Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood took home the award for Female Vocalist of the Year at last night’s 43rd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards, which was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Congratulations, Carrie!

For a complete list of winners, click here.

Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, who are both nominees for multiple awards, will perform a special tribute to country music legend Eddy Arnold during the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas tonight {Sunday, May 18, 2008} at 8:00 pm on CBS.  

New photos!  Carrie arriving at the 43rd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards: 

Carrie Underwood will be performing in Reno, Nevada on May 21 at the Reno Events Center.

Prior to the Reno show, Carrie will be in Colorado Springs, Colorado on May 13, Casper, Wyoming on May 14, Bozeman, Montana on May 15 and at Country Thunder USA in Waxahachie Texas, on June 1.  

More pics from the 2008 CMT Music Awards on April 14, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee.  Enjoy!

Carrie Underwood was inducted as the newest member of The Grand Ole Opry by fellow Opry member Garth Brooks.

Brooks presented Underwood with The Opry Members Award, The award’s wooden base is made from the Pews at The Ryman Auditorium, The first home of The Grand Ole Opry.

The induction ceremony was held on Saturday May 10, during OPRY LIVE on Great American Country.   

More photos from the event. Enjoy!

This is a bit of older news and since it wasn’t posted on the blog before, I thought I would mention that Carrie was named by “Dear Doctor” magazine has having the 2008 female celebrity “Smile Of The Year. “ 

Who would disagree with that?

This was probaby a dream come true for Carrie - I can imagine she was both shocked and surprised when, after singing “I Told You So,” originally by Randy Travis, the man himself joined her onstage where he invited her to join the Grand Ole Opry.

Said Travis:

“To end your birthday week, I was asked by the management here at the Grand Ole Opry to ask you if you would like to be their next member.”

Pete Fisher, the Opry’s vice president and general manager, said he and his staff had been working on the surprise for two months:

“We are just happy we succeeding in keeping this one under wraps as long as we have. When we seek out candidates for Opry membership, we are not only looking for artists who achieve extraordinary things with their career as Carrie has done, but for artists who really show a sincere connection to the Opry and all that it stands for. Just days after she won American Idol, Carrie made it a priority to debut on the Grand Ole Opry stage. And throughout what has really been quite a fast pace for her, she has made the Opry a priority.”

Carrie’s two albums have sold 9 million copies and she’s won three Grammys and four CMA Awards - including two awards for Female Vocalist.

She will be inducted this Saturday, May 10 at 8 p.m. ET during a live broadcast on the Great American Country network.

More photos of her surprise invitation:

Hi Everyone - it’s Tina with more fabulous Carrie Underwood news!

Carrie will be performing at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, where she’s also nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year. The awards will be televised live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 18th at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS.

Also look for Toby Keith, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes, Taylor Swift, Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and others to pitch in, whle Kenny Chesney and George Strait will perform their duet “Shiftwork” from Chesney’s album, “Poets & Pirates.” This will be the first time the pair have performed this song live. Both Chesney and Strait are nominated for multiple Academy of Country Music awards, including Entertainer of the Year.

If you missed the list of nominess, click here to visit the official site of the Academy of Country Music.

Former “American Idol” winner and Grammy winning artist Carrie Underwood is set to release a followup album to her smash debut “Some Hearts”. Carrie hit it big with “Some Hearts”, which was certified 6x platinum and is the fastest selling debut album in SoundScan history.”Some Hearts” also produced five number one hits for Carrie, and brought her two Grammy awards, an American Music Award, and eight Billboard Music Awards.

The currently untitled second album was produced by Mark Bright, who not only worked on seven tracks from Carrie’s first album, but has produced albums for Rascal Flatts and Sara Evans. Carrie Underwood co-wrote several cuts for her upcoming album, though no song titles have been named. Carrie Underwood has told MSNBC that she was nervous about following up her debut album, and didn’t know if she would top the success of “Some Hearts”.

The official release date for Carrie’s new album is scheduled for October 23, 2007.