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Post by 43dudleyvillas on Oct 31, 2007 13:38:34 GMT -5
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Post by vinman on Oct 31, 2007 13:48:10 GMT -5
Thanks Dudley, I believe it is the same caller on that interview. Off to read............
ETA: Cary @ CF, OFC has posted this article to our TO CARRIE forum hoping she will read it one day.
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Post by when the pawn... on Oct 31, 2007 13:54:27 GMT -5
so 2007 1st weeks...
1. Kanye West 2. 50 Cent 3. Linkin Park 4. High School Musical 5. Carrie Underwood 6/7. TI/Maroon 5? Hannah Montana, Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears, R Kelly, Kenny Chesney etc?
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Post by jptexas on Oct 31, 2007 14:01:35 GMT -5
It's all good. 527k today is alot more than 530k in 2004. Let's just be happy for Carrie's amazing numbers yesterday and her continuing success. LOL.... that made me laugh...... rationalizations crack me up... I wasn't rationalizing, if anything I was trying to ease her mind from being disappointed about losing 10k. Besides, tell me that 527k in 2007 isn't harder to do than 530k in 2004. I'm not rationalizing, just stating a fact.
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Post by casanova on Oct 31, 2007 14:03:20 GMT -5
^^ Britney might get up there. HDD is projecting her at 400k right now but it might spike up over the weekend like it did for Carrie.
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Post by jptexas on Oct 31, 2007 14:03:55 GMT -5
^^^Correction, she is a he, my apologies. thanks.
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Post by vinman on Oct 31, 2007 14:10:16 GMT -5
Thanks for the link Jp!
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Post by PT08 on Oct 31, 2007 14:51:55 GMT -5
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Post by leilamaurizia on Oct 31, 2007 15:05:28 GMT -5
Thanks! Oooh, 6 parts! Goody! :)
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Post by realityBITES on Oct 31, 2007 15:11:32 GMT -5
I forgot to officially congratulate Carrie for her great sales this week. :)
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Post by leilamaurizia on Oct 31, 2007 15:16:21 GMT -5
Carrie's myspace player has 4 CR songs:
All-American Girl (default song) So Small Just A Dream Last Name
Interesting...
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Post by realityBITES on Oct 31, 2007 15:19:54 GMT -5
I think Just a Dream and Last Name will definitely be singles, and AAG will be in the running for the other spot.
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Post by vinman on Oct 31, 2007 15:33:14 GMT -5
It was 4 only earlier! :o Thanks! Oooh, 6 parts! Goody! :)
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Post by vinman on Oct 31, 2007 15:33:35 GMT -5
Interesting fact at the end. www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009011370Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Former "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood is proving she is more than just a one-hit wonder and posted a debut sales week of more than half a million.
Underwood's sophomore effort "Carnival Ride" sold over 527,000 copies last week according to Nielsen SoundScan, giving the artist her first No. 1 on the sales charts.
The 24-year old country singer's first album, "Some Hearts" was certified platinum and produced five number one hits including "Inside Your Heaven," 'Jesus, Take the Wheel," and "Before He Cheats."
Underwood has had a busy month promoting the album appearing on "The Tonight Show" and "Good Morning America," as well as singing the national anthem at game three of the World Series in Denver, Colorado.
Digital sales of the new album have already hit 45,000, a new record for any country album.
Underwood has also broken another record as the only "American Idol" winner to have her sophomore album post bigger opening numbers than her debut.
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Post by leilamaurizia on Oct 31, 2007 15:34:47 GMT -5
Aww, that anecdote about the 5-year old girl in the Nashville airport is adorable! Makes me want to be a kid again so I'll get special attention, LOL! :)
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Post by vinman on Oct 31, 2007 15:37:31 GMT -5
Palm Beach Post loves the album. I hate you, Carrie Underwood. I’m totally jealous of your voice, your beauty, your poise and your youth; and I’m sure there are other things too. Ever since I got my copy of Carnival Ride, Underwood’s sophomore disc released Oct. 23, I’ve been thinking of that line from the Gary Puckett song from the 60s, This Girl is a Woman Now. (Sing along if you know it: “This girl is a woman now, she’s found out what it’s all about and she’ learning, learning, learning to live.”) Carrie has definitely grown up. The shy wisp of a girl we fell in love with on American Idol, the girl who sang songs other people wrote about their experiences has grown into a strong woman full of amazing experiences of her own to sing about. But will Carnival Ride be able to out sell Some Hearts, which sold more than six million copies? I loved Some Hearts. I even named it my favorite album of the year in 2005, so I was highly anticipating Carnival Ride. Will it sound as pop as Some Hearts? Will it be (mostly) soft and sweet? Is it going to be bubble-gum country? No, it isn’t. Underwood said good-bye to the smooth, homogenized vocals on songs like Jesus Take the Wheel, and replaced them with attitude and power, like in Flat on the Floor, among other songs. “You can’t knock me off my feet when I’m already on my knees.” Underwood’s voice has really expanded. It’s fuller, richer, and has a wider range, and she’s fearless in her delivery. Her vocal power is beginning to rivals those other country power-houses: Martina, Trisha and Faith (better include Jen Nettles in that list too). Singing like that is a lot like jumping off a cliff to see if you can fly. Well, Carrie can! In fact, she can soar. Underwood has often commented on how important keeping her emotions under control is to her. It’s obvious she has found an outlet for her emotions and it’s right here for the taking (for about $13! I think a dollar a song is a darn good deal.) Underwood also took on a Randy Travis tune this time, too, and it’s one of my favorites called I Told You So. A real heart-breaker and a vocal bonanza for those of us who like to sing along. Underwood talked to CMT recently about meeting Travis and she said it was tough not to act like a goofy fan around someone she has adored since childhood. (Wow, does that make him sound old!!) Underwood also earned herself some more writing credits this time (she co-wrote one song on Some Hearts), co-writing four songs including the first single, So Small, which landed at No. 4 this week after 12 weeks. FYI, it’s not the best song on the album. The CD has a couple of light moments to break up all the boo-hooing, most notably The More Boys I Meet (the more I love my dog) and Last Name about a night of partying on Quervo that ends with Carrie in Vegas with a ring on her left hand and a (new) last name that she doesn’t even know! But if there’s a theme to the CD, it could be dreams. There are All-American dreams, Crazy Dreams (thank God they come true, she sings, like her crazy dream did) and Just A Dream, about a girl who wears her wedding dress to her fiance’s funeral after he’s killed in the war. “This can’t be happening to me, This is just a dream.” But the most tear-jerking song, after Just A Dream which is sad on so many levels, is I Know You Won’t, about love lost, if it ever was love: “Lately you make me feel all I am is a back-up plan. You say you’ll call but I know you.” The mournful tone breaks my heart. So hopeless. It seems like Underwood’s new CD is going to ‘do okay’ for her. It sold more than a half a million copies in the first week, making it the best debut of any female artist in 2007. She’s only got to do that 11 more times to match Some Hearts. I wonder, if she only sells, say, two million copies, will that be considered a failure? Maybe, but not by me.
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Post by vinman on Oct 31, 2007 15:42:56 GMT -5
From MTV. Everyone's an underdog when pitted against the sales might of someone like Carrie Underwood, who stole the "American Idol" title during the Fox series' fourth season. After all, the bubbly blonde's debut album, 2005's Some Hearts, has been certified six-times platinum by the RIAA and remains the fastest-selling debut country album in the history of SoundScan. Not only that, but it's one of the best-selling LPs of the last two years. Some Hearts, which eventually yielded five #1 singles, debuted at #2 on Billboard's top 200 with 314,600 copies sold and has sold close to 6 million copies in the U.S. alone. It hasn't fallen out of the top 200 once since its initial release. So let's face it — no one in the music business awoke this morning and was shocked to learn that Underwood's sophomore LP, Carnival Ride, opens at #1 on next week's albums sales chart with an impressive 527,000 in week-one scans. Carnival Ride becomes the artist's first chart-topping bow, and she walked away with the win. Raising Sand, a collaborative offering from Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and bluegrass pioneer Alison Krauss, came closest to Underwood, opening at #2 with 112,300 sold, according to the latest SoundScan totals. That's a margin of nearly 415,000 albums separating #1 from #2. Carnival Ride is now one of the best-selling debuts of 2007, following Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight (with 623,000 scans), 50 Cent's Curtis (691,000) and Kanye West's Graduation (957,000). <Snip>
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Post by XXIX on Oct 31, 2007 15:46:15 GMT -5
Just thought I come in an say congrats on a #1!
Haven't got around to listening to the other tracks in full after I heard "I Know You Won't". I keep it on repeat, LOL.
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Post by leilamaurizia on Oct 31, 2007 16:05:58 GMT -5
From the CMT blogs: The Other Carrie UnderwoodPosted: October 31st, 2007 at 1:32 pm | By: Alison Bonaguro I thought I knew Carrie Underwood. Carrie, the American Idol. Carrie, the paparazzi darling. Carrie, the six-million-album girl. Who knew there was another side? A chocolate-gravy-and-biscuits-lovin’ side? A take-a-nap-on-your-parent’s-living-room-carpet side? Chicago now knows that for all the fame and fortune, the Oklahoma girl is still in there somewhere. On a trip to Chicago’s country station US99 today to promote her new album, Carnival Ride (which had first week sales of 527,101 and hardly needs promoting), Carrie talked about things she hasn’t talked about before, even with all the press surrounding this release. Like the fact that she wears Anna Sui perfume, always reads her horoscope, still drives a 2000 Mustang, calls soda “pop,” cleans her own toilets and calls her mom every day. That’s the kind of thing that reminds you just how young she is. That, and stories about gutter cleaners coming to her home in Nashville and asking if her parents were home. And saying that while fame does come with certain restrictions, “The goods definitely outweigh the bads.” The “bads” would be the media, who might see her at a club talking to another celebrity for five minutes and report that “they were flirting all night, they were all over each other.” When she does make it to the cover of a magazine, she said she’s her own worst critic. Of the recent Target campaign where she’s in a red dress, she said, “I’m just not a red girl.” When you consider the fame that’s been thrust upon her, and all the people she must get to meet, it was refreshing to hear her talk about the thrill of meeting Randy Travis. Carrie’s always maintained that her roots are nothing but country. When she put Travis on a pedestal, that must mean she’s telling the truth. Her cover of his No. 1 hit, “I Told You So,” is one of the best tunes on the new album. So now that I know this other side of Carrie, she seems a little more real to me. Like someone I could get close to. Maybe not BFF close. But as close as her ominous shadow of a bodyguard would let us. (Vinman, please tell me you got the WUSN radio party!) :) She's "not a red girl"? I beg to disagree!
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Post by leilamaurizia on Oct 31, 2007 16:17:49 GMT -5
SELF magazine blogs has Carrie stuff that didn't make it to the magazine: We asked Carrie Underwood a long list of either/or questions. Her responses were revealing, but unfortunately, we didn't have space for them in the magazine. These are some of my favorites. —Beth Janes Dogs or cats?"Oh gosh! Well, little Ace is portable, and I can't really take my cats anywhere." (Ace is her rat terrier.) In case you were wondering about that name, Carrie says this: "I did not name him! Everyone asks if I named him after Ace Young from Idol. No! That was his name when I got him." Roses or tulips?"I hate flowers. They cut them up, send them to me and they die in my house. It's a waste of something that was growing somewhere." Tip: Send chocolate instead. Facebook or MySpace?"I'm not that into either. My record company has a MySpace page for me, so I check it out. I used to be on Facebook until somebody hacked in and sent messages to my ex-boyfriends." Justin Timberlake or John Mayer?"If I had to pick one, probably John Mayer, but neither one is really my type." Who is her type? "Hmmm...there are no hot guys right now." Lost or Grey's Anatomy?"Grey's Anatomy. There are more hot guys on Grey's Anatomy. I've never gotten into Lost." Yoga mat or jump rope?"Jump rope. I don't have the patience for yoga." Curling iron or straightening iron?"I use my straightening iron to curl my hair." Mötley Crüe or My Chemical Romance?"I've seen My Chemical Romance in concert and met them. They're really nice."
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Post by TFMachado on Oct 31, 2007 16:43:43 GMT -5
Wow... as I was reading, I was hoping that Peyton had had an encounter with Carrie before she passed away... :'( but still, to think that Carrie's music would make the life of a struggling 1 year old girl a little better makes me think about the importance an artist has to their fans... I bet Carrie gets happier with testimonials like those than winning a thousand CMAs... I know I would...
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Post by jeff on Oct 31, 2007 17:48:16 GMT -5
From the CMT blogs: Of the recent Target campaign where she’s in a red dress, she said, “I’m just not a red girl.” She's "not a red girl"? I beg to disagree! oh wow!
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Post by fischbone on Oct 31, 2007 18:23:48 GMT -5
From the CMT blogs: The Other Carrie UnderwoodPosted: October 31st, 2007 at 1:32 pm | By: Alison Bonaguro I thought I knew Carrie Underwood. Carrie, the American Idol. Carrie, the paparazzi darling. Carrie, the six-million-album girl. Who knew there was another side? A chocolate-gravy-and-biscuits-lovin’ side? A take-a-nap-on-your-parent’s-living-room-carpet side? Chicago now knows that for all the fame and fortune, the Oklahoma girl is still in there somewhere. On a trip to Chicago’s country station US99 today to promote her new album, Carnival Ride (which had first week sales of 527,101 and hardly needs promoting), Carrie talked about things she hasn’t talked about before, even with all the press surrounding this release. Like the fact that she wears Anna Sui perfume, always reads her horoscope, still drives a 2000 Mustang, calls soda “pop,” cleans her own toilets and calls her mom every day. That’s the kind of thing that reminds you just how young she is. That, and stories about gutter cleaners coming to her home in Nashville and asking if her parents were home. And saying that while fame does come with certain restrictions, “The goods definitely outweigh the bads.” The “bads” would be the media, who might see her at a club talking to another celebrity for five minutes and report that “they were flirting all night, they were all over each other.” When she does make it to the cover of a magazine, she said she’s her own worst critic. Of the recent Target campaign where she’s in a red dress, she said, “I’m just not a red girl.” When you consider the fame that’s been thrust upon her, and all the people she must get to meet, it was refreshing to hear her talk about the thrill of meeting Randy Travis. Carrie’s always maintained that her roots are nothing but country. When she put Travis on a pedestal, that must mean she’s telling the truth. Her cover of his No. 1 hit, “I Told You So,” is one of the best tunes on the new album. So now that I know this other side of Carrie, she seems a little more real to me. Like someone I could get close to. Maybe not BFF close. But as close as her ominous shadow of a bodyguard would let us. (Vinman, please tell me you got the WUSN radio party!) :) She's "not a red girl"? I beg to disagree! Richard has it up! www.carriefans.com/forum/carrie-media/93805-us-99-5-k102-studio-interviews-10-31-07-here.htmlCarrie was really funny in the US 99 one..
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Post by tsharky on Oct 31, 2007 19:07:14 GMT -5
I am so proud of carrie-- everyone is talking about her huge sales numbers, on all the radio stations, etc. It is gaining her much respect.
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Post by tsharky on Oct 31, 2007 19:16:36 GMT -5
Tsharky, this may be the 4 hour CMA special thing although XM usually produces their own material. According to Producer J. from XM 16, Carrie will be co-hosting with Jon Anthony a special celebrating the upcoming CMAs. To be aired this friday 11/2 on XM ch. 16 at 2PM Eastern. awesome- thanx! do you have the xm and sirious interview caps yet? I can't seem to find them on your site---thanx alot!!
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Post by vinman on Oct 31, 2007 19:22:52 GMT -5
The Xm is a unique 2 hour special with XM. Different from the Premiere network one. As for Sirius and XM, I just haven't gotten around to editing them yet. I will be working on them this weekend! Tsharky, this may be the 4 hour CMA special thing although XM usually produces their own material. According to Producer J. from XM 16, Carrie will be co-hosting with Jon Anthony a special celebrating the upcoming CMAs. To be aired this friday 11/2 on XM ch. 16 at 2PM Eastern. awesome- thanx! do you have the xm and sirious interview caps yet? I can't seem to find them on your site---thanx alot!!
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Post by vinman on Oct 31, 2007 19:24:46 GMT -5
Richard got it and posted it I believe. From the CMT blogs: The Other Carrie UnderwoodPosted: October 31st, 2007 at 1:32 pm | By: Alison Bonaguro I thought I knew Carrie Underwood. Carrie, the American Idol. Carrie, the paparazzi darling. Carrie, the six-million-album girl. Who knew there was another side? A chocolate-gravy-and-biscuits-lovin’ side? A take-a-nap-on-your-parent’s-living-room-carpet side? Chicago now knows that for all the fame and fortune, the Oklahoma girl is still in there somewhere. On a trip to Chicago’s country station US99 today to promote her new album, Carnival Ride (which had first week sales of 527,101 and hardly needs promoting), Carrie talked about things she hasn’t talked about before, even with all the press surrounding this release. Like the fact that she wears Anna Sui perfume, always reads her horoscope, still drives a 2000 Mustang, calls soda “pop,” cleans her own toilets and calls her mom every day. That’s the kind of thing that reminds you just how young she is. That, and stories about gutter cleaners coming to her home in Nashville and asking if her parents were home. And saying that while fame does come with certain restrictions, “The goods definitely outweigh the bads.” The “bads” would be the media, who might see her at a club talking to another celebrity for five minutes and report that “they were flirting all night, they were all over each other.” When she does make it to the cover of a magazine, she said she’s her own worst critic. Of the recent Target campaign where she’s in a red dress, she said, “I’m just not a red girl.” When you consider the fame that’s been thrust upon her, and all the people she must get to meet, it was refreshing to hear her talk about the thrill of meeting Randy Travis. Carrie’s always maintained that her roots are nothing but country. When she put Travis on a pedestal, that must mean she’s telling the truth. Her cover of his No. 1 hit, “I Told You So,” is one of the best tunes on the new album. So now that I know this other side of Carrie, she seems a little more real to me. Like someone I could get close to. Maybe not BFF close. But as close as her ominous shadow of a bodyguard would let us. (Vinman, please tell me you got the WUSN radio party!) :) She's "not a red girl"? I beg to disagree!
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Post by OH SNAP! on Oct 31, 2007 19:24:59 GMT -5
wow...In Canada Just A Dream is #34 on iTunes...It's higher than So Small!
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Post by tsharky on Oct 31, 2007 19:27:50 GMT -5
The Xm is a unique 2 hour special with XM. Different from the Premiere network one. As for Sirius and XM, I just haven't gotten around to editing them yet. I will be working on them this weekend! awesome- thanx! do you have the xm and sirious interview caps yet? I can't seem to find them on your site---thanx alot!! awesome! thanx-- sorry to be a pain! :) this will give us something new to listen to later on when she ends her radio blitz. So it is better it is spaced out and saved for later when we are bored....lol
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