CARRIE UNDERWOOD - Jesus Take the Wheel

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2008-09-17T04:56:00.001-07:00

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That's what she said: Carrie Underwood

2008-09-17T04:54:00.001-07:00

Carrie Underwood last week received CMA nominations for album and female vocalist of the year, and she’s scheduled to play in Topeka at the end of this month. She recently talked to the Denver Post about her crazy life as the new queen of country music.

•“Right after I came off ‘American Idol’ I used every single opportunity that I could to prove myself. I consider every vocal performance and every award show the same way.”

•“You might hate me. You might not like the songs that I choose. But hopefully you’re going to be able to say, ‘OK, she’s trying really hard. She’s giving it all she’s got.’ ”

•“I don’t think there’s any one thing that I’m reaching for. I’m just kind of going with it. I’ve gotten so lucky thus far so I’d feel guilty wanting more.”

•“I would love to spend more time songwriting. But I’m not one of those artists that says my songs must be on my album. If they’re good enough they’ll be on there, and if they’re not, they’re not.”

•“I need constant reassurance (that) what I’m doing is good. Ultimately things are my decision, but you also need people that are in touch with the outside world. I live in a bubble, as much as I fight it. And I feel like the more I have others’ opinions around me, the more things will be all right.”

CARRIE UNDERWOOD AMONG STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP FOR “STAND UP TO CANCER” CHARITY SINGLE AND TV BROADCAST

2008-09-09T01:36:00.000-07:00

Nashville- (Sept. 3, 2008) Three-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood has joined Mariah Carey, Beyoncé , Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, and more, in recording the charity single “Just Stand Up,” with all proceeds from the single being donated to the Stand Up To Cancer charity effort. The all-star line-up of female artists will debut “Just Stand Up” for television audiences during the Sept. 5th “Stand Up To Cancer” fund-raising event. The one-hour commercial-free special will be broadcast simultaneously on ABC, CBS and NBC networks.

“It seems that everyone has been touched by cancer these days, whether it be a personal experience, a family member or friend, or their families,” says Underwood. “If by participating in this charity effort I entice just one person to give funds for cancer research, then it will be so worthwhile.”

The “Just Stand Up” single is available for purchase exclusively on the iTunes Store and was produced by Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and Antonio “L.A.” Reid.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD AMONG STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP
FOR “STAND UP TO CANCER” CHARITY SINGLE AND TV BROADCAST

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Carrie Rides Carnival Straight to No. 1

2007-11-02T03:32:00.001-07:00

Carrie Underwood's new single might be "So Small," but her new album is big, big, big!

With the 41st Country Music Awards less than a week away, several country artists debuted new albums, but it was the season-four American Idol champ who ultimately ruled the rodeo, selling 527,000 copies of Carnival Ride, according to Nielsen SoundScan numbers released today.

In addition to topping the charts, Underwood scored the best first-week sales of any female artist in 2007. Norah Jones' Not Too Late held the previous mark with 405,000 during its opening week back in February. Carnival Ride is the year's sixth-best bow overall, following albums by Kanye West, 50 Cent, Linkin Park, the High School Musical 2 cast and Rascal Flatts.

Carnival Ride also makes Underwood the first American Idol champ to top the charts since Ruben Studdard's Soulful debut four years ago. Follow-up albums by Kelly Clarkson and Studdard, the only other champs to top the chart, failed to repeat. Likewise, debut albums by Fantasia and Taylor Hicks never made it to the top, entering the charts at eight and two, respectively. In fact, Chris Daughtry, the fourth-place finisher from season five, is the only other former contestant to hit number one in recent years, though season-six champ Jordin Sparks will get her chance Nov. 20, when her self-titled debut drops.

Meanwhile, Underwood's debut disc, Some Hearts, remains in the Billboard 200. The 2005 album, which debuted at number two, entered its 102nd week at 60, up 21 spots, bringing its two-year tally to nearly 6 million.

It was a busy week with six top 10 debuts, enough to send last week's chart-topper, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Magic, down 11 spots to number 12.

Among the other new debuts, the odd coupling of Zeppelin rocker Robert Plant and bluegrass songbird Alison Krauss was good enough for a second-place debut as Raising Sand sold 112,000 copies for the week ended Sunday. Another country crooner, Gary Allan, sold 69,000 copies of Living Hard to follow at three.

Remarkably, this is the first time in Billboard 200 history that three country albums debuted in the top three spots.

A trio of rock releases made up the rest of the top 10 bows. System of a Down screamer Serj Tankian sold 66,000 copies of his solo album Elect the Dead for a number four finish. Sci-fi prog-rockers Coheed & Cambria followed at six, selling 62,000 copies of No World for Tomorrow. Seether, powered by the top 10 rock hit "Fake It," nabbed the nine spot, moving 62,000 copies of Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces.

The week's top 10 holdovers were Josh Groban's Noël at five, Kid Rock's Rock N Roll Jesus at seven, Rascal Flatts' Still Feels Good at eight and the High School Musical 2 soundtrack at 10. With the exception of Groban, each of these albums originally debuted at number one.

A pair of rockers just missed the top 10. Neil Young's Chrome Dreams II sold nearly 54,000 copies at 11. Colombian superstar Juanes, who's often called the Latin Bono for his exceptional humanitarian efforts, sold 47,000 of La Vida...Es un Ratico at 13.

Further down the chart, Hurricane Chris' 5150 Ratchet sold 26,000 copies at 24, while Say Anything's In Defense of the Genre debuted at 27, with 25,000.

Other noteworthy entries included Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' Follow the Lights EP at 40, Dwight Yoakam's Dwight Sings Buck at 42, Steven Curtis Chapman's This Moment at 47, Shooter Jennings' The Wolf at 52, Rob Zombie's Zombie Live at 57, Ween's La Cucaracha at 69 and Cobra Starship's Viva La Cobra! at 80.

Overall, there was a 5 percent uptick from last week's glacial sales, though the figures were still down 17 percent compared to the same week in 2006.

Here's a recap of the Top 10 albums:

1. Carnival Ride, Carrie Underwood
2. Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
3. Living Hard, Gary Allan
4. Elect the Dead, Serj Tankian
5. Noël, Josh Groban
6. No World for Tomorrow, Coheed & Cambria
7. Rock N Roll Jesus, Kid Rock
8. Still Feels Good, Rascal Flatts
9. Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, Seether
10. High School Musical 2 soundtrack, various

Carrie Underwood sings

2007-10-28T11:13:00.001-07:00

Carrie Underwood sings the national anthem before Game 3 between the Rockies and Red Sox Saturday at Coors Field in Denver.

Carrie Underwood to Exes: You Should Have Stuck Around

2007-10-28T11:10:00.000-07:00

Carrie Underwood may sing about letting go of all the small stuff on her new single "So Small" – but she's not always able to do that herself.

Underwood, 24, also plays it cool when it comes Chace Crawford, the guy she's been hanging close to recently. "He's a nice guy," she says, when pressed, with a laugh. (She does tune into his show, Gossip Girl. "I love the drama," she says.) But Underwood has plenty to say about stepping up as a songwriter on her new album, Carnival Ride, as she chats from Nashville about her new music – and, okay, boys too.

You had a hit with 'Before He Cheats.' Do you still keep in touch with your exes?
Not really because most of my exes are pre-Idol, so, yeah, I don't really. [It's like,] "Well, you wish you would have stayed with me, huh?" [Laughs]

Do you listen to talk about your looks or consider yourself a sex symbol?
No. If I didn't do what I do, nobody would ever look twice at me. I'm a blender – and the only reason anybody, if they do think of me in that way, it's just because I do what I do. I'm okay. But I'm not, like, anything special.

You're very humble.
I just tell it like I see it. [Laughs]

What motivated you to write some songs on your new album?
It's definitely a plus when you can write your own stuff. It's coming from a personal place – and it's just more to be proud of. I just wanted to see if I had the talent and just try. It wasn't a huge deal like, "every song on the album must be mine," because there are so many talented writers.

As a songwriter, do you think you'll get more respect in the Nashville community?
I'm sure it just comes with the territory. People know I have more to do with my songs. I think some people think everybody makes all the decisions for me and I don't really get to have a say in anything. And that's completely not true.

Carrie Underwood Pictures

2007-10-28T11:06:00.001-07:00

Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride Review

2007-10-27T05:33:00.001-07:00

Things kick off with the opening bravado of "Flat On The Floor," a balls-to-the-wall country rocker that takes fiddle and aggressive guitar to pump up Underwood's impassioned growl. There's a lot of innuendo bubbling through the song, but when it's all stripped away it's a song about a woman scorned, hiding on her floor until the maelstrom of her most recent relationship has subsided. It's a strange number indeed, breathing fire musically, but laying down lyrics that have her "hiding from the storm till the damage gets done." An interesting juxtaposition, to be sure.

The slick country rock vibe continues, albeit in a more stripped down manner, on "All-American Girl." This is a tale about a man and woman who get married and then have a kid. The man hopes for a boy, but ends up with a girl instead. "So Small" drifts away from the pure country intonations, adding pulsating strings and a more emphatic power ballad slant to the mix. Acoustic guitar, wailing fiddle, and syncopated rhythms wrap around the down-tempo "Just A Dream," a tale about a woman getting married. In contrast "Get Out Of This Town" is about escaping your current circumstances, a pretty routine subject that just about everybody can relate to.

"Crazy Dreams" again goes for the overly slick country rock embellishment, though it sounds a wee bit like a long lost Alanis Morissette number from Jagged Little Pill, albeit filtered through heavy Nashville ambiance. Underwood's vocal intonations on this track are the best on the entire album, floating, driving, and energetic in cadence and fluctuation. The domination of banjo on the track helps, too. With "I Know You Won't'" she returns to ballad terrain, this time backed by syncopated snare rhythms and piano, allowing Underwood to display the power of her voice when it's turned down a notch. Devoid of all the slick trappings it's quite beautiful. This track proves that less is more, although the chorus does drift a bit into the melodramatic.

Crunching guitars and banjo plucking combined with aggressive fiddle turn "Last Name" into a barroom blitz. It's also one of the few songs that has Underwood getting a little risqu¿, dishing out lyrics like "Last night I got served a little bit too much of that poison, baby/last night I did things I'm not proud of and I got a little crazy/last night I met a guy on the dance floor and I let him call me baby/and I don't even know his last name/my mama would be so ashamed..." It's nice to hear Underwood letting down her hair a bit, that's for sure.

Things kick off with the opening bravado of "Flat On The Floor," a balls-to-the-wall country rocker that takes fiddle and aggressive guitar to pump up Underwood's impassioned growl. There's a lot of innuendo bubbling through the song, but when it's all stripped away it's a song about a woman scorned, hiding on her floor until the maelstrom of her most recent relationship has subsided. It's a strange number indeed, breathing fire musically, but laying down lyrics that have her "hiding from the storm till the damage gets done." An interesting juxtaposition, to be sure.

The slick country rock vibe continues, albeit in a more stripped down manner, on "All-American Girl." This is a tale about a man and woman who get married and then have a kid. The man hopes for a boy, but ends up with a girl instead. "So Small" drifts away from the pure country intonations, adding pulsating strings and a more emphatic power ballad slant to the mix. Acoustic guitar, wailing fiddle, and syncopated rhythms wrap around the down-tempo "Just A Dream," a tale about a woman getting married. In contrast "Get Out Of This Town" is about escaping your current circumstances, a pretty routine subject that just about everybody can relate to.

"Crazy Dreams" again goes for the overly slick country rock embellishment, though it sounds a wee bit like a long lost Alanis Morissette number from Jagged Little Pill, albeit filtered through heavy Nashville ambiance. Underwood's vocal intonations on this track are the best on the entire album, floating, driving, and energetic in cadence and fluctuation. The domination of banjo on the track helps, too. With "I Know You Won't'" she returns to ballad terrain, this time backed by syncopated snare rhythms and piano, allowing Underwood to display the power of her voice when it's turned down a notch. Devoid of all the slick trappings it's quite beautiful. This track proves that less is more, although the chorus does drift a bit into the melodramatic.

Crunching guitars and banjo plucking combined with aggressive fiddle turn "Last Name" into a barroom blitz. It's also one of the few songs that has Underwood getting a little risqu¿, dishing out lyrics like "Last night I got served a little bit too much of that poison, baby/last night I did things I'm not proud of and I got a little crazy/last night I met a guy on the dance floor and I let him call me baby/and I don't even know his last name/my mama would be so ashamed..." It's nice to hear Underwood letting down her hair a bit, that's for sure.

Chace Crawford confirms Carrie Underwood romance

2007-10-27T05:31:00.000-07:00

Chace Crawford has confirmed he and Carrie Underwood are dating, but refuses to call them a couple yet. The ‘Gossip Girl’ star and country music singer sparked rumors they were dating after they were spotted out together on several occasions.

“We’re just hanging, having a good time, dating around. It’s good,” he says. “I love country music and she’s very classy.”

Underwood recently said although she is not ready for marriage, she is ready for a serious relationship. The 24-year-old singer previously dated Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. She and Romo split in May, but Underwood insists they are still good friends.

Carrie Underwood Schedule to perform at Movies Rock Television Special

2007-10-27T05:30:00.002-07:00

Carrie Underwood will perform the title song from The Sound of Music when the Television special, Movies Rock is taped on December 2, 2007 in Los Angeles California.

The two hour special will air December 7, 2007 on CBS.

Other performers include Beyoncé, Elton John, Mary J. Blige and John Legend.

The country singer also recently confirmed that she is dating ‘The Gossip Girl’ star Chase Crawford.

Carrie Underwood released her sophomore album entitled ‘Carnival Ride’ on October 23, 2007.

Carrie Underwood, “Carnival Ride”

2007-10-27T05:30:00.001-07:00

After a debut album that sold 6 million-plus copies, Carrie Underwood is under significant pressure to keep the momentum going. The Oklahoman delivers in spades on her sophomore effort, on which she was much more involved in the creative process. First single “So Small,” No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, is a soaring song about the important things in life. “Just a Dream” is the tale of the death of a young soldier from the perspective of his girl back home, while “Last Name,” about a drunken flirtation that turns into a Vegas marriage, is a fun diversion. Underwood provides a growling and gritty vocal on the defiant “Flat on the Floor” and convincingly covers Randy Travis’ 1988 hit “I Told You So,” which has long deserved a second life.

Underwood's second album a step down - but it'll still sell

2007-10-27T05:26:00.000-07:00

She loves Jesus and Jack Daniel's, the Rolling Stones and Rascal Flatts. She's the farmgirl-next-door from the great state of Oklahoma; she's the legs-aplenty champ from American Idol. She sings for the single city gals; she sympathizes with the house fraus. She plays state fairs and stadiums, working multiculti crowds with a politician's precision and a bombshell smile.

Country star Carrie Underwood is all things to all people, which is one heck of a trick for a 24-year-old. Seriously, Willie Mays didn't cover the bases like Underwood does. As a result, the blond looker is one of the bestselling musicians of the past three years, her 2005 debut, Some Hearts, having sold more than 6 million copies. Hit singles ranged from religious plea Jesus, Take the Wheel to besotted revenge fantasy Before He Cheats. Each song had just enough butter-knife edge to separate them from the other pop-country dreck.

Not that content mattered that much. At a time when selling albums is a Herculean task, Underwood is a marketing marvel, a product of Simon Fuller, Clive Davis and the rest of the Idol star-making machine. She was born on television, raised on radio and nurtured by a widespread country fan base that believes in brand loyalty. As to the real Carrie Underwood, who the heck knows? She might as well be a Disney princess, which is entirely the point.

With her new album, Carnival Ride, Underwood could wind up being the top seller of 2007, too. Never mind that her second disc lacks the pop punch of the first album. Never mind that it's not very clever. Never mind that it's actually pretty dull. Underwood keeps her nose clean, dates Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks and does whatever her handlers tell her. And for that reason alone, she'll remain the pop star to beat.

Along with Kelly Clarkson. Chris Daughtry and Fantasia Barrino, Underwood is one of the more skilled alums to come out of American Idol. She has a sturdy voice that ranges from a pop-rock smolder to a high-soaring Nashville wail. She can hit and hold her notes. She also believes the words she's singing, which made her cover of the Pretenders' I'll Stand by You the best thing she's done so far.

But Underwood, who takes a co-writer credit on four out of the 13 new tracks, doesn't have much to work with here. With song titles such as All-American Girl, Just a Dream, Crazy Dreams and Get Out of This Town, it's obvious that Team Underwood is trying to reinforce her aw-shucks, just-out-of-Checotah persona. Never mind her million-dollar bank account: She's just like you, flipping fries, punching numbers, driving a hatchback. Of course, that hokum is a lot easier to swallow when the songs aren't as cliched as the titles.

Producer Mark Bright, who also helmed Some Hearts, uses more fiddle and twang on this one. But for the most part, it was miles better the first time around. Syrup-smothered first single So Small ("Don't run out on your faith . . .") is basically Jesus, Take the Wheel without the catchy chorus. Last Name ("Last night I got served a little bit much of that poison, baby") is a knockoff of Before He Cheats, but without the tipsy 'tude. If you're looking for a singer who really knows how to wield a pool cue, check out Underwood's evil twin, Miranda Lambert.

Underwood gives each song her plucky cheerleader all, of course. And sometimes, but not very often, she's able to pull a track out of the dumper. A sexy, growly vocal gives opening done-me-wrong song Flat on the Floor true Southern-rock grit. And she turns ho-hum breakupper I Know You Won't into a torch song doozie reminiscent of Elton John's 1970s balladry.

But with the exception of a few shimmering moments, Underwood suffers a sophomore creative slump. If this is a Carnival Ride, we're definitely talking the Tilt-a-Whirl. But alas, this is Underwood World we're talking about here, a profitable fantasyland for sure. So don't be surprised when the line for this Ride, no matter how crummy, goes on forever.

Carrie Underwood

Carnival Ride

Carrie Underwood: Her New Guy Chace Crawford Speaks Out

2007-10-27T05:24:00.000-07:00

Just how steamy are Chace Crawford and Carrie Underwood? The actor confirms that he and the country music star are dating, but he refuses to call them a couple just yet. It appears there won't be any kiss and tell from The "Gossip Girl" star just yet. He's keeping everything classy as he spills just a little on his adorable blonde "friend."

Reports that they were dating after they were spotted out together on several occasions began to surface and now the handsome hunk is speaking out. "We’re just hanging, having a good time, dating around. It’s good," he says. "I love country music and she’s very classy."

Indeed she is. According to an Us Weekly Magazine inside source they met in May when Crawford, 22, introduced himself to the 24-year-old singer (her album Carnival Ride drops October 23) at West Hollywood's Hyde. After she and Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo split in July, things turned serious: text messages and dates in L.A. and Nashville. “He is a country fan, and she thinks he is so funny and sweet,” says the source. “It’s total love.”

Underwood recently said although she is not ready for marriage, she is ready for a serious relationship.

Carrie Underwood among performers at first-ever Movies Rock concert

2007-10-24T12:15:00.001-07:00

NEW YORK (AP) - Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood will join Beyonce and Elton John as some of the performers at the first-ever Movies Rock concert celebrating the relationship between music and film.

The event will be December 2nd at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and will air December 7th in a two-hour special on CBS.

Underwood from Checotah will sing the title song from "The Sound of Music."

Other performers will include Mary J. Blige, John Legend, Fergie, Jennifer Hudson and conductor John Williams.

Gary Allan, Carrie Underwood Offer New CDs

2007-10-24T12:13:00.000-07:00

Gary Allan and Carrie Underwood are among the country artists releasing new CDs on Tuesday (Oct. 23). Allan's Living Hard (MCA) features his current single, "Watching Airplanes." Underwood's Carnival Ride (19 Recordings/Arista) includes her current single, "So Small." Other new releases include Shooter Jennings' The Wolf (Universal South), Tracy Lawrence's All Wrapped Up in Christmas (Rocky Comfort), Mountain Heart's Road That Never Ends (The Live Album) (Rural Rhythm), Rissi Palmer's self-titled debut (1720), Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand (Rounder) and Dwight Yoakam's Dwight Sings Buck (New West). In addition, nineteen albums from rockabilly and country singer Wanda Jackson were released digitally by EMI/Capitol Records.

Carrie Underwood's 'Carnival Ride' a bunch of air

2007-10-24T12:09:00.001-07:00

Carrie Underwood is essentially an ordinary background vocalist that got real lucky.

Nowhere is that more apparent than on her cover of Randy Travis' hard country classic, "I Told You So." In her hands, not to mention under the slickly overproduced tutelage of Mark Bright, the American Idol darling turns a barroom weeper into a vanity mirror confession.

During the tune, she's more concerned with hitting and holding those high notes than she is with finding the emotional core of the lyrics. That's been the main problem with Oklahoma's sweetheart since the release of her monstrous, six-million-selling debut, 2005's Some Hearts. Taking her cues from the louder-is-better mantra that defines Idol, Ms. Underwood goes out of her way on Carnival Ride to breathe herself into a belting stupor.

Listen to "All-American Girl," one of four songs she co-wrote here, and the current single, "So Small." On both cuts she delivers breathless choruses designed to impress the masses. Neither track sounds all that different from "Jesus, Take the Wheel," her breakthrough hit two years ago.

That's because toying with the formula now could seriously thwart Ms. Underwood's bottom line. She's a potential goldmine as Shania Twain was back in the late '90s.

So while Carnival Ride fiddles with a handful of traditional country instruments such as banjo, mandolin and steel guitar, her roots remain in radio-ready pop. Tellingly, the CD's best cut, "Last Name," is a rocked-up little corker about too much booze and a surprise Vegas wedding. It's a catchy guilty pleasure.

Ultimately, Carrie Underwood's artistic abilities amount to a bunch of air. Give her a batch of palatable pop nuggets, such as the breezy final track "Wheel of the World," and then let her blow. She'll blend perfectly with the proceedings. She'll even harmonize for you. Her voice will be purely pleasant white noise.

Just like any other background vocalist.

Carrie Underwood's 'Carnival Ride' a bunch of air

2007-10-24T12:09:00.000-07:00

Carrie Underwood before he cheats video

2007-10-24T11:56:00.000-07:00

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Carrie Underwood Before He Cheats Lyrics

2007-10-21T12:34:00.000-07:00

Right now he's probably slow dancing with a bleached-blond tramp,
and she's probably getting frisky.
right now he's probably buying her some fruity little drink
cause she can't shoot whiskey.
right now, he's probably up behind her with a pool-stick,
showing her how to shoot a combo
and he don't know...

That I dug my key into the side of his pretty little suped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seats.
I took a louisville slugger to both head lights,
slashed a hole in all 4 tires.
maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.

right now, she's probably up singing some
white-trash version of Shania karaoke..
right now, she's probably saying "I'm drunk"
and he's thinking that he's gonna lucky,
right now, he's probably dabbing on 3 dollars worth of that bathroom polo.
and he don't know...

That I dug my key into the side of his pretty little suped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seat...
I took a louisville slugger to both head lights,
slashed a hole in all 4 tires...
maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.

I might've saved a little trouble for the next girl,
cause the next time that he cheats..
oh you know it won't be on me!
no.. not on me..

I dug my key into the side of his pretty little suped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seat...
I took a louisville slugger to both head lights,
slashed a hole in all 4 tires...
maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.
ohh.. maybe next time he'll think.. before he cheats...

ohh... before he cheats...
ohhhh.

Carrie Underwood So Small Lyrics

2007-10-21T12:32:00.000-07:00

Yeah, Yeah

What you got if you ain't got love
The kind that you just want to give away
It's ok to open up
Go ahead and let the light shine through
I know it's hard on a rainy day
You wanna shut the world out and just be left alone
But don't run out on your faith

Cause sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
And what you've been out there searching for forever
Is in your hands
And when you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else seem
So small

It's so easy to get lost inside
A problem that seems so big at the time
It's like a river that's so wide it swallows you whole
While you're sitting around thinking about what you can't change
[So Small lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

And worrying about all the wrong things
Time's flying by, moving so fast
You better make it count cause you can't get it back
Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
And what you've been out there searching for forever
Is in your hands
Oh, and when you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else seem
So small, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
And what you've out there searching for forever
Is in your hands
And then you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Oh, it sure makes everything else seem
So small

Yeah, yeah

Carrie Underwood Carnival Ride

2007-10-21T12:30:00.000-07:00

Country singer pushes past new-kid status with sophomore album

Carrie Underwood found the name of her second album, Carnival Ride, within a line in "Wheel of the World," the last song on the album: "God put us here on this carnival ride/We close our eyes never knowing/Where it'll take us next."

It's no surprise that those words spoke to her. Underwood, 24, was catapulted from the safe life of a shy Oklahoma college student into the unknown world of an award-winning country superstar in less than two years.

Six months after winning American Idol in May 2005, she released her debut album, Some Hearts. It sold 6 million copies, making it the best-selling female country album of the past three years. All five singles hit No. 1, including "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Before He Cheats" and "Wasted." The reigning Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music female vocalist has won two Grammys and several other industry awards. On Tuesday, she releases Carnival Ride, for which she co-wrote four songs, and she's up for three awards at the Nov. 7 CMA awards show.

"It was a great fluke to me," she says of her debut's success. "We got really lucky and a lot of people did their jobs really well and worked really hard. I don't think I can still process it, quite. I think I'll process it when other stuff doesn't do as well," she says with a laugh, "and then it will hit me, 'Wow, that was really cool.' "

Singer keeps her cool

After changing from a short black dress and heels into a sweatshirt and leggings, Underwood sits on a black sofa in a Grand Ole Opry House dressing room and nibbles on a granola bar. As her mother, sister and grandfather watched, Underwood sang four songs on the Tuesday-night show, including "How Great Thou Art." The song's notes were so high that it was painful to sing, so she found herself unexpectedly moved to tears by the audience's overwhelming response.

This was a rare moment when her emotions got the best of her. Like her father, Underwood remains on even keel, staying steady whether she's receiving news that excites or disappoints. For instance, when she was text-messaged by her manager that she received two American Music Awards nominations, her only response was, "Cool. Who else is nominated?"

"I am not great with emotion sometimes," she says. "That might perturb people occasionally or they might get the wrong idea because I don't act as excited as I should. I'm a thinker. Even when I get good news, I'm like, 'All right, what does this mean?'

"I just don't wear them on the outside. I'm excited on the inside. Every once in awhile my emotion escapes me, and when it does, it's weird to me."

Her quick rise hasn't been easy

Despite her unchanging demeanor and impressive stats, it hasn't all been one steady ride to the top.

Thrust into the unfamiliar country music industry, where she's faced resentment and jealousy, she was often terrified as she tackled high-profile endeavors such as singing at the 2005 Country Music Association awards show in front of some who doubted her place on that stage.

"There were no thoughts running through my head; my heart was pounding. I had two minutes to convince everybody sitting in those seats that I am supposed to be here, so there was a lot of pressure."

Says her label chief, Sony BMG Nashville chairman Joe Galante, "She stepped up to the plate, knocked it out of the park and made us all proud."

She hit the road to open for Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley and headlined her own shows. "It's great being onstage, but I think a few people would forget occasionally that I had one album out and that I am just now being not new at this — now. I am just now becoming not the new kid on the block anymore."

When she was able to escape from the pressures and return home to Checotah, Okla., she discovered that her old life had changed, as well. Most of her family and friends treated her differently, and suddenly speculation about her love life — much of it wrong — surfaced in tabloids.

"It was just really weird . . . 'Wow, I don't think I can be friends with this person anymore because they go and tell everything I say to them,' or they post private pictures of us hanging out on the Internet — not anything bad, but to get attention," she says. "They talk about me like they know me really well. I realized it when I started having to cut people out of my life."

Paisley says Underwood has handled fame better than anyone else he's seen who has ascended so fast. "She seems to have weathered the storm and slipped comfortably from relatively unknown to superstar. This is someone who has her head on straight, a healthy outlook on music and life, and everything going for her — the sky's the limit."

Some resent her success

But not everyone has been as happy with Underwood's success. Soon after her album's release, rumors began circulating on Music Row that a standoffish Underwood had refused to speak to others backstage at industry events.

"If anybody came up and talked to me — and I'm not even saying a lot of people did — I was as nice as I knew how to be. You know, I was in a different world; I didn't know what I was doing there.

"I'm better at it now, but I was the new kid and nobody knew anything about me, so I would say everybody was kind of being standoffish towards me.

"I've been in dressing rooms where I've known people were sitting 8 feet from me, talking about me when I was sitting right there," she says, adding that others such as Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Wynonna Judd and Keith Anderson have been extremely supportive.

That resentment became apparent to Underwood after the 2006 CMA awards, where Faith Hill joked on-camera after Underwood's female vocalist win by saying, "What?" and raising her hands.

Hill's gesture made people take sides, Underwood says. "It was a stupid fluke; she let her guard down for five seconds. There were no sides, but then you realized people were saying she had the right to be angry."

LeAnn Rimes wrote on her Web site that Underwood hadn't paid her dues long enough to fully deserve that award.

"She had megasuccess early on, and you know she wasn't a 12-year-old playing in bars," Underwood says. "I didn't really think that much of it coming from her. If it had been somebody who had spent 20 years working to get this and then they got it, that would be a little different.

"I mean no disrespect to anybody in the industry, but everybody in the music industry knows that if they had the chances that I had that they would take them in a heartbeat. If anybody acts like they wouldn't, they are lying," she says with a laugh.

"And nobody knows what I went through in Idol, nobody. There were 10 of us on the show that understand what we went through. It was the hardest thing, the most nerve-wracking, scariest thing that I've ever gone through in my entire life. I don't know anything that will ever be more monumental than that."

She's found her place

Wynonna Judd says Underwood is the future of country music.

"What I admire about Carrie is that she has held her head up through the storm and through all the opinions and judgments based on whether she belongs in Nashville or not because of her American Idol upbringing," Judd says. "The fact is, she has a place here. She is part of our community and she has a right to be here and she has earned her spot.

"She's come from a very fast-paced presentation, American Idol, and people feel she's won the lottery and hasn't earned it. That disappoints and burdens me, because how dare we judge and question God's timing? It's arrogant and it's just because we're entitled."

Galante, who predicts Underwood's new album will go multiplatinum in a market declining 30 percent in sales, says he shudders to think about country's market share without Underwood's 6 million in sales.

"The breakthrough moment for all of the people doubting her was when she got up at the Grammys and said, 'I'm a country artist and I love country music,' " Galante says. "It took everybody that long, which was a full year later, for people to go, 'Oh, she is one of us.' "

Does she feel fully accepted now?

"I am accepted as I need to be," she says. "I feel good. Country radio has been good to me and a lot of people have been great to me. It's like any other job or thing you do; there are going to be people at the office who are great to you and there are going to be people who aren't so great to you and cause drama."

Now secure with her place in the industry, she has no interest in convincing anyone that she belongs.

"If somebody likes me or likes the way I sing or the way I am onstage, awesome," she says. "I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. I've realized that people who don't like you for any reason are never going to like you, most likely. You can't win most people over.

"I remember being in high school and someone saying, 'My favorite singer is blah blah.' I would be like, 'Ugh, you like that person? I hate them.' Somebody is saying that about me. That's just the way it is."

Carrie Underwood so small

2007-10-21T12:25:00.000-07:00

New CD, Carnival Ride, Features "So Small"

Expect long lines for Carnival Ride, the new CD from Carrie Underwood, due Tuesday (Oct. 23). The follow-up to Some Hearts features her newest hit, "So Small," one of four songs she co-wrote for the album. Here, she talks about new songs, good karma and knowing when it's time to leave your comfort zone.

CMT: Several songs on the album are about figuring out what matters and finding balance in your life. Do you consider yourself a philosophical person?

Underwood: I've never really been one for philosophy, but I guess everybody has things in their life that they'd like to fix or something about themselves that they know they need to pay more attention to. Or basically just trying to enjoy life more. But, no, I don't really consider myself a really thoughtful person. I mean, I have thoughts, but I don't really have epiphanies.

You don't stay up late at night wondering what this all means?

No, you probably won't ever get into a deep conversation with me about too much. I'm too boyish for that.

In "You Won't Find This," you sing, "There's once in a lifetime and once in a while/And the difference between them is a million miles." What does that mean to you?

That is about a girl who says, no matter what you do, no matter who you're with, it's not going to be me. You're always going to be empty because of it. There's once in a lifetime, which would be the character. It'd be me. And there's once in a while, which would be trying to fulfill your life with things like immediate gratification instead of finding what really makes you happy and could make you happy for the rest of your life.

What was it about that song that caught your ear?

The way it said, "You can do whatever you want, but you're not gonna find this." And that kinda sounds sassy if you say, "You can be with whoever you want. It's not going to be me. She's not going to be as good as me." But it's not saying it in a sassy way. It's really matter-of-fact: "This is the way it is. We're supposed to be together, and you're never going to be happy."

I like the line in "Wheel of the World" that says, "In the blink of an eye, it'll break your heart and it never even slows down."

It's not saying it's a good thing or bad thing. It's saying that this is the way it is. It just doesn't stop, ever, no matter what happens. The good times seem like they go by so fast. You can't stop them during the good times, and you can't make them speed up during the bad times. One minute you're up, one minute you're down, and that's the way life is. It's a wheel constantly spinning and turning, and you can't stop it.

Would you like to slow it down or stop it every once in a while?

I don't want to stop my carnival ride. I love what I do and the people I meet. I consider myself very, very blessed, and things go by so fast. I think sometimes people might feel sorry for me because it's like, "Oh, are you going home for the holidays?" "Oh, I'm not really sure. I think I have to be in L.A. or something." But that's my life, and I love it. I love being busy, and I love the ride.

Do you believe in the saying, "What goes around comes around"?

I do believe in stuff like that. I believe in good karma. I think some people have good karma. I think I have good karma. It's about treating people nicely and doing things in your life that give you good karma -- so that you get what you give. There's a saying in my sorority, "To receive much, you must give much." That's one of the truest statements I've ever seen, especially in this business. If you put your heart and soul into it, you'll get it back.

Are you good at making quick decisions?

I think I'm good at making under pressure decisions. You do what you do, and sometimes there has to be some definitive OK. Yes or no. I think I'm good at that.

Is it easier for you now?

I've been doing what I do for about two years now, so I've gotten a lot better at it. I think at first, I was stumbling around, trying not to mess up, but now I am used to what I do -- doing interviews, singing on stage and especially handling it when things go wrong. I think I'm a lot better at all that stuff.

You have a lot of songs about going into the world for the first time. What advice would you give someone who isn't sure if they're ready to leave their comfort zone?

There's nothing wrong with comfort zones. If you leave it too early, it could have worse repercussions than staying in it. But there's a point in your life when you know, "All right, it's time for me to move on ... or time for me do something different or time for me to grow up or whatever it is. There's a time, and you know in your heart when that time is. ... Or maybe take baby steps. Get out of your comfort zone a little bit. See how you feel about that. It depends on the person. You can either take the leap, or do it small, or you can stay in your comfort zone. Some people like that. They may not ever be ready. Just listen to your heart.

'American Idol' Carrie Underwood Nominated for 3 Country Music Awards, Readies for Release of Second Album

2007-10-20T14:40:00.000-07:00

Carrie Underwood is riding high. Recently nominated for three Country Music Awards, former American Idol winner Underwood is only two weeks away from the release of her highly-anticipated second album "Carnival Ride", which has already provided a hit single, with more likely on their way. It's been a whirlwind last couple years for the blonde country singer, and Carrie's massive popularity and huge record sales don't look to be waning at any point in the near future. The Country Music Awards will be held on November 7th, at which point it's possible that Underwood will be enjoying as much success as ever, if her new album Carnival Ride meets the high expectations placed upon it.

Carrie Underwood Is Grammy's Big Winner

2007-02-18T09:07:00.000-08:00

Almost lost in all the furor over the former country music group the Dixie Chicks' domination of the Grammy Awards was another major development. The
knee-jerk vote by liberal Grammy members wanting to send the White House and Nashville and country radio a large middle finger about the alleged persecution and martyrdom of the trio also effectively poisoned the well for other deserving artists in the five categories the Chicks swept.

In essence, all of the other nominees for album of the year, record of the year, song of the year, country album and country duo or group performance never had a chance. And that includes artists of the caliber of Alan Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Little Big Town, Mary J. Blige, Josh Turner, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Willie Nelson, Gnarls Barkley, Rascal Flatts, the Wreckers and many others.

The fact that the Grammys are supposed to be the most prestigious music awards in the world means that they should receive serious consideration and voting. The fact that they most likely did not in this case does not reflect well on Grammy voters or the voting process itself. The fact that there is no way to effectively convince voters to vote for musical excellence -- rather than political vindication -- is unfortunate but is a fact of life. And the voting process cannot confine Grammy voters to vote only within the genres in which they work and are knowledgeable. Another fact of life.

One major survivor of the very mixed Grammy Awards evening is a young artist who is pretty much right now the new face of country music, just as the Dixie Chicks are pretty much the old face of country music. Underwood was the first country artist to capture the best new artist award since LeAnn Rimes 11 years ago. (Note to purists: Bobbie Gentry received the award in 1967 and so did Debby Boone in 1977, but neither has been considered a country artist.) Underwood also received the Grammy for best female country vocal performance, and her hit, "Jesus Take the Wheel," was named best country song.

American Idol, for better or for worse, is having a major impact on country music. Its pervasive reach into so many audiences and into so many homes means it's almost inescapable. And country music remains this nation's biggest audience, so any artist aspiring to country success can find a magic portal at Idol. That kind of ubiquitous sort of force-feeding means that any Idol performer with genuine talent and a winning personality should be able to capture an audience. The fact that all Idol contestants and winners have not been able to do so is certainly a testimony to the American public's occasional ability to detect and reject crap, unlike the cynical, scheming Idol screeners and judges.

Underwood is a testament to the ongoing American star-making myth. One thing I noticed immediately the morning after the awards show in reviewing the media coverage was that Underwood got by far the largest photograph of any Grammy artist -- period -- in the Los Angeles Times' extensive Grammy coverage. She filled up almost half a page in the Times in a glorious color picture. That means her stardust is working.

And, sometimes, that's what it's all about.

The fact that she survived being thrust into performing not her own material but an odd tribute to Bob Wills and Don Henley is an indication of her survivor skills. Rascal Flatts, who also performed during the Henley tribute, were even more ill-suited to the material than she was and did not emerge as well as Underwood did. But she's proving herself to be a trouper. At this stage, her debut album has sold almost 5 million copies. The Chicks' latest CD is holding at less than 2 million, after their previous releases were at multiples of that figure.

In backstage press questioning, Underwood didn't wilt as she refused to be drawn into a Dixie Chicks controversy about who was giving the finger to whom. I couldn't make this up, but this is what she said when asked about the Chicks "giving the finger" to the country music establishment: "Next question, please. I don't like talking about anyone giving the finger."

Well, all right. That's refreshing in an age of increasing vulgarity. It also shows a lot more grace and class than Natalie Maines' clueless and rude invoking of the Simpson's "heh-heh" in her little country Grammy acceptance speech.

Does it sound like I like Carrie Underwood? Well, I do. I think she's genuine and charming. Her style is emerging, and she will grow into the mature artist that she is not yet. But at this stage in her career, I can see a bit of Reba and Dolly in her, and I think that says much about her.

Carrie Underwood Receives Two Grammys Sunday Night

2007-02-17T09:13:00.000-08:00

Nominated for four Grammys, Carrie Underwood brings home two.

Carrie Underwood proved that she is capable of accomplishments greater than American Idol, when she brought home her first two Grammys, Sunday night. This 23-year-old, small town girl, hailing from Oklaholma, definitely has a lot to be proud of this year. She was nominated for four different Grammys and took home two of the four, Sunday night.

She triumphed over her competition, Chris Brown, and singers James Blunt, Imogen Heap and Corinne Bailey Rae, proudly claiming her Grammy for Best New Artist. She also received the Grammy for Best Country Song with her first single, “Jesus Take the Wheel,” off of her album, Some Hearts, which is still topping the Billboard Charts.

Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson are the only two American Idol winners to have won Grammys. Kelly took two Grammys home with her in 2006, for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Since U Been Gone,” and another for the Best Pop Vocal Album – Breakaway.

Carrie Underwood Has First On Screen Romance

2007-01-23T09:34:00.000-08:00

Country singer Carrie Underwood just finished her newest music video for her single “Wasted” and in it, has a new love interest. The music video, which will be in black and white, stars a "very nice looking guy." Underwood said flirting with a complete stranger in the video was a little weird for her .

On Monday night, Underwood attended a party for Nashville Grammy Nominees. She's up against James Blunt, Neo Soul singer Corrine Baily Ray and others for Best New Artist. Underwood in the only nominee in the category who has sold five million copies of a debut album.

In other entertainment news, Keith Urban delivered a post rehab message to his fans Monday. He said his wife, Nicole Kidman, stuck by his side the whole time. Visit www.bradon2.com to hear the message in its entirety.

Indianapolis’ Colts quarterback Peyton Manning brought his team to the Super Bowl for the first time Sunday night. Afterwards, he partied with his east Tennessee buddy, Kenny Chesney.

Chesney and Manning’s brother, Giants quarterback Eli Manning, headed back to Manning’s place and staying up to 4:30 a.m. Monday, singing country songs. Of course, “Rocky Top” was one of them. Manning wasthe former quarterback for the University of Tennessee.

Carrie Underwood to Sing for Salvation Army

2006-11-28T12:20:00.000-08:00

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

2006-11-28T12:17:00.000-08:00

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

2006-11-28T12:15:00.000-08:00

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

2006-11-28T12:12:00.000-08:00

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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2006-11-28T12:11:00.000-08:00

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