Carrie's Play On was up 50% in sales to 18k copies according to estimates, which signifies the size of the boost she received in the first full sales week since she won Entertainer of the Year at the ACMs two Sundays ago. On the chart side of things, it was up 16 spots to #21.
The only other Idol alum to be represented on the chart was Adam Lambert, as his For Your Entertainment tumbled #31-50 thanks to a 34% reduction in sales to 9.1k copies.
Full sales data and chart positions courtesy of Billboard should (but most likely will not) be published later this week.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
HITS estimates: 'Play On' #21 w/ 18k
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
HITS estimates: Jason Castro's 'Jason Castro' #20 w/ 18.5k
Jason Castro bowed to 18.5k copies, which was within the 15-20k window HDD originally predicted and above my prediction of 13k. This figure was good enough to debut at #20, which is not a bad feat for a new artist.
Also seeing big boosts this week were CDs by Adam Lambert and Carrie Underwood. Adam's For Your Entertainment was up to #31 thanks to a 13.7k take due to his appearance on Idol last week, while Carrie's Play On increased 13% to 12k thanks to her big night at the ACMs, resulting in a two-spot drop on the chart to #35.
Full sales data and chart positions courtesy of Billboard should be published later this week.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Carrie Underwood delivers touching performance, repeats at ACMs
She may not have won five of the six categories she was nominated in, but Carrie Underwood reigned supreme for the second year in a row as she took home top honors as "Entertainer of the Year" at the 45th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Watch her history-making winning moment below:
Before she was given the good news, Carrie kicked off the live television broadcast with a group performance of with Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley and John Fogerty. Watch the performance below:
Later in the evening, Carrie received a standing ovation for her stringed-heavy performance of "Temporary Home," which almost got her crying.
Following the performance, host Reba McEntire presented her with the ACM "Triple Crown" award, which she qualified for since she has won Top New Female Vocalist, Top Female Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year in the past. This got Carrie on a roll with her speech, which showed the raw emotion that Carrie is known for.
She also presented the award for "Top Vocal Duo" alongside Randy Travis, which went to Brooks and Dunn in their final appearance together at the ACMs.
The ACMs took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and were broadcast live on CBS.
IDOL LIVE predix: Carrie at the 2010 ACM Awards
Below are the categories in which she's nominated, mostly made possible by her latest release Play On (predictions are in bold):
Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Top Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
Album of the Year
American Saturday Night, Brad Paisley
Lady Antebellum, Lady Antebellum
Play On, Carrie Underwood
Revolution, Miranda Lambert
The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
Song of the Year
"Cowboy Casanova," Carrie Underwood
"Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
"People Are Crazy," Billy Currington
"White Liar," Miranda Lambert
"You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift
Vocal Event of the Year
"Hillbilly Bone," Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins
"Honky Tonk Stomp," Brooks & Dunn and Billy Gibbons
"I Told You So," Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis
"I'm Alive," Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews
"Seeing Stars," Jack Ingram and Patty Griffin
As evident in my picks, tonight will not be as kind to Carrie as the awards ceremony has been in years past due to the intense competition. Instead, Lady Antebellum will be the main beneficiary of this competition, as Taylor Swift is not usually thought of very highly by the academy. But Carrie should have no problem taking home the "Top Female Vocalist" honors, as she's done so for the past three years (four if you count her winning "New Female Vocalist of the Year" in 2006).
Be sure to view the full list of nominations. The ACM Awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Carrie Underwood receives six ACM Award nominations
This comes one day after Carrie made her guest appearance on the "Hook" episode of CBS's sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Below are the categories that Carrie has a chance to be victorious in (keep in mind - the "sixth" nomination is Carrie's role as a producer on "Cowboy Casanova" in addition to being the song's artist):
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
TOP FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company(s)]
American Saturday Night - Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Chris DuBois, Frank Rogers
Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Victoria Shaw, Paul Worley
Play On - Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Mark Bright
"Quitter" Produced by Max Martin & Shellback for Maratone Productions and Mark Bright
Revolution - Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
The Foundation - Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produced by: Keith Stegall, Zac Brown
SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
Cowboy Casanova - Carrie Underwood
Composers: Mike Elizondo, Brett James, Carrie Underwood
Publishers: Brett James Cornelius Music (ASCAP), Carrie Okie Music (BMI), Rincon Ave Music
(ASCAP), Stage Three Songs (ASCAP)
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Composers: Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott
Publishers: EMI Foray Music (BMI), Darth Buddha (ASCAP), Dwhaywood Music (BMI), Hillary Dawn Publishing (SESAC), Radiobullets Publishing (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Year Of The Dog Music (ASCAP)
People Are Crazy - Billy Currington
Composers: Bobby Braddock, Troy Jones
Publishers: Crozier Music Enterprises LLC (BMI), Mighty Nice Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tiltawhirl Music (BMI)
White Liar - Miranda Lambert
Composers: Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert
Publishers: Pink Dog Publishing (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tiltawhirl Music (BMI)
You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
Composers: Liz Rose, Taylor Swift
Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Taylor Swift Music (BMI)
VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] (Off Camera Award)
Hillbilly Bone - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins (Reprise Records / Warner Music Nashville)
Producer: Scott Hendricks
Honky Tonk Stomp - Brooks & Dunn featuring Billy Gibbons (Arista Nashville)
Producer: Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride
I Told You So - Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis (19/Arista Nashville)
Producer: Mark Bright
I'm Alive - Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews (Blue Chair/BNA)
Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Seeing Stars - Jack Ingram featuring Patty Griffin (Big Machine Records)
Produced by: Jack Ingram, Jeremy Stover
Las Vegas' MGM Grand will be the setting for the ACMs, which will be televised live on CBS on Sun., April 18 at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Carrie Underwood earns two CMA Awards noms
If you consider yourself a country artist, you were a finalist at some point on Idol and your name is not Carrie Underwood, you're out of luck at the 43rd annual CMA Awards.
In announcements made earlier this morning on ABC's Good Morning America and CMT's Insider Special Edition: 2009 CMA Awards Nominations, it was revealed that Carrie received two nominations for this year's awards show, one for "Female Vocalist" and one for "Musical Event" for her single "I Told You So" featuring Randy Travis. Other than that, there were no noms doled out for any other Idol alums.
Below are the categories in which Carrie is nominated and thus what her competition will be:
Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Musical Event
(Award goes to each artist.)
"Cowgirls Don't Cry"
Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire
Arista Nashville
"Down the Road"
Kenny Chesney (with Mac McAnally)
Blue Chair Records, BNA Records
"Everything But Quits"
Lee Ann Womack (duet with George Strait)
MCA Records
"I Told You So"
Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis
19 Recordings/Arista
"Old Enough"
The Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe
Third Man Records, Warner Bros. Records
An interesting observation is the fact that Taylor Swift, who has had a very big year, was the first female to be nominated for Entertainer of the Year since 2000, something Carrie has never had the honor of receiving. Carrie did, however, receive a nomination and win in the category at the Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this year.
The CMA Awards will air on ABC on Wed., Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. ET, being held live at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. Carrie will once again fulfill hosting duties alongside Brad Paisley.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Digital sales roundup: "My Life Would Suck Without You" #23 (4/10/09)
It was another relatively bare week on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart for Idol alums, but two tracks actually saw pretty substantial sales increases.
Once again serving as top Idol alum represented on the chart was Kelly Clarkson, whose single "My Life Would Suck Without You" slipped #15-23 with 62.2k downloads for the week, a 16% decrease in sales from the previous week. It has sold a total of 1.646 million to date.
Next up was Carrie Underwood's "I Told You So," which saw a healthy 25% increase to 54.1k downloads, evidence of Carrie's big wins at the ACM Awards. It was up four spots to #29 on the chart and now totals 384.1k.
The last Idol-related track on the chart according to sales date made public was Kellie Pickler's "Best Days of Your Life," which lunged forward #110-34 thanks to a performance on last week's results show. It moved another 46.8k units, a 257% total sales gain, and now stands at 187k downloads.
Full numbers and chart positions courtesy of bks on Pulse as follows:
023 015 Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You" 62,152 -16% 73,954 1,646,471
029 033 Carrie Underwood, "I Told You So" 54,145 25% 43,345 384,099
034 110 Kellie Pickler, "Best Days of Your Life" 46,825 257% 13,103 187,044
Total sales are in bold.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Digital sales roundup: "My Life Would Suck Without You" #15 (4/3/09)
Another week of mostly inaction among Idol-related tracks plagued Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart this week, but David Cook's latest single was the one bright spot.
Leading the pack once again was Kelly Clarkson, whose single "My Life Would Suck Without You" continued its downward slide as it slipped 26% in sales and five spots on the chart to #15. It sold another 74k downloads for a total of 1.584 million, though, so when looking at its numbers from that vantage point things look pretty solid.
Following Kelly was Carrie Underwood with her single "I Told You So," which fell #15-33 thanks to a 33% sales decline. It moved another 43.3k downloads and now totals 330k. The single should see another boost on next week's chart thanks to Carrie's highly-rated performance on the ACM Awards.
Then there was Cook, whose second single "Come Back to Me" saw a 999% sales increase thanks to an appearance on last week's Idol results show. It was launched onto the chart at #40 with 39.4k and now has its total standing at 59.8k. Look for a big drop next week.
Full numbers and chart positions courtesy of bks on Pulse as follows:
15 10 Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You" 73,954 -26% 99,919 1,584,319
33 15 Carrie Underwood, "I Told You So" 43,345 -33% 64,972 329,954
40 -- David Cook, "Come Back to Me" 39,430 999% 498 59,748
Total sales are in bold.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Carrie wins Entertainer & Female Vocalist of the Year at ACMs
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It was a big night for Carrie Underwood in Las Vegas at the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The fourth season's winner took home the most coveted award when she beat out four-time consecutive champ Kenny Chesney and others for the Entertainer of the Year category. She was visibly shaking as she accepted the honor, thanking her "baby" (boyfriend Mike Fisher, who was not in attendance) and even cracked a joke at a story Matthew McConaughey told just minutes before reading the news that Carrie was the winner.
The fact that Carrie is the first female to be nominated for the award, never mind the fact that she won, since 2000 when the Dixie Chicks were victorious, speaks volumes. It also didn't hurt that the category was partially fan-voted, something Carrie and her fans have a leg up on the other nominees.
Even in the face of the big win, the talk around the water cooler tomorrow will undoubtedly revolve around her "lava dress," which can be seen to the right. The billowing, blood-red extravaganza was such a spectacle that it required a machine to help Carrie off the stage. Watch her perform "I Told You So" below:
Before winning Entertainer of the Year, Carrie won the Female Vocalist of the Year category for the third straight year and her Carnival Ride came in behind Taylor Swift's Fearless, which took home the honor.
Carrie also took part in a medley to open the show when she sang about 30 seconds of "All-American Girl" while fellow country artists including Rascal Flatts and Sugarland.
Carrie was not the only Idol alum to pop up at the awards show, as Kellie Pickler was there to present an award ahead of her big performance on this coming Wednesday's Idol results show.
As for my predictions, I correctly called that Carrie would take home trophies in the Entertainer of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year categories and that she would lose both Album of the Year and Video of the Year, but I got the two alternate winners wrong.
IDOL LIVE predix: Carrie at the ACM Awards
The 44th Academy of Country Music Awards is looking to be fairly kind to an Idol alum named Carrie Underwood. Carrie is basically the queen of the ACMs, as she has received six awards since 2006 and has been nominated nine times in all not including this year's four nominations.
Although Taylor Swift has proved to be a rival to Carrie commercially as of late, it appears that the Academy generally frowns upon crossover artists, so it probably will not be as big of a night for her as many are predicting.
See my predictions of how the night will play out below:
>Entertainer of the Year: Carrie Underwood
Carrie is the first female artist to be nominated for this category since 2000, when the Dixie Chicks went home with the honor. Considering all the things Carrie has done for country music, it would be pointless for the Academy to have nominated her if they were not going to follow through and see to it that she receives the prize. Add to this the fact that the category is fan-voted and that Carrie was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry this past year and it seems the Carrie is the only nominee that has the ability to dethrone Kenny Chesney. It's an uphill battle, but Carrie should be one happy woman by the end of the night.
>Top Female Vocalist: Carrie Underwood
There's a reason why Carrie has been the recipient of this award two years running, and that's the fact that she simply is the best female vocalist in the country genre at the moment. The only real competitor in this category is Swift, and even the Academy knows it would be a fallacy for the younger star to take home the award over Carrie. But stranger things have happened.
>Album of the Year: Troubadour, George Strait
Carnival Ride is a solid album, even more solid than Some Hearts is (and that album was victorious in this category back in 2007). But the Academy is in the mood to honor a veteran this year, and George Strait's Troubadour is the likeliest candidate for this category.
>Video of the Year: Love Story, Taylor Swift
Video of the Year is not nearly the most important category, so Carrie's "Just a Dream" can afford to lose this one. Besides, as good as that music video is, Swift's "Love Story" really is a better video overall, so the Academy will not feel bad about throwing her a bone when it knows she will lose out later in the night.
What do you all think? Share your predictions and come back here later tonight for a full post-show recap and analysis of the results. The 44th ACM Awards will air live tonight on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.
ETA: Video of the Year was already announced and went to Brad Paisley's "Waitin' On a Woman." The ACMs really should update their Web site!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
'Idol' odds 'n ends: Sligh, Carrie receive Dove Awards noms
The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:
>Chris Sligh was nominated for the 40th Annual Dove Awards for his single "Empty Me" in the Song of the Year category in addition to being put up for consideration for the New Artist of the Year. Another Idol alum received a nomination for the show: Carrie Underwood got her name thrown into the ring for Country Gospel Song of the Year for her live recording of "How Great Thou Art." The show will be held at the Grand Ole Opryhouse on Thurs., April 23 at 8 p.m. ET. Vote for Chris for New Artist on GospelMusicChannel.com.
>Carrie also received another award nomination, as she now has four noms for the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards thanks to the announcement of the Album of the Year category's nominees. Carnival Ride's nomination adds to Carrie's other nominations for the Entertainer of the Year, Top Female Vocalist and Video of the Year categories.
>The ratings for Idol this week were leagues above all other programs in its timeslots, although it almost lost out to CSI in total viewers on Thursday because Taylor Swift's guest appearance launched the episode into an above average showing. Idol pulled in 24.2 million on Tuesday, 22.5 million on Wednesday and 21.2 million on Thursday.
>David Cook's rendition of "Billie Jean" was featured in a promo for the Israeli television series Loving Anna. Watch the spot below:
This isn't the first time Cook's version of "Billie Jean" has been featured in a promo for a program on Israeli TV. Last year, the song played in the background of a promo for Friday Night Lights.
>Cook is also currently working on his next music video, which will be for "Come Back to Me." He was caught filming the video at LAX the other day. Gavin Bowden will be helming the video (Lifehouse, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Carrie nabs three ACM noms
Carrie Underwood was the only Idol alum to garner an Academy of Country Music Awards nomination in this morning's press conference, as she received three. She is poised to take home trophies in the Top Female Vocalist, Video of the Year - and for the first time - Entertainer of the Year categories. Below are all the categories and Carrie's competition:
Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Keith Urban
Carrie Underwood
Top Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert
Heidi Newfield
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
Video of the Year
"Johnny and June"
Heidi Newfield
Producer: Karen Martin
Director: Eric Welch
"Just a Dream"
Carrie Underwood
Producer: Randy Brewer
Director: Roman White
"Love Story"
Taylor Swift
Producer: Trent Hardville
Director: Trey Fanjoy
"Troubadour"
George Strait
Producer: Dominic Cancilla
Director: Trey Fanjoy
"Waitin' on a Woman"
Brad Paisley
Producers: Mark Kalbfeld, Jim Shea
Directors: Jim Shea, Peter Tilden
The only other category that Carrie could be nominated for is Album of the Year, which will be revealed in March. She has already won six ACM awards of a total of nine nominations over the course of her year.
Kellie Pickler, who did not receive a nomination, was one of the readers of the nominations at this morning's press conference.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Carrie wins at ACM Awards
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Two Idol alums appeared at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Carrie Underwood won Top Female Vocalist, the only award she received a nomination for. She also performed twice, kicking off the show with a high-powered performance of her latest single, "Last Name," and singing a duet of the late Eddy Arnold's "Make the World Go Away" with Top Male Vocalist award-winner and former tour mate Brad Paisley.
Kellie Pickler was the only other former Idol finalist to be on-hand, as she lost her only nomination for Top New Female Vocalist to Taylor Swift. She did, however, use the Awards to launch her new single, "Don't You Know You're Beautiful."
Kelly Clarkson was also nominated for an award, as she and host Reba McEntire were up for "Vocal Event of the Year" for their duet of "Because of You."
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