Here are my quick thoughts and opinions on Carrie Underwood’s third album ‘Play On’ that was released earlier this week.  I listened to the album once and put down my thoughts on each song as I heard it.

I am sure some of these songs will grow on me with more listens, but here is what I thought the first time through:

1. Cowboy Casanova (Carrie Underwood/Mike Elizondo/Brett James) - Very catchy and similar to ‘Last Name’ from her last album. It was the first single released off ‘Play On’ and could end up as the most popular tune from this album.  I like to call this “angry-spurned-countrock.” Carrie is warning other women to stay away from men that “…look like a cool drink of water,” but instead are a “candy coated misery.”

2. Quitter (Max Martin/Shellback/Savan Kotecha) - Smooth and easy paced. This song gives Carrie’s voice a chance to shine through.  A lighter song than on her previous albums. This song is decent but one of the weaker songs on the album.

3. Mama’s Song (Carrie Underwood/Kara DioGuardi/Marti Frederiksen/Luke Laird) - A beautiful song that thousands of daughters will have played at their weddings from here til the dusk of Dixie.  ”Mama you will never lose me/giving me away is not saying goodbye.”  This song is a reassurance to a mother about her daughter finding a man, falling for said man, and marrying him.  It’s peaceful and likely bring reassurance to many worried mothers as their daughters find love and create their own families. go on reading »

Country star Carrie Underwood, who has been really private about her relationship with Mike Fisher (photos), wrote a very special thank you message for her lover in the linear notes of her third studio album titled ‘Play On’.

“Thank you #12,” she writes in the notes, referring to the Ottawa Senator player’s jersey number. “You are the most amazing addition to my life! You are such a wonderful person and have had such an amazing hand in the building of this album and in the growth of me as a person. I love you so much! You make my life better in every way! I thank God for you every day… xoxo, Carrie.”

Aww!! Carrie actually wrote it all out for the world to see, “I love you so much”, which means it is serious! We can almost hear those wedding bells! Carrie and Mike have been dating for almost a year but only recently Mike publicly opened up about dating the singer (read more details).

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Country star Carrie Underwood is currently dating Canadian NHL star Mike Fisher. The two were introduced by ‘friend of a friend’ at a concert in Toronto about a year ago.

In a recent interview, Mike admitted he admires his girlfriend for her talent and also her work ethic, saying, “She doesn’t get too many days off — a lot less days off than I get,” he notes. “She’s always going. She’s talented and she’s getting rewarded for it. That’s good to see.”

The 29 year-old Ottawa Senators player confesses he like to sing to his girl, “[But] when I try to sing some of her songs, she just laughs!” As for his favorite song, he reveals “I like it when she sings a good rock son,” and chooses “Temporary Home,” a song of Carrie’s upcoming album titled ‘Play On’, due out November 3.

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Country superstar Carrie Underwood apologized after Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, after making an off-the-cuff sexual joke towards Matthew McConaughey, who had just presented her with the coveted ‘Entertainer of the Year’ award.

McConaughey told this gem of a story before presenting the award to a shocked Underwood:

The Texas-born actor presented Underwood with the big award, but before his official duties he entertained the audience with a story on how he and his brother once took a road trip thru Texas to see Dwight Yoakam perform. While there the brothers tried to “pick up” a few ladies by telling them that they made a livin’ exclusively custom-making George Strait’s boots.

“We’re like, ‘Oh yeah. Say, as I a matter of fact, out in the parking lot, in the trunk of our white Corvette, we have the next year’s new edition white ostrich quill George Strait signed series that he’s gonna wear on tour next year.’ And they got pretty excited about that and said, ‘Well, can we see? Can we see? Can we see?’” McConaughey told the audience. “And we obliged … Point of the story is, we got lucky that night. Thank you, George.”

Underwood, accepted the award, and caught up in the moment said, “I don’t know what to say. I got nothin’ … I want to see those boots, Matthew.”

The audience was a bit shocked, including McConaughey’s girlfriend Camila Alves, upon hearing the joke.  Underwood was very quick to apologize and embarrassed about the incident backstage.

“I’m so embarrassed, I totally embarrassed myself. I just blanked,” Underwood told Tarts backstage, burying her head in her hands. “You want to say something eloquent in a moment like that and I embarrassed myself. I’m sorry Matthew, I’m sorry to my family. I’m totally embarrassed.”

Oh, I say no harm, no foul!  Carrie was just playing along and being funny with Matthew’s story. No real need for Alves, the audience, or anybody to get upset about an innocent lil’ joke.

There is so much pressure on celebrities to be politically correct today that we are sucking the life out of their personalities and freedom of speech.

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American Idol Carrie Underwood was the big winner of the 44th Academy of Country Music Awards, taking home the trophies for Top Female Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year, which was voted by fans this year. Carrie rocked the stage with a beautiful performance of the hit song “I Told You So” (video below).

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Carrie Underwood At The 44th Academy of Country Music Awards

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The 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards took place Sunday night in Las Vegas.  Everyone who is anyone in country music was in attendance including some that aren’t in country music at all like Miley Cyrus and Jamie Foxx.

The big winner on Sunday night was Carrie Underwood who won Entertainer of the Year and Top Female Vocalist and Brad Paisley who won Top Male Vocalist, Video of the Year, and Vocal Event of the Year with Keith Urban.

Winners at the 44th Academy of Country Music Awards

• Entertainer of the Year - Carrie Underwood
• Top Male Vocalist - Brad Paisley
• Top Female Vocalist - Carrie Underwood
• Top Vocal Group - Rascal Flatts
• Top Vocal Duo - Sugarland
• Top New Male Vocalist - Jake Owen
• Top New Female Vocalist - Julianne Hough
• Album of the Year - Montgomery Gentry - ‘Back When I Knew It All’
• Single Record of the Year - Trace Adkins - ‘You’re Gonna Miss This’
• Song of the Year - Jamey Johnson - ‘In Color’
• Video of the Year - Brad Paisley - ‘Waitin’ On a Woman’
• Vocal Event of the Year - ‘Start a Band’ - Brad Paisley featuring Keith Urban

Congrats to all of the winners along with the musicians, song writers, and everyone that works in the studios and on the road to make these artists a success.

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American Idol Carrie Underwood rocked the stage with a lively performance of her the country hit “Last Name” last night at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Carrie’s outfit was more daring than expected but she looked absolutely amazing and in great shape. We love Carrie, we think she was the hottest female celeb at this year’s Grammy Awards (vote for our Hottest Female Celeb At 2009 Grammy Awards Poll here>>).

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The 51st Annual Grammy Awards happened last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The big winners on the night were the duo Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Lil’ Wayne and Coldplay (Top 10 Moments of 51st Grammy Awards) but the sexy ladies were the ones who caught our attention.

Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus sang for the first time together (the sound was horrible but they sure scared The Jonas Brothers right out of their seats!). Carrie Underwood gave the best live performance singing “Last Name” in short shorts, while Katy Perry made a big impression coming on stage inside an enormous banana. Katy stumbled danced and lip-synched her way through a sexy performance of her hit song “I Kissed a Girl“.

All the ladies shinned bright in their beautiful evening attire but who was the hottest female celeb at this year’s Grammy Awards: Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood or Katy Perry??

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Carrie Underwood on the red carpet at the 51st Grammy Awards from Los Angeles, California.  Underwood performed ‘Last Name’ off of her sophomore album Carnival Ride.  The song was written by Underwood, Luke Laird and Hillary Lindsey.

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The 35th Annual People’s Choice Awards happened yesterday at the Shrine Auditorium and the biggest winners of the night were Carrie Underwood, who won People’s Choice Awards for Female Singer, Country Song (“Last Name“) and Star 35 & Under; and Hugh Laurie (love him!) who won the awards for Best TV Drama (“House“) and Male TV Star.

Actress Kate Hudson won People’s Choice Award for Leading Lady in the movies and Christina Applegate, who is now cancer free after a double mastectomy, won People’s favorite Female TV star.

Photos of Hot Celebs at The 35th Annual People’s Choice Red Carpet HERE>>

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Celebrities got another chance to shine at the first important red carpet event of the year, The 35th Annual People’s Choice Awards, and they all look sparkly and fabulous. It seems like they put a lot of thought on what to wear but if we had to name a worst dressed celeb, it would be a tie between Jordin Sparks and Nikki Cox.

As for the best dressed, we love Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Morrison’s dresses. Different styles but they both look absolutely amazing and did a great job with the hair too.

Other Hot Celebs At People’s Choice Awards include: Paris Hilton, Jewel, Teri Hatcher, Jay Mohr & Nikki Cox, David Charvet & Brooke Burke, Dakota Fanning, David Boreanaz, Olivia Wilde, Debra Messing, Queen Latifah, AnnaLynne McCord, Jordin Sparks, Jennifer Morrison, Samantha Harris, Carrie Underwood, Jesse Spencer, Shemar Moore, Robert Sean Leonard & Hugh Laurie.

Full List of Winners & Winners Photos HERE>>

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Country music sensation Carrie Underwood has been spotted in New York this week on the arm of former ‘Bachelor’ Dr. Travis Stork.  Underwood is in NY for the unveiling of her wax figure at Madame Tussaunds.

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Season four American Idol winner Carrie Underwood is on the cover of the May 2008 issue of In Style magazine.

“I’ve been cheated on a time or two. It’s tough,” she tells InStyle in the May issue, on newsstands Friday. “I wouldn’t recommend doing any property damage, though,” she laughs, a reference to her Grammy-winning song “Before He Cheats” about a woman who trashes her boyfriend’s truck.

“Now I’m to the point where you get one shot. Life’s too short,” adds the Season 4 American Idol champ, who says that dessert is one way she heals from heartache.

Carrie trust the entire world when it says you are a lot better off without Tony Romo and Chace Crawford.

Carrie Underwood, in the Jan/Feb issue of Women’s Health, denies that she and Tony Romo were ever dating last year.  She had this to say to the women’s mag:

“He was not my boyfriend and we were never dating. The more I screamed ‘We’re not dating!’ the more headlines claimed that we were a couple or that I was crying because he was out with another girl. We’re really good friends, we hang out a lot, and we’re close…well, friends smooch occasionally.�?

She also had these things to say in the article:

On being a vegetarian:
“There was a traumatic incident that made me stop eating beef…And it hit me that these cute little animals that were running around playing would become someone’s dinner.  Eating them made me feel guilty.�?

On watching her diet and staying thin:
“The older I get, the harder it is to splurge without consequences.  I love food.  Chocolate and cheese and anything that’s bad for me.  I’ll be really good when I’m at home so I can eat what I want to when I’m out with friends.�?

On what the gossip mags and message boards have to say:
“Occasionally I’ll be on the Internet and see something about me and give in to the urge to click on it.  It’s hard not to.  Usually I wish I didn’t.�?

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The two hottest and most popular women in country music are former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood and teen sensation Taylor Swift. Swift wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on her debut album Taylor Swift. Underwood on her second album, Carnival Ride, started co-writing some of her own tunes with the likes of Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird.

Both women are extremely talented and will dominate the Billboard charts for the next thirty years. They will also continue to develop a rivalry as they will be competing with each other for awards and radio airplay.

Here is a quick look at Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift:

Carrie Underwood	Taylor Swift
Age: 24 - March 10, 1983 Hometown: Checotah, Oklahoma	Age: 18 - December 13, 1989 Hometown: Wyomissing, PA
Hit Songs: ‘Jesus Take the Wheel’ ‘Because He Cheats’ ‘Don’t Forget to Remember Me’ ‘So Small’	Hit Songs: ‘Tim McGraw’ ‘Teardrops on My Guitar’ ‘Our Song’ ‘Invisible’
Albums: Some Hearts - 6x Platinum (#2) Carnival Ride - 2x Platinum (#1)	Albums: Taylor Swift - 2x Platinum (#8) Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
Awards: Grammy Awards: 2007 Best New Artist, Best Female Vocal Performance - ‘Jesus Take the Wheel’, Best Country Song - ‘Jesus Take the Wheel’ CMA Awards: 2007 Female Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year - ‘Because He Cheats’, 2006 Female Vocalist of the Year, Horizon Award Complete List	Awards: CMT Music Awards: Breakthrough Video of the Year - ‘Tim Mcgraw’ CMA Awards: Horizon Award
Discovered: American Idol	Discovered: Bluebird Cafe (Nashville)

The American Music Awards took place last night in Los Angeles. The big winners were former American Idol stars Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry.

A look at some of the winners from last night (full list)

POP OR ROCK
Favorite Male Artist:
Justin Timberlake

Favorite Female Artist:
Fergie

Favorite Band, Duo or Group:
Nickleback

Favorite Album:
Daughtry/Daughtry

COUNTRY
Favorite Male Artist:
Tim McGraw

Favorite Female Artist:
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Album:
Carrie Underwood/Some Hearts

Favorite Band, Duo or Group:
Rascal Flatts
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The 41st CMA Awards for country music took place last night in Nashville, Tennessee.  The big winner was Carrie Underwood who won ‘Female Vocalist of the Year’ and ‘Single of the Year.’  Kenny Chesney also had a big night in winning the coveted ‘Entertainer of the Year’ award.

Brad Paisley won ‘Male Vocalist of the Year’ and ‘Music Video of the Year’ for his hit song “Online”.

The goofiest acceptance of the night easily went to Sugarland and their over-the-top giddy surprise at winning ‘Duo of the Year’ over such established acts as Brooks & Dunn and Montgomery Gentry.

Here is a look at the Winners from the 41st CMA Awards (complete list)

Entertainer of the Year - Kenny Chesney

Female Vocalist of the Year - Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year - Brad Paisley

Horizon Award - Taylor Swift

Vocal Group of the Year - Rascal Flatts

Vocal Duo of the Year - Sugarland

Single of the Year - “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood

Album of the Year - “It Just Comes Natural” by George Strait

Music Video of the Year - “Online” by Brad Paisley

Song of the Year - “Give It Away” by Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson

Britney Spears new album ‘Blackout‘ is the number one album in the country after its first week or release.  It sold 350,000 copies and was able to hold off the sophomore effort of country sensation Carrie Underwood.

“Blackout” remains the No. 1 downloaded album on iTunes and the fifth bestselling CD on Amazon.com. Spears could have a good second week as well, while she awaits the Nov. 13 release of Alicia Key’s anticipated blockbuster, “As I Am.” At that point, “Blackout” will likely be over unless a new single captivates radio listeners.

 The Blackout numbers, though, are severely down from Spears’s last release. When “In the Zone” was released in 2003, it sold 609,000 copies in its first week.

Look for Underwood’s album ‘Carnival Ride‘ to sell more albums overall than ‘Blackout’ when all is said and done.
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Country superstar Carrie Underwood was caught on tape at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee singing ‘Kickstart My Heart’ with Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil.

The audio towards the end is horrible and the camera angle is equally as shoddy but you get the idea.

Carrie is one cool chick getting on stage and singing a metal song with the Motley front man. The first cassette single I owned was ‘Kickstart My Heart’. (Yeah cassette single…I know some of you remember them.)