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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD CRY PRETTY ALBUM SPECIAL.

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    Multi-platinum selling global superstar Carrie Underwood is set to release her eagerly-anticipated new album, Cry Pretty, on Friday, September 14th. Cry Pretty will be her first studio album on Capitol Records Nashville and marks the first time she has co-produced her own album. The lead single and title track, “Cry Pretty” debuted as the #1 song in the U.S. all-genres. The song also topped download charts in 38 countries around the world and amassed over 3.5 billion social impressions across 66 countries during its week of launch in April, which was culminated with a show-stopping performance on the “2018 ACM Awards” telecast. Carrie co-wrote the powerful single with Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose (aka The Love Junkies) and co-produced Cry Pretty with fellow writer/producer David Garcia. She just released her new single and video for “Love Wins.”

    We are celebrating this new release with a one-hour special featuring several tracks from the new album, plus some of Carrie’s biggest hits. The program is non-exclusive and commercial-free.

    CLEARANCE WINDOW:

    Friday, September 14th – Saturday, September 22nd

     

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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD’S CRY PRETTY SHOWCASES LIFE LIVED.

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    Carrie Underwood releases her new studio album, Cry Pretty, on Friday (September 14th), and she says there was a lot of personal and professional growth between her 2015 Storyteller album and this new collection of songs, which she co-produced with David Garcia.

    “There was definitely a lot of growth for me as a person – emotional growth and spiritual growth and my family. And I feel like just kind of taking more ownership in my thoughts and my feelings and my wants and my creative abilities and just taking more ownership over all of those things and wanting that to translate into this album,” says Carrie. “I like to take time between projects. It’s like when do you have time to live the life you’re writing about? It’s so important to me…Whatever I’m doing, I want to completely immerse myself in and that includes living a life, and I just feel like that’s so important. And for me as a mom and as a wife and as a friend and daughter and all of those things, it’s just important to take a minute to live a life worth writing about.”

    Carrie has scheduled several appearances in promotion of Cry Pretty. She’ll perform on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday (September 13th) followed by the Today Show Summer Concert Series on Friday (September 14th), CBS Sunday Morning (September 15th) and The Ellen Show (September 19th). On September 20th, she will receive her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and will perform at the upcoming iHeart Radio Music Festival on September 22nd in Las Vegas.

     

    Audio / Carrie Underwood says there was a lot of growth between her previous album, Storyteller, and her new collection, Cry Pretty.

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    Carrie Underwood (growth between albums) OC: …writing about. 1:07
    “I feel like between Storyteller and Cry Pretty, there was definitely a lot of growth for me as a person – emotional growth and spiritual growth and my family. And I feel like just kind of taking more ownership in my thoughts and my feelings and my wants and my creative abilities and just taking more ownership over all of those things and wanting that to translate into this album. I like to take time between projects. It’s like when do you have time to live the life you’re writing about? It’s so important to me. I like to go on tour and when I’m out, I’m out. I’m on the road. We are working hard. We’re killing it. We’re doing what we do. When I write, I want to write. I want to immerse myself in that. Whatever I’m doing, I want to completely immerse myself in and that includes living a life, and I just feel like that’s so important. And for me as a mom and as a wife and as a friend and daughter and all of those things, it’s just important to take a minute to live a life worth writing about.”

     

    Audio / LINER Carrie Underwood (Cry Pretty available this week)

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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD CRY PRETTY ALBUM AUDIO TOOLKIT

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    Click here to download the Carrie Underwood Cry Pretty Album Audio Toolkit.

  • NEWS AND NOTES: Luke, Carrie, Eric, AJ, Strait

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    Alan Jackson / Carrie Underwood / Eric Church / George Strait / Luke Bryan

    Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood have earned American Music Awards nominations. Luke is up for Favorite Male Artist Country, while Carrie is nominated for Favorite Female Artist Country. The 2018 American Music Awards will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on October 9th at 8pm ET on ABC.

    Eric Church was just announced as one of the performers at the 12th annual Stand4Heroes event at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York on November 5th. Bruce Springsteen, Seth Meyers, Jim Gaffigan, Jon Stewart and many special guests will also participate. Tickets go on sale Thursday (September 13th) at Noon ET.

    UMG Nashville has teamed up with the Gaither Music Group to create a new Gaither Gospel Series titled Country Gospel Collection. The first volume will include classic country gospel songs from some of the biggest names, including Alan Jackson and George Strait, as well as songs by Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell and Conway Twitty, among others. Country Gospel Collection Volume 1 will be released October 5th.

    Country Gospel Collection Volume 1 Track List:

    1. Just A Closer Walk With Thee- Patsy Cline
    2. How Great Thou Art- Alan Jackson
    3. What A Friend We Have In Jesus- Glen Campbell
    4. Shall We Gather At The River- Tennessee Ernie Ford
    5. Take My Hand Precious Lord- Roy Acuff
    6. I Saw The Light- Hank Williams
    7. Will The Circle Be Unbroken- George Jones
    8. In The Garden- Loretta Lynn
    9. You’ll Never Walk Alone- Conway Twitty
    10. Peace In The Valley- Johnny Cash
    11. I Saw God Today- George Strait
    12. Amazing Grace- The Statler Brothers

  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD RELEASES VIDEO FOR “LOVE WINS” AND ANNOUNCES TELEVISION APPEARANCES.

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    Multi-platinum-selling global superstar Carrie Underwood released the official music video for her new single “Love Wins.”  The powerful, uplifting and colorful video was directed by Shane Drake. Carrie co-wrote “Love Wins” with David Garcia and Brett James and is the new single from her highly-anticipated studio album, Cry Pretty, available on Friday (September 14th). In addition, Carrie co-wrote eight other songs on Cry Pretty, which she co-produced alongside David Garcia.

    “This song is hopeful,” says Carrie. “It’s saying no matter who you are, what you feel, what you think, we’re all human beings. We all deserve love. We all deserve respect and we all should try to show that to one another.”

    Cry Pretty has already received early media praise. Rolling Stone declares Underwood as “arena country’s mightiest voice, as Cry Pretty reaffirms” and Entertainment Weekly calls Cry Pretty “her most emotionally accessible work to date.”

    Carrie has scheduled several appearances in promotion of Cry Pretty. She’ll perform on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday (September 13th) followed by the Today Show Summer Concert Series on Friday (September 14th), CBS Sunday Morning (September 15th) and The Ellen Show (September 19th). On September 20th, she will receive her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and will perform at the upcoming iHeart Radio Music Festival on September 22nd in Las Vegas.

    You can pre-order the album here.


    Cry Pretty     Track List:

    1. Cry Pretty (Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose)
    2. Ghosts On The Stereo (Hillary Lindsey, Tom Douglas, Andrew Dorff)
    3. Low (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
    4. Backsliding (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
    5. Southbound (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Josh Miller)
    6. That Song That We Used To Make Love To (Hillary Lindsey, Jason Evigan)
    7. Drinking Alone (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Brett James)
    8. The Bullet (Marc Beeson, Andy Albert, Allen Shamblin)
    9. Spinning Bottles (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
    10. Love Wins (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Brett James)
    11. End Up With You (Hillary Lindsey, Brett McLaughlin, Will Weatherly)
    12. Kingdom (Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano, Dave Barnes)

    Produced by David Garcia and Carrie Underwood

    Bonus Track – The Champion (featuring Ludacris) (Carrie Underwood, Brett James, Chris DeStefano, Christopher Bridges) Produced by Jim Jonsin.

    Carrie will launch her new arena trek, The Cry Pretty Tour 360, May 1st in Greensboro, North Carolina and will play 55 arenas across the U.S. and Canada. She’ll be joined on tour by special guests Maddie & Tae and Runaway June.

    Before she hits the road, she will co-host the CMA Awards for the 11th consecutive year.

    Audio / Carrie Underwood talks about how she, David Garcia and Brett James came up with the concept of “Love Wins.”

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    Carrie Underwood (Love Wins) 1 OC: …than just us. 1:00

    “’Love Wins’ started out with a track and sometimes when you listen to music you’re like well this song this is inspiring. This is hopeful. This is joyous. This is that kind of song. And Brett said this music needs some grand title, like ‘Love Wins.’ And I was like okay, let’s write that. And the three of us are me and Brett and David, we’re all religious beings. We all believe in a higher power. I feel like we kind of all are on the same page-ish as far as that goes. But we wanted to write this song acknowledging a broken world. We’ve always been a broken world. We’ll always be a broken world, but there’s something about the human spirit that whether you are religious or not we all have that sense that there’s more than just right here, more than just us.”

    Audio / LINER Carrie Underwood (Love Wins) 1

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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD, LITTLE BIG TOWN’S KAREN FAIRCHILD AND KIMBERLY SCHLAPMAN WILL BE AMONG A HANDFUL OF WOMEN BEING CELEBRATED AT CMT’S ARTISTS OF THE YEAR.

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    In a salute to the women of country music, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman will be honored at this year’s CMT’s annual Artists of the Year special, along with Miranda Lambert, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris and Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott.

    “This year, we’re evolving the special to reflect what’s happening right now in culture and in the lives of our fans,” says Leslie Fram, Senior Vice President of Music & Talent at CMT, in a press release. “In this monumental year for women, dedicating one of the biggest nights in the genre to applaud female country artists not only solidifies our commitment, but we hope will spark a much-needed change in the industry,” says Leslie Fram, Senior Vice President of Music & Talent at CMT.

    CMT will fully turn its focus to supporting the Artists of the Year showcase by dedicating a full day of airtime to a “Woman of Country” takeover across the network’s various broadcast and digital platforms.

    The list of performers for the show will be announced soon.

  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD WILL RECEIVE A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.

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    Carrie Underwood

    Carrie Underwood will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week, becoming the 2,646th star. The ceremony will take place at 1750 North Vine Street in front of Capitol Records on September 20th.

    Carrie will be honored by Simon Cowell, who was a judge on American Idol when she won during Season 4, as well as Brad Paisley, with whom she will co-host the CMA Awards for an 11th time this year.

    The ceremony will be webcast live at http://www.walkoffame.com and on Variety.

    Carrie, who has won seven Grammy Awards, six CMAs, 14 ACMs and 12 American Music Awards, will release her new studio album, Cry Pretty, on Friday (September 14th). The collection includes her new single, “Love Wins,” which was released today (September 11th).

  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD PREPARES TO RELEASE HER NEW ALBUM, CRY PRETTY, THIS WEEK.

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    Carrie Underwood is preparing to release her new studio album, Cry Pretty, on Friday (September 14th). Her most personal collection to date, Cry Pretty, features 9 songs co-written by Carrie, including the title track and the bonus song, “The Champion,” which was used for 2018’s Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics.

    In her first official role as co-producer, alongside David Garcia, Carrie says it was truly a collaborative effort between them.

    “I have ideas in my head, but I’m trying to explain to him, ‘I’m picturing it like this. What if we added more this, took this away and changed the song up and half this chorus and made this happen,’” says Carrie. “He was always so great to listen to my ideas, of course, collaborate with me, bounce ideas off each other, and then he was good at executing technically what I was trying to say, because I knew how I wanted it to sound and I feel like he respected me as an artist. So, it was just really great working with him and truly collaborate.”

    In Spring 2019, Underwood will launch a new arena tour, The Cry Pretty Tour 360. Sponsored by CALIA, the new tour will kick off on May 1 in Greensboro, NC, and will play 55 arenas across the U.S. and Canada and be promoted by AEG Presents.  She will be joined on tour by special guests Maddie & Tae and Runaway June.

    Cry Pretty Track List:

    1. Cry Pretty (Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose)
    2. Ghosts On The Stereo (Hillary Lindsey, Tom Douglas, Andrew Dorff)
    3. Low (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
    4. Backsliding (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
    5. Southbound (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Josh Miller)
    6. That Song That We Used To Make Love To (Hillary Lindsey, Jason Evigan)
    7. Drinking Alone (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Brett James)
    8. The Bullet (Marc Beeson, Andy Albert, Allen Shamblin)
    9. Spinning Bottles (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
    10. Love Wins (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Brett James)
    11. End Up With You (Hillary Lindsey, Brett McLaughlin, Will Weatherly)
    12. Kingdom (Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano, Dave Barnes)
    13. The Champion ((Carrie Underwood, Brett James, Chris DeStefano, Christopher Bridges PKA Ludacris) Produced by Jim Jonsin)

    Produced by David Garcia and Carrie Underwood

    Audio / Carrie Underwood talks about co-producing Cry Pretty with David Garcia.

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    Carrie Underwood (coproducing with David) OC: …outs of things. :43
    “    David and I had a really great relationship as far as being around each other and writing with each other. I feel like we always had lots to talk about, and I feel like even though we grew up in different places, we kind of grew up the same. So. there was that, just all of that just made for a really comfortable environment. And I remember in the beginning, we’re both sizing each other up as producers, not in any kind of weird way but it’s like okay what’s our role? What’s both of our roles here? This is my first time sitting behind the board. I feel like I’ve always been creative in the production sense with this is what I want it to sound like, but I never really knew how to make it sound like that; the technical ins and outs of things.”

    Audio / Carrie Underwood says she and co-producer David Garcia worked well together in making her new album, Cry Pretty.

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    Carrie Underwood (coproducing with David) 2 OC: …collaborate. :38
    “I have ideas in my head, but I’m trying to explain to him, ‘I’m picturing it like this. What if we added more this, took this away and changed the song up and half this chorus and made this happen.’ He was always so great to listen to my ideas, of course, collaborate with me, bounce ideas off each other, and then he was good at executing technically what I was trying to say, because I knew how I wanted it to sound and I feel like he respected me as an artist. So, it was just really great working with him and truly collaborate.”

    Audio / LINER Carrie Underwood (available this week)

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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD IS BACK FOR THE OPENING OF NBC’S SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.

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    Carrie Underwood is back in the “game” for her sixth season of performing the theme song for Sunday Night Football. The international superstar co-wrote the new opening tune, “Game On,” with frequent collaborators, Brett James and Chris DeStefano.

    “We wrote a new song for it, because I feel like they’re always open to that, and they’re always looking for ways to freshen things up,” says Carrie. “So, they always just say, ‘Hey! If you’ve got anything else back there, whatever you’re working on, bring it. We’ll see how we feel about it.’ This year we wrote a song called ‘Game On’ for the opening, and it was just a lot of fun. It’s a lot of fun getting to be a part of football. I grew up watching football, of course, and watching Sunday Night Football, and to just to have kind of a little part to the whole thing is pretty cool and pretty special.”

    You can watch the new opening Sunday night (September 9th) as the Green Bay Packers play host to the Chicago Bears beginning at 8pm ET on NBC. Check out the promo and the behind-the-scenes videos below.

    The 10 players that will be featured on the Sunday Night Football opening theme with Carrie this year include star players from the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks.

    Here are the list of players:

     

    Carrie is currently preparing to release her new album, Cry Pretty, on September 14th.

    Audio / Carrie Underwood talks about the new opening theme song "Game On" for Sunday Night Football.

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    Carrie Underwood (Sunday Night Football theme-6th year) OC: …pretty special. :41
    “I was so excited to be asked back to sing the opening for Sunday Night Football. This is the sixth year that I’ve been lucky enough to do it. We wrote a new song for it, because I feel like they’re always open to that and they’re always looking for ways to freshen things up. So, they always just say, ‘Hey! If you’ve got anything else back there, whatever you’re working on, bring it. We’ll see how we feel about it.’ This year we wrote a song called ‘Game On’ for the opening, and it was just a lot of fun. It’s a lot of fun getting to be a part of football. I grew up watching football, of course, and watching Sunday Night Football, and to just to have kind of a little part to the whole thing is pretty cool and pretty special.”

    Video / SNF 2018 promo

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  • CMA AWARDS 2018: THE REACTIONS.

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    Brothers Osborne / Carrie Underwood / Kacey Musgraves / Keith Urban / Lady Antebellum / Lauren Alaina / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan / Maddie & Tae

    The CMA nominations were announced Tuesday morning (August 28th), and Luke Bryan is once again nominated for CMA Entertainer of the Year, having won the award twice previously. He says he still has to pinch himself when he thinks about having two of those trophies on his mantel.

    Keith Urban is nominated for three CMA Awards this year, including Entertainer, Male Vocalist and Album of the Year for Graffiti U. He took to his socials to do what he does best — perform his thank yous for all of the nominations. He said, “[It was] an amazing way to wake up and start the day. I love making music, simple as that. I love making music, and to get to make Graffiti U and have the support that it’s gotten and especially to see that this morning in action, that’s an incredible feeling. So to everybody that made that possible, thank you. Thank you very much.”

    Little Big Town just finished up their Bandwagon Tour over the weekend and woke up to a Vocal Group of the Year nomination. The band has won this award for the past five years.

    Lady Antebellum has won the award for Vocal Group of the Year THREE times; from 2009 through 2011.

     

    Maddie & Tae, who are up for Vocal Duo of the Year said it was a nice surprise to wake up to this morning.

    https://twitter.com/MaddieandTae/status/1034455564967927809

    Kacey Musgraves had a pair of nominations, including Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year for Golden Road.

    https://twitter.com/KaceyMusgraves/status/1034658138581094401

    Brothers Osborne earns another nomination for Vocal Duo of the Year, as well as a nod for Musical Event of the Year for “Burnin’ Man” with Dierks Bentley.

     

    Lauren Alaina is nominated for New Artist of the Year, and while she’s going through a difficult time with her family, this nomination came in at the right time.

     

    The 52nd Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, will be broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 14th at 8pm ET on ABC.



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