Carrie Underwood

By Lorie Hollabaugh I feel like any contestant that ... that does well on 'Idol' has to stay true to what people voted for," Carrie tells 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."

By Marianne Horner Carrie: People are always asking about 'Cowboy Casanova' -- like, who's that? And they try to make it about one specific guy in particular. But 'country music' and 'cowboy' are part of my vocabulary, so I'm not aiming that towards any particular football team, or guy or anything! I sing cou...

By Alanna Conaway Long before American Idol introduced music fans to Carrie Underwood, the quiet girl from Checotah, Oklahoma, had trouble finding the nerve to pursue life in the spotlight. In the December issue of PEOPLE's Country Special, Carrie credits her elementary school music teacher, Kathy Coo...

By Donna Hughes Carrie and Grammy-nominated pop singer Leona Lewis will perform at the gala, held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The network is celebrating its third year of honoring everyday people making a difference. Other celebrities scheduled to appear include Kate Hudson, Neil Patrick Harri...

By Donna Hughes Faith Hill will headline 'A Home for the Holidays,' the 11th annual CBS-TV special celebrating the joys of adoption next month. In addition to Faith, the show will feature performances by Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Mary J. Blige and Shakira, as well as appearances by actresses Jenn...

By Alanna Conaway Many of Carrie Underwood's music videos, including her latest for the No. 1 hit, 'Cowboy Casanova,' showcases the singer playing various roles and sporting many costume changes -- albeit not as many as she did while co-hosting the CMA Awards recently).

By The Boot Staff Filed under: CMA Awards Taylor Swift was the belle of the ball at the 43rd Annual CMA Awards, leading the pack of winners with four trophies: Female Vocalist, Album of the Year, Video of the Year and the night's biggest honor, Entertainer of the Year. 2009 CMA Awards - *Winners in bold

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By Stephen L. Betts Last year on the CMA Awards, first-time co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood garnered some big laughs for their opening segment, so it was a safe bet they'd dust off their funny bones this year, too. The pair's comic intro to the show had Brad brandishing his guitar as they sang some cl...

By Pat Gallagher Carrie Underwood's new album may be titled 'Play On,' but could just as easily have been called 'Write On.' The superstar singer co-wrote several tunes on the chart-topping disc, including the fastest No. 1 single of her career, 'Cowboy Casanova,' penned with Brett James and Mike Elizond...

By Marianne Horner I'm a big, fat onion," the singer tells Nashville's Tennessean newspaper. "I was talking with someone, and they were telling me about a conversation they had with someone I dated. The guy I dated said, 'People don't know her.' I never really thought about that until this person told me about t...

By Donna Hughes Another of the coveted trophies Brad vies for tonight is for Album of the Year, and he says 'American Saturday Night' is unquestionably the most personal record of his career -- one he describes as "a week in the life" of the singer/guitar slinger. "I feel like this album is finding my soul ... a l...

By The Boot Staff Dolly Parton was surrounded by a room full of famous friends as she unveiled her 'Live From London' DVD at the McCoy and Associates' Music Row Live! remote event in Nashville on Monday. The Roys, Kellie Pickler, Wynonna, George Jones and Carrie Underwood were just a few of the stars who came...

By Gayle Richardson Filed under: CMA Awards, Country News Carrie Underwood has joined the ranks of country's most well-known artists, but she admits that it wasn't until recently that some opportunities wouldn't have been available to her because of her gender.

By Pat Gallagher One of country music's most successful acts of the '80s and '90s Randy Travis scored a string of hits including 'On the Other Hand,' 'Forever and Ever, Amen,' 'Three Wooden Crosses' and of course the 1988 chart-topper 'I Told You So,' the song Carrie Underwood covered and released -- alon...

By Pat Gallagher I think there's much more excitement this year as opposed to nerves last year," Carrie tells CMT Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton. Neither one of us had ever done anything like this before, and you just don't want to mess up. It's such a special night for everybody involved that you don't...

By Vernell Hackett Carrie Underwood is still a couple of days away from co-hosting the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley, but she hopes her cache as a hot country act and her educational background as a broadcast journalism major at Oklahoma's Northeastern State University might give her the edge if the CMA want...

By Donna Hughes Carrie Underwood's version of Randy Travis' 'I Told You So' was a big hit, especially after the two re-recorded the song as a duet. The tune, which Randy originally took to the top of the country charts in 1988, is up for two CMA Awards this year -- Musical Event and Song of the Year, and Carrie c...

By Marianne Horner Carrie Underwood adores playing dress-up and weaving a magical spell of glitz and glamour around herself. But that's only when she goes onstage. When she comes offstage, it's back to basics, something cute and trendy. And when she's traveling, it's totally chill, all about comfort.

By Alanna Conaway Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley are busy getting ready to return to their hosting duties at next week's CMA Awards. During a recent interview with New York-based radio station, Z100, Carrie let listeners in on some of the behind-the scenes commotion she's come to expect.

By Stephen L. Betts Carrie says, "I'd like to think I've grown since my days on 'American Idol,' but I still like to think that I'm still auditioning. Every single time that I'm on stage, maybe there's some people that are watching the TV show or the concert that I'm at, or whatever it might be ... maybe I'm still audi...

By Gayle Richardson Referring to some of today's biggest stars, including Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, the country legend tells the Associated Press, "they've stolen our identity." And, he maintains, they need to give it back and move on to another genre. "They had to use something that was establishe...

By Deborah Evans-Price Celebrity has not always been an easy mantle for Carrie Underwood, but it's one the 26-year-old Oklahoma native has learned to shoulder gracefully. And with the release of her third album, 'Play On,' Nov. 3rd, she admits she's becoming more comfortable with life in the spotlight.

By Gayle Richardson Cowboy Casanova' leaked about two weeks before it was supposed to, and an unfinished rough version got out that didn't sound anything like the finished version," Carrie tells Nashville's Tennessean newspaper. "So we had to rush the single to radio really fast, to get people to stop playi...

By Stephen L. Betts Carrie says in a radio interview (via CMIL) that 'Undo It' is "mean" and "horrible." She goes on to explain that the song is basically "telling this person that you wish you'd never met them. That's mean!" Carrie goes on to explain the song's theme further, saying that the lyrics convey the me...

By Gayle Richardson In the Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville' will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Carrie Underwood's hometown of Checotah, Okla., Tim McGraw's family farm just outside of Nashville, and Martina McBride's world-renowned Bluebird recor...

By Stephen L. Betts Carrie Underwood is one busy blond beauty -- with a hot hockey-player romance, a smash single, and a brand-new album ('Play On') ready to drop next week. But with literally a minute to spare in her hectic schedule, the superstar took CMT's "either/or"-themed video challenge, and answere...

By Melinda Newman On a much more serious note, Garth is hopeful that Carrie understands what an honor and responsibility being a member of the esteemed Opry means. "It is a marriage and it is a marriage that you try to uphold the best that you can," says the entertainer who became an Opry member in 1990. Garth add...

By Stephen L. Betts Country Weekly readers have chosen Kellie Pickler as Country's Most Beautiful Woman. The lovely blonde takes the title for the second year in a row. Reba McEntire takes the runner-up spot, with Carrie Underwood, newcomer Whitney Duncan, and Shania Twain rounding out the top five.

By Donna Hughes Carrie Underwood loves the commercial aspect of Halloween -- the candy, the costumes and just the sheer joy she gets from dressing up. She says, "Everybody gets to just be completely silly. I mean if I walked down the street dressed as a giant bunny rabbit any other day out of the year, people w...

By Gayle Richardson First on the list is fabulous footwear. "A great pair of shoes, like the go-to pair of shoes," Carrie tells GAC. "Maybe something black, something silver, some staple color. You can throw on your favorite pair of jeans and a cheap shirt, cheap tank top, plain Jane kind of shirt ... a great pair of sh...

By Gayle Richardson Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley are busy prepping for their duties as hosts of the CMA Awards for the second time -- and the pair admit they're thrilled to be invited back for a second consecutive year. We both left there feeling like we were starting to get the hang of it and hoping we would g...

By Deborah Evans-Price These days it's hard to find a busier woman in country music than Carrie Underwood. Her new album, 'Play On,' will be hitting the streets Nov. 3, and the lead single, 'Cowboy Casanova,' is already burning up the charts, having sold more than 110,000 in digital sales during its first week of re...

By Stephen L. Betts Carrie and Taylor have received nods in the Favorite Country Artist category, and are also in the running for Favorite Female Artist, while Taylor gets a mention in the Favorite Pop Artist category as well. Carrie was the 2009 winner for Favorite Female Singer, besting Rihanna and Alicia...

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By Gayle Richardson The duet will mark Dave's first appearance at the CMA Awards, although he has ventured into country territory before, teaming with Emmylou Harris for an episode of CMT Crossroads. He joins rocker Daughtry on the performance list, as well as some of country's biggest stars, including Tim...

By Stephen L. Betts Carrie Underwood was the spotlighted star at Constellation, the grand-opening party for the ION Orchard Mall in Singapore, Malasyia, on Friday (Oct. 16). The jet-set Carrie was also asked about what life is like now for the Oklahoma farm girl, and she admitted she doesn't spend as much tim...

By Marianne Horner Marv: Sometimes a song starts with a melody, sometimes with an emotion ... but this song really just started with throwing out that title, 'Wasted.' I liked the different meanings of wasted ... like, obviously, drinking too much alcohol. But I also liked the idea of using wasted with time ... wasting t...

By Gayle Richardson Tentatively titled 'Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special,' the 'American Idol' champ will be joined by her CMA Awards co-host Brad Paisley, as well as Dolly Parton, David Cook and a few surprise guests. As the title suggests, the two-hour spectacular will feature Carrie perfo...

By Gayle Richardson Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Gloriana are just a few of the many artists lending their voices to 'A Very Special Christmas Volume 7,' a collaborative album that will raise money for the Special Olympics.

By Stephen L. Betts Carrie Underwood's 'Cowboy Casanova' has been country music's fastest-selling single of 2009 -- and Carrie's fastest-selling of her career. Unfortunately, it's just as quickly becoming embroiled in controversy. According to Perez Hilton (via Nashville Gab), an unsigned artist nam...