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Performers - Singers

By David Grimes

Friday, 06 November 2009

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Carrie’s latest hits all the right notes

It was a high-profile week for the American Idol diva Carrie Underwood, as she held the top album and top single on the Billboard country charts (her eleventh such distinction), and co-hosted the Country Music Association Awards show November 11, where she passed the scepter of Entertainer of the Year to Taylor Swift.

That may be all she’s giving up for the moment, as a flurry of activity for the Grand Ole Opry inductee has her appearing at a multitude of engagements following the chart-topping release of her new album, Play On, and the sizzling first single “Country Casanova.”

Perhaps the most touching of those appearances will be her stint on Thanksgiving night, at CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, where she’ll serenade CNN’s select group of heroes at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, appearing alongside such luminaries as Nicole Kidman, and Pierce Brosnan.

The most groundbreaking appearance may not be on television at all, but on the internet. In a first-time-ever event last Saturday, you caould see Underwood perform from the Grand Ole Opry in a streaming music event broadcast on MySpace.com’s music page, with Martina McBride, Rodney Atkins, Jake Owen and more. It was quite a step into the modern world of technology for the Opry, and their choice of talent to highlight the event is telling. Underwood currently holds the fourth most-downloaded album, according to Billboard, so that may be part of the reason why she was tapped.

That’s behind an appearance on Late Night With Conan O’Brien on Monday, The Ellen Degeneres Show Wednesday, Jimmie Kimmel Live on Thursday, and a spotlight as a featured performer at the 2009 American Music Awards on November 22. She’ll also have her “Invitation Only: Carrie Underwood” debut on Country Music Television December 1, and FOX will present “Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special” on December 7.

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