The young sensation Taylor Swift’s Fearless album sold 592,000 copies in its first week of debut. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the Grammy-nominated country singer’s album is the third-biggest first week album sales of 2008. He album recently hit stores with some songs deal with the pain of a breakup while others is all about the beautiful power of young love. Continue reading →
Carrie Underwood took home her third consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year Award at last night’s CMA Awards. The event took place at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee, being hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. Among winners were Kenny Chesney who took home his third straight “Entertainer of the Year” trophy, George Strait got CMA trophies for album of the year for “Troubadour” and for single of the year for “I Saw God Today”.
The list of 2008 CMA Awards winners is as follows: Continue reading →
The pop-turned-country singer Jessica Simpson is celebrating the No. 1 debut of her first country album, Do You Know, which landed on top of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Jessica Simpson’s album was sold in 65,000 copies since its release last Tuesday.
I’m extremely touched by the overwhelmingly positive response to the album. There is so much honesty and raw emotion in there. And, I’m just thrilled that country fans are giving it a chance!
- Jessica Simpson says of the chart -
The American Idol winner Carrie Underwood keeps up with the good work, as the country singer spent Tuesday evening in the Big Apple rehearsal for an upcoming TV show, “Christmas at the Rockefeller Center.” The Rockefeller Center tree lighting will be aired live on November 28th on NBC from 7-9 p.m. The young singer took home recently a couple CMA Awards. The American Idol winner won the trophy for Single of the Year for “Before He Cheats” along with scooping up the award for Female Vocalist of the Year, at the Country Music Association Awards.
In other Celebrity news, besides her music talent Carrie Underwood is also being recognized for her style, as the country star shares the cover of the UsWeekly with Katie Holmes, Carrie being voted to have the “Sexiest New Style.”
The American Idol champ who once bragged about her jeans collection is now a consistent red carpet charmer in top designers like Escada and Mazria.
- According to the magazine -
American Idol winner Carrie Underwood has announced that she’ll be touring with Nicole Kidman’s husband Keith Urban. Reports say that the tour is going to be called “Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride,” which is a conglomeration of the two artist’s album titles. The pair’s tour it’s scheduled to make twenty-four stops across North America. For fans of Carrie and Keith, tickets go on sale December 1st. In other music news, the young singer took home last week a couple CMA Awards. The American Idol winner won the trophy for Single of the Year for “Before He Cheats” along with scooping up the award for Female Vocalist of the Year, at the Country Music Association Awards.
I can’t think of a better person to begin 2008 with than Keith. He is an amazing entertainer and a well-respected musician, singer and songwriter.
- said Carrie Underwood -I’m looking forward to hitting the road with Carrie and to bringing our audiences together for what I think will be a magical night of sights, sounds, songs and solos.
- Keith told to the press -
At this year 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards the American Idol winner Carrie Underwood won female vocalist of the year while the male vocalist prize went to Keith Urban, who had to drop out of the awards show after checking into rehab last month. Urban’s prize was accepted by Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, who read a letter from the singer in which he thanked his friends, family and wife Nicole Kidman. Ronnie Dunn also along with partner Kix Brooks who co-hosted 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards, took home three awards - single, song and video of the year - for their song “Believe”.
Kenny Chesney won entertainer of the year while the show’s performers included Carrie Underwood, Gretchen Wilson, Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride and Miranda Lambert.
The Dixie Chicks country band is number one on Billboard 200 chart with their newest album ‘Taking the long way’ selling about 520,000 records in U.S. in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The country album was released on 23 May and it’s the third time when the country band grabbed number one on Billboard 200 chart. The country album of the band, Dixie Chicks, which had the best-selling week is trio’s sixth ‘Home’, a country album which debuted with 780,000.