Carrie Underwood’s “Carnival Ride” posts big numbers

Posted by brandy

on October 29, 2008M at 11:10 pm

Since it’s still Carrie Underwood Day here on the blog, and I just returned awhile ago from her terrific Tulsa stop on her “Carnival Ride Tour,” let’s check out some of the impressive numbers for her sophomore album “Carnival Ride.”

The numbers come to us from the McClatchy-Tribune News Service and Billboard.com.

- “Carnival Ride” eebuted at No. 1 atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums and all-genre Billboard 200 charts with first-week sales of 527,101.

- It earned highest first-week sales for any female artist in any genre at time of release in 2007.

- It set multiple chart records as best-selling first week of any country sophomore album since the inception of SoundScan.

- It notched the largest country debut in digital album chart history, with digital sales of 44,928.

- The album has sold 2 million copies and helped Underwood achieve the title as the Billboard 200 Top-Selling Female Artist of 2007.

“Carnival Ride” singles:

- “So Small,” three weeks No. 1, written by Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird. It entered country airplay charts at No. 20, marking the highest chart entry by a solo country female in Nielsen BDS history and went on to become a three-week No. 1 hit.

- “All American Girl,” two weeks No. 1, written by Carrie Underwood, Ashley Gorley and Kelly Lovelace.

The video has become the fastest video to No. 1 in the history of CMT’s Top 20.

It marks her sixth consecutive No. 1 and her second consecutive No. 1 as a songwriter. It is also the No. 1 Country Top Music Video, Country Top Song and Top Music Video at iTunes.

- “Last Name,” No. 1, written by Carrie Underwood, Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey.

Underwood becomes the only artist in country chart history to have their first seven singles all reach No. 1. No country artist in the current era of BDS or Mediabase airplay monitoring has matched this accomplishment, nor has any country artist in recorded chart history debuted at No. 1 and extended that run across seven hits in a row.

- “Just a Dream,” written by Hillary Lindsey, Steve McEwan and Gordie Sampson, is currently at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart.

-BAM

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