JANUARY 2006 NEWS
January 24, 2006
Carrie at the NFC Championship Game New Photos
Dave has sent us two rare and wonderful photos of Carrie singing at the NFC Game. Click each to enlarge, Big thanks goes to Dave for thinking of us!
January 22, 2006
Carrie at the NFC Championship Game
So far, I have one photo from the NFC game while ago in which Carrie sang the National Anthem. (Thanks Vinman for making this). I will have more photos, plus media curtosey of Vinman up later tonight! Click picture to be taken to gallery, I have added more photos from this event!
Portland, Maine Photos
(Thanks to jeff734 from www.carriefans.com). Brian, cuo's new helper on this website and the photo gallery, is currently uploading all of the lovely photos that Jeff has provided us from the Maine concert which was last January 14th. There are about 50 photos in all, and you can view that gallery by clicking here.
Kix Brooks (of Brooks and Dunn) talks with Carrie Underwood
AP Online; 1/19/2006; JOHN GEROME, Associated Press Writer
No danger of Kix Brooks running out of material when he takes over as host of ABC Radio's "American Country Countdown" this week.
As half of the hit country music duo Brooks & Dunn, he sees a lot more behind-the-scenes stuff than most country-music experts.
It helps that Brooks likes to talk. While taping an interview with singer Carrie Underwood, he couldn't keep from ribbing her about a disclaimer she included on her debut album, "Some Hearts."
Underwood was worried fans might get the wrong idea about "Before He Cheats," a dark song about a woman so angry with her boyfriend that she takes a key to the side of his car.
Brooks had a field day with it: "I like how you keyed somebody's car in that song _ and you seem like such a nice person."
"I never actually keyed anybody's car," Underwood shot back, laughing.
Brooks: "I know, but ... you went on a little bit too long about it. ... By the time you got done I was like 'Wow, she really did key somebody's car.'"
The syndicated "American Country Countdown" runs down Billboard magazine's Top-40 country songs. ABC promotes it as the longest-running and most-listened to countdown show in the nation, with more than 400 radio stations broadcasting it.
Brooks replaces longtime host Bob Kingsley on the weekly, four-hour program.
Underwood is Country Radio's Idol (Source: Billboard)
Billboard; 1/21/2006; Jessen, Wade
Byline: Jessen, Wade
Volume: 118
Number: 3
ISSN: 00062510
Publication Date: 01-21-2006
Page: 67
Type: Periodical
Language: English
With 36.3 million audience impressions during the tracking week, "American Idol" champ Carrie Underwood crowns hot Country Songs with "Jesus, Take the Wheel."
Underwood's single gains more than 2 million impressions to become the chart's first solo female victor since Sara Evans spent two weeks atop the chart in the fall with "A Real Fine Place to Start."
Although Underwood's ballad steps 2-1, two former chart-toppers just below her bullet with significant increases.
-Wade Jessen
AUTHOR_AFFILIATION
wjessen@billboard.com
Copyright VNU eMedia, Inc. Jan 21, 2006
They'll sing and sign the National Anthem (Source: www.kingcountyjournal.com)
Ten-year-old Kaylie Whitmore of Renton has never heard recording artist Carrie Underwood.
Nor is it likely that she ever will. Kaylie is deaf.
But Kaylie and Underwood will be side by side at Qwest Field today. Underwood, the country singer who won the 2005 ``American Idol'' competition and went on to sell 2 million copies of her debut album, will sing the national anthem.
Kaylie, a fifth-grader at the Northwest School for the Hearing Impaired, will sign the anthem. (It's a repeat performance for Kaylie. She did a preseason Monday night football game, too.)
``She's flying high. She did a little jig when she found out,'' said Pam LaFollette, Kaylie's mom.
``She did not know who Carrie Underwood was, so we got the CD. She looked at it and said, `Oh, my goodness. She's beautiful.'''
LaFollette said the Seahawks provided three game tickets. The family was able to buy three more so Kaylie, her mom and stepdad, her sister and her grandparents will be there.And yes, Kaylie does plan to ask Underwood for an autograph.
``That's why we have the CD,'' LaFollette said.
January 19, 2006
Chart Updates
Below are the Billboard chart updates for week of: January 28, 2006
Some Hearts (The Album)
Chart |
Weeks |
Position |
Last Week |
| Billboard 200 |
9 |
3 |
5 |
| Comprehensive Albums |
9 |
3 |
5 |
| Top Digital Albums |
9 |
20 |
15 |
| Top Internet Sales |
9 |
4 |
7 |
| Top Country Albums |
9 |
1 |
1 |
| Adult Top 40 |
6 |
30 |
30 |
Jesus Take The Wheel
Chart |
Weeks |
Position |
Last Week |
| Hot Country Songs |
13 |
1 |
1 |
| Billboard Hot 100 |
11 |
25 |
29 |
| Billboard Pop 100 |
11 |
46 |
42 |
| Hot Digital Songs |
11 |
33 |
34 |
| Hot Digital Tracks |
11 |
21 |
25 |
| Hot 100 Airplay |
10 |
21 |
25 |
Magazine Scans Updated
The photo gallery has been updated with the scans from Allure. I added the candid picture of as well to the 2006 candid section of the gallery. Click on each scan below to enlarge.
Decades Rock Live (Source: http://heavymetalmusic.biz)
Dave Navarro, Carrie Underwood, Rufus Wainwright,
and Gretchen Wilson Join
Alice in Chains in Honoring Heart on
³Decades Rock Live²
January 17, 2006, New York - VH1 Classic and World Productions have announced additonal special guests for the next LIVE concert taping of ³Decades Rock Live² on, March 10th, 2006 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ. Joining the already slated Alice in Chains in honoring Heart on ³Decades Rock Live² will be the six-string skilled rocker and founder of the new band Panic Channel, Dave Navarro (also formerly of the notorious bands Jane¹s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers); 2005 American Idol winner, double platinum recording artist, with the fastest selling country debut album in history, country superstar Carrie Underwood; Rolling Stone¹s 1999 Best New Artist, international alternative poetic pop singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright and multi platinum recording artist, two time CMA/Grammy Award Winner, hot country rocker, Gretchen Wilson (pre-taping prior to show). An airdate for the ³Decades Rock Live² with Heart & Friends on VH1 Classic to be announced in the coming weeks.
Heart with special guests Alice in Chains , Dave Navarro , Carrie Underwood , Gretchen Wilson (live via satellite) & Rufus Wainwright . click here for more information about the show and to purchase tickets
January 18, 2006
Sales Update
Sales for week of: January 18, 2006
Some Hearts: Total: 1,794,540
JTTW: Total: 175,886 digital sold
January 15, 2006
Carrie's Next Single: Don't Forget To Remember Me
CUO has learned that Carrie's next single will be "Don't Forget To Remember Me". A video is planned for shooting in the near future, treatments are currently being submitted. Stay tuned for more information! *update* shooting for the video is to take place around mid-feb. 2006.
Carrie Rules Country Charts (Source: cmt.com)
By: Calvin Gilbert
In simultaneously topping both of Billboard primary country charts this week, 22-year-old Carrie Underwood has accomplished a career milestone most country recording artists only dream of.
After just 12 weeks on the chart, Underwood has scored her first No. 1 single with "Jesus, Take the Wheel." On the country albums chart, her double-platinum debut project, Some Hearts, remains at the top spot -- where it has nested nearly every week since it was released in November.
Underwood's national profile will increase even more with fashion photos appearing in the current issues of Allure and Teen Vogue magazines and an upcoming cover story in Cosmo Girl!.
Both country charts remain slightly sluggish as the radio and music industries recovers from their holiday lull.
Underwood knocks George Strait from No. 1 on the singles chart, pushing "She Let Herself Go" to second place while Billy Currington's "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" spends a second week at No.
Event Brief of Q3 2005 Skechers USA, Inc Earnings Conference Call
Carrie's Campaign significantly boosted Sketcher Sales (Source: FDCH e-media)
I recently found a except from a October 2005 phone conference transscript taken from Sketchers. I'm posting it because of the buzz about sales impatce in the quarters of 2006. This tells us that not only is Sketchers proud of their campaign with Carrie, but that new campaigns (photos) may be possible for 2006. Excert taken:
"The Co. believes the launch of its Carrie Underwood marketing campaign for the back-to-school season has positively impacted sales and the brand image With Carrie Underwood's much anticipated debut album releasing in mid-Nov., the Co. believes the buzz and press surrounding it will continue to positively impact the sales in 4Q05 and into 2006."
January 14, 2006
Carrie says Jesus Had The Wheel in 2005 (Source: NetMusic.Com)
By Neil Haislop
NASHVILLE, TN Wednesday Jan.4.2006 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Carrie Underwood got off to a miraculous start last year, scoring a big debut hit, and is on the road to selling 2 million copies of her debut album "Some Hearts."
And, she really identifies with her debut smash single, "Jesus Takes the Wheel."
"I feel like the luckiest person in the world the way everything worked out," Carrie tells us. "Everything worked out so perfectly that the song means so much to me because I feel like Jesus was taking the wheel and leading me through everything that was going on."
Carrie Underwood Podcast
We speak with the former American Idol winner and newly minted country superstar.
by Spence D.
December 15, 2005 - Nobody would be faulted for calling Carrie Underwood's current situation a fairy tale come true. The singer was raised in the small town of Checotah, Oklahoma, the youngest of three siblings. She began utlizing her sweet vocal talents in church and in school musicals. She continued on this path all the way through college, music was a part of her life, but not the focus of it. Instead she was focusing on a career in broadcast journalism.
This is where the fairy tale part comes in. Thanks to a twist of fate , she caught a news story about the tryouts for the 2005 American Idol that were taking place in Cleveland, Ohio. A voice in her head sparked up, reminding her that people had always suggested she try out for the show. Next thing she knew, she was in St. Louis trying out.
If you watched the show this past season then you konw what happened. If you didn't, well Underwood won. Then she headed to Nashville and got her country music jones fixed, releasing her debut solo album, Some Hearts , in November. Needless to say it topped the charts, both on the pop and country side of things. Life is good.
We caught up with Ms. Underwood recently and talked about her whirlwind career, her music, and what it's like to become part of a modern day fairy tale.
click here to download the interview
January 3, 2006
Carrie To Give Benefit Concert (Source: Thanks Abby! - doncampbellmusic.com)
Carrie is giving a concert in Maine on January 14th, 2006 In Portland Maine at the Civic Center on at 3:00 PM. The Don Campbell Band is opening for Carrie in concert, then Carrie will perform. All the proceeds go to the charities supported by the Jeff Gordon Foundation. All people in the audience will receive a complimentary collectible granite coaster of Carrie.
"The Winter Wonderland Gala with Jeff Gordon & Friends"
Debuts With The Largest Fundraiser In The History of Maine
Featuring A Music Concert By
American Idol Winner Carrie Underwood
Highlighting the festivities, Carrie Underwood will take the microphone at the Cumberland County Civic Center with a highly anticipated afternoon music concert for 6,500 fans. Winner of three 2005 Billboard Music Awards, Underwood is sure to raise the roof in Portland.
Concert attendees will be further treated with a complimentary collectible granite coaster of Carrie Underwood provided by Get-Etched.com. Opening for Carrie Underwood, The Don Campbell Band will perform their country music hits featuring hooks and harmony-laiden melodies, emotionally pleasing lyrics and guitar and fiddle instrumentation.
To purchase tickets, at ticketsnow.com - click here for Carrie Underwood Tickets at Cumberland Civic Center. You may also find tickets at ticketmaster.com or www.theciviccenter.com
Carrie Spends Time With Idol Hopeful (Source: ShelbyStar.Com)
(excert taken)
SHELBY — It has become America's most watched and participated in contests. Thousands flock to audition and millions tune their televisions in to watch. And Shelby native Heather Ellison went to take her shot at music stardom.
American Idol, the popular television show that allows viewers to vote for who should win, will air its new season beginning Jan. 17. But auditions were held in September, and show hopefuls could audition in one of seven cities.
Ms. Ellison, a junior at N.C. State University, flew to Denver with her mother. She almost backed out.
“We just can't decide about you,” Ms. Ellison remembered the producers saying to her.
They asked her to sing a second song, and she chose “Blue” by Patsy Cline.
As part of the experience, she met last year's American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood. She also met Bo Bice, last year's runner-up.
“I spent 30 minutes with Carrie,” Ms. Ellison said. “The way they portrayed her on TV was the way she is.”
Miss Underwood also called Ms. Ellison's sister and father while backstage.
In the end, they cut Ms. Ellison, telling her to work on her lower ranges and come back to audition again next year.
She's practicing just in case.
“I'd love to go back next year,” Ms. Ellison said.
20729 - 1/3/2006 - LN
January 2, 2006
Some Hearts Number Five CD This week (Source: Dealhack.com)
Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts' Is number 5 this week at itunes and amazon.com, currently beating out Mariah's "The Emancipation of Mimi" which is number 6 this week.
Carrie Underwood's Musical Beginnings (Source: netmusiccountdown.com)
Carrie's music career starts as a 3-year-old heavy breather
By Neil Haislop
NASHVILLE, TN Friday Dec.30.2005 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Carrie Underwood says she started her singing career at age three, singing in church.
But her first appearance was just heavy breathing into a microphone.
She tells Premiere Prep, "I started singing when I was really little in church. I was supposed to sing 'Jesus Loves Me' with this other little boy. I took the microphone, and I held it really close to my mouth and I started breathing really loud. That's all you could hear in the church was me going 'haaa haaaa haaa.' So that was my debut."
