In addition to her highly successful headline tour, 2008 was a stellar year for Underwood. She closes out 2008 as the most-heard artist at country radio and was named the #1 Hot Country Songs Artist by Billboard and #1 Top Country Artist by Radio & Records. She became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, co-hosted the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley, won her first BMI Awards as a songwriter, scored 2 more #1 single co-writes this year for a total of 3, performed for the Idol Gives Back and Stand Up 2 Cancer benefits, sang with Elvis on the Elvis Presley Christmas Duets CD, saw her likeness come to life as the latest wax figure at Madame Tussauds New York, shot television commercials for Nintendo and vitaminwater®, made her second appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” graced the covers of Allure, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, In Style, Shape and more, and she was included for a second consecutive year in People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful” issue.

Underwood heads into the New Year with a Grammy nomination for Best Country Female Vocal Performance for “Last Name,” as well as 3 People’s Choice Award nominations- Favorite Female Singer, Favorite Country Song for “Last Name” and Favorite Star 35 & Under. Underwood will perform on the People’s Choice Awards on January 7, 2009.

Since winning “American Idol” in 2005, Underwood has become one of the most popular performers in the nation. Her debut album, Some Hearts, is the biggest selling “American Idol” debut project to date, having sold more than seven million albums in the United States. With the release of her current album Carnival Ride, she has now sold nearly 10 million albums in just over three years and has had nine No. 1 singles. Her many accolades include 8 Billboard Awards, 6 Academy of Country Music Awards, 5 Country Music Association Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 4 CMT Awards, 3 Grammy’s, 2 People’s Choice Awards, 2 BMI Songwriter Awards, and many more.

Be sure to tune in to GAC as Opry Live takes a look back at some of its best
moments of 2008 with performances including Carrie Underwood!
Air Times:
* December 27, 2008 9:00 PM ET
* December 28, 2008 1:00 AM ET
* December 28, 2008 12:00 PM ET
* December 28, 2008 7:00 PM ET
* December 30, 2008 9:00 PM ET

Among the performers confirmed for the show are Opry members Bill Anderson, Jimmy Dickens, Julianne Hough, Diamond Rio, Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood.

Underwood, who was inducted as an Opry member this year, will wrap her headline “Carnival Ride Tour” on Dec. 14 and has chosen to make the final Tuesday Night Opry her last live performance of 2008. She, along with others on the show, will perform hits and Christmas songs.

Also, congratulations to Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for their
nomination for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media for “Ever Ever After” from Enchanted as performed by Carrie.
The 51st annual GRAMMY Awards air live on CBS on Sunday, February 8th at
8pm.
For a full list of nominations, log on to www.grammy.com.

Bid on a Carrie Underwood sweatshirt signed by Carrie herself! Now available on the GRAMMY Charity Holiday Online Auction benefiting MusiCares. Auction runs Dec. 1 – Dec. 11. Click here to enter the auction and place your bid now!

Congratulations, Carrie, on your AMA win for favorite album, country music for Carnival Ride!

Watch Carrie co-host, perform “Just A Dream,” and win Female Vocalist of the Year all over again as CMT relives Country Music’s Biggest Night™ in the cable premiere of the “42nd Annual CMA Awards” on Saturday, November 29 at 9pm ET/PT. The show originally aired live from Nashville on ABC last we

Carrie’s next single, “Do You Hear What I Hear” impacts country radio today! Don’t forget to call your local radio stations and request it!