Carrie Underwood rehearses on Sunday, Nov. 8 at the Sommet Center in Downtown Nashville for "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," which will broadcast live on the ABC Television Network on Wed., Nov. 11th, 8-11PM/ET. Photographer: John Russell / CMA
You can do a little Grammy countdown for Carrie Underwood.
Four… the number of Grammys she’s won to date.
Three… she’s slated to perform on Sunday’s telecast in a Michael Jackson tribute that includes a 3-D segment.
Two… she’s nominated for a pair of trophies in that ceremony.
One… her first-year honor as Best New Artist is the one that really rocked her world.
“When I heard my name called, all I can remember is being numb from excitement and adrenaline,” she blogged on Grammy.com in recalling that New Artist victory. “Since then there have been many awards, and I hope that there will be a few more nominations in the future, but you only get one year to be nominated for this amazing award. If I never win another one, I will always have the Best New Artist Grammy Award in my cabinet to gaze upon. To future winners of this award…cherish every moment of it!”
One country artist, the Zac Brown Band, is in the running for that trophy this year, and a number of pundits predict the group will be making a speech about it when the envelope is opened.
In the meantime, Carrie should be quite busy during the event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. “Just A Dream” is up for Best Country Female Vocal, and her duet with Randy Travis on “I Told You So” is a contender for Best Country Collaboration. And she’ll join with Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Usher and Smokey Robinson in the salute to Michael Jackson, which will also include the premiere of a 3-D production that Michael had intended to use on his This Is It Tour for “Earth Song.”
Should Carrie win this weekend, it’ll give her Grammy victories four straight years. The same night she won Best New Artist, she also took home the Best Female Country honor for “Jesus, Take The Wheel.” She repeated in that category the following year with “Before He Cheats” and took it again in 2009 with “Last Name.”
The Grammys air on CBS at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday. The pre-telecast, in which most of the 100+ awards will be doled out, will be streamed live on grammy.com beginning at 4 p.m. ET.
In other Carrie news, she’ll sing the National Anthem as part of Super Bowl XLIV pregame festivities at Sun Life Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, February 7, the NFL and CBS announced today. The performance will be televised live on CBS Sports prior to kickoff. Carrie joins an impressive list of singers who’ve performed the Anthem, including Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Harry Connick, Jr., Garth Brooks, Natalie Cole, Vanessa Williams, Luther Vandross, Cher, Faith Hill, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks, Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson and many more.
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check this out swift fans go to the 11minute mark on this vid alot of people agree with this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id0IrXl2u5M
You're hysterical. Good one.
Carrie revolutionized a new brand of country music for the better. Just because she's a huge threat to your favorite artist (whoever that may be) doesn't mean you have to waste even more of your life bashing the artist who made the #1 country album of the decade, as officially established by Billboard.
carrie underpants is a horrible singer her voice makes my skin crawl. She can't win an award unless her fans illegally vote for her. She dresses like a tramp in her videos she is a bad influence on our children. She is ruining country music
dose she get botox?
I think Carrie is an AMAZING singer and an overall beautiful person, inside and out. I don't get why people are dissing her. She's a great vocalist and performer. Yeah, Taylor's more popular.. But Carrie's more vocally talented.. I don't really get Taylor's music.. but I won't go around criticizing her.. This news is about Carrie, so let's all stay on topic alright?
So, CONGRATS Carrie! You deserve every good thing that comes your way! Hope you'll have a long career and a blissful married life!!
Carrie U is not talented and her singing is horrible. I’d rather hear someone with long fingernails scratch a chalk board than to hear her.
A typical response from a Taylor Swift Fanatic……….need i say more!!!!!!!!!!!
carrie fans are vicious! see what becoming a carrie fan does to to you america? carries’ fans are immature lil brats. just because she’s pop and popular that doesn’t make you talented!
You're the last one to talk. SOME of Carrie's fans are vicious because its crappy, lifeless scumbags like YOU who idolize Taylor Not-So-Swift that talk crap about Carrie because she's the biggest threat to Taylor. Get a life, grow up, and listen to a true voice; Carrie's. Not a hacky, amateur voice like Taylor's.
carrie sucks and miranda lambert is way better
carrie isnt bad but taylor swift is WAY BETTER.
BAHAHAHAHA. now THAT'S funny. Carrie can top Taylor in everything. Every way, shape, and form. Try again.
carrie underwood is so errogant it is so stupid , she must not realize how bad she sucks.
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Yes Carrie may seem more Country than Taylor BASED on how the music industry places them. Like i've mentioned they both consider themselves country, and so do I! as a fan i support them in Country music and basically in whatever they do, they have my full support. The comparision of the two women really needs to stop, i love them both and i can't chose either one of them as my favorite artist, because i love them both equally. i love their talent, and them as a person, not as a celebrity!
I really enjoyed this article! Congrats to Carrie! on her many accomplishments! However, i must mention this! i've overlooked the comments and i must say that i am sick and tired of how people can compare Carrie to Talyor or Taylor to Carrie! I truley believe that these two women are very intelligent, sophisticated, nice, mature and talented. Carrie and Taylor both sing from the heart, obviously. They both love what they do and have been very successful at it for a few years now! I know they have their differences. Carrie has the voice, and Taylor has the songwriting skills. However, when you really see the big picture, despite their range on their voices, their voices really go with whatever song they both sing. Some people say that Carrie can hold on to longer notes than Taylor, does that stuff even matter? Taylor may have shifted over to being a Country/Pop artist, but the music industry considers them both Country/Pop artist. What we as fans should believe is what they believe which genre they know they are. They both consider themselves COUNTRY despite which nominations they were nominated for and awards they've won.
wow,theres sure a lot of negative comments above,Carrie is a great singer,shes a beautiful young woman,and it doesnt seem right for anyone to be so nasty,especially when you don't know what your talking about
Carrie Underwood is a wonderful person, singer and now starting out as a songwriter. She is country, and a little bit of pop, but who cares which one. She has a wonderful voice and she reminds me a lot of Faith Hill. Her latest CD had me in tears because it came from her heart. You deserve the awards you receive, because you have the voice and the music blows you away. Don't listen to the critics, they are just jealous how you have grow in this industry. Keep on going, Carrie. Good luck on Sunday and I can't wait to see you on the Superbowl!! You rock!!!
Carrie fans are so immature and Taylor is the best!
Taylor fans are immature little kids. What are you doing here anyway? You should be in your 'Little Fairytale World' right now, instead of spending your time on someone you don't like. Just immature.
Every season of Idol, Simon has sat in his judges chair, stating that American Idol is a pop singing contest (if you've seen it, you know this), but that just means if you are a country or rock or whatever else type of singer, you have to be really good in your chosen genre to impress them enough to take you so they can have a wider selection, which Carrie did, that's all I'm saying.
As for the "phase" that I'm talking about, when Carrie first came out with her music, over here in America, she was all you heard because people were fascinated with her, thus she won most of the awards she was nominated for. Now that she's had a few more albums, people have calmed down and accept her as another artists. It's going to be a very similar situation with Taylor, for both pop and country fans, and she'll just be accepted till the next big person comes out.
That's true, I agree, I started listening to country because it was so different from everything else my friends were listening to. But because Taylor uses those elements no matter what station her music is played on, she sounds incredibly different from pop, which doesn't use banjos and such.
She's so awesome!
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I love her!!
We're also birthday buddies, lol.
Congratulations Carrie, on your Grammy noms and being picked to sing at the Superbowl!!! They got it right to pick you!!!!!! WTG!!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go Carrie. I knew you were great way back in your idle days. I love that your music is diverse.
Carrie and Taylor both have brilliant futures and between them they have created fans of Country Music that might never have listened to Country without them. My husband and I have been fans of Carrie since her Idol audition. Taylor is one of the most gifted writers in years, and she is a very talented entertainer. Her live vocals aren't up to Carries, but then I've never heard anyone quiet up to Carries vocals live. These young ladies create cross over interest, so what? It is all good for Country Music, and they are both good for Country Music. Folks that want to nit pick either are probably nit wits.
Well said! Thank you for that bit of intelligent reasoning. I wish more people on here could understand this.
Carrie is 'all class' and a 100% 'top quality' vocalist, along with being a great role model.
I am really tired of someone going on to a story about Carrie and being really rude and mean. If I were to go on Taylor Swifts story and say the same thing about her people would be all up in arms. So what gives all these people the right to say such nasty things about Carrie? I am sure that both Carrie & Taylor are appalled by the behavior of their fans! Please let those who want to post something about Carrie do so without resorting to name calling! And I would hope that Carrie fans do the same for those who love Taylor Swift!
If you read on Taylors stuff all they do is talk bad about her!
Well let's not even get into that, if you go to the taylor swift threads, you wouldn't believe all the nasty comments about taylor from kerrie fans!
Looks like the Disney crowd got bored with the Disney channel tonight. Thank God for Carrie Underwood. She is a breath of fresh air not just to Country music but to the whole music industry. She has a magnificent voice and always represents country with class and dignity. Have heard her live many a time and she is one of the best live performers I have ever heard. I'm not 10, I'm 63 so I've heard a few singers in my time.
i really do know for a fact that taylor is way much better than carrie. she dresses like a tramp. i don’t care what you carrie fanactics, i still say taylor is better than carrie, so get over it!
Hi taylorswiftfan……I don't know why everyone has to compare these two. They are both wonderful artists and great people. Carrie does not ever dress like a tramp though. The video of CC, is only like acting a part in a movie or something. She is a wonderful yound lady with great moral values and she has a God given talent. She not only can sing like an angel, but she is so very beautiful inside and out.
I am sorry that you feel as you do. I just wish everyone would give each girl credit where credit is due.
I am sure they don't appreciate you talking badly about the other artists just because you are a TS fan. We all have our favorites and our reasons for having our favorites……
you do not know for a fact that is your opinion dumbass. and im guessing your like 12 from your argument.
We'll never get over it. Your the one that needs to move on and let it go.
Real talent always prevails!
Congrats Carrie on singing the anthem at the superbowl.I have heard Carrie sing the anthem before and she was awesome.The superbowl knew what they were doing when they chose Carrie to sing the anthem and to think that over a100 million people all over the world are going to be able to hear an awesome singer.I do hope Carrie wins the 2 awards she is nominated for at the grammys.Carrie so deserves to win for “Just a Dream”,what a song and Carrie was awesome.To all you bashers that say Carrie can not sing you all need to go have your ears checked and to the ones that say she is not country,you need to listen to other types of music and then you will be able to see that Carrie is so country with a little favor of pop,just a little.This young woman is one of the best things to ever happen to country music and will be around for many years with awesome music.And 1 more thing congrats to Carrie and Mike on hteir up coming marriage.
carrie is so full of herself and yes she is more pop than country, her song cowbot whatever is sooooooooooooo pop!!! taylor is a good singer but most of all with taylor is her great song writing and the words she uses in her songs they are so heartfelt because she wrote them from her heart!!!!! cu may have a little better voice but she STINKS ON STAGE I SEEN HER ONCE AND 2 SONGS INTO IT HALF OF THE CROWD WALKED OUT, SHE IS JUST TO INTO HERSELF!!! and myself and some friends were waiting for an atuograph from an artists and we say cu leave a little girl crying in line and would NOT take a picture or anything with her if that isn't full of yourself I don't no what is!!! GO TAYLOR YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
diamond- I JUST THINK THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO START TROUBLE AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT CARRIE! I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD TELL THE TRUTH AND NOT SUCH SLANDERING LIES ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER SAID A BAD THING ABOUT ANYONE. YOU TAYLOR FANS WONDER WHY WE DON'T CARE FOR TAYLOR, IT IS FANS LIKE YOU.
this has already proven whose fans are more childish…
Diamond– again you prove how immature, lifeless, and lame you can be, as well as Taylor Swift & her fans.
Grow up and quit hating on one of the best voices in country music. And FYI– Taylor's is the furthest thing from one of those. Plus, she sells out far more shows than Taylor, so I doubt half the crowd would walk out after buying tickets. Come up with better lies.
diamonds in your dreams ts is a fake
remember her performance on the
grammys it was horrible she cant
sing live
It's funny how people here keep saying Carrie's POP and is not deserving the awards she gets. While Taylor is definitely more pop than Carrie. Let's see… this year's grammys, Carrie was nominated for Best female COUNTRY vocal performance and Best COUNTRY collaboration with vocals. What is Taylor nominated for?? Aside from the country nominations, she's up for Best female POP vocal performance, Best POP collaboration with vocals. Hmm.. you've got to wonder..
NEVER ONCE was Carrie nominated for anything POP, all-genre, yes, but NEVER POP! At the People's Choice Awards, Taylor's album was nominated twice! One for country, one for POP!! She was also nominated for Favorite POP artist..
I personally have NOTHING against Taylor, I like her songs, she deserves all her nominations EXCEPT for nominations that includes the words VOCAL in it.. She's a great songwriter, but she's only an average singer.. ESPECIALLY LIVE…
I've heard a lot of people keep saying that Carrie sounds amazing Live, so, when she came to Singapore, yes, I'm from Singapore, I went and was BLOWN AWAY!! Honest to god, she does sound spectacular LIVE!! At times, even better then in her CDs..
Carrie is one of those people who is never hides who she really is.. she's still the same Carrie that stepped into the American Idol audition room 5 years ago.. I am disappointed to hear and see people talk about her when they don't even know her.. I can't say I personally know her, but I've talked to her and she really is a nice person..
You deserve all the good things that come your way Carrie! Don't let other people tell you otherwise. You have a HUGE fanbase here in ASIA, and yes, we do listen to country music… Keep doing what you're doing!!
So, I am a Taylor Swift fan, but I'm not going to freak out about that beside the fact that when up against all those other pop people, she is really country, given all the banjos and fiddles couwboy boots she uses.
However, I am just going to say that Carrie does have a really strong pop fan base, no matter how country she is. I know you're from Singapore and I don't know what TV shows you have, but in America, Carrie was discovered on American Idol, a POP singing contest, so while the country voting population helped her win, she proved she could cope in a pop arena, and much of her music is heard on pop radio.
While the themes of her songs may appear to be very country, much of her music does fit well on pop stations. And not to diminish Taylor's initial success in country music that got her to pop, Taylor just currently seems to have more success in that arena, which only wants to include a country artist or two, and given the choice they will pick Taylor over Carrie because the pop fans already went through the Carrie phase in 2005 when she won AI.
I know that Carrie was discovered in American Idol, and I also know that American Idol is NOT a POP singing contest. It is a generic singing competition. I would think that if it were a POP singing contest, Carrie wouldn't have bothered joining. American Idol is a platform where talents are discovered. To which genre they go to after that is up to them.
That is why the judges always said that when you audition for American Idol, it's always best to know who you are. And Carrie is country. Even Simon said that they hadn't found a good country singer before her. American Idol is an open genre singing competition . Get your facts right.
You're not making any sense, saying they would choose taylor over carrie because "already went through the carrie phase".. Bullshit.. Bottom line is: Taylor has become more pop than Country while Carrie, even though with some of her songs being played on pop radio, stayed true to her country roots.
Oh, one more thing, just because her music has banjos and fiddles and she wears cowboy boots, doesn't make one Country… Country music is more than fiddles and cowboy boots.
If it's mainstream country radio, it's ALL pop-country. Same with Taylor, and everyone else. Either you like it & listen or you don't, but no need to be nasty/skanky with your comments.
Carrie is AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see her win the awards she is up for and sing the National Anthem before the superbowl!!
Carrie? performs? a? beautiful? rendition? of? Our? National? Anthem,she? sings? it? as? it? was? meant? to? be? sung.Last? year's? Super? Bowl? was? viewed? by? nearly? 100? million? people? in? the? US.? And? it? was? broadcasted? in? 230? countries.? Imagine? all? those? peeps? hearing? Carrie!!!!
She's not a very good role model. She dresses skanky and dresses like a hooker.
SHE A GREAT ROLE MODEL AND ALWAYS THANKS GOD FIRST FOR EVERYTHING- SHE IS A VERY CLASSY CHRISTIAN LADY WITH HIGH STANDARDS AND MORAL VALUES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU NEED YOU LEARN SOME MANNERS AND QUITE SPREADING LIES!!
I wouldn't go that far. She has certainly evolved her style of dressing as part of her performances, and her dresses have definitely gotten shorter which I don't always like, but at least she has never failed to keep good manners and be kind to others. There's a difference between being a skank and wearing flashy dresses on stage, and outside of country music is wear this line is always crossed.
i am not going to dignify that with an answer
JEALOUSLY is showing
um lets see, Carrie Underwood has sold millions of records and what have u accomplished? Just think about that for a second! Carrie Underwood is Amazing!!! GET OVER IT!!!!!!
Your an idiot. carrie can't sing, she has no talent, and puts on very boring concerts. taylor swift is better than carrie so get over yourself, hehe!
Carrie is an Amazing Talent-A beautiful Voice and has millions of fans all over the world. Taylor is ok-but still young and has a teeny bopper fan base. She still has some growing up to do How would you know how carries concerts are unless you have seen them, in which case you must like her. I have been to carrie's concerts and she gets better every time. She will be around for years to come. So get used to it
TaylorSwiftFan-
As somone who majored in vocal performance in college and sang leading roles in musicals and operas, I believe I have the experience and knowledge to tell you you are dead wrong! Carrie has one of the strongest voices ever from any music genre.
OTOH, Taylor has one of the weakest voices ever to become famous. She flunks just about every test that makes up a good voice. She struggles with pitch, projection, and range. If she had gone out for Idol, she wouldn't have passed out of the first round, yet alone won.
When Taylor won CMA Best Female Vocalist, I literally cried. It's one thing for dumb, know-nothing about good music teeny boppers to buy Taylor's music, it's a whole another thing for industry insiders who should know better to award such a poor voice. Obviously, the voters now care more about popularity and money than quality.
With all the undeserved awards and nominations, Taylor Swift has now replaced Britney Spears on my list as the most overrated singer of all time.
Please try to keep your rude comments to yourself! If I were to go onto Taylor Swift story and make rude comments about Taylor you would probably say some nasty thing about me! If you have nothing good to say, please say nothing at all!
yes yes miss carrie all the way, she so deserves everything, looking forward to her performance
Female Vocalist is definitely a race this year. ALL are good with the exception of one. Carrie could win, Leeann Womack could definitely win but it just maybe Miranda's turn. For those who have a problem with Carrie..well, yeah she has some poppish songs but "Play On" also has some definitely country songs as well. Give me someone who can sing country in tune and I'm happy.
Carrie, so looking foward to seeing you perform Sunday Night at the Grammys and wishing you all the best on your nominations. You have a wonderful voice and you deserve everything that comes your way. You are a breath of life to all of your fans. Good Luck!!!
CONGRATS CARRIE!!…i hope you win these DESERVING AWARDS so the haters can stew in their hate at home being losers while you keep on WINNING!..YOU GO GIRL!!…
KICK A$$
I can't stand Kerrie Underpants. She doesn't deserve the awards she gets because she's POP. And that's why the critics hate her!
I guess that is why she got an A+ rating for her lastest Album PLAY ON!!!!!!!!!!
She is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry and I believe that would make her COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You bashers have no idea what you are talking about and toooooooooooooooo young to even care. You just like spreading lies about the BEST SINGER IN COUNTRY MUSIC TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
paul you are dumb carrie is the best county signer alive
lynn you're an idiot if you think Kerrie Underpants is country
I'm so sick of hearing about carrie underwood quit trying to cram her down out throats. She's not country she should go back to pop
your a jerk paul, carrie the best of the best
actually paul carrie was not ever pop,if you look back in her history when she was young her mom took her to country fairs and contest all the time and she sang country and on american idol when they gave her the choice to pick her own song she always picked country usually martina mcbride
I'm not disagreeing with you at all, because I think she won AI by having the country vote, It's just that she can sing pop very well. She had to on that show, and her voice can fit a lot of genres.
The only thing I've noticed, is that a few years ago when Carrie was coming off her wins and everything, it did feel like she was being crammed down our throats. I think it's the same thing now with Taylor Swift so everyone wants to hate her and they compare the 2, forgetting it was the same with Carrie. But really, you hear both of them on pop and country stations because they are good enough to be heard on both.
If you are tired of reading about her, please don't read about her, just skip the whole article! There are plenty of other articles on this site! GAC puts things on its website that might be interesting to those who come on.
Congratulations, Carrie!!!!! You deserve all the accolades and more. You have an amazing voice, a giving spirit, and a gorgeous fiance. I am sure there will be many more awards in your future and we are all looking forward to your many new projects. Carrie On!!!