We’d like to thank all the Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club members who
have submitted wallpaper designs to celebrate Carrie’s Birthday! We’ve
received a large number of amazing designs and although it was very
difficult to make a decision, we are happy to announce that Carriefan4lyfe25
has been selected as our Carrie Underwood Birthday Wallpaper Contest
winner! Check out her wallpaper design in the “Downloads” section.

With the achievement, Underwood extends the most auspicious career launch of any solo female country artist in history, with the GRAMMY-winning “Jesus, Take the Wheel” beginning a string of six smash singles (including four from her 7x-Platinum debut album, Some Hearts), all of which topped the BDS or Mediabase country airplay charts.

On the sales front, “All-American Girl” currently ranks as the #1-selling Country Top Music Video, as well as the #1 Country Top Song at iTunes, where it was also a recent #1 on the all-genre Top Music Videos chart.

On CMT’s Top 20 Countdown, “All-American Girl” set a record as the network’s all-time fastest rising video, reaching #1 in just two weeks and re-claiming the top spot again this week. Jay Frank, CMT senior vice president of music strategy, praised, “Carrie Underwood continues to make songs and videos that connect with CMT viewers immediately. No wonder she had such a meteoric rise to the pole position of our Top 20 Countdown.”

In addition, the video was #1 on CMT.com in the week of its online premiere, streaming nearly 400,000 times in less than a month, according to CMT’s internal tracking.

Viewers at GAC have also responded enthusiastically, where the all-fan-voted Top 20 Country Countdown ranked “All-American Girl” #1 throughout its first three weeks on the chart. Sarah Trahern, GAC senior vice president of programming, observed, “Carrie’s ‘All-American Girl’ video became a fan favorite on GAC right away. It is a true reflection of the many different lifestyles represented by our audience, and it lives up to the high creative standards set by all of her videos.” Remarkably, Carrie is the only artist in GAC history to debut a video at #1 on the countdown, a feat she first accomplished with “Before He Cheats” and repeated with “All-American Girl.”

Fans who’ve been enjoying Carrie’s video can also watch for her on the small screen in upcoming weeks as she performs on GAC’s Opry Live (March 15) as well as American Idol’s second Idol Gives Back charity special, airing April 9, from 8-10 PM ET on FOX. Earlier this week, Carrie appeared on CBS’ The Early Show with Brad Paisley to announce the final nominations for the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, where she’s nominated for Top Female Vocalist.

Carrie received 2 CMT Award nominations in the following categories:

Video of the Year – “Wasted”
Female Video of the Year – “So Small”

Also, congratulations to Roman White for his nomination for Director of the Year (“Wasted) and to Christian Kane (from “So Small”) for his nomination for Supporting Character of the Year.

Please vote for Carrie online at CMT.com by Friday, April 11. The final nominees for VIDEO OF THE YEAR will be announced at the beginning of the show, and fans can vote at CMT.com, as well as via mobile phone, throughout the live broadcast (ET/CT only) to determine the night’s big winner.

The 2008 CMT MUSIC AWARDS will air live from Nashville’s Curb Event Center at Belmont University on Monday, April 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT* on CMT and CMT.com.

Congratulations on your nomination for Top Female Vocalist for the 2008 ACM Awards!! Winners will be announced during the ACM Awards LIVE telecast airing on CBS Sunday, May 18th.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Great American Country (GAC) will premiere reigning and 2008 ACM Top Female Vocalist Nominee Carrie Underwood’s special released-video, “How Great Thou Art,” tonight, March 4.

Filmed during GAC’s original broadcast, How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites Live from the Grand Ole Opry, the video showcases Underwood’s performance of the title track for the RCA Records album of the same name.

The video will premiere tonight during the 2008 ACM Nominee GAC Nights show which airs at 10 pm ET.

The video will air in regular video rotation beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5 at 6:38 a.m., 12:11 p.m. and 6:37 p.m. ET.

The video will also be available on GAC’s companion website, www.gactv.com later this month.

Our apologies for the last news post. Please note that the tour dates in the previous news post were incorrect. Below please find the correct tour dates:

29-Apr Wichita Falls, TX Kay Yaeger Coliseum

30-Apr Amarillo, TX Amarillo Civic Center

2-May Tucson, AZ Tucson Arena

6-May El Paso, TX UTEP/Don Haskins Center

7-May Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena

11-May N. Little Rock, AR ALLTEL Arena

13-May Colorado Springs, CO World Spring Arena

14-May Casper , WY Casper Events Center

15-May Bozeman, MT Brick Breedan Fieldhouse

28-May Fresno, CA SaveMart Center

19-May Reno, NV Reno Events Center

23-May Yakima, WA Yakima SunValley Dome

24-May Spokane, WA Star Theatre at Spokane Arena

25-May Nampa, ID The Idaho Center

Carrie Underwood Official Fan Club pre-sale and general public on sale information will be announced soon. Stay tuned to CarrieUnderwood.FM for further updates!

-The Carrie Underwood Fan Club Team

New pre-sales for Carrie’s 2008 Carnival Ride Tour begin Tuesday, March 4th. Pre-sale passwords, links and detailed information will be posted on the TOUR page of the CarrieUnderwood.fm website prior to pre-sale start times. You will need to login using your Official Carrie Underwood fan club account to see the pre-sale link and password.

The following fan club pre-sales will be held through Ticketmaster beginning Tuesday, March 4th:

April 26 Lexington, KY- Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. EST

-The Carrie Underwood Fan Club Team

Having garnered a prestigious Governor’s Award Emmy for raising an incredible $76 million last year, the charitable special IDOL GIVES BACK returns with another star-studded event Wednesday, April 9 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

IDOL GIVES BACK is a music celebration raising awareness and benefiting various U.S. and international charities. This year’s event will be bigger and more ambitious than ever, and will feature incredible international talent including Bono, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Fergie, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Annie Lennox, John Legend and Snoop Dogg. Additional artists scheduled to appear to be announced.

The star-studded evening will echo the success of last year’s IDOL GIVES BACK, which raised over $76 million for various U.S. charities that deliver support to underprivileged children in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country, providing them with medical care, food and grocery products, health and life skills and literacy programs, among other important initiatives. In Africa, funds were dedicated to organizations that support efforts to battle poverty through various health and education programs, including delivering medical supplies and providing clean water.