{"id":1315376,"date":"2019-10-07T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1812868"},"modified":"2019-10-07T16:51:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T22:51:00","slug":"carrie-underwood-cmt-artist-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/carrie-underwood-cmt-artist-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Underwood: CMT Artist of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:682901?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">21m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Carrie Underwood continues to make her mark as an international phenomenon, which is merely one of the reasons she\u2019s among the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year. The \u201cSouthbound\u201d singer earned major media attention surrounding her UK tour in June, particularly for a set at the Glastonbury Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been so many moments this past year that have been just felt really great in all that we\u2019re doing,\u201d she says. \u201cWe did get to play Glastonbury, which isn\u2019t something that\u2019s necessarily offered a whole lot to country music artists. I loved the randomness of the lineup and I feel like people were curious what we\u2019re we all about from Nashville, Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:b0d50247-a537-4771-9192-9e3bab59fbe4\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Underwood has surely learned what Reba McEntire discovered as her career blossomed in the 1980s and \u201990s \u2014 that if you\u2019re wildly talented, super smart and as relentless as a telemarketer, the world is yours. So the two Oklahoma natives should be in perfect harmony on Nov. 13 when they join hands with Dolly Parton to co-host the 53rd annual CMA Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Underwood readily admits that McEntire \u2013 who will be honored with a CMT Artist of a Lifetime recognition \u2014 has been a major role model. \u201cI don\u2019t know if she\u2019s so much given me advice as she\u2019s led by example,\u201d she muses. \u201cShe\u2019s conducted herself with poise and class, and she\u2019s gorgeous. She\u2019s taught me how to change my clothes hundreds of times during any event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hosting duties are old hat for Underwood, who also emceed the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley from 2008 to 2018. Currently embarked on her Cry Pretty 360 Tour, she has lately sold out such fabled arenas as Madison Square Garden, the Staples Center in Los Angeles and Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Py8OWAMkns?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Py8OWAMkns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Underwood hit the ground running as soon as she triumphed on <em>American Idol<\/em> in 2005. Her winning single from that show, \u201cInside Your Heaven\u201d debuted at No. 1 on the pop chart. Near the end of hat year, she released her first album, <em>Some Hearts<\/em>. It established her solidly as a country star via such chart-toppers as \u201cJesus, Take the Wheel,\u201d \u201cBefore He Cheats\u201d and \u201cWasted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Some Hearts<\/em> remains her bestselling album, with more than eight million copies sold in the U. S. alone. It also earned her the first three of her seven Grammys. In 2006, Underwood copped her first CMA awards\u2014female vocalist of the year and the Horizon trophy. These wins set a pattern that still prevails with all her seven studio albums selling gold or better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love having a lot irons in the fire,\u201d she says of her insanely varied work load. \u201cWe just figure everything out as we go along. . . . I want to knock people\u2019s socks off. I\u2019ve written more songs for this [<em>Cry Pretty<\/em>] album than I ever have before. We put more songs into this tour. It\u2019s two hours, and it\u2019s not like a two-hour jam session. It\u2019s two hours of music.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7wmhabPVYjg?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7wmhabPVYjg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>For a long time, it\u2019s seemed like everybody who is anybody has managed to record or appear on stage with Underwood \u2014 among them Tony Bennett, Steven Tyler, Randy Travis, the Rolling Stones, U2, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Bruce Sprinsteen, Metallica and Foo Fighters. Priscilla Presley personally requested that she record with Elvis\u2019 tracks the holiday duet \u201cI\u2019ll Be Home for Christmas.\u201d In 2010, Garth Brooks inducted her into the Grand Ole Opry.<\/p>\n<p>As an actress, Underwood appeared in the TV sitcom <em>How I Met Your Mother<\/em> and the movie <em>Soul Surfer<\/em>. But her tour de force came in 2013 when she played the lead role of Maria in a live TV version of <em>The Sound of Music<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The enterprising songstress has also lent her name to such company and products as Target, Nintendo, Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods and Olay. She\u2019s also created her own line of causal\/active clothing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KUUjtUP2CrE?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KUUjtUP2CrE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Adding to Underwood\u2019s fame is her marriage to hockey star Mike Fisher, a union that has produced two sons \u2014 an eight-month-old and a 4-year-old \u2014 and tons of publicity.<\/p>\n<p>Since Underwood won her <em>American Idol<\/em> competition, she has been nominated for 310 awards by various organizations, shows and publications. Of these, she\u2019s won 174, so many that Wikipedia devotes a separate page to the list.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Underwood is up for three CMA awards \u2014 entertainer, female vocalist and album (<em>Cry Pretty<\/em>) of the year. Yet her stature as a CMT Artist of the Year is indisputable.<\/p>\n<p>THE STATS<br \/><em>7 albums, including greatest hits package (1 gold, 2 platinum, 4 multiplatinum)<br \/>28 singles (16 No. 1\u2019s, 9 gold, 10 platinum, 6 multiplatinum)<br \/>7 Grammys, 9 CMA awards, 5 CMT Artist of the Year awards<br \/>Member Grand Ole Opry, Hollywood Walk of Fame<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1812868\/carrie-underwood-cmt-artist-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 21m ago Carrie Underwood continues to make her mark as an international phenomenon, which is merely one of the reasons she\u2019s among the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year. The \u201cSouthbound\u201d singer earned major media attention surrounding her UK tour in June, particularly for a set at the Glastonbury Festival. \u201cThere have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1315376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 01:07:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}