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Carrie’s Idol Ideals

Carrie Underwood knows how to appeal to her fans. Since winning “American Idol” she hasn’t played any tricks on them, she has stuck to what she knows and what the fans expect from her. “I feel like any contestant that does well on ‘Idol’ has to stay true to what people voted for,” she says to Reuters News Service. “I’ve seen it happen a few times where people are one thing on the show, and then they get off the show and try to do something else.” Currently three finalists from the most recent show are releasing their own albums - Kris Allen, Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey. “I feel like any contestant that comes off ‘Idol’ that does well on ‘Idol’ has to stay true to what people voted for. Though Carrie was both a fan of Kris Allen and third place finisher Danny Gokey, who is releasing his country album early next year, she will be enjoying the presence of runner up Adam Lambert on her holiday special presented by Fox. The show, which airs December 7th, will also have Carrie performing with another idol winner David Cook and Dolly Parton.

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Carrie’s Turkey Day Special

Even on Thanksgiving, Carrie Underwood doesn’t get a day off. The country starlet will be performing on CNN Thanksgiving night for the CNN Heroes: An All Star Tribute. The host will be Anderson Cooper and will honor the heroes selected by CNN’s Blue Ribbon Panel. Every hero will get $25,000 in recognition of their work, as well as a $100,000 prize for the hero of the year, announced that night. The show is at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and will air globally on Thanksgiving at 9pm on CNN/US, CNN International and CNN en Espanol. Other celebrities scheduled to present include Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Neil Patrick Harris, Pierce Brosnan, Dwayne Johnon, Eva Mendes, Randy Jackson and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Carrie and Leona Lewis are performing.

Tonight, Carrie Underwood is playing an outdoor mini-concert for free as part of the Jimmy Kimmel Live show. Free Carrie Underwood tickets aren’t being given away by StubHub, but they are via 1iota.com.

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Carrie on Loving Mike Fisher

It was just a few weeks ago that Carrie Underwood and her boyfriend hockey player Mike Fisher revealed that the two are still happily in love and things are going well. But now, she’s saying that she doesn’t have any plans to shack up with the boys, Carrie revealed during her interview on the Ellen Degeneres Show. “No, call me old fashioned. He’s there. I’m here,” she said during today’s show. “We’re both doing our thing and it’s good. The next guy I move in with will be my hubby. Whoever that is. I’m not saying it’s gonig to be him.” The two, however, aren’t planning on rushing into anything, especially since the nearly year long relationship is the longest Carrie has ever been in. “Close to a year now. That’s the longest relationship I’ve had,” she continues. “I joke and say that my dogs are the longest relationship ever.”

“We had a friend, one of my band members was trying to hook us up, he was like, ‘I have this guy for you.’ I was like ‘Oh, that’s great. What does he do?’ ‘He plays hockey.’” Then she gave a thumbs down. Still, it seems like it has all worked out for the star.

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Carrie’s Holiday Special

The holidays are just around the corner, and in preparing Fox and Carrie Underwood are hitting the television studio in preparation for her new Fox special - the holiday variety show, titled “Carrie Underwood: An All Star Special.” The show will feature music, dancing and skits with special guests Dolly Parton, David Cook, Brad Paisley, Kristin Chenoweth and Christina Applegate. Talking to Zap 2 It news, Carrie is over the moon about working with one of her Idols, Dolly Parton, as well her favorite Christmas moments. “Growing up, , I mean we don’t have too many traditions but we would always celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve and of course Santa would come on Christmas morning. We had these old records that I would always play for Christmas. I have them now, thank God my mom didn’t throw them away,” she says. Talking about Dolly, she says, “She was nice enough to come and be a part of the show. I’ve never met her before this so I was so excited to get to talk to her and obviously be able to sing with her. It was a special moment, a dream come true. When Dolly’s there, you step out of the spotlight and let her do her thing.”

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Carrie Loves to Change…Costumes

As usual, Carrie Underwood remained the star of the evening at this year’s Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, even though she didn’t pick up a single prize. The co-host, who along with Brad Paisley shot jokes into the crowd and welcomed the genre’s biggest performers of the night, stood out from the rest of the ladies of the evening as she enjoyed a solo performance and a series of wardrobe changes. Carrie started the evening in a green, knee- high pleaded frock complete with a shimmery waistband and flowers. She moved on to a floor length, unusual printed number that accentuated her body with its tight fit and one-shoulder styled sleeves. She finished the evening with an orange number, another short getup, that was full of rffles and showed off her toned legs. However, she really turned heads in the sequined hot pants and open, shimmery jacket that she wore when she sang her new single “Cowboy Casanova.” Getting tons of press for the Lady Gaga- inspired ensemble, Carrie shows us all that she isn’t afraid to take a risk.

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Carrie Playing with MySpace Tomorrow

According to the Associated Press, MySpace and the Grand Ole Opry are teaming up for a live stream of Opry performances including video this Saturday. The performances, which will include some from Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Rodney Atkins, Jake Owens and more. This will be the first time MySpace and the Grand Ole Opry are working together to perform a live video stream, and the first time Carrie will perform her hit “Cowboy Casanova” on air. The single is her fastest rising single to date.

Her new album that she will be promoting tomorrow during the MySpace live stream reached the top spot on the Billboard 200 charts Wednesday, pushing Michael Jackson’s comeback album This Is It to number two. The first week’s sales weren’t as great as her last number one album, dropping nearly 200,000 in sales, but the over 300,000 numbers still got her to the top. The release is also the highest in earnings for any solo country act this year and best released tally for any female artist this year as well. The top title gives Carrie the only country act to ever achieve first week sales of more than 300,000 units for the first three albums.

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Carrie a Star without Any CMA’s

Though Carrie Underwood was shafted during this year’s CMA Awards where she picked up zero of her three nominations, including the Female Vocalist of the Year which she has won several years in a row, Ms. Underwood is still celebrating (hopefully). This week her third album debuted and it was just announced that Play On has topped the Billboard 200 charts - the second in Carrie’s repertoire that has reached such a coveted position. The album sold more than 318,000 copes last week, not only helping her chart on Billboard but awarding her the most discs a female has sold this year. Though she is currently being written about for her “abrupt” ending at last night’s CMA Awards following Taylor Swifts win of both the Female Vocalist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year (which Carrie did last year), surely it should mostly be about the success of her new album.

Play On is the first album where Carrie wrote most of her work, so in a nutshell this set was a success of its own. She showed off her stuff when she did an over the top performance at the show with her new single “Cowboy Casanova.” Complete with a full slew of stage dancers, band and a couch for Carrie to prance on, the performance was legendary and will sure to get her some attention next year.

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Carrie on MySpace

MySpace Music Feed interviewed Carrie Underwood in Nashville. Listen to what she says: “The whole process for this [album] was a bit different than the one before. It seems like every time I make a new album I have a lot more time with it, and I think it’s just me learning more. I learn more, I want to have a bigger hand in things, wrote a lot for this album. It’s really exciting from everything going ‘what am I going to do?’ to it being done.” When asked if she feels any pressure in attempting to match the success of her first two albums, she says, “I guess I could look at it that way, or I could just say ‘I’m so blessed that these two have done so well, and just continue to do what I love. And even if this one does nothing, I still have those that have done everything. I’m not expecting that, I think this one is great, my heart and soul is in there; I’m not planning for the worst but I’ve made an album that I love.” Talking about her real life personality that is portrayed in some songs, she continues that “You’re a character. You’re in this moment. Sometimes a song is just fun, for no reason. There’s a few on Play On that are like that.”

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Carrie Preparing for CMA’s

Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley are performing a live concert - TODAY! The two Country Music Award hosts are strutting their stuff around the Sommet Center this morning as they give Nashville fans a free performance of their hits. The performance isn’t just for local fans - thanks to Good Morning America the entire show will be aired live. In preparation for the show, the stars are bearing the cold as they sing through their routines while Nashville’s ice hockey rink gets warped into a performance hall. The home of the Nashville Predators will soon see shimmery lights and stars all over the place. From an inside reporter via Country Weekly we learn that the leading anchors will be poking fun of each other via the teleprompter - Carrie calls Brad a “Cowboy Casanova” while Brad says Carrie is “the Hostess with the Mostess Costume Changes.” For additional fun we learn that Taylor Swift plays two songs during the course of the show, and she opens. Carrie also pays tribute to the Armed Forces, since the show runs on Veteran’s Day. Talking to the star, she says “I do have a personality in there somewhere. Although I don’t display it often,” as she chuckles about her plans to be bored on Thanksgiving.

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Carrie Vying for Top Spot on Billboard Charts

Carrie Underwood’s new album Play On is exactly what her harshest critics have been waiting for - a true Carrie Underwood album. Having finally established herself in the country music market, the latest release and third from her repertoire finally reveals Carrie’s true personality. The album has Carrie working with a plethora of musical veterans and producers for the set that is sure, reports ABC News, to top the Pop Charts next week. Though sales in this economy are undoubtedly going to be much lower this year than for her previous number one album, industry experts believe that they are going to see another number one, selling over 300,000 copies in its first week, finishing Sunday. The information will be published on Wednesday, a week after her album was released.
In 2007 Carrie Underwood topped the Billboard 200 charts during her first week of sales for Carnival Ride with sales of 527,000. Since it has sold nearly 3 million copies in the United States alone. Already Carrie’s lead single “Cowboy Casanova” is a hit, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Though she has some strong contenders for the top spot, the former Entertainer of the Year is sure to do well. Get Carrie Underwood tickets via StubHub.