Congratulations, Carrie, on your two CMT Award first-round nominations!!
Carrie is nominated in the Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year categories, both for “Just A Dream.”

Now, Fan Club Members, it’s your turn to help Carrie win the awards by logging onto CMT’s site and voting http://www.cmt.com/cmt-music-awards/!!
Voting begins online today and will run through May 11th. On May 19th, CMT will announce the four finalists in each category, excluding Video of the Year. Fans can then go back to CMT.com http://www.cmt.com/cmt-music-awards/ through June 15th to vote in the final rounds. The final nominees for Video of the Year will be announced at the beginning of the June 17th live CMA Awards broadcast, and fans will be encouraged to cast their votes online or via text during the show.

Also, Congratulations to Roman White for his nomination as Director of the Year!

The show taped in late March at Harpo Studios in Chicago the day after the show sent a crew to Nashville to get a day-in-the-life snapshot of Underwood as she prepares for a new album. Fans will get sneak peak at a songwriting session and a workout with her personal fitness trainer.

Since winning American Idol in 2005, Underwood has become one of the most popular performers in the nation. With the release of her current album Carnival Ride, she has now sold 10 million albums in just over three years and has had nine No. 1 singles. 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. Her many accolades include 8 Billboard Awards, 8 Academy of Country Music Awards, 5 Country Music Association Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 4 CMT Music Awards, 4 GRAMMY® Awards, 5 People’s Choice Awards, 2 BMI Songwriter Awards, and many more.

photo by George Burns/Harpo Productions

Nashville, TN, April 8, 2009……Country celebrities Carrie Underwood, Vince Gill, Montgomery Gentry, Josh Turner and many others will step up to home plate at the 19th Annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge on Wednesday, June 10, at 7 p.m. at Nashville’s Greer Stadium. Arch rival teams, Grand Ole Opry and “After MidNite with Blair Garner” return for an exciting evening of pranks, fun and softball. Tickets are $18 each and $40 for a family four pack. To purchase tickets for the 19th annual City of Hope Nashville Celebrity Softball Challenge, visit www.ticketmaster.com or call 615-255-9600.

Billed as the unofficial kickoff to CMA Music Fest, this year’s softball game will be held in the evening for the first time since its inception 19 years ago. Country’s hottest stars have filled the dugouts for almost two decades to benefit City of Hope, a leading research, education and treatment center for cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The complete all-star line up will be announced in the coming weeks. There will be a silent auction during the game with autographed memorabilia as well as an online auction after the game at www.auctionsforhope.com.

For more information on the 19th Annual City of Hope Nashville Celebrity Softball Challenge, visit www.cityofhope.org/softball.

The ticket pre-sale for Carrie’s performance at Ravinia Festival will begin this coming Monday, April 13 at 10:00 AM CT. 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 ticket pre-sale for this event will end Wednesday, April 15 at 9:00 PM CT.

The following fan club pre-sale will be held through a non-Ticketmaster venue beginning Monday, April 13:

30-August-09 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival
Pre-sale begins at 10:00 AM Central Time

Stay tuned to CarrieUnderwood.fm for more details!

If anybody is more excited than Fan Club members about Carrie
winning the ACM Entertainer of the Year award as well as Top Female Vocalist last night, it’s Carrie herself! Go to the featured video page to watch a special video blog direct from the ACM Awards!

Congratulations, Carrie! We are all so proud of you!

Watch video footage of Carrie’s ACM interview in the Carrie Underwood Official Fan Club members only videos section. Also, today is the last day to vote Carrie as ACM Entertainer of the Year. Show your support for Carrie by casting your vote at www.VoteACM.com! Voting will continue during the awards live telecast today April 5 at 8pm ET on CBS. Thanks for your support!

Congratulations, Carrie, who just earned RIAA Gold Digital Single certifications for her number-one hits, “Last Name” and “Just a Dream”! The certifications each represent sales of 500,000 singles! Both songs are from Carrie’s latest album, Carnival Ride, which also includes the chart-toppers “All-American Girl” and “So Small,”(both also certified Gold for Digital Sales), as well as Carrie’s current smash, “I Told You So.”

Please help vote Carrie as ACM Entertainer of the Year by logging into www.VoteACM.com. Voting will continue during the awards live telecast on Sunday April 5 at 8pm ET/PT on CBS.

Encourage your friends to vote for Carrie by posting a “Carrie for ACM Entertainer of the Year” banner on any of your social networking pages. [Click here] (http://forums.carrieunderwood.fm/showthread.php?t=28029) to download banners from the Vote & Promote section of the message boards.

Thanks for your support and votes!