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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 22, 2020 23:17:34 GMT -5
Maybe I’m one of those delusional stans (and I’m ok with that lol) but I think the cover is amazing!!! So pretty and will look great on the all the endcaps at the stores this holiday season! I think it looks great. Carrie Underwood has few excellent album covers, so I never expect much from her artworks, but this is honestly one of her better ones imo. The backdrop would look a little better if the gray wall in the back had been replaced with something else perhaps, but the trees themselves look great and the contrast between their grayish hue and her stunning red dress is really appealing to my eyes, and she just looks incredible here. I feel like the cover looks better if you just look at the overall cohesive image and don't focus on any of the individual pieces like the font for too long. I agree that it will definitely pop on the endcap of the music aisle at stores like Target and Walmart and get people's attentions very well. In re: a big debut, the album is coming out really early for the Xmas season honestly, so I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't have the biggest first week numbers, but it should be a consistent performer through the end of the year, with its sales/SPS ramping up more near late November, so it shouldn't matter. I'm not sure I understand the September release date though, honestly. October would make more sense, and even then that's still before the holiday season truly starts.
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Post by Au$tin on Jul 23, 2020 1:00:49 GMT -5
I kind of get it. Most retailers have their Christmas stuff out by the end of September, seems like they're just maximizing the first year's sales as much as possible with that release date. That being said, I don't expect any major numbers or any song gaining momentum until about a week or so after Halloween at the earliest.
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Post by missy1993 on Jul 23, 2020 13:38:36 GMT -5
I've been able to see the full concert, no stops, through fans on YouTube who had enough storage to capture the whole thing and who didn't get copyrighted, so I'm happy on that front tbh True, but that's raw footage - which is for sure better than nothing, but it'd definitely be nice to view the entire production in top-notch professionally recorded and remastered audiovisual quality. It would have been shot from all 4 angles too, to give us the full "360" experience of the entire set.
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Post by schnetzka on Jul 23, 2020 14:02:01 GMT -5
I just want to see her solo version of Dream On in high quality. She hit the note and I want her to experiment more with her voice.
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Post by missy1993 on Jul 23, 2020 14:17:40 GMT -5
There already is one, but it's blocked on YouTube. I forget where she did it, but it was a live stream and she had her hair up in a ponytail. She sounded great, even if you could tell during other songs that she was either tired or under the weather at the time. It was toward the tail-end of the CP Tour. Somebody had posted the vid of that specific part of the performance on Twitter. It's probably still up.
Anyway, I'm actually about to wrap up a showcase of Carrie's vocals in which her full range is displayed, from lowest to highest, in about a minute's time. I used that note for G5. It will be uploaded to YouTube by this evening.
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Post by missy1993 on Jul 23, 2020 14:23:51 GMT -5
Oh, it was actually during the European leg of the tour. This was it.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 23, 2020 19:27:45 GMT -5
I just want to see her solo version of Dream On in high quality. She hit the note and I want her to experiment more with her voice. It’s not like HD TV, but I think I took a pretty good video in NYC. youtu.be/v1sgSLEVw3k
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Post by missy1993 on Jul 24, 2020 14:22:51 GMT -5
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 25, 2020 8:47:12 GMT -5
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Post by fisherwoodcu on Jul 25, 2020 10:32:08 GMT -5
I love that third outfit! I wonder if they were planning on using Randee St. Nicholas initially? Regardless, I am looking forward to seeing the full photoshoot and the different outfits!
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Post by maddkat on Jul 25, 2020 11:48:40 GMT -5
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Post by 14887fan on Jul 28, 2020 13:05:39 GMT -5
New RIAA certs — “Drinking Alone” - Gold “Little Toy Guns” - Platinum “Church Bells” - 2x Platinum “Good Girl” - 3x Platinum
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 28, 2020 14:39:17 GMT -5
New RIAA certs — “Drinking Alone” - Gold “Little Toy Guns” - Platinum “Church Bells” - 2x Platinum “Good Girl” - 3x Platinum Full RIAA list with updates: 6x Platinum: Before He Cheats 4x Platinum: Blown Away 3x Platinum: Jesus Take the Wheel Cowboy Casanova Good Girl 2x Platinum: All-American Girl Just A Dream Undo It Remind Me (with Brad) Somethin’ Bad (with Miranda) Church Bells The Fighter (with Keith) Platinum: Wasted So Small Last Name I Told You So Temporary Home Mama's Song Two Black Cadillacs See You Again Something in the Water Little Toy Guns Smoke Break Heartbeat Dirty Laundry The Champion (with Ludacris) Gold: Inside Your Heaven Don't Forget to Remember Me How Great Thou Art Cry Pretty Love Wins Southbound Drinking Alone Miscellaneous: Forever Country: Gold Just Stand Up: 2x Platinum Albums: Some Hearts: 8x Platinum Carnival Ride: 4x Platinum Play On: 3x Platinum Blown Away: 3x Platinum Greatest Hits: Decade #1: Platinum Storyteller: Platinum Cry Pretty: Platinum Carrie has been certified (including all features/duets/collabs) for 74 million records. So, since the beginning of the CP era, she has been certified for an additional ~10 million units. So, so impressive. ETA: correct “Somethin’ Bad”. Also... I feel like a Diamond certification for SH is coming sooner rather than later; I have to imagine between streaming and additional sales after all these years since its last certification that it’s gotta be pushing Diamond? I’m wondering what others think? The reason I had this thought is because I was looking at a list of all Diamond albums, Nickelback’s “All The Right Reasons” came out around when SH did and has sold quite similarly (in the mid/upper 7 million range - last reported). Their album is certified Diamond, so I’m just wondering if “Some Hearts” could soon become the last certified Diamond country album? It’s gotta be close...
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Post by jamatthews83 on Jul 28, 2020 14:42:33 GMT -5
Somethin' Bad is 2xP
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 28, 2020 14:43:33 GMT -5
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Post by carriefan15 on Jul 28, 2020 15:25:54 GMT -5
I forget where I saw this recently but isn’t Carrie #5 for most overall US certifications for female artists? Just behind Rihanna, Katy, Taylor and Lady Gaga. Is that right???
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 28, 2020 15:35:51 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 29, 2020 2:58:54 GMT -5
Maybe if she did more soundtrack/one-off cuts like The Champion, it could keep her in the running for a bit longer.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 29, 2020 8:44:58 GMT -5
Maybe if she did more soundtrack/one-off cuts like The Champion, it could keep her in the running for a bit longer. I agree, and it’s not like she’ll free-fall, it’s just she’s at a different point in her career than the younger girls who are catching up (and completely mainstream). Even if she was selling like she did 10 years ago, she still wouldn’t be able to keep that position considering artists like Cardi B and Billie Eilish get much of their sales credits from mainstream features and collaborations. However, in terms of albums sales, Carrie should continue to rise because she remains one of the stronger album sellers in the industry, and the Christmas album will (hopefully) feed her album total for the next few years; in addition to CU7, and hopefully some more RIAA updates - with streaming we really don’t know where some of her albums truly rank, namely “Some Hearts” - which I think could be close to Diamond (as I stated in my RIAA update post).
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Post by Typo on Jul 29, 2020 10:36:44 GMT -5
Honestly, I hate him.
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Post by taylor on Jul 29, 2020 10:54:13 GMT -5
Where the f**k was this on stage last year when he didn't deserve the damn thing. Oh well, at least with CU7 perhaps Carrie will finally have a damn chance. Yes 11/13 still haunts me, yes I'm still bitter as hell, and yes I'll stay bitter until she's finally recognized by the suits for the hard work she has done in country music.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 29, 2020 11:00:40 GMT -5
She would probably be a 2x CMA Entertainer of the Year if it weren’t for him, dead ass...
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Post by fisherwoodcu on Jul 29, 2020 11:03:53 GMT -5
He was claiming a tweet supposedly lead to this decision, so I hope it was one from the Carrie fan base spitting straight facts about her accomplishments in comparison to his...this situation honestly makes me kind of sad all over again. Imagine if he had made this sooner, then Carrie could have won I’m sure. I’m having flashbacks to the night of the CMAs. Carrie of course won’t say a peep about this, but I bet she’s secretly happy. I’m praying this will allow Carrie to have a true chance again with her next kick-butt album cycle.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 29, 2020 11:16:44 GMT -5
She needs to smash.... Like her next year or two need to be undeniably big, there is a lot of competition aside from Garth, and Carrie will never win on being the only female contender alone; that’s been made ridiculously clear. Also, there are other females who actually contend now as well, or may in the next few years. She needs a major radio/streaming hit and a smash album. I’m looking for Luke Combs to dominate the category sooner rather than later, so I’m afraid it won’t be easy... or even likely.
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Post by taylor on Jul 29, 2020 11:26:17 GMT -5
She needs to smash.... Like her next year or two need to be undeniably big, there is a lot of competition aside from Garth, and Carrie will never win on being the only female contender alone; that’s been made ridiculously clear. Also, there are other females who actually contend now as well, or may in the next few years. She needs a major radio/streaming hit and a smash album. I’m looking for Luke Combs to dominate the category sooner rather than later, so I’m afraid it won’t be easy... or even likely. What I want in this regard is that Halsey collab and Blown Away 2. The Halsey collab can be put on that album
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Post by fisherwoodcu on Jul 29, 2020 11:26:41 GMT -5
The ideal situation would be if the Christmas album and then the start of her next regular album cycle gets rolling within the same eligibility period. I doubt touring is even going to be a factor next year with the way things are going right now with the virus, so next year even might still be a non-touring based EOTY decision. That said, it now seems like accomplishments and eligibility periods are unimportant and irrelevant, so anything goes. Now that the Christmas album seems to be completed, I hope she’s working on the next regular studio album. My blood is still boiling from this omg...
I still hope Carrie wins EOTY at the ACMs as a way to help with the continued sting from the CMAs, but who knows what’ll happen.
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Post by schnetzka on Jul 29, 2020 11:39:09 GMT -5
Since Christmas albums are only seen as important during the holiday season (and leading up to it since it's being released in September), I hope once Christmas comes and goes, she goes full speed ahead for the next regular album. I want it by latest middle of next year.
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Post by fisherwoodcu on Jul 29, 2020 12:50:16 GMT -5
Popping back in to say that Garth is now stating, “For eight months, it has bothered me, Carrie's might just be a year later. This might just be her year this year” during his press conference.
If he truly feels this way (which I question), I surely hope he has privately spoken to Carrie (which I also doubt). People are fired up once again on Twitter.
He also said he was expecting Carrie to win, so why did it appear that he was telling his wife that “it’s gonna go to me” based off of lip reading?!
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jul 29, 2020 13:04:45 GMT -5
Popping back in to say that Garth is now stating, “For eight months, it has bothered me, Carrie's might just be a year later. This might just be her year this year” during his press conference. If he truly feels this way (which I question), I surely hope he has privately spoken to Carrie (which I also doubt). People are fired up once again on Twitter. He also said he was expecting Carrie to win, so why did it appear that he was telling his wife that “it’s gonna go to me” based off of lip reading?! I wonder if this is all on purpose to nudge votes for Carrie? Who knows?
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Post by schnetzka on Jul 29, 2020 13:36:51 GMT -5
My problem with Garth pulling out of the category is that the winner now will most likely feel like they don't deserve it. Hopefully that's not the case.
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