Carrie Underwood - “I’m Gonna Love You” #1 All-Genre iTunes

[abbeyjones11]

Oct 28, 2023 2:56:55 GMT -5 carriefan15 said:

Ohhhh so she’s saving Damage for next time! Idk when next time is but I’m gonna tell myself she’s keeping it til then 🤣 it’s the truth and I won’t accept anything else

Either next or - think about it!!! - the CMAs. I rather have an album tracks performed nowadays... honestly, Out of That Truck is just plain for me, imo.

[elementd5]

Drunk & Hungover is phenomenal. Such amazing wordplay.

[soulfulwings]

Time to get out my copy of My Gift and get my christmas on...

[Push The Button]

Oct 29, 2023 11:02:31 GMT -5 soulfulwings said:

Time to get out my copy of My Gift and get my christmas on...

First thing Wednesday morning!

[jenglisbe]

I assume she's talking about George Michael. I hope this means a performance! She killed the Linda Ronstadt one.

[14887fan]

She does mean a performance. Very, very happy that she’s there to honor GM! Can’t wait to see what she does.

[kath2833]

Seeing as my gift (which I’m listening to as I type this) was previously mentioned, I saw 2 copies of the cd at my local target today & she just released a green vinyl on her store. The songs are already starting to get daily streams on Spotify & I see it currently marked on Amazon as a best seller. So happy there’s still promotion & hype for it & hopefully it continues every Christmas season. Ready for a platinum certification 😄

[Jae]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzM6Dz9AOxW

Oooohhhh!!!!  This woman's fan game is always off the charts!  IYKYK

[carrieidol1]

Ughhh that was incredible.

What a song!

[14887fan]

Beautiful job by her tonight. Social media reaction has been equally as positive. And, gotta say, her performance was the first one of the night that didn’t seem to suffer from any sound issues.

Also: 

[Jae]

Loving the clips all over Twitter.  It was a gorgeous and respectful, if somewhat subdued, performance.  As her fan I always wish she'd punch it a bit more but at the same time, showing off during a tribute is in bad taste.  

[Typo]

I love what she did with this song. So refined.

VARIETY: Carrie Underwood’s Revelatory George Michael Cover

A stunning version of “One More Try” from Carrie Underwood, who brought the house down with an emotional, soaring performance that makes you wonder why she doesn’t sing songs like that all the time.

[carrieidol1]

Every time she does a cover it gets rave reviews and standing ovations; just a reminder for me that a cover album would not only be the treat of all treats for Carrie fans, but would probably do really well too.

[carriefan15]

Nov 4, 2023 17:18:26 GMT -5 carrieidol1 said:

Every time she does a cover it gets rave reviews and standing ovations; just a reminder for me that a cover album would not only be the treat of all treats for Carrie fans, but would probably do really well too.

Oh yes!! And make it a double album please!

[j54]

Is she performing at the CMAs tonight?

[Ernesto]

Nov 4, 2023 6:41:47 GMT -5 Typo said:

I love what she did with this song. So refined.

VARIETY: Carrie Underwood’s Revelatory George Michael Cover

A stunning version of “One More Try” from Carrie Underwood, who brought the house down with an emotional, soaring performance that makes you wonder why she doesn’t sing songs like that all the time.

I am sure she did King George proud. Her reading of "One More Try" was exquisite, she was quite careful with the way she phrased every word and I absolutely loved it! I wish she had sung "Faith," too!

[14887fan]

Lol, she’s plugging Reflection on Insta and people/artists are commenting “Entertainer of the Year” under it. I love that she’s shifted above and beyond this. Doesn’t seem like she’s there tonight.

[misterscribbs]

There is no justice in the world

[carrieidol1]

I want to be happy for Lainey, I think she is incredible, but as a Carrie fan I’m broken… what a terrible GLARING injustice.

Carrie waited five album cycles for a nomination, and for years we heard “she’s too new” / “she needs more tours under her belt”… that was all complete bullshit.

It’s safe to say we can nail the coffin shut on this dream, for those like me who were still holding on to it… I stopped being emotionally invested after 2019, but the consecutive nominations gave a glimmer of hope. It is what it is, and I’m glad Carrie wasn’t there for this.

Lainey is immensely talented and I’m sure she’ll end up with a career deserving of the title.

ETA: this is an incredible win for all women in country music, and for women everywhere. Country music is a man’s world, so anytime a woman can break through that wall is a win for all. For that, I’m very happy a woman has finally won after so many years.

[misterscribbs]

Nov 8, 2023 23:23:37 GMT -5 carrieidol1 said:

I want to be happy for Lainey, I think she is incredible, but as a Carrie fan I’m broken… what a terrible GLARING injustice.

Carrie waited five album cycles for a nomination, and for years we heard “she’s too new” / “she needs more tours under her belt”… that was all complete bullshit.

It’s safe to say we can nail the coffin shut on this dream, for those like me who were still holding on to it… I stopped being emotionally invested after 2019, but the consecutive nominations gave a glimmer of hope. It is what it is, and I’m glad Carrie wasn’t there for this.

Lainey is immensely talented and I’m sure she’ll end up with a career deserving of the title.

ETA: this is an incredible win for all women in country music, and for women everywhere. Country music is a man’s world, so anytime a woman can break through that wall is a win for all. For that, I’m very happy a woman has finally won after so many years.

I agree with all of this. As you mentioned, it happened to someone that hasn’t had the career that Carrie has had. With that said, this was the argument when she won FVOY for the first time. I’m happy for Lainey, and I’m over the moon that a woman takes home the highest honor, but it is completely a slap in the face to someone who paved the way for her to not have that trophy.

[realityBITES]

That’s incredibly embarrassing. I don’t know what she did to her peers…but to give this to LAINEY WILSON before Carrie is simply disrespectful.

[Hil]

I do not think it's an incredible win for women everywhere at all. It proves WME still runs the awards and it's all politics and BS. If women (Miranda/Carrie) won regularly when it's deserved it would be a win for women. This is just a slap in the face to Carrie and nothing more. A woman with one album,  three hit songs, toured as a opener and saloons. Is this a freaking joke?!

[taylor is terrified]

Not that Reflection promo…she’s petty and I live!!

I forgot these CMAs were even on, lmfao. Incredibly happy for Lainey, a woman winning is a woman winning and I’m a pretty big fan…but this is bullshit. Can’t say I’m surprised at the slap in the face. I hope CU never steps foot at this one again. (Which seems like something she’s beginning, lol)

[zdm1998]

Ugh give me Reputation (Carrie’s Version) after that sh*tshow.

I love Lainey as a person, but to hand her the award after such little under her belt this soon, while CU has been working her ass off for 20 years is embarrassing and disrespectful.

[carrieidol1]

Nov 9, 2023 2:15:06 GMT -5 Hil said:

I do not think it's an incredible win for women everywhere at all. It proves WME still runs the awards and it's all politics and BS. If women (Miranda/Carrie) won regularly when it's deserved it would be a win for women. This is just a slap in the face to Carrie and nothing more. A woman with one album,  three hit songs, toured as a opener and saloons. Is this a freaking joke?!

I’d tend to agree, but felt like I needed to spin it positively somehow. I knew as soon as she was nominated that she would win. Deep down I knew that the first woman after Carrie and Miranda to “make the cut” would be their next female winner, but precedent and denial kept me from committing to the prediction. She should have had to wait at least one more album era, but her win is still an accomplishment and something for women to look up to, even if it happened on the backs of far more accomplished women. She’s got the boy’s club behind her, Miranda couldn’t even break into that club, so it’s something…

[Hil]

Here's a little bit more of where I'm coming from. I've seen Martina maybe 15-20 times back in the day. She could sellout arenas. She wasn't quite the entertainer Carrie is IMO, but she was great in her own way. I would include Faith, but I feel like she mostly toured with Tim. Anyway, they acted like they couldn't even nominate Martina. WHY? What is Lainey doing that Kelsea, Carly aren't doing?! Carrie winning FV with MASSIVE success her first year was looked down on by some in the industry like she wasn't ready. Had to wait several arena tours to get an EOTY nom, and never gave it to her. She's had so much success it's crazy when comparing her to the other current women in country. Miranda was an awards show darling and they didn't give it to her. But here comes Lainey, and I'm not saying she doesn't work hard, but everyone works hard. She's basically new and they just hand her this award that has been banned from most women for various made up reasons. So it really has nothing to do with being a woman in country earning the award, and everything to do with certain people in the industry handing people awards. I'm sure Lainey will go on and have great success, but this is crazy, and would make me feel worse as a woman in country because this shows me it has nothing to do with how hard I work, or the success I have, and everything to do with whoever decides who gets to win. This was truly crappy.

[matty005]

I get where everyone is coming from. But instead of looking at it as a bad thing, I hope Carrie and Miranda realize the doors they opened for these younger female artists.

I feel like two things can be true.

1. Carrie and Miranda have been screwed out of this award.

2. Lainey deserved to win (these awards are all so subjective so I feel like she deserved to win).

If we have to wait for another female artist to reach the level of Carrie or Miranda there’s a chance a female artist will never win this award. So maybe last night was a step in the right direction. Maybe because of C and M females will have a better chance of winning this award without having to reach the insane levels that Carrie and Miranda did.

Is that fair to C and M? Nope. But I compare it to the student debt relief. Is it fair to me that I had to pay off my debt while others might not have to? No. But that doesn’t mean I want others to suffer as well.


** I meant to post this in the CMA thread. Carrie was royally screwed multiple years. I hope that Carrie fans know the doors she opened and can take some pride in that. With that said, I hope Carrie never attends again unless they give her a lifetime achievement award.

[zdm1998]

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See I could buy into that argument if she had more under her belt. Cause how I’m seeing it is an opener for the most part (did headline some small theatres) with 3 solo hits won EOTY after only being well known for a year (right around her Yellowstone debut.)

I don’t think many fans would be up in arms if it were a couple of years down the road when she’s headlining arenas, and grown more.

But as it stands to so easily hand someone (not just Lainey, anyone) EOTY, after CU & ML busting ass for 20 years, headlining arenas, and racking in #1s, is nothing short of disrespectful; especially to Carrie who hosted it for all those years and had reach outside of the genre.

[matty005]

Nov 9, 2023 7:00:47 GMT -5 zdm1998 said:

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See I could buy into that argument if she had more under her belt. Cause how I’m seeing it is an opener for the most part (did headline some small theatres) with 3 solo hits won EOTY after only being well known for a year (right around her Yellowstone debut.)

I don’t think many fans would be up in arms if it were a couple of years down the road when she’s headlining arenas, and grown more.

But as it stands to so easily hand someone (not just Lainey, anyone) EOTY, after CU & ML busting ass for 20 years, headlining arenas, and racking in #1s, is nothing short of disrespectful; especially to Carrie who hosted it for all those years and had reach outside of the genre.

And I get what you're saying. What happens it seems like is we say that.... then Lainey has a big tour, hit songs, hosts SNL, etc. Then a man wins the award. Wash, rinse, repeat. The same cycle happens. Then in 5 years we're all up in arms that Lainey never won it.

So with that said, maybe it wasn't her time yet. But a few years ago when Garth won it, it wasn't his time. It's not like sports where you can play 1 v 1 and get a winner. These awards are so subjective. I have come to the fact that I feel Carrie and Miranda (as well as Shania only winning ONE of these) have been robbed. But that I am also happy for Lainey (I actually don't even like her music that much, haha).

[kluen]

Nov 9, 2023 7:00:47 GMT -5 zdm1998 said:

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See I could buy into that argument if she had more under her belt. Cause how I’m seeing it is an opener for the most part (did headline some small theatres) with 3 solo hits won EOTY after only being well known for a year (right around her Yellowstone debut.)

I don’t think many fans would be up in arms if it were a couple of years down the road when she’s headlining arenas, and grown more.

But as it stands to so easily hand someone (not just Lainey, anyone) EOTY, after CU & ML busting ass for 20 years, headlining arenas, and racking in #1s, is nothing short of disrespectful; especially to Carrie who hosted it for all those years and had reach outside of the genre.

With due respect as fellow Carrie and Miranda fans as you,I disagree that it is disrespectful for Carrie.Instead,I feel it is Carrie,Miranda and all those women who was unfairly treated by the CMA that contributed to the award that handled to Lainey.It's an apology not disrespect.

If CMA declined Lainey the award to show respect for Carrie,then how in the world could CMA change?
If holding on to the standards of touring,Lainey could never beat or even get close to her male contemporaries.So she won't win.And we will keep criticizing CMA for not giving women enough credits.

I'm sorry if I may have offended you.I just simply have a different point of view.