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, a three-time Country Music Association and ACM Female Vocalist winner, and a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry.

[amazingidol]

im so excited!!

Underwood’s Fourth Album to Be Released This Spring

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Nashville, TN – From one of this year’s most anticipated albums, superstar Carrie Underwood will release her new single, “Good Girl,” to country radio on February 23. The five-time Grammy winner’s new CD will arrive later this spring.

Underwood wrote the track with Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley, who co-wrote two of Underwood’s No. 1 hits “Don’t Forget to Remember Me,” and “All-American Girl.” Once again Carrie teamed up with Mark Bright, who produced her two previous albums as well as seven tracks from her debut album Some Hearts.

Since releasing Some Hearts in 2005, Underwood has sold more than 14 million albums with Some Hearts, 2007’s Carnival Ride, and 2009’s Play On. She’s amassed 14 No. 1 singles, six of which she co-wrote, and became the first country artist in history and the only American Idol winner ever to achieve 10 No. 1 singles from their first two albums.

Underwood is a current Grammy Award nominee and a five-time Grammy Award winner, a two-time Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, a three-time Country Music Association and ACM Female Vocalist winner, and a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry.

[ricksinz]

Carrie Underwood New Single

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDJpX0adzlU

[xo_einsteinette]

May bagong single si Carrie! Yay!

Ang galing niya talaga.

[amazingidol]

nakita nyo na ba yung album cover ni Carrie? sexy! Blown Away ang title.

[Nowelle]

nakita nyo na ba yung album cover ni Carrie? sexy! Blown Away ang title.

yes. for me, this is one of the best album covers i've ever seen, surely the best album cover carrie had ever done.

it looks like a painting. its really breathtaking! the legs --- WOW!!!

I'm really excited for carrie's new album. GOOD GIRL is really catchy! Powerhouse vocals!

[JazzMusic023]

guys, this is it!!! =))) world domination na to, Carrie is coming to the UK


hopefully pupunta rin siya sa Philippines xD

[JazzMusic023]

http://www.carriefans.com/forums/blo...ml#post4288469


^^^ check niyo jan yung updates for Blown Away(CD). sabi ng critics, this is her best album yet dark and intense daw yung Title track and yung Two Black Cadillacs

[JazzMusic023]

Carrie's recent Billboard shoot <3


WORLD DOMINATION BABY!!!!!

[Nowelle]

Carrie Underwood: ‘Blown Away’ Album Sampler!



Carrie Underwood is less than two weeks away from releasing her anticipated fourth studio album Blown Away on May 1st. The 29-year-old country singer and American Idol winner is currently rocking the charts with her single “Good Girl” and she hasn’t even begun promoting it. Here we have clips of every track on the album which was entirely produced by Mark Bright, who is responsible for almost all of Carrie‘s hits. It’s definitely not enough to judge the album but the clips give us a good idea of what to expect. Carrie is one of the few country artists I can really enjoy so I’m looking forward to the new record. It sounds promising! What do you guys think so far?

Listen and download the album clips here: http://jonalisblog.com/2012/04/18/ca...album-sampler/

1. Good Girl (not included) 2. Blown Away 3. Two Black Cadillacs 4. See You Again 5. Do You Think About Me 6. Forever Changed 7. Nobody Ever Told You 8. One Way Ticket 9. Thank God for Hometowns 10. Good in Goodbye 11. Leave Love Alone 12. Cupid’s Got a Shotgun 13. Wine After Whiskey 14. Who Are You










Based on the clips above, this might be Carrie's best and most diverse album so far for me. I don't to judge the songs based on the clips but the standouts for me are:

1. Blown Away
2. Two Black Cadillacs

Sa mga mellow songs (which she had her best vocals):

1. Forever Changed
2. Thank God for Hometowns
3. Good in Goodbye
4. Wine after Whiskey.

I'm really really excited about this album. Sana May 1 na!

[Nowelle]

[
B]Ang ganda ng bagong album ni Carrie! Love all the songs! Sana available agad sa Pinas yung album niya![/B]

Download the full album here: http://www.mediafire.com/?bc17jtj5xgd59q9

[Nowelle]

The critics are really loving this album!

Blown Away (Album Review) – Carrie Underwood
APRIL 24, 2012

At a time where artists follow a repetitive cycle in their careers of album making and touring, Carrie Underwood has decided to break the routine she found herself in and take her time in giving the music industry her fourth album: Blown Away.

Two and a half years after her latest offering, Play On, was deemed as mediocre by critics, Underwood figured the best approach for album number four was a “all bets are off.” When you’re among your generation’s best vocalists, why not seek out material that’s fitting and can only elevate your talent?

This is what Underwood does on Blown Away in droves.

Opening with the rocking Good Girl, the album doesn’t relent. It moves into the haunting Blown Away, a song about a girl seeking revenge on her abusive father which Underwood delivers breathtakingly. The album goes even darker with Two Black Cadillacs, where a wife and a mistress at the funeral of the man who betrayed them both, a song that Underwood also delivers in a chilling manner.

See You Again, originally written for Narnia’s The Dawn Treader, showcases Underwood’s nuanced vocals as she tells a very significant person that she’ll see him again despite all. Do You Think About Me is an effervescent country song about a young love that is long gone but which Underwood keenly remembers.

The album’s most personal track, Forever Changed, is an old-fashioned country song that chronicles the life of a woman as she fell in love, gave birth and is now losing her memory while her daughter achingly watches. Underwood’s very subtle, nuanced and subdued delivery of Forever Changed adds another dimension to the storytelling.

Nobody Ever Told You, a country uptempo serves as a simple empowering anthem for young girls. It’s followed by the tropical Bob Marley-esque One Way Ticket, written while Carrie Underwood, Josh Kear and Hillary Lindsey were sipping margaritas. The laid back atmosphere of the writing session translates perfectly to song with goofy lyrics such as “tell your boss man where to stick it” and whistling delivered by Underwood herself.

Don’t let the cliché title of Thank God for Hometowns fool you. The song hits a nerve with anyone who comes from a small town anywhere around the world. The Ryan Tedder co-write on the album, Good in Goodbye, is a haunting track about meeting a former lover with whom things ended badly, feeling regret even though both are happy with their lives now. “Sometimes, yes sometimes, there’s good in goodbye.”

On the folky and repetitive Leave Love Alone, Underwood delivers a foot tapper as she repeats “I just can’t leave alone.” The country-heavy, Brad Paisley-guitar driven, Cupid’s Got A Shotgun is the album’s most redneck track. With references to guns, riffles and shotguns, Underwood is escaping love at all costs. Brad Paisley delivers a masterful guitar performance on the track.

Wine After Whiskey, a song that didn’t make Carrie’s previous album Play On, is an aching regret of a relationship that went sour, getting diluted into something that doesn’t work anymore. Who Are You, the album’s most religious track and written by Shania Twain’s former producer Mutt Lange, serves as a decent conclusion to the album and resonates with the faith Carrie has professed on many occasions.

Blown Away features a set of masterful lyrics, grouped together with chilling composition and extremely well-done production. Carrie’s voice doesn’t fight against the production as in previous albums of hers, it complements the instrumentation and serves to showcase both the songs and her delivery, which has truly matured on Blown Away. There are subtle hints, sprinkled here and there, that turn phrases and add depth and dimensions to lyrics, something Underwood had touched on but never delved in before. She plays with that on Blown Away like childsplay, showing that a good vocal performance isn’t always about reaching the stratosphere notes, something that she took time to learn.

Blown Away is a very cohesive album that’s a collection of fourteen very strong tracks, the only one of those which is reminiscent of Carrie’s previous material being Good Girl. The album spans the gamut themes-wise. It’s dark, mysterious, chilling. And it’s also fun, happy, goofy. Both sides are balanced perfectly. None seem to overtake the other, both working together to elevate the album’s level to places that Underwood hadn’t reached artistically before. Underwood is fierce on Blown Away. She’s unrelenting. She’s gut-wrenching. And she occasionally plays.

Blown Away is an album about a life: the ups and downs, the vacations, the bittersweet memories, the hardships, faith…. It is a collection that is more than worth the wait that brought it here. Carrie Underwood has managed to blow away detractors with her fourth album. Country music, prepare to be blown away by the latest offering of Underwood.

Yes, Underwood is back. To say better than ever with an album like Blown Away would be an understatement. Make sure to grab a copy on May 1st. You won’t be disappointed.

Grade: A+

[JazzMusic023]

grabe, I just heard the album! EPIC TALAGA! sana mag concert na siya dito! kasi magcoconcert na siya sa UK ehh!

[Nowelle]

The lyrics are in!

[andre19]

grabe, I just heard the album! EPIC TALAGA! sana mag concert na siya dito! kasi magcoconcert na siya sa UK ehh!

i'm in love with blown away and two black cadillacs, very haunting

[JazzMusic023]

guys, Good Girl is charting on MYX! be sure to vote online on www.myxph.com!

[Jonny]

Guys, check this out if you haven't seen it! It's so hilarious!!!!

[Nowelle]

“Blown Away” Chosen As Carrie Underwood’s Next Single Due To Popular Demand



“Blown Away,” the title track of Carrie Underwood’s fourth album which has held the #1 position for five consecutive weeks on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart, has been selected as her next single. Impacting country radio on Monday, July 9, “Blown Away” has already amassed nearly 200,000 downloads prior to its official shipment as an airplay single, and, as reflected by media activity, is the “top fan choice for next single.” Millions have already seen Carrie perform this dynamic song on two primetime television programs, “American Idol” on May 3 and the “2012 Billboard Music Awards” on May 20. Naming it “The Blown Away Tour,” the country superstar recently announced she will headline her third arena tour of North America, starting September 14 in Manchester, New Hampshire, and continuing through December.

This week, the Arista Nashville promotion team will approach country radio programmers with the details on how to win a Private World Premiere of Carrie’s “Blown Away” music video. The prize package for this nationwide contest includes a “red carpet” event for a group of listeners in the winning station’s market which will be attended by Underwood. Country radio contest contact information is listed at the end of this press release.

The music video of “Blown Away” was directed by Randee St. Nicholas and produced by Brandon Bonfiglio for Randee St. Nicholas Photography. To view a trailer for this stunning clip, follow this link: http://smarturl.it/blownawaytrailer.

“Blown Away,” the second single release from Carrie’s 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville new album of the same title, was written by Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins. Kear and Tompkins co-penned her smash hit, “Before He Cheats,” which held the country radio No. 1 for five consecutive weeks and was certified Triple Platinum by the R.I.A.A. for sales in excess of 3 million downloads. Among the music critics’ raves of the title track "Blown Away" is this Billboard review: “Mark Bright's brooding, atmospheric production and Underwood's bold performance elevate this cinematic tune to an instant classic. When the girl shuts herself in the storm cellar, leaving her alcoholic father passed out on the couch in the path of a twister, you can almost feel the wind.”

Upon its release on May 1, the album, Blown Away, made history by debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart making Carrie only the second country artist in the 47 year history of the chart to have each of their first four albums debut at No. 1. Blown Away also debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart making Carrie only the second country artist in history to have three consecutive albums debut at No. 1. Blown Away became country’s best-selling digital album debut since 2010. “Good Girl,” her first single from Blown Away, achieved the #1 slot on both Billboard and Country Aircheck’s country airplay charts last week.

On the heels of her “most wins” at the “2012 CMT Music Awards” for “Video of the Year” (“Good Girl”) and “Collaborative Video of the Year” (“Remind Me” duet with Brad Paisley), Carrie Underwood is also nominated for “Choice Female Country Artist” at “Teen Choice 2012” which airs Sunday, July 22 at 8pm ET on FOX. Fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day per category for their favorite nominees at www.teenchoiceawards.com.

Since releasing Some Hearts in 2005, Carrie has sold more than 14 million albums with Some Hearts, 2007’s Carnival Ride, and 2009’s Play On making her the best selling American Idol in the U.S. She’s accumulated 15 No. 1 singles, seven of which she co-wrote, and became the first country artist in history and the only American Idol winner ever to achieve 10 No. 1 singles from their first two albums. She is a five-time Grammy winner, a two-time Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, a three-time Country Music Association and ACM Female Vocalist winner, and a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Watch the music video trailer here:

[Nowelle]

Carrie Underwood’s “Good Girl” Certified Platinum!

Superstar Carrie Underwood’s “Good Girl” has been certified Platinum by the RIAA for more than 1 million digital downloads. “Good Girl,” the lead single from Carrie’s latest album, Blown Away, marks Carrie’s tenth Platinum or Multi Platinum digital single.

Upon its release on May 1, Blown Away made history by debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country albums sales chart making Carrie only the second country artist in the 47 year history of the chart to have each of their first four albums debut at No. 1. Blown Away also debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart making Carrie only the second country artist in history to have three consecutive albums debut at No. 1. Blown Away became country’s best-selling digital album debut since 2010.

On the heels of her “most wins” at the “2012 CMT Music Awards” for “Video of the Year” (“Good Girl”) and “Collaborative Video of the Year” (“Remind Me” duet with Brad Paisley), Carrie Underwood is also nominated for “Choice Female Country Artist” at “Teen Choice 2012” which airs Sunday, July 22 at 8pm ET on FOX. Fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day per category for their favorite nominees at www.teenchoiceawards.com.

Carrie will head overseas next week for the UK launch of her Blown Away album and to perform a sold out show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on June 21. From there she’ll head to Australia for five shows including a sold-out stop at the Sydney Opera House on July 2.

Since releasing Some Hearts in 2005, Carrie has sold more than 14 million albums with Some Hearts, 2007’s Carnival Ride, and 2009’s Play On making her the best selling American Idol in the U.S. She’s accumulated 15 No. 1 singles, seven of which she co-wrote, and became the first country artist in history and the only American Idol winner ever to achieve 10 No. 1 singles from their first two albums. She is a five-time Grammy winner, a two-time Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, a three-time Country Music Association and ACM Female Vocalist winner, and a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry.

[Nowelle]

Amount of #1 singles on billboard country song chart



1.
George Strait (58) 26 studio albums
2.
Conway Twittey (55) 73 studio albums
3.
Merle Haggard (38) 76 studio albums
4.
Reba (34) 28 studio albums
5
Alabama (33) 23 studio albums
6.
Ronnie Milsap (32) 26 studio albums
7.
Dolly Parton (31) 58 studio albums
8.
Charley Pride (29) 48 studio albums
9.
Eddy Arnold (28) 44 studio albums
10.
Alan Jackson (25) 16 studio albums
11.
Sonny James (23) 37 studio albums
Tim McGraw (23) 10 studio albums
12.
Kenny Rogers (21) 32 studio albums
Buck Owens (21) 39 Studio albums
Willie Nelson (21) 66 studio albums
Kenny Chesney (21) 12 studio albums
13.
Toby Keith (20) 14 studio albums
Tammy Wynette (20) 42 studio albums
Brooks & Dunn (20) 10 studio albums
14.
Garth Brooks (19) 9 studio albums
15.
Brad Paisley (18) 8 studio albums
Crystal Gayle (18) 22 studio albums
Earl Thomas Conley (18) 10 studio albums
16
The Oak ridge boys (17) 31 studio albums
Eddie Rabbitt (17) 15 studio albums
Don Williams (17) 29 studio albums
Mickey Gilley (17) 26 studio albums
17.
Loretta Lynn (16) 54 studio albums
Randy Travis (16) 21 studio albums
Marty Robbins (16) 52 studio albums
18.
Waylon Jennings (15) 67 studio albums
19
T.G. Sheppard (14) 19 studio albums
The Judds (14) 7 studio albums
20.
Clint Black (13) 11 studio albums
Johnny Cash (13) 55 studio albums
George Jones (13) 60 studio albums
Webb Pierce (13) 30 studio albums
Keith Urban (13) 8 studio albums
21.
Carrie Underwood (12) 4 studio albums