Carrie Underwood fans get early listens online of “Play On” tracks
Oklahoma country star Carrie Underwood’s new album “Play On” will release on Nov. 3, and starting today, a new track from the album will be available for purchase and download exclusively on iTunes every week for three weeks.
Each new song also will be available as a free 60-second preview on Billboard.com, according to a news release.
The exclusive iTunes Countdown pre-release tracks start off today with “Mama’s Song” and all count toward the purchase of the full album through iTunes’ Complete My Album feature.
The upcoming tracks include “Temporary Home” (available Oct. 20) and “Undo It” (available Oct. 27).
For each new track every week, fans will be able to visit Billboard.com for a 48-hour sneak preview of the song immediately prior to its Tuesday release on iTunes, with each posting remaining on Billboard.com for a week from its debut.
In addition to the weekly online previews at Billboard.com, Underwood will be the focus of an online feature as well as a cover feature in the print edition of Billboard, on sale Friday.
Along with the ability to purchase the exclusive pre-sale tracks through the iTunes Countdown, fans who opt to purchase “Play On” through iTunes’ Complete My Album feature will also receive an exclusive free track: Underwood’s recording of the holiday classic, “O Holy Night.”
Already available online is the digital single for “Cowboy Casanova,” the smash first single from “Play On.” Purchases of “Cowboy Casanova” through iTunes will also count toward a purchase of “Play On” via the Complete My Album feature.
A four-time GRAMMY Award winner, the reigning Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, and reigning, three-time Country Music Association and ACM Female Vocalist winner, Underwood is releasing her third album with ”Play On.” The project re-teams her with producer Mark Bright, who helmed her 2007 “Carnival Ride” album as well as seven tracks from her 2005 album debut “Some Hearts.”
To date, Underwood has amassed more than 10 million in U.S. album sales with “Some Hearts” and “Carnival Ride.” Along the way, she has consistently broken new ground and earlier this year became the first country artist in history and the only “American Idol” winner ever to achieve 10 No. 1 singles from her first two albums.
She also will appear in her first holiday TV special Dec. 7 on FOX.
-BAM
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