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Congratulations, Carrie on your CMT ONLINE AWARD win for NUMBER ONE DIGITALLY ACTIVE FEMALE ARTIST!

Don’t forget to pick up your copy of How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites Live From The Grand Ole Opry, in stores now!

The recording How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites Live From The Grand Ole Opry will be released on February 5, 2008 on RCA Records. This unique collection features twelve gospel songs recorded live at the Grand Ole Opry by artists including Adkins, Bentley, Charlie Daniels Band with Mac Powell, Evans, Gill, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless, Lynn, Milsap, Paisley, Skaggs and The Whites, and Underwood.

How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites Live From The Grand Ole Opry is also available at www.opry.com.

CMT announced first round finalists for the “2008 CMT Music Awards,” country music’s only fan-voted awards show. The first round of voting begins today, Tuesday, February 5th at 5:00 pm, EST and goes through February 25th. Your votes will determine the final nominees for CMT’s seventh annual awards show. On Thursday, March 6, CMT will announce the four finalists in each of the thirteen 2008 CMT MUSIC AWARDS categories, except VIDEO OF THE YEAR. Fans can then vote online at CMT.com through Friday, April 11 to determine the winners. The final nominees for VIDEO OF THE YEAR will be announced at the beginning of the live show, and fans can vote at CMT.com throughout the live broadcast (ET/CT only) to determine the night’s big winner.

Vote for Carrie in the following categories by clicking “here.”:http://www.cmt.com/cmt-music-awards

VIDEO OF THE YEAR – “Wasted” (Director: Roman White)
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR – Carrie Underwood – “So Small”
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR – Carrie Underwood – “Wasted”

Other categories to vote in:
SUPPORTING CHARACTER OF THE YEAR – Christian Kane for Carrie Underwood’s “So Small”
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – Roman White (award eligible videos include: Carrie Underwood’s “So Small” and Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson’s “Because of You”)
Country music’s biggest stars will rock Nashville’s Curb Event Center at Belmont University when the 2008 CMT MUSIC AWARDS premieres LIVE on Monday, April 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT* on CMT and CMT.com.

The Dayton, OH – EJ Nutter Center pre-sale start date has been moved to Thursday, February 6th at 10 A.M. EST. Remember, Carrie Underwood Official Fan Club members will have first access to tickets for this date!* For more information on Carrie’s Carnival Ride Tour, check out the tour section by clicking here.

• The Carrie Underwood Fan Club Team

*All Pre-sale tickets are available on a first come first serve basis.

New pre-sales for Carrie’s 2008 Carnival Ride Tour begin Wednesday,February, 6th. 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 Wednesday, February, 6th:

March 26 – Evansville, IN – Roberts Stadium – Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. CST

March 27 – Dayton, OH – EJ Nutter Center – Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. EST

March 30 – Saginaw, MI – Dow Events Center – Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. EST

March 31 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena – Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. EST

-The Carrie Underwood Fan Club Team

“Jesus, Take the Wheel” Earns Platinum Digital Single Certification

Nashville, TN – Two-time GRAMMY winner, ACM Top Female Vocalist, and back-to-back CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Carrie Underwood achieves a historic first as her five-week #1 smash, “Before He Cheats,” becomes the first country song to earn RIAA certification as a Double-Platinum Digital Single (recognizing two million purchased downloads). At the same time, her multi-award-winning country debut, “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” garners a Platinum Digital Single certification.

The Digital Single milestone for “Before He Cheats” reflects the amazing and continued success of the song, which earned multiple nominations for the upcoming 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards, including Best Country Song and Song of the Year (for writers Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins). Underwood, last year’s Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance winner, is nominated in the latter category for “Before He Cheats,” as well as Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for “Oh Love” with Brad Paisley (from Paisley’s album, 5th Gear.)

In addition to her nominations, Underwood has been announced to perform on the GRAMMY Awards telecast, airing live on Sunday, February 10, from 8-11:30 PM ET/PT, on CBS Television.

Both “Before He Cheats” and “Jesus, Take the Wheel” are from Carrie’s 6x-Platinum, ACM Album of the Year winner, Some Hearts.

New pre-sales for Carrie’s 2008 Carnival Ride begin Tuesday,February, 5th. 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, February, 5th:

March 12 – Sacramento, CA – ARCO Arena – Pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. PST

-The Carrie Underwood Fan Club Team