Carrie Underwood | "Blown Away" Era

[mc54]

While I jumped out of my seat when she won her Country Vocal, I was so disappointed that she didn't BA full out and a epic arrangement like the original. Maybe she thought she had done it so many times that way, it was time for something new. Overall-- happy for her with BA getting both the songwriter's award and her performance award. I knew the song was gonna be good for her when I first heard it. Awesome!

[musicjunky318]

I didn't watch the Grammys. Did she win on television or was it in the pre-show?

[onebuffalo]

Feb 11, 2013 14:43:58 GMT -5 musicjunky318 said:

I didn't watch the Grammys. Did she win on television or was it in the pre-show?

TV and I am glad Carrie Underwood won the award. Loved the dress!

[musicjunky318]

Feb 11, 2013 14:45:15 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Feb 11, 2013 14:43:58 GMT -5 musicjunky318 said:

I didn't watch the Grammys. Did she win on television or was it in the pre-show?

TV and I am glad Carrie Underwood won the award. Loved the dress!

YAY. You got a clip?

[onebuffalo]

[musicjunky318]

^Thanks sir.

[onebuffalo]

^You're welcome. Never seen you around here before despite you have been here for two years longer than me and have 2k more posts than me. Thank you for being such a great Carrie Underwood fan!

[jenglisbe]

Instant Grammy Review: Carrie Underwood, “Blown Away” and “Two Black Cadillacs”

Posted by Samantha Martin on 02/10/2013 at 10:59 PM News

The Popdust Files: Carrie Underwood, Grammys 2013

Q: How do you make Taylor Swift seem like an absolute amateur?

A: Have Carrie Underwood sing live within the same 2.5 hour span.

As is of course tradition, Carrie was introduced via song by Hunter Hayes. After the rather lovely little intro, lights came up on Carrie wearing a dress we’re almost certain was formerly worn by Glinda the Good Witch of the North. We’d later learn that this dress wasmagic.

Carrie opened with single “Blown Away,” to which we naturally replied, “No, Carrie, we are.” Does anyone else’s voice possess such an effortless and controlled cry? With a song is as ubiquitous as this, it’s usually jarring for our ears to hear anything different or anything less. Somehow, Carrie’s vocal performance was even more polished than the recording.

Turns out our capacity to be blown away wasn’t even close to being met. On the first note of her second song, “Two Black Cadillacs,” her dress came alive. At first, it was just a stationary glowing pattern, no big deal. Cut to verse two, and the dress is now a glowing night sky. Cut to verse three, and there are butterflies flying out of her midsection. Unfortunately, all this hullaballoo meant we did not hear a note she sang.

The truth is, Carrie is such a blah natural performer that she needs something like a magic dress to distract us from this fact. Still, what a freaking voice. Never has a Carrie dress left us so speechless and not been a Bradshaw.

POPDUST SAYS: 4.0/5

[lyrichord]

I'm still fascinated by the arrangement of "Blown Away" she did last night, it's so rare that she doesn't stick closely to the studio version (see, TBC), even in acoustic versions she usually does most of the same notes in a different tempo. There's something very piercing and chilling about the Grammy version--the "There's not enough rain in Oklahoma" line being transposed up an octave is especially striking. The studio version is more intimidating and the performance last night was haunting.

[C.Ro]

I loved her performance, I loved to see her winning and I love her

[jenglisbe]

Feb 11, 2013 18:46:00 GMT -5 lyrichord said:

I'm still fascinated by the arrangement of "Blown Away" she did last night, it's so rare that she doesn't stick closely to the studio version (see, TBC), even in acoustic versions she usually does most of the same notes in a different tempo. There's something very piercing and chilling about the Grammy version--the "There's not enough rain in Oklahoma" line being transposed up an octave is especially striking. The studio version is more intimidating and the performance last night was haunting.

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Random little tidbit, but every nomination Carrie's material has received in Best Country Song has ended up winning -- 2007 for JTTW, 2008 for BHC, and now 2013 for BA.

[musicjunky318]

If she had writing credits she would have 9 instead of 6. Oh well...

[countrygirl918]

The truth is, Carrie is such a blah natural performer that she needs something like a magic dress to distract us from this fact.

The people who keep reiterating this 8 years after Idol really should attend one of her concerts.

[adwem]

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So glad that she's finally picking up more hardware with this new era.

[leilamaurizia]

The Grammy effect has been pretty good on Blown Away's (song) iTunes ranking worldwide:

Blown Away

#24 United States
#30 Canada
#38 Nicaragua
#82 Honduras
#90 Philippines
#134 Sri Lanka
#137 Dominican Republic
#168 Vietnam
#227 Australia
#229 Mexico
#290 Lithuania
#325 Ireland
#349 New Zealand

[jenglisbe]

How has the album been doing in the UK? With all of her promotion there, I was hoping it would at least be her best-seller there. She told Sophia Grace and Rosie on Ellen's thing that she was going back to London. It was so cute with SG sang "Cowboy Casanova" to her.

[adwem]

CARRIE UNDERWOOD: THE BLOWN AWAY TOUR EXHIBITION TO OPEN JUNE 5 AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME ® AND MUSEUM

NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 12, 2013 - The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will explore superstar Carrie Underwood's critically acclaimed world tour with the exhibition Carrie Underwood: The Blown Away Tour, which opens on June 5, 2013, and runs through November 10, 2013.

The exhibition will include costumes, instruments, microphones, set pieces and more from the six-time Grammy winner's 2012-13 "Blown Away Tour," which is set to re-launch on February 13 and run through May 23. The 2012 leg of "The Blown Away Tour" entertained more than a half a million fans in 62 cities across three continents.

"Carrie Underwood's dynamic 'Blown Away Tour'-starring her peerless powerhouse vocals and featuring amazing special effects including a tornado- has been entertaining music fans around the globe," said Museum Director Kyle Young. "It's easy to see why she was Pollstar's 2012 top female country touring artist. Touring has always been a key element connecting music artists with their fans; those interactions help forge and strengthen the artist-fan relationship, and this exhibit speaks to that. We are delighted to be able to show our visitors key elements from Carrie's show; whether re-living their favorite memories of the 'Blown Away' tour, or experiencing it for the first time via our exhibition, fans will enjoy this 'up close and personal' look at a world-class, superstar level music tour."

Underwood's "Blown Away Tour" also has a strong philanthropic element. The American and Canadian Red Cross will receive $1 dollar from each ticket sold on the North American leg to help provide shelter, food, and emotional support for those in need after a disaster. In 2012, Underwood also donated additional proceeds from her Atlantic City and Des Moines shows to local charities.

Carrie Underwood's current release, Blown Away, made history last year when it debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart, making the Oklahoma native only the second country artist in the 47-year history of the chart to have each of their first four albums debut at #1. Blown Away also debuted at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, making her only the second country artist in history to have three consecutive albums debut at #1. Blown Away became country's best-selling digital album debut since 2010. In addition to reaching #1 on the country airplay charts, "Good Girl" and title-track, "Blown Away," have both been certified platinum for selling more than one million digital downloads. The videos for both songs also reached #1 on CMT's Top 20 with "Good Girl" spending a record setting 14 weeks at #1. Carrie's current single, "Two Black Cadillacs," has already broken the top 10 on the country charts and continues to soar.

Since releasing her debut, Some Hearts, in 2005, Underwood has sold more than 15 million albums with Some Hearts, 2007's Carnival Ride, 2009's Play On and 2012's Blown Away, making her the best-selling American Idol in the U.S. She's accumulated 16 #1 singles, seven of which she co-wrote, and she became the first country artist in history and the only American Idol winner ever to achieve 10 #1 singles from her first two albums. In addition to being a six-time Grammy Award winner, Underwood is a two-time Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, a three-time Country Music Association and ACM Female Vocalist winner, and a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry.

countrymusichalloffame.org/recent-press-releases/view/2118

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Cool video.

[metsfan]

She didn't get a nom for song/single of the year at the ACM's but WON for BLOWN AWAY at the Grammys. I'd rather have the GRAMMY! ;) lol But she got an album of the year nom. No EOTY nom either. lol oh well

[justlurkingaround]

No EOTY. WTF.

[metsfan]

The country voters don't like her anymore. I am SHOCKED she got an album of the year nod.

[countrygirl918]

Honestly, what do the country voters have against her? She goes out of her way to be an incredible ambassador for the genre, and they don't give her nearly as much respect as she deserves.

[realityBITES]

Yeah, not surprised. Eventually she'll just be like Martina and get the FVOTY nod but have no chance to win. I also am shocked her album was nominated.

[TFMachado]

Whenever these Country Awards nominations come out, this is how I feel:

[realityBITES]

It's kinda sad that she'll never win another FVOTY. :(

[leilamaurizia]

Feb 13, 2013 10:56:27 GMT -5 realityBITES said:

It's kinda sad that she'll never win another FVOTY. :(

This. And that no matter how much she experiments and takes risks and grows with her subsequent music and performances... and how many tickets+albums+singles she sells... it won't be appreciated by the industry/genre she always speaks so highly of.

And please, no one say "there's still next year." How many years has this been happening already? When Joe Galante left, he took the clout for Carrie with him.

[desertfloods]

Feb 13, 2013 10:56:27 GMT -5 realityBITES said:

It's kinda sad that she'll never win another FVOTY. :(

The day she and Brad stop hosting CMA is when I won't have to bother watching anymore too. Same bunch of voters. Clearly Carrie will never get an EOTY nom at CMA as well. People always make excuses to explain why Carrie is not nominated, but those excuses never apply to some of the actual EOTY nominees.

Oh well, at least she still has the Grammys love. ;)

[carrieidol1]

At least she's still getting nominated...

Fingers crossed for Female Vocalist??? Hahaha...