Carrie Underwood

By Robbie Daw THE 2010 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE Miranda Lambert, “Dead Flowers” Martina McBride, “I Just Call You Mine” Taylor Swift, “White Horse” Carrie Underwood, “Just A Dream” Lee Ann Womack, “Solitary Thinkin’”

By Robbie Daw 1. Susan Boyle, I Dreamed A Dream *new* 2. Andrea Boccelli, My Christmas 3. Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment *new* 4. Rihanna, Rated-R *new* 5. Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster *new* 6. Lady Gaga, The Fame 7. Miley Cyrus, The Time Of Our Lives 8. Taylor Swift, Fearless 9. Carrie Underwood, Play On

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By Becky Bain Carrie Underwood was her usual sweet self on The Tonight Show last night singing “Temporary Home,” the latest single from her crescendo-rific album Play On. We’re actually surprised Conan didn’t have on a band from the New Moon soundtrack, since it was apparently Twilight night with Bel...

By Robbie Kat’s rendition of yuletide classic “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”—which you can hear after the jump—will be made available digitally tomorrow. Well, that’s sweet, if not completely harmless. Katherine’s not the first Idol alum to tackle the festive standard—both Carrie Underwood and J...

By Robbie 5. Favorite Music Collaboration: Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester (”Good Girls Go Bad”), Lonely Island and T-Pain (”I’m on a Boat”); T.I. and Rihanna (”Live Your Life”); Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat (”Lucky”); Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West (”Run This Town”)

By Robbie Carrie Underwood's aptly-titled Play On has landed at #1 on the new Billboard Top 200 Albums chart this week, after sales of roughly 318,000 copies. The "Country Casanova" singer now has the distinction of having the best opening sales week of 2009 by a female artist. But if those 318,00 fol...

By Maura Baby-faced American Idol victor Kris Allen’s first music video, for his cover of the Script’s seize-the-day anthem “Live Like We’re Dying,” is a simple—and pretty beautifully shot!—affair in which he performs in front of a desert-erected clock, which is presumably counting down the...

By Maura Or could the more casual pop-country fans out there have already moved on to Taylor Swift? I don’t think I’m wrong in noting that the buzz around this record has been fairly muted, despite the “Before He Cheats”-channeling first single “Cowboy Casanova” and Underwood getting the return...

By Maura Our look at the closing lines of new music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Play On, the third studio album by season-four American Idol winner Carrie Underwood: Our look at the closing lines of new music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Play On, the third st...

By Chris Molanphy One other song benefited massively from Idol: Powter’s “Bad Day,” which inaugurated the producers’ tradition of picking a ditty each season to play off the show’s low-vote-getters. All that weekly TV exposure made “Day” the No. 1 song of 2006 and the only U.S. hit for the Canadian singer.

By Maura Favorite Country Artist Brad Paisley Carrie Underwood Jason Aldean Keith Urban Kenny Chesney Lady Antebellum Miranda Lambert Rascal Flatts Reba McEntire Sugarland Taylor Swift Toby Keith People’s Choice Awards [Official site]

By Maura Favorite Female Artist Reba McEntire Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood SOUNDTRACKS Favorite Album Hannah Montana: The Movie Hannah Montana 3 Twilight Soundtrack ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Favorite Artist Daughtry Jason Mraz Taylor Swift 2009 American Music Awards [Official site]

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By Chris Molanphy • On this week’s Country chart, Dave Matthews pulls off something he’s never achieved on the Hot 100: a Top 10 hit. His duet with Kenny Chesney, “I’m Alive,” moves into the winners’ circle at No. 9. Matthews’ titular band has never gone higher on the big pop chart than the short-lived 2005 track...

By Maura Choice Music: Album (Female Artist) I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyonce The Fame, Lady GaGa One of the Boys, Katy Perry Fearless, Taylor Swift Carnival Ride, Carrie Underwood Choice Music: Tour American Idol Jonas Brothers Demi Lovato / David Archuleta Britney Spears Taylor Swift

By Maura Somehow, the eminently DVR-able results episodes of American Idol–in which 59 minutes and 55 seconds of filler led up to the news that someone would be sent home in a cloud of tears and Carrie Underwood–ended the 2008-09 TV season as the most-watched show, averaging 26.69 viewers over the...

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 2. Jason Aldean, “She’s Country” (LW No. 3, 23 weeks) 3. Carrie Underwood feat. Randy Travis, “I Told You So” (LW No. 4, 15 weeks) 4. Rascal Flatts, “Here Comes Goodbye” (LW No. 2, 14 weeks) 6. Keith Urban, “Kiss a Girl” (LW No. 9, 7 weeks) 7. Brad Paisley, “Then” (LW No. 10, 6 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 1. Rascal Flatts, “Here Comes Goodbye” (LW No. 6, 12 weeks) 3. Jason Aldean, “She’s Country” (LW No. 5, 21 weeks) 4. Rodney Atkins, “It’s America” (LW No. 4, 22 weeks) 5. Carrie Underwood feat. Randy Travis, “I Told You So” (LW No. 9, 13 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy • Drat! I was almost right when I predicted, two weeks ago, that an American Idol appearance would lift Jamie Foxx to the Hot 100’s penthouse with “Blame It” (the closest thing to a summer-Jeep anthem we have, even though its release dates back to December). But last week, Foxx peaked at No. 2,...

By Dan Gibson Entertainer of the Year: Carrie Underwood Top Male Vocalist: Brad Paisley Top Female Vocalist: Carrie Underwood Top Vocal Group: Rascal Flatts Video of the Year: "Waitin' On A Woman", Brad Paisley Vocal Event of the Year: "Start A Band": Brad Paisley and Keith Urban

By Maura Johnston The big story going into last night's Academy of Country Music Awards had little to do with the actual winners; instead, the press leading up to the event focused on the gown that country Idol Carrie Underwood would wear during her performance, thanks to an embargo on photos, video, or des...

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 2. Taylor Swift, "White Horse" (LW No. 2, 18 weeks) 6. Jason Aldean, "She's Country" (LW No. 8, 19 weeks) 8. Rascal Flatts, "Here Comes Goodbye" (LW No. 9, 10 weeks) 9. Carrie Underwood feat. Randy Travis, "I Told You So" (LW No. 11, 11 weeks)

By Jess Harvell This year, in the always delicious and shamefully manipulative results show, twelve American Idol hopefuls will be banished back to their normal lives (or given major label contracts) when they fail to secure enough votes to advance to the next round. And when they stand on stage for the l...

By Maura Johnston FAVORITE GROUP Coldplay Maroon 5 Rascal Flatts FAVORITE POP SONG Disturbia" by Rihanna I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry No Air" by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG Last Name" by Carrie Underwood Love Story" by Taylor Swift Take Me There" by Rascal Flatts

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By Mike Barthel Modern country has a reputation for taking outmoded rock sounds and turning them into fresh new pop. But now, an article in the Kansas City Star argues, Nashville may be cribbing instead from teenpop. The charts are dominated by "young blond women," many of whom got their start on TV, with Am...

By moomintroll Sample artists: Damon Albarn, Ne-Yo, Justin Timberlake.

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 4. Carrie Underwood, "Just a Dream" (LW No. 6, 13 weeks) 5. Kid Rock, "All Summer Long" (LW No. 4, 21 weeks) 8. Tim McGraw, "Let It Go" (LW No. 9, 12 weeks) 9. Taylor Swift, "Love Story" (LW No. 11, 4 weeks) 10. George Strait, "Troubadour" (LW No. 7, 19 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 4. Kid Rock, "All Summer Long" (LW No. 4, 20 weeks) 6. Carrie Underwood, "Just a Dream" (LW No. 7, 12 weeks) 7. George Strait, "Troubadour" (LW No. 8, 18 weeks) 9. Tim McGraw, "Let It Go" (LW No. 11, 11 weeks) 10. Luke Bryan, "Country Man" (LW No. 12, 30 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 1. Jimmy Wayne, "Do You Believe Me Now" (LW No. 2, 25 weeks) 2. Brad Paisley, "Waitin' on a Woman" (LW No. 1, 14 weeks) 5. Kid Rock, "All Summer Long" (LW No. 6, 18 weeks) 7. George Strait, "Troubadour" (LW No. 9, 16 weeks) 8. Carrie Underwood, "Just a Dream" (LW No. 11, 10 weeks)

By Maura Johnston • "But she avoids references to anything rural: shockingly there isn't one mention of her Texas roots here. Rather this is an album that assiduously avoids specificity. For a pop singer seeking refuge in country music it's a smart move. It doesn't seem as if she's trying too hard, when of cour...

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 2. Blake Shelton, "Home" (LW No. 2, 23 weeks) 3. Kenny Chesney, "Better as a Memory" (LW No. 1, 15 weeks) 4. Alan Jackson, "Good Time" (LW No. 5, 12 weeks) 6. Brooks & Dunn, "Put a Girl in It" (LW No. 9, 10 weeks) 7. Carrie Underwood, "Last Name" (LW No. 4, 16 weeks)

By Maura Johnston Oh yeah, Austin, I'm sure you'll run into each other backstage at a 311 show or something. But really, given that Cook is something of a lost cause when it comes to his hopeless affection for bad, overblown rock, let's turn our attention to the band's more alarming designs when it comes to blo...

By Dan Gibson Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times is taking a midseason look at the contenders for the Grammy Awards' fourth or fifth most prestigious award: Best New Artist, which has been given in the past to such luminaries as Paula Cole, Arrested Development, and A Taste Of Honey. Looking at all the...

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 1. Carrie Underwood, "Last Name" (LW No. 5, 13 weeks) 2. Brad Paisley, "I'm Still a Guy" (LW No. 1, 16 weeks) 3. Rascal Flatts, "Every Day" (LW No. 2, 16 weeks) 5. Blake Shelton, "Home" (LW No. 8, 20 weeks) 8. James Otto, "Just Got Started Lovin' You" (LW No. 7, 34 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 1. Brad Paisley, "I'm Still a Guy" (LW No. 2, 13 weeks) 4. Rascal Flatts, "Every Day" (LW No. 6, 13 weeks) 5. Lady Antebellum, "Love Don't Live Here" (LW No. 8, 33 weeks) 6. George Strait, "I Saw God Today" (LW No. 5, 15 weeks) 7. Carrie Underwood, "Last Name" (LW No. 10, 10 weeks)

By Maura Johnston 8:59 p.m. David Cook's high-school music teacher is on! Yay, music teachers. 9:35 p.m. Carrie Underwood, in a ponytail, comes out blazing and pitchy for "Before He Cheats II," a.k.a. "Last Name." 9:53 p.m. Oh, he apologized for having a cold!! Poor George!!

By Maura Johnston With six hours to go until the final episode of this American Idol season, our poll, DialIdol, and Zabasearch are all claiming that David Cook's grunge revivalism has won the Internet version of the show, despite the three judges last night being firmly in the tank for David Archuleta. Whe...

By Maura Johnston Top Male Vocalist: Brad Paisley Top Female Vocalist: Carrie Underwood Top Vocal Group: Rascal Flatts Top New Female Vocalist: Taylor Swift Video Of The Year: "Online," Brad Paisley Crystal Milestone Award: Garth Brooks ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian Award: Rascal Flatts

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 2. Brad Paisley, "I'm Still a Guy" (LW No. 5, 12 weeks) 4. Taylor Swift, "Picture to Burn" (LW No. 3, 18 weeks) 5. George Strait, "I Saw God Today" (LW No. 2, 14 weeks) 6. Rascal Flatts, "Every Day" (LW No. 7, 12 weeks) 10. Carrie Underwood, "Last Name" (LW No. 10, 9 weeks)

By Maura Johnston 8:10 p.m. I always like figuring out how the songs that are used as jingles, and their singers, would do on American Idol. Oh, shit, I just remembered I have to sign up for my audition slot! 8:58 p.m. This whole episode is making me miss Josiah Leming.

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 2. George Strait, "I Saw God Today" (LW No. 1, 13 weeks) 3. Taylor Swift, "Picture to Burn" (LW No. 4, 17 weeks) 5. Brad Paisley, "I'm Still a Guy" (LW No. 6, 11 weeks) 7. Rascal Flatts, "Every Day" (LW No. 7, 11 weeks) 10. Carrie Underwood, "Last Name" (LW No. 9, 8 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 1. George Strait, "I Saw God Today" (LW No. 1, 12 weeks) 4. Taylor Swift, "Picture to Burn" (LW No. 4, 16 weeks) 6. Brad Paisley, "I'm Still a Guy" (LW No. 6, 10 weeks) 7. Rascal Flatts, "Every Day" (LW No. 7, 10 weeks) 9. Carrie Underwood, "Last Name" (LW No. 10, 7 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 1. George Strait, "I Saw God Today" (LW No. 2, 11 weeks) 6. Brad Paisley, "I'm Still a Guy" (LW No. 8, 9 weeks) 7. Rascal Flatts, "Every Day" (LW No. 9, 9 weeks) 8. Chris Cagle, "What Kinda Gone" (LW No. 4, 40 weeks) 10. Carrie Underwood, "Last Name" (LW No. 12, 6 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy Also scoring with a cover is Carrie Underwood, debuting at No. 27 with George Michael's heaviest No. 1 hit, "Praying for Time." It's the second time that remaking a hit from the early '90s for "Idol Gives Back" has worked for Underwood, whose cover of the Pretenders' "I'll Stand By You" peaked...

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 2. George Strait, "I Saw God Today" (LW No. 4, 8 weeks) 3. Chris Cagle, "What Kinda Gone" (LW No. 3, 37 weeks) 7. Taylor Swift, "Picture to Burn" (LW No. 9, 12 weeks) 9. Carrie Underwood, "All-American Girl" (LW No. 5, 18 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy • Other Hot 100 debutantes include "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake (No. 68)—you can expect that song to shoot into the Top 10 next week, thanks to big iTunes sales; Ferras' American Idol-fueled "Hollywood's Not America" (No. 84); the presumptive second single from Gna...

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 2. Carrie Underwood, "All-American Girl" (LW No. 1, 16 weeks) 5. Kenny Chesney with George Strait, "Shiftwork" (LW No. 3, 22 weeks) 6. Chris Cagle, "What Kinda Gone" (LW No. 7, 35 weeks) 7. George Strait, "I Saw God Today" (LW No. 8, 6 weeks)

By Maura Johnston 8:04 p.m. "To appear on the Grammy Awards is to duet with history," said Alicia Keys. 8:05 p.m. Carrie Underwood is dueting with freaking Stomp on "Before He Cheats"! While wearing a catsuit. 8:37 p.m. They should have really had all the violinists in the My Grammy Moment competition audition with...

By Chris Molanphy Hot Country Songs 2. Rascal Flatts, "Winner at a Losing Game" (LW No. 2, 17 weeks) 5. Kenny Chesney with George Strait, "Shiftwork" (LW No. 9, 16 weeks) 8. Carrie Underwood, "All-American Girl" (LW No. 12, 10 weeks) 10. Craig Morgan, "International Harvester" (LW No. 15, 21 weeks)

By Maura Johnston 5. Mannheim Steamroller, Christmas Song 6. High School Musical 2 soundtrack 7. Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus 8. Taylor Swift 9. Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride 10. Garth Brooks, Ultimate Hits 12. Chris Brown, Exclusive 13. Rascal Flatts, Still Feels Good 16. Jonas Brothers

By mjohnston 4. Hannah Montana soudntrack (Walt Disney) (release date: 10/24/06) 5. Some Hearts, Carrie Underwood (Arista/Arista Nashville/RMG) (release date: 11/15/05) 8. High School Musical 2 soundtrack (Walt Disney) (release date: 8/14/07)

By Jess Harvell 32. Tiffany Evans, "Girl Gone Wild" 30. YACHT, "See A Penny (Pick It Up)" 28. Bat For Lashes, "What's A Girl To Do?" 25. T.I., "You Know What It Is" 24. Carrie Underwood, "Before He Cheats" 23. LCD Soundsystem, "Us V. Them" 22. Amerie, "Gotta Work" 20. Rihanna, "Umbrella"

By Brian Raftery Pretty much everything you need to know about last night's Country Music Awards can be found in today's New York Times write-up, but if you're too lazy for that, here's a summary: Rehab-relocated Keith Urban had someone read his acceptance speech, which earned big applause (the country...