NEWS UPDATES:

October 18th, 2007

Entertainment Weekly Photos

Two photos from the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly have been added to the gallery. I am still working on a new design, please overlook the lack of news untill next week. Click on each photo to enlarge.

October 16th, 2007

Important News

Sorry for the lack of news, my computer had serious issues and almost all of the parts had to be replaced this week. I know I am behind on news such as the new photos that have been released, the opry performance pictures, the lyrics to all of the songs and more..

What I want to do is redesign this site this week for the launching of Carnival Ride next week. So I will focus on doing that and when I publish the new design the new updates and past weeks news will be included.

October 7th, 2007

Carnival Ride Track Information Plus New Photoshoot Photo

In an updated biography located in the newly designed carrieunderwoodofficial.com, Carrie talks about tracks on the new album Carnival Ride. From the biography:

""All-American Girl" turns the story of a baby girl born to a man praying for a boy into a celebration of femininity. If there is a bit of autobiography in the song--Carrie is the youngest of three daughters--there is even more in "Crazy Dreams," an ode to "long shots" and a celebration of the fact that "even crazy dreams come true," something she knows better than almost anyone.

 

"Last Name" is a bit of pure fun celebrating reckless abandon, and is one of two songs Carrie wrote with Hillary Lindsey. The other is the album's first single, "So Small," a song that announces the new project as a major step forward. With "So Small" Carrie focuses on what’s important in life and not worrying about the small things. It also focuses on the strength of her voice and personality, instilling it with freshness and relevance."

A new photoshoot photo that we have seen before has now been added to the gallery. Click here to view it.

September 27, 2007

Bid On Swarovski jacket designed by Carrie Underwood

Each celebrity was given the same denim jacket to customize and embellish with beautiful Swarovski Crystals. Carrie’s design appears tinged by eastern mysticism, with a colorful, rangoli-like pattern on each shoulder and stand-up collar encircled by blazing suns. On the back, this same influence literally takes flight in the form of exotic butterflies (some in crystal, others as brooches) rising from beltline to daisy-strewn yoke.

Both the rear waist and yoke of this heavily-distressed jacket feature intricate yet subtle flowering garlands, while the cuffs are trimmed in crystal-overlaid gold ribbon. Underwood has boldly signed her name—with a heart at each end—in magenta marker along the inside rear waist. You can bid on this jacket by clicking here (this will take you to the auction at Ebay). To see detailed photos of this jacket including the back, visit the charity auction photo website.

September 24, 2007

Carrie Underwood To Perform at 41st Annual CMA Awards

(Source: Reality TV) - Several new acts were announced today for the 41st Annual CMA Awards, including American Idol winner Carrie Underwood.  The 41st Annual CMA Awards will air live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on Wednesday, November 7 from 8:00PM to 11:00PM ET on the ABC Television Network

Photos Updated - Sketchers Ad Photoshoot

A while back, some photos of Carrie featuring Sketchers appeared. I have added 21 of these photos to the 2006 photoshoot section. They are small, but they are UNTAGGED as the other photos you may have seen are... check them out :) Click on the photo strip to enter gallery.

There are four bigger photos that I got untagged, and it's one that I have not seen before. They are below. Click on each to enlarge.

September 23, 2007

Scans Updated

I have updated the photogallery with the scans from the November/December 2007 issue of Sophisticates Hair Style Guide.

Some great photos, plus one I have never seen before so check the gallery out.

September 21, 2007

My Carrie Photos Update

I wanted to let you know that I have been getting all of the wonderful photos of you fans with Carrie through the mycarriephotos@carrieunderwoodonline.com email address and I am working on a special section of this site just for you!

Once completed, it will be located at something like mycarriephotos.carrieunderwoodonline.com and will feature all of the photos that you send to me! In addition, I am working on where you can upload the photo's yourselves to share with family and friends. This is an exciting venture that can't take place with out your help. So don't forget, the photos can be of Carrie with you, Carrie alone, it doesn't matter! Be sure email them to mycarriephotos@carrieunderwoodonline.com!!!

Photo Gallery Updates

I have updated the photogallery with candid pictures of Carrie on her vacation in Paris (Thanks KaSeY for the find) - enter here. And also added one picture from her NSU graduation that we have not seen before - enter here. I have FOLDERS of pictures to update. I plan to set aside a "photo gallery update day" one day next week and get all of the photos that you have emailed me and such.etc.etc. uploaded and organized.

September 20, 2007

So Small Video Caps

I added 40 captures from the "So Small" Carrie Underwood music video in the "So Small" photogallery. Click here to enter.

September 19, 2007

Carnival Ride Tracklisting

SonyStore.Com has confirmed the tracklistings of Carnival Ride:

1. Flat On The Floor - 3.18 - (Ashley Monroe/ Brett James) |
2. All-American Girl - 3.32 (Ashley Gorley, Carrie Underwood, John Kelly Lovelace)
3. So Small - 3.47 - (Robert Luke Laird, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Carrie Underwood)
4. Just A Dream - 4.44 - (Gordie Sampson, Steven McEwan, Hillary Lindsay)
5. Get Out Of This Town - 3.02 (Gordie Sampson, Steven McEwan, Hillary Lindsay)
6. Crazy Dreams - 3.36 (George Berry Dean, Troy Verges, Carrie Underwood)
7. I Know You Won't - 4.19 (Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher, Steve McEwan)
8. Last Name - 4.01 - (Robert Luke Laird, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Carrie Underwood)
9. You Won't Find This - 3.19 (Cathy Dennis, Tom Shapiro)
10. I Told You So - 4.17 (Bruce Traywick ((Randy Travis Cover)
11. The More Boys I Meet - 3.33 ( Scott Gorden Kennedy, Steven McEwan)
12. Twisted - 3.56 (Robert Luke Laird, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Brett James)
13. Wheel Of The World - 4.42 - (Hillary Lindsey, Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo

They have been added to the album information page.

CMT becomes "Carrie Music Television" on Thursday

Tomorrow CMT will become "Carrie Music Television" from 6 a.m. to noon.

"CMT will devote six straight hours Thursday to Carrie Underwood's first video from her new album. Carrie Music Television, as CMT is calling it, marks the first stunt of its kind for the channel, which estimates the so small video will run 64 times from 6 a.m. to noon ET/PT. The album, Carnival Ride, is out Oct. 23."

Below are the scans. They have been added to the gallery as part of Carrie historical news. Click on each to enlarge.

Carrie Underwood to be featured on XM Radio New Show

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- XM, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 8.2 million subscribers, today announced the launch of a new, weekly show hosted by Marty Stuart. Debuting on Friday, October 5, "Marty Stuart's American Odyssey" will expose fans to broad range of American music -- including traditional country, blues, rockabilly, bluegrass, gospel and rock songs -- with Stuart serving as host.

Each hour-long episode of "Marty Stuart's American Odyssey" will focus on a different part of the country and bring the musical sounds and stories of that region to life through informal interviews with local musicians, stories, guests and a regular cast of studio and tour musicians.

XM will be showcasing its country music programming throughout October as part of Country Music Month. Highlights include original music specials featuring Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Brooks & Dunn, Jack Ingram, Kris Kristofferson and Bill Anderson, among others, and exclusive programming, including broadcast of the Big State Festival from the Texas World Speedway.

September 18, 2007

New Carrie Photo

A new promotional photo of Carrie Underwood has been added to the gallery. Click on picture to enlarge.

Carrie To Be A Guest on VH1's Top 20 Countdown

We would like to mention that Carrie will be on VH1's Top 20 countdown on November 17th, 2007. It's rumored that she may debut the "Ever After"music video at this time, since the Enchanted movie is due to be released on November 22, 2007.

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September 15, 2007

My Carrie Photos

CUO would like to invite all Carrie fans to submit their photos to the Carrie Underwood Online photo gallery. Email all photos to mycarriephotos@carrieunderwodonline.com.

Detective CUO

I decided to study the ascap registrations to determine the chances of the known tracks being on Carnival Ride.. (I'm not right, I know).

What I noticed about every song off of Some Hearts, is they each have a publisher(s). You MUST have a registered publisher for royalty and copyright reasons.. so then I went back to the 24 list of songs that I had complied earlier,and rechecked each one. I marked off the ones who DID NOT have a publisher...because this late in the game they would have to have one registered by now (common sense).

Of the 24 songs, below are 16 songs that have a publisher registered.

1.Crazy Dreams
2. Before I Fall Too Far
3. I Was Gonna Love You
4. So Small (confirmed) (Carrie also listed as performer here)
5. Too Close To Home
6. Get Out Of This Town (Carrie also listed as performer here)
7. She's A Wildflower (Carrie also listed as performer here)
8. The Way I Like It (Carrie also listed as performer here)
9. Goodbye Feels Like A Good Thing
10. That Don't Mean I Don't Miss You
11. Last Name (confirmed)
12. Just A Dream (confirmed)
13. Flat On The Floor (confirmed)
14. I Told You So (confirmed cover)
15. Wheel Of The World (confirmed)
16. All-American Girl

ok... NOW.. I went back to the fanclub and remembered a question posed to Carrie about which one of these songs below are ACTUALLY on her album. The tracks asked to her was:

1. GET OUT OF THIS TOWN
2. EVERYBODY CRIES
3. NEVER GET USED TO YOU
4. SHE'S A WILDFLOWER
5. THE MORE BOYS I MEET
6. THE TRUTH HURTS
7. THE WAY I LIKE IT
8. ALL-AMERICAN GIRL
9. JUST A DREAM
10. THE LAZY DAY SONG


Carrie's response:
"There are only a couple of those that are right...I can't tell you which ones though, 'cause we haven't even decided the songs that are actually going on the album yet..."


What I gathered from this information is that two to three songs off that list made the cut. One we know for sure now, is "Just A Dream". So, at least two others made the cut.. but which ones? Well, guess what...

only four of those (besides Just A Dream) have a publisher attached to them.. and they are:

1. Get Out Of This Town (Carrie also listed as performer here)
2. She's A Wildflower (Carrie also listed as performer here)
3. The Way I Like It (Carrie also listed as performer here)
4. All-American Girl

In the end, I HAVE NO IDEA but I had some extra time today so I decided to put on my detective hat. haha.. One thing is for sure.. there is no Carrie Underwood offical track that has NO PUBLISHER attached. Each one of every song she's ever released has a publisher named in the registration.

Ringle Me This

Sony/BMG has introduced it's latest solution to the onrise falling of music sales. It's called a Ringle, and yes it's a different type of "jingle". According to reuters,

" Each ringle is expected to contain three songs -- one hit and maybe one remix and an older track -- and one ringtone, on a CD with a slip-sleeve cover. The idea is that if consumers in the digital age can download any tracks they want individually, why not let them buy singles in the store as well? It also enables stores to get involved in the ringtone phenomenon."

They will release 50 titles during October and November, while UMG will have anywhere from 10 to 20 titles ready

Arista Nashville will release Carrie's "Before He Cheats" as its first ringle. The cd will feature "Before He Cheats", "I Ain't In Checotah Anymore" from Some Hearts, and an exclusive live version of "Cheats" from the Clive Davis pre-Grammy party where Carrie performed in February of this year.

September 14, 2007

New Pitch Songs Titles

We recieved a new list of possible song titles from "Carnival Ride". It is UNCONFIRMED IF ANY of these songs made the final cut; however, we are 100% certain that these were given to Carrie to listen to for consideration on the new album. A picture of the CD is coming soon.

1. I'm Not Ready For This

2. When I'm With You

3. Come Back When It Ain't Rainin

4. Is It All The Same To You

5. Here I Am

6. I'm Surrounded

7. I Don't Feel The Same Way

8. When I Feel You

New So Small Photoshoot Picture Added

Below you will find a new photoshoot from the So Small single. Click to enlarge.

September 11, 2007

"Fly Anyway" Rejected

We posted a picture of a pitch CD to Carrie Underwood called "Fly Anyway". Sadly, we just received official word from Carrie's team moments ago that Carrie did decide to pass on "Fly Anyway". The song will NOT be on Carnival Ride. If you would like to read the lyrics, I did post them in album news area. I am still working to confirm if the other two songs ("Till I'm Not Broken" and "She Did It For Me") I found today were taken on the final cd tracklisting.To be honest, I believe the other two songs were not included on the CD as well because I received both of these "discarded demo cd's" together at the same time - but I will confirm them none the less.

Ole Music pitched many songs to Carrie through Mark Bright; however, she passed on all songs from Ole Music (see cd photo). Mark Bright did prefer "Fly Anyway" as one of his better songs and wanted Carrie to cut it but she decided to pass on the advice of herself and other crew members.

Style Corner: Buy Carrie Lamb Outfit Replica

Carrie Underwood wore this striped cardigan and skirt by Gwen Stefani’s label to the L.A.M.B. Spring 2008 Collection fashion show in NYC on 09/05/07. Thanks Suki :)

You can purchase them online by following the links below:

Stripe Cardigan - $185 at l-a-m-b.com.

Sailor Skirt - - $165 at l-a-m-b.com.

Faith Hill Almost Quit After CMA Awards Incident (Source: CMT)

From CMT:

September 11, 2007 — Faith Hill says the much-talked-about CMA Awards show incident, when she appeared to be upset with Carrie Underwood's Female Vocalist win, almost caused her to give up her career.

As Faith has explained, she was joking and "making fun of herself" when she cried, "What?" as Carrie's name was read, but the moment had tremendous backlash. The video of her reaction became one of YouTube's biggest sensations of 2006, being viewed more than 7 million times.

Faith tells Dial-Global that she went home having no idea how her joke had been perceived until she got a call from her friend Martina McBride, who told her that people didn't think she was joking and that she thought "this was going to be around for a while."

Faith said she hung up the phone and cried and then thought about her three daughters who had to go to school the next day with their mother being the talk of the town. "I couldn't believe it, I couldn't imagine it," she says. "So I called Carrie Underwood right away, immediately, and I let her know that it was nothing. I was not a sore loser, I was joking with the camera guy. I was making fun of myself. There are miles of tape of me doing that along my career for the 14 years I've been in this business. The camera moved away from me and I was still laughing, but no one saw that."

With Gracie, Maggie and Audrey on her mind, the next day Faith actually considered throwing in the towel on her career. "The world was unraveling right in front of me and I just wanted to quit," she says. "I called my manager and I said, 'I'm done. This is over for me. I don't need this in my life. I'm not this kind of person.' And then when my kids came home from school, I sat them down and said, 'I'm sure you've been teased or your mom's been talked about at school today.' And they go, 'Yeah, there's a lot of talk about you at school today, Mom.' I said, 'I just want you to know that I was only joking and it was never meant in a mean way and the joke was on me. I was making fun of myself.'

"And all three of them were like, 'Mom, come on, we know that, everybody knows that.' I was so thankful because I thought they were gonna get so much grief at school from my big — I don't want to say mistake — but my episode. They were gonna get the brunt of it, and that would have hurt worse than the hell that I went through, is for my kids to have gone through any kind of hell. They don't deserve it. But they were fine and they handled it in a great way."

More Pitch Songs

Apparently, there were a few more songs pitched to Carrie by Mark Bright for consideration on Carnival Ride. They are called "Till I'm Not Broken" and "She Did It For Me"... Click on the photo for a bigger version of the pitch cd. I will post lyrics to both these songs in a few days. It is NOT confirmed or known if she choose these songs as final selections for Carnival Ride.

Fly Anyway, Carrie Underwood

CUO has obtained a picture of a cd demo song given to Carrie back in January of this year for consideration on her new album, Carnival Ride. It is unknown whether Carrie choose the song to be on the final tracklisting or not. The song was pitched to Carrie from Shane Barett and Tammy Brown(Nashville creative manager for OLE music) via Carole Ann Mobley per Mark Bright on 1-15-07.

The lyrics begin as:

"I remember the day, way back when, when the good guys did not always win". (view full lyrics - click here)

Click on the photo for a bigger version.

This song has been added to the Carnival Ride Tracklisting page for future reference, along with the lyrics.

September 10, 2007

So Small Video To Debut Thursday

The Video for "So Small" was finished last night and was delievered to CMT today. Look for the video to air on CMT's top 20 this Thursday! I have debated on whether to give you a sneak vision of what the video will be like. After long consideration I decided to go ahead. Consider yourself lucky. Click on each to enlarge.

September 09, 2007

Carrie Underwood Downtown

TMZ.COM recently caught up with Carrie Underwood as she was leaving an event at 2 a.m. on September 7th, 2007. She gracefully signed a guitar for some fans (right...I mean men who sell the guitars on Ebay for four times what they are worth) and TMZ filmed her.

She seemed happy and joking with her friends, including Matt of whome she went to College with and now works for her. Her entourage even joked with her and faked throwing her blacberry out of the window once she got into her SUV.

Click here to view the photos, and I have also provided it for download below.

*Apparently I missed this news when it happened, sorry guys! I get so busy sometimes I lack in the breaking news department but you still love me, right? :) *

Carrie Underwood to be featured on the cover of Glamour magazine

Carrie Underwood recently attended fashion week this week in New York City. Carrie Underwood Online has learned that during her stay there, she was in a photoshoot to be featured on the cover of an upcoming Glamour magazine.

Also, she accompanied the magazine's editor-in-chief Cindy Leive as she works on a Fashion Week diary story. It's unknown which outfits Carrie wore that will be featured in the photoshoot layout, or if she wore new fashions all together. We will keep you posted with the latest.

September 08, 2007

Photo Gallery Updated

I have updated the gallery with the J MENDA fashion show (click here) and Max Azria fashion show (click here) photos. Sorry I did get these Carrie Underwood Photos up as SOON as the event happened but I had other news I was sorting out and dealing with plus personal business going on. Enjoy!

Also, I updated the gallery with the old Saturday Night Live photos. I replaced one as an HQ and there is a new photo. Click here to view them.

Multimedia Updated with Fashion Rocks

I have updated multimedia of Carrie at Fashion Rocks. This came from Blizter50 at carriefans.com - all credit goes to Blizter!!!

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Q&A With Carrie Underwood at Max Azria (Source: blogs.glam.com)

GlamScene recently done a Q&A with Carrie about her fashion rocks week.

I saw you perform at Fashion Rocks last night, and you were amazing. What was it like to perform with such a phenomenal group of artists?
Thank you! It was a lot of fun. I wish I got the opportunity to actually sit down and watch the show because there were so many great people on stage and most of the time you spend getting ready and things like that. But for once it’s not a live show so I can watch it tonight. I’m excited.

Are you wearing Max Azria? What do you love about the line?
I am. I love it because pretty much everything looks good. And the clothes are made for normal people. He’s a designer that I know that I can go to for anything. So it’s a good standard to have. Everything looks great

How do you stay healthy and in shape?
I try my best to eat as good as I can – eat as healthy as I can. I exercise probably at least four times a week.

What’s one thing you think people would be surprised to know about you?
Oh Geez. That’s always really tough. I think pretty much everyone knows pretty much everything there is to know about Carrie Underwood. I play on a softball team back home We have a big group of people, and we go play softball once a week.

Describe your personal style.
When I’m offstage – easy and comfortable. But I like to try different things when I’m going out and going to award shows. I try to keep things as classy as I can, of course. But I like to play a little bit. And I feel like the more I do this, the more I can play and funk things up and have fun with them.

Who is one of your idols?
Gwen Stefani. She is a music icon, a culture icon and a style icon. I think she just does a great job of balancing everything and she always looks great.

September 07, 2007

Carrie Underwood To Release DVD

News of a possible DVD from Carrie surfaced about 2 weeks ago. We can tell you that a DVD is in the making and will feature some taped studio recordings of a few featured songs from "Carnival Ride" along with exclusive Carrie Underwood interviews. Look for the DVD bundle to be in stores soon!

So Small Video Update #2

The video for "So Small" is being delievered to CMT on Monday. Although CUO can not release any more information at this time, we can report that is a different video than Carrie has done thus far. It sends a powerful message derived from a lonely interstate at night. Accidents happen, you should always count your blessings and never take one day for granted. It's a bit of a teaser there for you so please remember to tune in to CMT sometime next week (exact day unknown) for it's debut!!!!

Gallery Updates

I have many gallery updates for you, but I only had time to add the fashion rocks photos today and one photoshoot picture which is below. Click to enlarge. It is HQ, allow time for loading.Also, I added the scan from the September 17th, 2007 issue of Ok! Weekly featuring an tidbit about Carrie shooting her new video for "Ever After" from the movie "Enchanted" in downtown LA last week. Click on that photo for the scan.

So Small Video Update

Carrie Underwood's video for "So Small", directed by Roman White, is being edited today and over the next few days the finishing touches will be done. The video will hit CMT's airwaves next week.

Photo Gallery Updates

I've updated the photo gallery with photos from the past day's events of Carrie Underwood's (Fashion Rocks 2007). Click here to enter the gallery.

Rumor Mill - Carnival Ride

I have been reading some news reports that Carrie Underwood's new album, "Carnival Ride" may contain 19 tracks. This has not been confirmed, and it is simply a rumor. I find this rumor to be unlikely true, or true but only if Underwood produces a double cd disc feature in Carnival Ride. Normally, only 12 to 13 tracks make a disc cut. I guess we will just have to wait untill the official tracklisting is released to know if this is true or not. One of the reasons I believe it to be untrue is because at a recent Carrie Underwood concert last week, Carrie told the fans her album "was so close to being finished it's not even funny". If the album isn't 100 % finished, a final tracklisting seems unlikely.

I classify this rumor to be FALSE and predict there will be around 12 or 13 final tracks.

Carrie Underwood breaks her own record (Source: Country Standard Time)

Thursday, September 6, 2007 – Carrie Underwood entered Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart at number 6 with 70,808 downloads, earning the highest debut position and greatest first-week sales of any country airplay single in the history of the digital chart.

Co-written by Underwood with Luke Laird and Hillary Lindsey, "So Small" made the record books last month, when its number 20 Billboard/R&R country airplay debut established the highest chart entry by a solo country female in Nielsen BDS history.

The only country artist to ever top Underwood's achievements on the Digital Songs chart is Underwood herself, whose American Idol "Idol Gives Back" charity recording of the Pretenders' classic, "I'll Stand by You," this past May became the best-debuting digital track ever recorded by a country artist.

"So Small" is from Underwood's upcoming album, "Carnival Ride," dropping Oct. 23.

September 06, 2007

Gallery Updates

I've updated the gallery with some old photos that I have had, but not have had time to post them for quite a while. Below are the updates.

Country Thunder: 7 pictures added from the Country Thunder Event.

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In Studio: I made a gallery highlighting Carrie's visits to radio stations around the US. Only 4 pictures now, more coming later!

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Rare Performance Photos: This reflects those rare great quality performance photos that you just can't get anywhere.

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Candid Photos: 5 more candid photos added to this gallery which reflects general photos of Carrie posing with friends and fans.

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Access Hollywood Download

Access Hollywood interviewed Carrie about her fashion rocks week, ,what she's performing tonight ("Go Your Own Way" with Lindsey Buckingham -- Fleetwood Mac), and feelings about her sophmore album due out this fall, "Carnival Ride".

Screencaps available in the gallery here.

Click here to download | Type: WMV | Size: 10mb

September 05, 2007

L.A.M.B. spring 2008 collection

Carrie made an appearance at the L.A.M.B spring 2008 collection show today. Below are photos. I have tons more in HQ, but it's really late and I've had a long day, so I will post the rest tommarrow. These 7 will suffice you for tonight. Click on each to enlarge.

Carrie Takes Fashion Rocks at New York's Radio City Music Hall

The fourth annual Fashion Rocks at New York's Radio City Music Hall will take place Thrusday night. According to the AP press,

"The concert, part of New York Fashion Week events, will team with the online auction site Charity Folks to benefit the charity Keep a Child Alive, which supplies treatment in Africa and the developing world for HIV/AIDS-infected children and their families.

 

The concert's list of scheduled performers include Aerosmith, Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Carrie Underwood, Fall Out Boy, Fergie, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, Ludacris, Martina McBride, Mary J. Blige, Santana and Usher.

 

Some of the money raised by the concert and the online auction will also go to other charities favored by the participants."

 

Stay tuned to this website for pictures from the event.

September 02, 2007

Billboard Chart Update

Weekly charts for the nation's best-selling recorded music as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. (The issue featuring Carrie)

Hot Adult Contemporary

1. "Home," Daughtry. RCA/RMG.

2. "Everything," Michael Buble. 143/Reprise.

3. "The Sweet Escape," Gwen Stefani (feat. Akon). Interscope.

4. "Big Girls Don't Cry," Fergie. will.i.am/A&M/Interscope.

5. "How To Save A Life," The Fray. Epic.

6. "Waiting On The World To Change," John Mayer. Aware/Columbia

7. "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood. Arista/Arista Nashville/RMG.

8. "Chasing Cars," Snow Patrol. Polydor/A&M/Interscope.

9. "Makes Me Wonder," Maroon 5. A&M/Octone/Interscope.

10. "(You Want To) Make A Memory," Bon Jovi. Mercury/Island/IDJMG.

September 01, 2007

Scans Added To Gallery

Carrie Underwood is in the Septembe 10th, 2007 Issue of Country Weekly. Three scans have been added to the gallery here.

Flat On The Floor - A Potential New Tracklisting

Recently, Jeff734 from carriefans.com made a post stating a quote from Ashley Monroes (a songwriters) myspace blog which reads,

"I got my very first plaque for 500,000 records sold last night for a song I wrote on the Kellie Pickler CD!! It's called "I'm on my way." I was so excited! My publishing company (Wrensong) had this little get together and all the writers got to listen to their upcoming cuts. I also got to hear the final mix of my CARRIE UNDERWOOD CUT!!! OHHH MY GOSH!!! She sang her butt off on it.. I'm sooooo happy.

I have been writing almost every day! "

"Flat On The Floor" written by Ashley Monroe/Brett James was orginally recorded by artist, Katrina Elam. Recently, a Katrina follower said .....

"Finally, she (Katrina Elam) goes on to suggest her label may have taken "a little cash under the table" to shelve a potential single of hers so that an artist on another label could cut it. "

Does this mean that Carrie Underwood has landed the Katrina Elam song "Flat On The Floor?" It has not been confirmed yet so it will not be listed in the tracklistings untill it is. For now, you can view the lyrics by visiting this website.

Carrie To Sing "Ever After" from the movie "Enchanted"

Carrie Underwood Online has learned from its exclusive sources that Carrie will be singing "Ever After" from the movie enchanted. Underwood recently shot the video to the soundtrack in downtown LA. You can see the pictures by clicking here.

The movie will be released November 21st, 2007. The soundtrack will contain 6 songs and reference classic Disney characters. More information on the movie can be found here. You can see a high resolution trailer of the film here.

Also staring in the film as Nancy, is Idina Menzel who also has a song on the soundtrack. Recently in an interview, Idina stated,

"and she (Amy Adams) plays this princess, and James Marsden is the prince. They fall in love in one day, they sing a song where they find each other(in the city), and the birds sew her dress."

Included in the movie, but not confirmed for the soundtrack, is artist Jon Mclaughlin (http://www.myspace.com/jonmclaughlin). Mclaughin will be singing (onscreen) on a ballroom stage - a song written for the movie soundtrack by Ric Wake. Others writing on the soundtrack are Stephen Schwartz, and Alan Menkan.

In a recent TMZ.COM viewing of the video of "Ever After" filmed in LA, Underwood finds her love - in the city as normal dressed onlookers observe.

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Billboard Mentions Confired "Carnival Ride" Tracks

(Source: Billboard.Com)

Billboard released an article yesterday highlighting the details from Carrie Underwood's upcoming album "Carnival Ride".

The site mentions the following tracks as being part of the new release.

"So Small," "Last Name," "Just a Dream" (about a soldier dying and the emotions his fiancé experiences as she comes to terms with the tragedy) and a remake of Randy Travis' "I Told You So." Also, there is a song called "Wheel Of The World" (Carrie's favorite lyric is in the song- it is "God put us here on this Carnival Ride/We close our eyes never knowing where it will take us next") written by Hillary Lindsey, Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo.

We now have 5 confirmed tracks, and the Carnival Ride Information Page (enter here) has been updated.

Carrie is covering the song "I Told You So" released back in 1987 by Randy Travis. For those of you who have not heard the song or are familar with Randy Travis, below is the video.

August 31st, 2007

42nd Annual CMA Nominations Announced

Sara Evans and Sugarland announced the nominations for the 42annual Country Music Association Awards yesterday. Below is the categories and what Carrie Underwood has been nominated in.

FEMALE VOCALIST: Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood.

SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Martina McBride- "Anyway," Carrie Underwood- "Before He Cheats," Big & Rich- "Lost In This Moment," Brad Paisley- "Ticks," and George Strait- "Wrapped."

SONG OF THE YEAR: Martina McBride- "Anyway," Carrie Underwood- "Before He Cheats," George Strait- "Give It Away," Big & Rich- "Lost In This Moment," and Keith Urban- "Stupid Boy."

Watch the CMA Awards November 7th, 2007.

August 30th, 2007

Photos From A New Video, Added To Gallery

I have updated the photo gallery with 9 pictures of Carrie from on the set of her new video. This video is DIFFERENT from So Small that has yet to debut. You may enter the gallery by clicking here or on the picture below.

Carnival Ride Information Page

I have made a new page dedicated to the new album. On the album information page, you can download the font used on the album, view tracklistings, lyrics to learn, and see the photos from the album. You can also keep up with album sales and current singles. To check it out, visit the album information page by clicking here.

August 29th, 2007

Pre-Order Carrie Underwood's New Album on Amazon

From her fanclub front page: In choosing the album title, Underwood found Carnival Ride (taken from a lyric line in the new disc) to be a great metaphor. She explains, “You step onto this ride called life, and it’s a crazy thing you don’t know anything about, but you get on it anyway.

You do what you can to lean different directions to try and get it to go where you want it to go, but you can’t stop it – it just keeps moving.

That’s why Carnival Ride works as my album title, because it describes the wonderful craziness that I’ve been through over the past couple years.”

You may now pre-order "Carnival Ride" on Amazon.

Click here to view prices and pre-order the album - "Carnival Ride".

Carnival Ride Album Cover Released

You may now view the cover of Carnival Ride, Carrie Underwood's new album, in the photo gallery. It is in HQ so please allow time for loading. View it by clicking here.

Album Tracklistings Added

Some more possible tracklistings, written by Carrie Underwood are below.

1. Crazy Dreams - BMI Work #8866101 Writers: George Berry Dean, Troy Verges, Carrie Underwood.

Again, I am updating all songs below with Title, registration number, and writers. Some of you questioned the tracklistings I provided below, so I will update you once more. Remember, no tracklisitings are confirmed. Carrie co-wrote and picked out many many songs for her next album. She will decide her final selections.

"Carnival Ride" songs written by Carrie Underwood and considered for the album.

1. Crazy Dreams - BMI Work #8866101 - Writers: George Berry Dean, Troy Verges, Carrie Underwood

2. Before I Fall Too Far - BMI Work #8804541- Writers: Morgane Haynes, Alvin Christopher Stapleton, Carrie Underwood

3. Can You Spare An Angel - BMI Work # 8893418 - Writers: Brett James, Steven McEwan, Carrie Underwood

4. Everybody Cries - BMI Work # 8804361 - Writers: Steven McEwan, Craig Wiseman, Carrie Underwood

5. I Was Gonna Love You - BMI Work # 8776143 - Writers: George Barry Dean, Troy Verges, Carrie Underwood

6. If You Ever Admit To Love - BMI Work # 8922368 - Writers: Cathy Dennis, Tom C Shapiro, Carrie Underwood

7. Never Get Used To You - BMI Work # 8804360 - Writers: Hillary Lee Lindsay, Steven McEwan, Carrie Underwood

8. So Small (CONFIRMED TRACK - CURRENT SINGLE) - BMI Work # 9048256 - Writers: Robert Luke Laird, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Carrie Underwood

9. Too Close To Home - BMI Work # 8776228 - Writers: George Barry Dean, Troy Verges, Carrie Underwood

10. Truth Hurts - BMI Work # 8804359 - Writers: Hillary Lee Lindsay, Steven McEwan, Carrie Underwood

11. What Else You Got - BMI Work # 7761367 - Writers: Marv Green, Steven McEwan, Carrie Underwood

12. Get Out Of This Town - Ascap Title Code: 371463471 - Writers: Gordie Sampson, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Steve McEwan. Performers: Carrie Underwood

13. She's A Wildflower - Ascap Title Code: 494460072 - Writers: Gordie Sampson, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Steve McEwan. Performers: Carrie Underwood

14. The More Boys I Meet - Ascap Title Code: 503815474 - Writers: Scott Gorden Kennedy, Steven McEwan. Performers: Carrie Underwood

15. The Way I Like It - Ascap Title Code: 503815518 - Writers: Gordie Sampson, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Steve McEwan. Performers: Carrie Underwood

16. All American Girl - EMI Music - Writers: Ashley Gorley, John Kelley Lovelace, Carrie Underwood

17. Goodbye Feels Like A Good Thing - EMI Music - Writers: Chris Dubois, David Lee Cory, Carrie Underwood

18. That Don't Mean I Don't Miss You - EMI Music- Writers: Ashley Gorley, John Kelley Lovelace, Carrie Underwood

19. The Lazy Day Song - Writers: Angelo, Luke Laird, Carrie Underwood

20. Last Name - Ascap Title Code: 422352592 Writers: Robert Luke Laird, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Carrie Underwood

21. Once In A While - Ascap Title Code: 451283853 Writers: Robert Luke Laird, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Carrie Underwood

22. Good Enough For Me - Ascap Title Code: 371521274 Writers: Robert Luke Laird, Hillary Lee Lindsay, Carrie Underwood

Below are rumored songs, that do not have Carrie's name attached to them as a performer or writer, but have been rumored on the internet to have been considered.

23. Just A Dream - Ascap Title Code: 400705233 Writers: Gordie Sampson, Steven McEwan, Hillary Lindsay

24. Flat On The Floor - unknown - rumored track - missing writers.

August 28th, 2007

For a few months now, there have been many track and writing rumors of Carrie Underwood's new album, "Carnival Ride" due out in October of 2007.

We recently stumbled upon Kara DioGuardi's updated biography, which was written and released to the press on July 17th, 2007, as the following lines being quoted.

"Kara’s forthcoming releases include cuts with Celine Dion, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Michael Buble, Daniel Powter, Nick Lachey, Nicole Scherzinger, Britney Spears, Daniel Powter, Cheetah Girls, Ashlee Simpson, Frankie J., Clique, JC Chasez, Samantha Jade, Puddle of Mud, I-9, and Cassie.  "

DioGuardi recently quoted that "Lost" (released recently by Faith Hill) was her first country song release. DioGuardi has been known for songs like "Walk Away" by Kelly Clarkson and "Ain't No Other Man" by Christina Aguilera.

Considering if "Lost" is DioGuardi's first country released track (see http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969374.html?categoryid=16&cs=1 for reference), and since the biography highlighting forthcoming releases with Carrie Underwood, we are guessing she has either wrote, or writing a track that is to be on, or to be considered on "Carnival Ride".

We will let you know if this rumor comes forth with an officially released song title. You may download Kara DioGuardi's biography here. (Right Click, Save As).

Billboard.com released this article back in June of 2007 which can be found by clicking here. It states:

"One of the most promising new areas for the company's writers is country music. A reciprocal deal with Nashville publisher Big Loud Shirt helped DioGuardi land cuts on Carrie Underwood's and Faith Hill's next releases. "We need to start setting up a Nashville trip for [Greg]," she says, referring to writer/producer Greg Wells (Mika). ¶ The idea, Finfer says, is to leverage the respective companies' relationships with pop and country labels: "We trade them on unique and special access. You're not sending the track to an A&R guy. And when [DioGuardi] goes, she can drag someone in with her."

August 27th, 2007

So Small Video Setting Confirmed

CarrieUnderwoodOnline.com has confirmed that the video for So Small was indeed shot on an interstate and the setting was at night. Roman White, who has directed all of Carrie's Videos, directed this video as well. The video is said to be very different, and was quoted as one of the best video's she has done by Carrie herself.

The director has quoted the video theme of being "very moving, a killer video that will leave people wondering how we did it."

The video is due out mid September.

Carrie Underwood's Album To Be Titled "Carnival Ride"

Carrie Underwood's new album, due out in October, will be called Carnival Ride. It was posted on the upcoming releases page at jrecords.com. Official tracklistings and album cover haven't been released yet.

August 23rd, 2007

Carrie Underwood Video For "So Small" Completed

The video for Carrie Underwood's latest single, "So Small", has been completed and is currently being edited. Underwood and her video crew shut down an interstate outside Nashville for the all-night video shoot. The crew chose to film the clip at night mainly to avoid the heat, since temperatures have been hitting triple digits in Music City lately. Look for Carrie's "So Small" video to debut in the coming weeks.

Carrie Underwood Featured on Christmas Album

Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney and Brooks & Dunn contribute holiday songs to an upcoming Christmas compilation disc coming out in October.

"Hear Something Country Christmas" drops Oct. 2 from SonyBMG with 14 songs. Six were recorded exclusively for this collection.

Underwood, who will release her own CD later in October, will be represented by a brand new version of "Do You Hear What I Hear," while Paisley sings "Winter Wonderland," which he previously released.

August 14th, 2007

Carrie performs live @ Wildhorse Saloon with Vince Neil

As you may have heard, Vince Neil of Motely Crew performed at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville on Friday, August 10th, 2007. Carrie got on stage and sung "Kickstart my Heart".

Below is a video of it, and there are 29 current pictures of the event which you can find in the photo gallery

by clicking here.

I am adding more pictures as they come in.

August 9th, 2007

"So Small" photoshoot picture in HQ Released

I have updated the photo gallerywith the picture of Carrie's press release photoshoot pertaining to her new single "So Small".

You may view it here. More pictures coming soon!

July 30th, 2007

Watch and listen to Carrie Underwood's New Song "So Small"

Carrie debuted her new single "So Small" at the Dixon Fair over the weekend.Click play to watch the performance - the lyrics are below!

Carrie Underwood - So Small (Lyrics) (c) Carrie Underwood, Arista Records, Hillary Lindsay, Luke Laird

July 28, 2007

Carrie Underwood's New Song off her Sophmore album due out July 30th

Carrie's new single is called "So Small" and is the first debut track and single from her yet to be titled sophmore album due out in the fall. Underwood took her fanclub it is due to radio on July 30th. Stay tuned here for all the latest!

Here is the ASCAP information regarding "So Small"

Writers:
   LAIRD LUKE ROBERT
   LINDSEY HILLARY LEE
   UNDERWOOD CARRIE

It was co-written by Carrie Underwood, Robert Luke Laird, and Hillary Lee Lindsey. (Title Code: 494503696) 

Below is a recap of songs mentioning the same names. The album update page will be updated shortly!

"Last Name" (Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Carrie Underwood)

"So Small" (Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Carrie Underwood)

"Once in a While" (Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Carrie Underwood.)

"Good Enough for Me" (Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Carrie Underwood)

July 23, 2007

Site Returns

Sorry for the lack of news, I got behind on work plus I took a summer vacation out of town- but I have returned! News and Pictures to be updated this week!

Carrie Underwood To Release New Album This Fall

Carrie Underwood has been touring the country singing her hits from her first album "Some Hearts". However, during this time she has found time to continue working on a second album which is due out on October 23rd, 2007.

According to blogcritics.org, "The album does not currently have a title, but Underwood will be working with Mark Knight who penned most of the tracks on Some Hearts. Knight says she’ll be staying with the country genre with this second CD, but something tells me the songs will be more in the vein of "Before He Cheats" to try to replicate the success of her top 10 hit, which was her first crossover pop radio hit ever."

Back News:

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Grand Ole Opry Live - October 20 (GAC)
Good Morning America - October 23 (ABC)
Regis & Kelly - October 24 (Syndication)
CBS Early Show - October 2(?) (CBS)
The Tonight Show w. Jay Leno - October 29 (NBC)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show - November 1 (Syndication)
CMA Awards - November 7 (ABC)
Good Morning America - November 11 or 12 (ABC)
Late Show w. David Letterman - November 11 or 12 (CBS)
Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting - November 28 (NBC)
Movies Rock - December 12 (CBS)