Carrie Underwood goes double platinum

TOPDOG1001 · 12-14-2007, 12:13 PM

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Underwood Earns Multiple Year-End Accolades and Is the Billboard 200 Top-Selling Female Artist of 2007 Carrie's 6x-Platinum Debut, Some Hearts, Makes History as Billboard's Top Country Album for the Second Year

Nashville, TN - She is the preeminent female country artist of the past two years, and now, reigning ACM Top Female Vocalist, double GRAMMY winner, and back-to-back CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Carrie Underwood sees her 19 Recordings/Arista Records/Arista Nashville album, Carnival Ride, simultaneously RIAA-certified Gold, Platinum, and Double Platinum for sales of two million units.

Released on October 23, Carnival Ride has already launched the multi-week #1 smash, "So Small," Underwood's fifth consecutive country chart-topper after four #1 singles from her 6x-Platinum debut blockbuster, Some Hearts. Carrie's continued success is celebrated in the year-end issue of Billboard, where she is #1 across multiple categories including Top Country Artist and Top Country Artist - Female (both based on sales and airplay), and #1 among Top Country Album Artists (based on sales). Outside the country categories, Carrie's phenomenal 2007 is clear to see in the all-genre Billboard 200 Artist Recap, which ranks the pride of Checotah, Oklahoma, as the #1 best-selling female artist of the 2007 chart year.

Billboard also shows Carrie's juggernaut Some Hearts as the Top Country Album for the second consecutive year, making Carrie the first female artist in Billboard history to earn back-to-back honors for Top Country Album. Only one other artist - Charlie Rich, in '73 and '74, with his landmark Behind Closed Doors - has ever accomplished this feat.

Based on cumulative SoundScan sales now in excess of 6.1 million copies, Some Hearts this year became the best-selling female country debut in history. No album - in any genre - to release since Some Hearts (on November 15, 2005) has surpassed the disc's powerhouse sales to date.

On the airplay front, the 2007 Year in Music recap from R&R reflects the strength of Carrie's support at country radio, where she is the year's #1 female artist.

Carrie also scored outside of country radio, where "Before He Cheats" (a five-week #1 country single) recently spent a mammoth 64 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, earning the longest chart run of any Hot 100 single this decade.

Fans can soon be listening for her new single, "All-American Girl," as well as toasting New Year's Eve with Carrie when she performs live in New York City's Times Square on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2008 on ABC.

Carrie Underwood - News Story

Cathie Wynkoop · 12-14-2007, 12:27 PM

Congratulations Carrie!!

And congrats to all her fans who helped her reach this yet-again totally awesome milestone!!

And thanks, TOPDOG, for the informative post!

Mirasa45A · 12-14-2007, 12:30 PM

Wow, Carrie has another milestone !!! Cangratulation !!!

CarriefanBelgium · 12-14-2007, 12:33 PM

Gongrats Carrie !

jed1014 · 12-14-2007, 12:34 PM

Wow, amazing!!! Congrats Carrie, we are all so proud of you!

thaifood · 12-14-2007, 12:38 PM

Lot's of firsts & tops in that article. Congrats, Ms. Carrie!!!

getcarriedaway · 12-14-2007, 12:39 PM

Work it girl! Carnival Ride is still moving and no one's getting tired yet!!

serendipity7391 · 12-14-2007, 12:45 PM

WTG, Carrie! She's unstoppable!

cary78663 · 12-14-2007, 12:45 PM

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Based on cumulative SoundScan sales now in excess of 6.1 million copies, Some Hearts this year became the best-selling female country debut in history. No album - in any genre - to release since Some Hearts (on November 15, 2005) has surpassed the disc's powerhouse sales to date.

I guess that means that SH has now passes LeAnn Rimes' Blue in sales.

Nikki098 · 12-14-2007, 12:45 PM

OMG! That's INCREDIBLE! A huge congrats to Carrie!

getcarriedaway · 12-14-2007, 12:47 PM

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I guess that means that SH has now passes LeAnn Rimes' Blue in sales.

woo-hoo!!

captm8 · 12-14-2007, 12:49 PM

Way to go Carrie.

bathroompolo · 12-14-2007, 01:08 PM

WOOOT WOOOT!
Way to go Carrrie!
Ourrr girl is amaazingg! <33

thaifood · 12-14-2007, 01:15 PM

I would love to post this info on another site I am a regular on, but they don't allow links back to fan clubs. Is there any other source for this article?

LilMissIdol · 12-14-2007, 01:21 PM

man, she is on FIRE!!!

Carriefan101091 · 12-14-2007, 01:21 PM

what now biznatchhhhhhhh.

wow, sorry for the chocie of words i am just a tad bit excited. well more than a tad bit, but you get the point.

okay, i will stop blabing now, but you get my point:CARRIE UNDERWOOD=AMAZING.

JTTW108 · 12-14-2007, 01:22 PM

WOW! That is awesome!!! Congrats Carrie

ilovecarrie_89 · 12-14-2007, 01:24 PM

I am so proud to be CU fan. It is just so unbelievably amazing to think about everything Carrie has accomplished in just a little over 2 years. I am so glad CR hit 2X Platinum. I better there will be many more platinum certifications on the way for CR in the near future.

grader7 · 12-14-2007, 01:25 PM

wow... this is thrilling to read ... I picked the best person to be a fan of! It's been so much fun to watch Carrie's journey unfold... a real pleasure...

Congratulations Carrie!!

And ditto to us fans!!

Carriefan101091 · 12-14-2007, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by grader7

wow... this is thrilling to read ... I picked the best person to be a fan of! It's been so much fun to watch Carrie's journey unfold... a real pleasure...

Congratulations Carrie!!

And ditto to us fans!!

you couldn't have said it any better!
i love you set by the way.

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