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Two-time GRAMMY winner and Season Four American Idol Carrie Underwoodwill release her newalbum, Carnival Ride,for 19 Recordings/Arista Records/Arista Nashville on October 23rd.
WithSo Small already a country airplay Top 10 single after only four weeks, the American IdolSeason Fourwinner whotransformed from college student to multiplatinumsuperstar in under three years hasexperienced quite theadventureof her own.
Carnival Ride is not onlythe title of Carrie’s newest album, butCarrie saw it asmetaphor as well.She said, You step onto this ride called life, and its a crazy thing you dont knowanything about, but you get on it anyway.You do what you can to leandifferent directions to try and get it to go where you want it to go, but you cant stop it " it just keeps moving.Thats why Carnival Ride works as my album title, because it describes the wonderful craziness thatIve been through over the past couple years.
Underwoods debut disc, Some Hearts, was released onNovember [...]

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Two popular Idols will soon be testing their knowledge for charity. In November, Clay Aiken and Kellie Pickler are set to appear on FOX’s popular show, "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" We saw first hand on American Idol that Kellie now knows what calamari and a "minx" are, so hopefully the rest of it will come easy! Best of luck to both of them!

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The Teen Choice Awards were held this past Sunday, and AI had quite a presence there. The following are American Idol-related wins:
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls): Choice Movie Actress
Drama Ryan Seacrest (Knocked Up): Choice Movie Hissy Fit
American Idol: Choice TV Show Reality/Variety
Sanjaya Malakar (American Idol): Choice TV Male Reality/Variety Star
Congratulations to the winners!

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Carrie Underwood continues to reign on the Billboard charts. Only 21 songs in the history of the Hot 100 have had a longer chart run than her cross-over hit, "Before He Cheats," which coasts 24-28 in its 51st chart week. It’s the longest run on the charts since the Fray’s "How to Save a Life" completed its 58 weeks.
Read more about Carrie’s impressive sophomore album!

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