Carrie Underwood wins Female Vocalist of the Year at "The 41st Annual CMA Awards," on Wednesday, Nov. 7, live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on the ABC Television Network.
Sept. 17, 2008 — Carrie Underwood’s latest album, Carnival Ride, is still Top 10 on the national country album charts after 11 months in release, quite a successful follow-up to her debut, Some Hearts.
Plenty of artists name either their first or second album after themselves, but Carrie had an aversion to that approach. In fact, it’s doubtful that she’ll ever have a CD that is — as reviewers like to say — eponymous.
"I don't like self-titling things," she told The Cincinnati Enquirer. "I think that's lazy. I mean, they know whose CD it is — the name's right on it. There's a line in one of the songs ("Wheel of the World"): 'God put us here on this carnival ride/We close our eyes never knowing where it will take us next.' That just sums up my life."
Carnival Ride paid dividends for Carrie last week as she nabbed two nominations for the 42nd annual Country Music Association Awards: Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year. The winners will be revealed on ABC during a live broadcast from Nashville’s Sommet Center on Nov. 12.
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