Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of The Year. (Some Hearts - Carrie Underwood)

Member Name: Whizz11

Product:	Some Hearts - Carrie Underwood
Date:	29/10/09 (43 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great sound, songs

Disadvantages: None

I don't think too many people this side of the Atlantic have heard of Carrie Underwood but for me, she is one of my favourite country artists. Carrie rose to fame in the fourth series of the American Idol television show which she won.

Since then she has gone on to be very successful indeed. According to an article I read she is now a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a multiple Grammy Award winner, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and is the reigning Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of The Year.

I think it helps that she is also a very pretty young girl with an amazing voice. Of course, she has had her critics, mostly those who love the old school country and do not appreciate a newcomer turning country music into more main stream pop music but I really think she's great. She has really brought country music to the forefront of modern culture and sings fun, heartfelt songs. Yes, they follow the same type of country song set up, telling a heartbreaking story with lots of pain but she also sings some songs with fun, girl power lyrics. One of my favourite songs, Last Name, talks about her going to Vegas, meeting a guy on the dance floor, ending up married and not even knowing her "Last Name."

Some Hearts was her debut album. It was certified seven times platinum, is the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history and is also the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history. Not bad for a debut album! The cover has a really pretty picture of her in a corn field holding a piece of corn, very country in my opinion. The album contains the #1 singles "Inside Your Heaven", "Jesus, Take the Wheel", "Don't Forget to Remember Me", "Wasted" and "Before He Cheats", her biggest hit to date.

Before he cheats is another one of my favourite songs by her. It basically tells the story of a woman taking revenge on her potentially unfaithful boyfriend by doing lots of unspeakable things like scratching his favourite truck, smashing the headlines, slashing the tyres in the hopes that this will make him think, "before he cheats." A very girl power song in my opinion and definitely one that struck a chord with lots of females as it is her most successful single to date, with sales of over 2.82 million digital downloads and the second most sold single from an American Idol contestant.

The rest of the tracks on the album are as follows:

1. Wasted
2. Don't Forget to Remember Me
3. Some Hearts
4. Jesus, Take the Wheel
5. The Night Before (Life Goes On)
6. Lessons Learned
7. Before He Cheats
8. Starts with Goodbye
9. I Just Can't Live a Lie
10. We're Young and Beautiful
11. That's Where It Is
12. Whenever You Remember
13. I Ain't in Checotah Anymore

Summary: Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts CD