Carrie Underwood to Sing for Salvation Army

Carrie Underwood will perform during the halftime show at the Dallas Cowboys vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on Thanksgiving Day in Dallas. Her appearance will also launch the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Christmas fundraising campaign. "I am so glad to have the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving in Dallas this year," she said. "My family and I have been spectators several times in the past, and now I am thrilled to be performing at halftime this year." The afternoon game will be televised on the Fox Network.

Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban Again Top Charts

That's right folks. For the fourth straight week, Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" reigns at No. 1 on Billboard's single chart, while Keith Urban's Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing settles in for its second week at the top of the album list.

Truth is, there's hardly any stirring among the Top 5 titles on either chart. The albums ranking is exactly the same as it was last week, with Sugarland's Enjoy the Ride still at No. 2, Underwood's Some Hearts at No. 3, Rascal Flatts' Me and My Gang at No. 4 and George Strait's It Just Comes Natural rounding out the group at No. 5.

Single-wise, the only deviation is that Sugarland's "Want To" and Kenny Chesney's "You Save Me" have switched places, with the former moving from No. 4 to No. 3. The remaining Top 5 are Rascal Flatts' "My Wish" at No. 2 and Tim McGraw's "My Little Girl" at No. 5.

Singles making their debut this week include Urban's "Stupid Boy" (No. 38), Dierks Bentley's "Long Trip Alone" (No. 42), Jack Ingram's "Lips of an Angel" (No. 48) and Steve Holy's "Come On Rain" (No. 58).

As expected, Christmas albums are coming on strong. Wynonna's Classic Christmas takes a giant step from No. 53 to No. 31. Elvis Presley's Elvis Christmas strides from No. 42 to No. 34. The various artist collection, Redneck Christmas, enters the charts this week at No. 65, while Alabama's Alabama Christmas Collection makes its bow at No. 72.

Other new albums are Nickel Creek's Reasons Why: The Very Best, parting the curtains at No. 41, and Joan Osborne's Pretty Little Stranger, vamping in at No. 58.

That's about it. Maybe there'll be more action next week when the gift-buying season really kicks in.

Carrie Underwood Scores Big At Dallas NFL Game

There were two big winners at the Thanksgiving Day football classic yesterday, the Dallas Cowboys (who bested the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 to 10, and Carrie Underwood looking like a superstar as she headlined the spectacular half-time show. She turned in a performance that was worth missing home and family on Thanksgiving Day.

"This year at Thanksgiving I'm not going home and I swore this year I was going home, but then they wanted me to sing at the halftime show at the Dallas-Buccaneers game in Dallas. And I was like, 'Yeah, for sure because it's such a Thanksgiving tradition especially around Oklahoma watching the Dallas game on TV, so I was very excited to be doing that, so I have a lot to be Thankful for this year," said Carrie as she prepared to leave for Dallas Tuesday.

CARRIE was center stage as Cirque du Soleil-style acrobats dangled from the rafters of Texas Stadium as the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders provided the sexy, chorus line dance action. Carrie rocked as she climbed and descended big staircases on the set, singing with the confidence and style of a performer with three times the experience she has so far.

Musicwise, Underwood's performance ranks up there with biggest scores of the day on that football field bringing it across the goal line with huge rendition of her 4 weeks at #1 hit "Before He Cheats."

Carrie Underwood Rocks Tulsa

Oklahoma's idol took the stage Sunday night for her first performance ever in Tulsa. Carrie Underwood sold out the Expo Square Pavilion on the first day tickets were up for grabs. She sat down to talk with News on 6 reporter Joshua Brakhage about pre-show jitters, celebrity spats, and her Oklahoma legacy.

It's a wild ride for Carrie Underwood, in Tulsa Sunday night, Los Angeles on Monday, and back to Dallas to make a dream come true on Thanksgiving.

Carrie Underwood says it's hard to tell the stops apart when she's on tour. But the response of her Tulsa fans makes her hometown a dead give-away.

"I get the most nervous when I'm performing in front of people that I know, so my family are here, a lot of my friends are here, a lot of aunts and uncles, who I don't know, some of them might never have seen me before live. It's going to be pretty nerve-wracking," Underwood said.

She says between the gossip, rumors, and the fake friends, she's still not quite comfortable being a celebrity. Still, she has more hit records and award nominations at 23 than most singers see in a lifetime.

After Carrie pulled off the shocking win for Female Vocalist of the Year, fellow nominee Faith Hill shouted "What!" at the camera and stomped off. Hill called Carrie to make sure there was no bad blood.

"We talked right after the awards show and she was just messing around and it's all good now. We were fine with it right after it happened then it blew up into this whole thing," said Carrie.

In one week, Underwood will go from the 5,000 seat Pavilion, to one of the biggest stages in sports; she’s performing at the Dallas Cowboys game Thanksgiving Day. Performing at half time has always been Carrie's dream.

Now, she's on her way to joining Garth, Reba, and Toby as an Oklahoma superstar.

"I'm just proud to be from the same state, and if my name's at the bottom of that list, that's great with me," Carrie said.

And seeing a hometown girl make it big is great with this Green Country crowd.

Now the stuff everyone wants to know, Carrie's single, she's a vegetarian, and she slums it in sweats when she's not onstage. The thing she's most proud of since making it big, graduating from college at NSU.

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