Hey guys! Just a quick note – thank you for supporting Carrie by sending in your radio requests to play Carrie’s music, especially “Cowboy Casanova.” However, please be sure to make them personal, and avoid using templates or forms; the radio stations have spotted some of these templates and are trashing them as spam. Make your request count and tell them why YOU want to want to hear Carrie!

Hello everyone,

As you all probably know, I was just in Singapore doing a fun gig for ION Orchard.

Don’t forget to tune-in tonight to see the premier of Carrie’s edition of The Collection on GAC at 9:30pm eastern!

Congratulations, Carrie, on your American Music Award nomination for Favorite Female Artist-Country!

The live broadcast will take place at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on ABC. Tickets are now on sale (please visit www.ticketmaster.com or call 1-877-AEG-TICKETS). dick clark productions will also air a live digital pre-show hosted by Julie Moran from the 2009 American Music Awards red carpet available on ABC.com, USTREAM.com and mycokerewards.com and mycoke.com.

For the third year, winners will be determined by online voting at www.ama.abc.com, www.amavote.com and www.mycokerewards.com, the official voting location starting today. Artists will be honored in the categories of Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Latin and Contemporary Inspirational. Fans can go to the official homepage of the “2009 American Music Awards,” ama.abc.com, to find performer and presenter announcements, artist information, and more.

Just a reminder that there is still time to help Vitaminwater create their next flavor! Although the flavor and functionality have been chosen (black cherry-lime and vitamin A to Zinc plus caffeine), there is still time to name it and design the label! Click here to enter your design today!

The exclusive iTunes Countdown pre-release tracks, which begin today with “Mama’s Song,” all count toward the purchase of the full album through iTunes’ Complete My Album feature. The subsequent tracks include “Temporary Home” (available 10/20) and “Undo It” (available 10/27).

For each new track every week, fans will be able to visit Billboard.com for a 48-hour sneak preview of the song immediately prior to its Tuesday release on iTunes, with each posting remaining on Billboard.com for a week from its debut.

In addition to the weekly online previews at Billboard.com, Underwood will be the focus of an online feature as well as a cover feature in the print edition of Billboard, on sale October 16.

Along with the ability to purchase the exclusive pre-sale tracks through the iTunes Countdown, fans who opt to purchase Play On through iTunes’ Complete My Album feature will also receive an exclusive free track: Carrie’s recording of the holiday classic, “O Holy Night.”

Already available online is the digital single for “Cowboy Casanova,” the smash first single from Play On. Purchases of “Cowboy Casanova” through iTunes will also count toward a purchase of Play On via the Complete My Album feature.

A four-time GRAMMY Award winner, ACM Entertainer of the Year, and reigning, three-time CMA and ACM Female Vocalist winner, Carrie’s Play On re-teams her with producer Mark Bright, who helmed her Carnival Ride collection as well as seven tracks from her 2005 album debut, Some Hearts. To date, Underwood has amassed more than 10 million in U.S. album sales with Some Hearts and 2007’s Carnival Ride. Along the way, she has consistently broken new ground and earlier this year became the first country artist in history and the only American Idol winner ever to achieve 10 #1 singles from their first two albums.

By now you’ve heard about the TV tapings next week but the Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club is offering priority seating to 20 lucky Fan Club members for each night!
The tapings will take place the evenings of October 22nd and 23rd in Studio City, CA.

Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club Members: For the chance to win
priority seating at this taping event, login to CarrieUnderwood.fm and
go to the Tour page and select the taping you want to attend and click “I’m Going” to be entered into a
drawing. You must RSVP by 10:00 AM PT on Friday, October 16th and be
available to attend either taping to qualify for the drawing for
priority seating. Winners will be notified by email no later than
Tuesday, October 20th.

Click here for more details about this exciting
opportunity!