Carrie Underwood | "Blown Away" Era

[carrieidol1]

Nov 1, 2012 22:16:58 GMT -5 realityBITES said:

No if Carrie didn't win for anything from BA this yr, she def not winning anything next year. They've just moved on. Sort of like when the Emmys stop acknowledging a show, they never go back. lol Same I guess for here.

Yeah, but if she has an undeniable year, she may at least be able to garner nominations? It's a long shot, I know, but I do hope Carrie eventually at least earns an Entertainer nomination... She's definitely the longest overdue in terms of a nomination. Also, Miranda should have a quiet (in between album cycle year), and Taylor isn't typically a Female Vocalist contender as of recently, so Carrie may have a shot, IF her 2013 is big... Then again, someone new could come and take it from them all... I don't know, I tend to be optimistic about these things, perhaps that's not a good thing...

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Next year, Carrie will have a full tour and the title track, as well as (probably) 2 more singles, under her belt. 2013 will probably be more promising.

However, don't get so sure of it. It's the CMAs. Like realityBITES said, they've seemed to have moved on.

[Typo]

Nov 1, 2012 22:16:58 GMT -5 realityBITES said:

They've just moved on. Sort of like when the Emmys stop acknowledging a show, they never go back.

Yeah, I think that's pretty much the nature of the award. I mean just look at the list of winners.

1967 Loretta Lynn
1968 Tammy Wynette
1969 Tammy Wynette
1970 Tammy Wynette
1971 Lynn Anderson
1972 Loretta Lynn
1973 Loretta Lynn
1974 Olivia Newton-John
1975 Dolly Parton
1976 Dolly Parton
1977 Crystal Gayle
1978 Crystal Gayle
1979 Barbara Mandrell
1980 Emmylou Harris
1981 Barbara Mandrell
1982 Janie Fricke
1983 Janie Fricke
1984 Reba McEntire
1985 Reba McEntire
1986 Reba McEntire
1987 Reba McEntire
1988 K.T. Oslin
1989 Kathy Mattea
1990 Kathy Mattea
1991 Tanya Tucker
1992 Mary Chapin Carpenter
1993 Mary Chapin Carpenter
1994 Pam Tillis
1995 Alison Krauss
1996 Patty Loveless
1997 Trisha Yearwood
1998 Trisha Yearwood
1999 Martina McBride
2000 Faith Hill
2001 Lee Ann Womack
2002 Martina McBride
2003 Martina McBride
2004 Martina McBride
2005 Gretchen Wilson
2006 Carrie Underwood
2007 Carrie Underwood
2008 Carrie Underwood
2009 Taylor Swift
2010 Miranda Lambert
2011 Miranda Lambert
2012 Miranda Lambert

[neally]

-I also enjoyed the 'Blown Away' performance from the gorgeous instrumental, the dramatic tornado, and of beautiful vocals. Her only issue was running out of breath during the final chorus, which also likely affected her head voice note. While I don't think it was her best televised vocal performance, it was certainly stellar on multiple levels.
-I also was disappointed that she didn't win Female Vocalist of the Year, but since I don't follow Miranda Lambert's career, I have no idea who was more deserving.
-Her hosting abilities continue to improve year-to-year. She had me cracking up throughout the show
-Her vocal on that song with Brad was so pure. I need a full blown country record from her at some point in her career.

[carrieidol1]

I just want one more for Carrie, though! ughhh...

Carrie needs to kick some serious ass this year!

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All-genre: Title track is up to #16 and the album is up to #10.

[bornfearless2000]

Nov 1, 2012 22:31:17 GMT -5 carrieidol1 said:

I just want one more for Carrie, though! ughhh...

Carrie needs to kick some serious ass this year!

Even if Carrie sell over 100 million albums and 100 million singles, sell out all the stadiums around the world, have 100000 #1 singles, CMA will never let her win again.

[what]

i really think the eoty for carrie ship has sailed, unless i guess she divorces mike and marries jason aldean or luke bryan.

but i think its such, such a shame that when it's all said and done, blake freaking shelton won an eoty and carrie freaking underwood did not. there was a two-year period where she was just larger than life than anyone else in country music, but i guess her biggest mistake was not asking american idol for a judge position on the show.

[Jack]

Nov 2, 2012 1:08:09 GMT -5 what said:

i guess her biggest mistake was not asking american idol for a judge position on the show.

Not even sure what this means.

[Typo]

It's a pretty obvious dig at Blake Shelton.

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Nov 1, 2012 22:29:33 GMT -5 Typo said:

Nov 1, 2012 22:16:58 GMT -5 realityBITES said:

They've just moved on. Sort of like when the Emmys stop acknowledging a show, they never go back.

Yeah, I think that's pretty much the nature of the award. I mean just look at the list of winners.

1997 Trisha Yearwood
1998 Trisha Yearwood
1999 Martina McBride
2000 Faith Hill
2001 Lee Ann Womack
2002 Martina McBride
2003 Martina McBride
2004 Martina McBride
2005 Gretchen Wilson
2006 Carrie Underwood
2007 Carrie Underwood
2008 Carrie Underwood
2009 Taylor Swift
2010 Miranda Lambert
2011 Miranda Lambert
2012 Miranda Lambert

Thanks for the list, Typo. Just looking at these last 15 years even, it's really quite telling. So now my question is...is the CMA just gonna continue to give the award to Miranda until someone is ready to take her place? Right now, there's no one big enough, unless they give it to Taylor for the next 2-3 years (maybe they'd go back to her, since she's only won it once), but she has a lot of critics not only because of her vocal skills (or lack thereof), but also because she has veered quite far from the country genre, and so I think that will always hurt her chances with at least enough of the voters to keep her from winning.

So, I'll say Miranda gets one more award, and Kelly Clarkson will sneak in and steal one, and by that time, Jana Kramer will be big enough that she'll be able to reel off 3 wins. Then, it'll go to Kacey Musgraves, and so on and so forth..

I may or may not be completely sarcastic with that last paragraph. Carrie deserves to win it again. Her career is still very young. Hopefully the trend will be bucked, and Carrie will be able to win Female Vocalist of the Year again.

[what]

Nov 2, 2012 1:58:13 GMT -5 jhomes87 said:

So, I'll say Miranda gets one more award, and Kelly Clarkson will sneak in and steal one, and by that time, Jana Kramer will be big enough that she'll be able to reel off 3 wins. Then, it'll go to Kacey Musgraves, and so on and so forth..

i dunno...i think next year will be a real toss-up. just because come voting time, giving miranda a fourth consecutive award should be enough to give most voters a pause, just like they had a pause about giving carrie that fourth straight award when she had her chance. only reba has won it four straight times. as much as i like miranda, i think it will be ridiculous to have her go down in history alongside reba to be the only ones to win the award 4 straight times. tammy didnt do it. loretta didnt. carrie sure didnt. martina as well. so are the voters going to be that brave (or stupid) to think shes really, really that good to go down in history with that honor? a once in a lifetime talent that transcends most of the awesome women in country music??? its already ridiculous that she can claim the same honor as reba, carrie, tammy and martina, really, and when you think about it, all of this is really based on just one album and one awesome song, people thinking poor miranda why isnt she recognized more, and being part of a ridiculous power couple story.

faith hill is crying somewhere. her power couple story only got her one award.

whats another shame is jennifer nettles not ever, like ever getting an fvoty, just because shes not a solo artist, despite giving the some of the best interpretative performances in songs in the last decade, and that kelly clakrson is actually closer to winning the award than she would ever be. for shame for real.

unless they give it to Taylor for the next 2-3 years (maybe they'd go back to her, since she's only won it once)

i think by now its safe to say that that year was an anomaly and the cmas have rightfully slapped themselves silly over that. she keeps getting nominated because who else is there? cmas have no imagination to extend beyond who they know off the top of their head that they can name in 5 seconds. heck, maybe next year we get lucky and we get a new filler other than martina.

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Nov 2, 2012 2:11:37 GMT -5 what said:

i dunno...i think next year will be a real toss-up. just because come voting time, giving miranda a fourth consecutive award should be enough to give most voters a pause, just like they had a pause about giving carrie that fourth straight award when she had her chance. only reba has won it four straight times. as much as i like miranda, i think it will be ridiculous to have her go down in history alongside reba to be the only ones to win the award 4 straight times. tammy didnt do it. loretta didnt. carrie sure didnt. martina as well.

Like I said, I was being sort of sarcastic. I don't think Miranda is a lock to win next year, either. Oh, and before I go on...Martina has won it 4 times, just not all in a row. She won in 1999, then had the hat trick from 2002-2004.

For next year, though, either the voters have to go back to Taylor Swift (which you say they won't--that they slapped themselves for even giving her the award once), or give Carrie or Miranda their 4th. No one else is likely to be big enough. The only females that are really looking to break through at country radio are Jana Kramer and maybe Kacey Musgraves, but again, they might be too new and not be 'big' enough, simply not having enough hits to warrant winning the award.

[carrieidol1]

Carrie will be actively touring through Spring of 2013, and hopefully she keeps busy in the Summer as well. She has never done a Summer leg of a tour, and she really should. I'd love to go to a Carrie Underwood outdoor Summertime concert, and I know I'm not the only one. As long as Carrie stays prevalent on Country radio (which she will), and a steady sales contender, then she'll always be in the running. Miranda should have a fairly quiet year. She's at the end of her latest album era, and will probably take the majority of the year to make and release a new album. I seriously doubt she'll hang on for a fourth year... Three seems to be the threshold if you're not Martina or Reba. Taylor will have a huge year, no doubt, but she has seemingly fallen out of contention for Female Vocalist based on a number of things. Her 2009 win was undeniable based on her massive success, but I don't see that happening again as long as Carrie and Miranda are around.

I think by now if there was a new female to contend with the big 3, she'd start coming about now. So in that I think Jana Kramer could at least be nominated. But we'll see, if she ends up being a "one-hit-wonder", then no, but if she has continued radio success, maybe a nomination? Unless she or another new female have a truly unprecedented year, it'll still be a Carrie-Taylor-Miranda race. Now there's always Martina, Reba, Sara, LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, etc... Faith and LeAnn are releasing new music, so they could contend. Any of these females releasing new music could possibly pose a threat, for at least a nomination spot, but that's doubtful.

There's also Kelly Clarkson who has plans to actively promote herself within Country music, and clearly she didn't even have to push for a nomination (relative to other females in Country), so she's clearly a threat. Unless she has some crazy success, I doubt she'll win, but you never now...

Overall, next year it'll be a Carrie-Taylor-Miranda race again, unless something crazy happens, but that's doubtful... Carrie will have had the most full year in terms of radio, album sales, touring, etc... Taylor will be second in that field starting her tour in March of next year. Miranda will likely be third, so I do think this latest win for Miranda will be her last, at least for a while... This obviously disregards the voters and how they vote, but based on merit, this is how I think it'll go. Carrie should be a leading contender next year, no doubt, and it will be a very interesting race to watch indeed.

[what]

Nov 2, 2012 2:39:33 GMT -5 jhomes87 said:

Like I said, I was being sort of sarcastic. I don't think Miranda is a lock to win next year, either. Oh, and before I go on...Martina has won it 4 times, just not all in a row. She won in 1999, then had the hat trick from 2002-2004.

sorry, i missed the sarcasm in your post, late night and all. i know martina has won it four times, not but consecutive times. so that was my point on how even martina couldnt do it, only reba. (just probably not worded properly) but still coasting on some leftover hype and goodwill, that miranda has a shot at it, which is a shame, imo. theres still some higher bragging rights on winning it four in a row rather than just nonconsecutive. although both are very rare achievements and something to be proud of.

but its still a year a way. and a lot can happen in a year. like before, who could have predicted the kanye incident changind the music scene entirely??? maybe we get a similar one in the coming year but a different beneficiary. lol.

[jessluvsnick]

Carrie is now a solid #3 behind Taylor and Miranda according to Nashville sources.

www.laineygossip.com/Articles/Details/25071/Carrie-Underwood%E2%80%99s-loss-face-at-the-Country-Music-Awards-2012

"I talked to a few Nashville sources last night. My question: is Carrie Underwood solidly #3 now in country behind Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift? Answer: yes. Carrie is stuck. And I wonder if she’s stuck because she’s right in the middle, totally medium, and therefore...a little boring?"

[Typo]

Nov 2, 2012 9:59:46 GMT -5 jessluvsnick said:

Carrie is now a solid #3 behind Taylor and Miranda according to Nashville sources.

www.laineygossip.com/Articles/Details/25071/Carrie-Underwood%E2%80%99s-loss-face-at-the-Country-Music-Awards-2012

"I talked to a few Nashville sources last night. My question: is Carrie Underwood solidly #3 now in country behind Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift? Answer: yes. Carrie is stuck. And I wonder if she’s stuck because she’s right in the middle, totally medium, and therefore...a little boring?"

LOL, get that bullshit out of here.

[strikeleo]

Ok, that was a fun read. This weirded me out, though:

Do you think it might have something to do with the fact that it’s never been who she is? You can sustain a fake image only for so long. It will only take you so long before you tire of it and, eventually, the audience too. The Carrie Underwood that’s been presented to you is very different from the real Country Bitch. What if, finally, they unchained the Country Bitch and let her run free?

Unlikely.

They are talking almost as if they know something about it. I don't know, Carrie has always seemed to be a sweetheart to me, and sure, she may be competitive when it comes to her job, but I doubt anyone isn't. It doesn't make her a bitch, at all.

[what]

Nov 2, 2012 10:14:17 GMT -5 strikeleo said:

Ok, that was a fun read. This weirded me out, though:

Do you think it might have something to do with the fact that it’s never been who she is? You can sustain a fake image only for so long. It will only take you so long before you tire of it and, eventually, the audience too. The Carrie Underwood that’s been presented to you is very different from the real Country Bitch. What if, finally, they unchained the Country Bitch and let her run free?

Unlikely.

They are talking almost as if they know something about it. I don't know, Carrie has always seemed to be a sweetheart to me, and sure, she may be competitive when it comes to her job, but I doubt anyone isn't. It doesn't make her a bitch, at all.

lolololololol!!! since when lainey has become a reliable source??? shes angry towards carrie because she declined her an interview or something and ever since then has called her a country bitch.
shes started it towards when carrie dated romo and hasnt let go of her grudge ever since.

im sure her nashville sources are her two cats living with her in canada. nashville sources my butt.

[Typo]

Yeah, anyway:



She's the best.

[realityBITES]

lmao at Lainey... what a mess she is. According to my sources, it looks like her career in Hollywood gossip has not taken off too swiftly. Still tryin though, I see.

[CarrieUfan]

music-mix.ew.com/2012/11/02/cma-awards-2012-best-worst/

Best Hosts: There really aren’t enough superlatives to describe the effervescent duo of Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood — they’re simply the best. If you were to look through the last five years of Oscar/Grammy/Tony/Emmy telecasts, you’d be hard presssed to find one joke that could compete with Paisleywood’s opening monologue. Their goofy (and increasingly saucy) hosting style always brings the laughs, and they keep the show moving briskly. On top of that, they both performed their own singles, delivered heartfelt tributes to Andy Griffith and Connie Smith, and demonstrated impressive “Gangnam Style” technique. Do better than that, Seth MacFarlane.

Best Pipes: Carrie Underwood may not have won Female Vocalist of the Year, but she certainly performed like one. (And EW readers named her most deserving in yesterday’s poll.) “Blown Away” is no easy vocal, but Underwood sang the windswept single with her gigantic belting voice (that last note!) and ample dramatic gusto. In terms of range-stretching, note-pummeling power, Underwood was second to none last night.

Worst Losing Facial Expression: While we’re on the subject of Underwood losing to Lambert in that category, we may as well talk about her wounded disposition when her name was not called. The Idol winner has always struggled to pick up brass at awards shows lately, but last night, one really got the feeling than Underwood, who’s publicly proud of Blown Away, thought she might finally take home the Female Vocalist trophy. Alas, it was not meant to be. I’m not accusing Underwood of being a sore loser — you could just read all over her face that she truly wanted the validation.

This perfectly sums up my thoughts.

[dbhmr]

Actually, I thought Carrie's performance was kind of weak last night. For her, anyway. She kept going sharp, sort of throughout the song, until the end notes, where she went flat. Just shaky, which surprised me after her perfect BMA performance. No one can hold a note like she does though. She reminds me of Celine Dion in that way (actually, a number of ways, vocally).

Still, not 100% what constitutes the Female Vocalist award, but she seemed a pretty obvious victor there. She clearly worked hard on this CD so I hope she feels like it was worth it, because she pushed herself in a good direction. "Blown Away" is the most arresting song I've heard from her or her main country competition.

[michellef]

how did carrie get "worst losing facial expression?" lol... did anyone else notice the look on taylor's face when blake mentioned her during his entertainer of the year speech? she looked really mad IMO

also, i thought carrie's performance last night was amazing! maybe not as good as the BMA performance because of like 2 flat notes, but still probably better than anyone else.

[cufan7]

Nov 2, 2012 13:19:29 GMT -5 michellef said:

how did carrie get "worst losing facial expression?" lol... did anyone else notice the look on taylor's face when blake mentioned her during his entertainer of the year speech? she looked really mad IMO

also, i thought carrie's performance last night was amazing! maybe not as good as the BMA performance because of like 2 flat notes, but still probably better than anyone else.

Well here's the thing, a performance by Carrie that isn't perfect by her standards is still usually better than anyone else (from a vocal standpoint).

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Nov 2, 2012 9:59:46 GMT -5 jessluvsnick said:

Carrie is now a solid #3 behind Taylor and Miranda according to Nashville sources.

www.laineygossip.com/Articles/Details/25071/Carrie-Underwood%E2%80%99s-loss-face-at-the-Country-Music-Awards-2012

"I talked to a few Nashville sources last night. My question: is Carrie Underwood solidly #3 now in country behind Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift? Answer: yes. Carrie is stuck. And I wonder if she’s stuck because she’s right in the middle, totally medium, and therefore...a little boring?"

Sounds to me like Lainey needs to get a life. She's been trashing Carrie for years, and no one is listening. Even if Carrie IS a bitch behind the scenes (hey, it wouldn't be the first time a "down to earth" star has been outed as a diva), why is it so important to this woman? It's Carrie's life, maybe she should find someone else to gripe about. At this point, she comes across like a whiney, insecure 13 year old who needs to get a life of her own and grow up. She's so obsessed with outing Carrie as a bitch, it's ridiculous. No one cares, go away, lady.

[gumbyjrh]

Nov 2, 2012 10:21:32 GMT -5 Typo said:

Yeah, anyway:



She's the best.

THIS, is just amazing! I just keep watching it over and over.. her voice, omg! I love it!

[adwem]

@mtasouth MTA South
Congrats to Bethany Sharp; booked as the Lead Actress in Megastar Carrie Underwood's new video 'Two Black Cadillacs'!

[Not Careful Enough]

I love Carrie but last night Kelly stole the show "from a vocal standpoint." I feel Carrie should've won the award for best Female Vocalist but her performance itself wasn't near one of her best.

[gumbyjrh]

Nov 2, 2012 20:41:10 GMT -5 Not Careful Enough said:

I love Carrie but last night Kelly stole the show "from a vocal standpoint." I feel Carrie should've won the award for best Female Vocalist but her performance itself wasn't near one of her best.

I have to politely disagree, no one stole anything from Carrie.. while her vocals may not have been perfect, they were passionate... she was singing for the fans.. Kelly is great but honestly, it all boils down to preference,