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Its a new benchmark for country artists as reigning ACM and CMA Female Vocalist and two-time GRAMMY winner Carrie Underwood sets a new chart record with the explosive success of her latest hit, So Small. It enters Billboards Hot Digital Songs chart at #6 with 70,808 downloads, earning the highest debut position and greatest first-week sales of any country airplay single in the history of the digital chart.
Co-written by Carrie with Luke Laird and Hillary Lindsey, So Small already made the record books last month, when its #20 Billboard/R&R country airplay debut established the highest chart entry by a solo country female in Nielsen BDS history.
Ironically, the only country artist to ever top Carries achievements on the Digital Songs chart is Carrie, herself, whose American Idol Idol Gives Back charity recording of the Pretenders classic, Ill Stand by You, became the best-debuting digital track ever recorded by a country [...]

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Bucky Covington is teaming up with Country musics other best-selling new male artist of 2007, Jason Michael Carroll, for what is sure to be an entertaining concert tour called "Raisin the Bar." Beginning October 25 in Corpus Christi, the Raisin the Bar tour will span 19 dates from Texas to New York before wrapping December 8 in Baltimore.
Bucky and Jason have indeed been raising the bar for new male artists, both emerging with smash singles, chart-topping albums, and a level of success not achieved by other debut country males in years.
Bucky is 2007s best-selling debut country artist. His self-titled CD opened at #1 on Billboards Top Country Albums chart with not only 2007s biggest unit debut from a new country artist, but also the best first week sales and highest Top 200 debut for any new male country artist since Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992. His new [...]

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Last weeks nominations for the 2007 Country Music Association Awards included three American Idol alumni. While Carrie Underwood has been making country music headlines as of late, Kellie Pickler and Kelly Clarkson received nomination nods for their recent work within the genre as well.
Overall, the three Idols nominations spanned across five CMA categories.
Carrie Underwood
- Female Vocalist of the Year
- Single of the Year (Before He Cheats)
- Music Video of the Year (Before He Cheats)
Kellie Pickler
- Horizon Award
Kelly Clarkson
- Musical Event of the Year (Because of You with Reba McEntire)

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Phil Stacey and Melinda Doolittle will soon be singing for a good cause. The award-winning Young People’s Chorus of New York City (YPC) is celebrating its 10th anniversary as an independent chorus with a star-studded benefit concert taking place at Carnegie Hall Monday, October 22 at 7 p.m. The cast of stars will join the choristers on stage to celebrate their momentum into their second decade of bringing children of all ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds together to entertain audiences world-wide. Along with Melinda Doolittle and Phil Stacey, Tony-winner Christian Hoff and Bobby Spencer from Jersey Boys, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, and reggae artist Maxi Priest will be a part of the event. Among the unique musical numbers on the program will be the premiere of James Taylor’s You Can Close Your Eyes, which he specially arranged for the chorus to sing on this occasion. To [...]

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