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Chart success continues for Carrie Underwood
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Country Standard Time News
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2006-02-15
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2007-08-06
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Her album, ''
Some Hearts '', has yielded five number one hits to date on various charts in the
United States and
Canada , including "
Inside Your Heaven ", "
Jesus, Take The Wheel ", and "
Before He Cheats ". Her second album, ''
Carnival Ride '', has already produced a top 10 hit, "
So Small ".
See Also: American Idol (Season 4)
In the summer of 2004, Underwood auditioned for ''
American Idol '' in
St. Louis . On
March 22 ,
2005 , Underwood sang a powerful rendition of the number one 80's rock hit
Alone by
Heart and the notoriously hard-to-please judge
Simon Cowell predicted that Underwood would not only win the competition, but would outsell all previous ''Idol'' winners. Underwood was the second winner never to have been voted in the bottom three. While on the show, Underwood gained a loyal fan base known as "Carrie's Care Bears." Interestingly, she is in the same sorority (
Sigma Sigma Sigma ) as
Linda Denham , the creator of the original
Care Bears franchise.
The album's second single, "
Jesus, Take The Wheel " was released to radio on
October 18 ,
2005 . It received so much airplay that it debuted at #39 on the
Billboard Country Chart in its first week, setting a record. It eventually reached #1 for 6 consecutive weeks, and was only two weeks shy of
Connie Smith 's record of an 8-week run back in
1964 -
1965 with her #1 hit "
Once A Day ".
Her third single, "
Some Hearts " was only released to Pop, Adult Contemporary and Hot Adult Contemporary stations in October 2005 and peaked in the top 25 on the Hot AC format, while it made the top 15 on the AC Charts. "
Don't Forget To Remember Me ," the second of Underwood's singles to be released to country radio, her fourth single overall, peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Chart, as well as #49 on the
Billboard Hot 100 . However, it did reach #1 for a week on the Radio & Records Country Singles Chart.
Both "
Jesus, Take The Wheel " and "
Don't Forget To Remember Me " have earned number one spots in
Christian Radio countdowns. "Jesus, Take the Wheel" won the
Gospel Music Association 's award for best country single of the year.
Underwood performed "Jesus, Take the Wheel", on
May 23 ,
2006 , and received a standing ovation at the ACM Awards. She ended up winning Best New Female Vocalist and Single of the year for the song. Also she was nominated for Song of the Year and Female Vocalist of the year, but did not win.
Later that autumn, Underwood's third country single, "
Before He Cheats ", hit number one on Billboard's Hot Country Songs, staying there for 5 consecutive weeks, marking Underwood's third country number one hit and her fourth number one hit all together. The song peaked at number 8 on the
Billboard Hot 100 , achieving the slowest climb ever to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record that was previously held by
Creed from July 2000. After a year of release, the single still remains in the Billboard charts.
To promote "
Before He Cheats ", Underwood performed it at the 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards on
November 6 ,
2006 , and later won both the Horizon Award (similar to the "
Rookie Of The Year " award in sports) for new country artists and Female Vocalist. Underwood's double win is the first time since
1995 that an artist won both the female vocalist and Horizon award.
On
November 21 ,
2006 , Underwood went into the American Music Awards with 2 nominations, that night she left the building winning the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award. She was also nominated for Best Female Country Artist, but did not win in that category. She also attended the "2006 Billboard Music Awards" On
December 4 ,
2006 , and took home 5 awards. She won the coveted Album of the Year, Top 200 Female Artist of the Year, Female Country Artist, New Country Artist, and Country Album of the Year.
Underwood was nominated for 5
Academy Of Country Music awards in
2007 . She was nominated for Best Female Vocalist, Song of the Year, Video of the Year, Album of the Year and Single Record of the Year. She won two of her nominated catergories; Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year.
On
April 11 ,
2007 , Underwood continued her success of top 2 Country singles with the release of "
Wasted ". The song peaked at number 1 on the Hot Country Songs Chart, and number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video for ''Wasted'' debuted at number 2 on the GACTV Top 20 Countdown.
The 2007's CMT Awards in
Nashville ,
Tennessee on
April 16 ,
2007 , saw Underwood being nominated for three awards, including Video of the Year, Female Video of the Year, and Video Director of the Year, all for "Before He Cheats." She ended up winning all of the three categories. She also performed there, singing "Before He Cheats".
In early April, Underwood took a break from working on her second album to take a trip to South Africa for ''American Idol''
's "Idol Gives Back" charity special. A music video package from her trip aired on the show April 25. Underwood recorded an acoustic version of The Pretenders' classic "I'll Stand By You," which served as the music bed for this ''American Idol'' video package. The charity single of the song released exclusively on iTunes reached the #2 spot.
Underwood also appeared in
Brad Paisley's latest album, ''
5th Gear '', on a song entitled "Oh Love". Aside from those activities, she also performed "Before He Cheats" and "Wasted" at the CMA Music Festival.
On
December 7 ,
2006 , Underwood's album ''Some Hearts'' received four
Grammy nominations. Underwood received two Grammy awards for "Best New Artist", and "Best Female Country Vocal Performance" while "Jesus, Take the Wheel" received nominations for "Best Country Song" and "Song of the Year".
Underwood's nomination marked the first time that an ''American Idol'' winner or contestant had been nominated in the "Best New Artist" category. The award ceremony was held on
February 11 ,
2007 at
Staples Center in
Los Angeles ,
California . She also sang alongside Grammy nominees
Rascal Flatts .
On
March 24 ,
2007 , Underwood was featured as the musical guest on ''
Saturday Night Live '' with host
Peyton Manning . Underwood performed her hit singles "
Before He Cheats " and "
Wasted ", helping bring the show's highest ratings in the last 10 months. She became only the eleventh
Country Music star to perform on the show (preceded by
Garth Brooks ,
Randy Travis ,
Dolly Parton ,
Dwight Yoakam ,
Faith Hill ,
The Charlie Daniels Band ,
Dixie Chicks ,
Willie Nelson ,
Johnny Cash and
Keith Urban ). She is the third ''
American Idol '' contestant to appear on the show (preceded by
Clay Aiken and
Kelly Clarkson ).
On "Carnival Ride," Underwood was more involved in the songwriting process than on the debut. She set up a writers retreat at Nashville's famed
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