Carrie Underwood to star in her own holiday TV special
Carrie Underwood (Photo by Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman Archives)
Oklahoma superstar Carrie Underwood will headline her own variety television special from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 7 on FOX, according to a news release.
The exact title of the special is to be confirmed at a later date. During the two-hour variety special, Checotah’s favorite daughter will perform new music from her new album, “Play On,” as well as previous hits and holiday classics.
The Oklahoma native will be joined on stage by special musical guests and chart-topping artists including Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley and fellow “American Idol” winner and former Tulsa resident David Cook. Additional guest stars will be announced later.
Underwood rose to fame as the winner of “American Idol” Season Four. Now a four-time Grammy Award winner, the 2009 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, the reigning Country Music Association (CMA) and Academy of Country Music (ACM) Female Vocalist of the Year, Underwood is a bona fide country music superstar.
Her newest album, “Play On,” for which she collaborated with producer Mark Bright, will be released Nov. 3 on 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville. The album’s debut single, “Cowboy Casanova,” is the fastest-rising hit of the year on country radio, exploding with massive first-week sales of 110,236 digital copies.
The achievement marks Underwood’s claim as the only solo country artist to debut a digital single this year above the 100,000 units mark – a feat she’s accomplished not once, but twice.
Underwood also found success with her single “Home Sweet Home,” which served as the farewell music on “American Idol” last season. Earlier this year, she became the first country artist in history to have 10 No. 1 singles from her first two albums, including “I Told You So,” “Just a Dream,” “So Small,” “All-American Girl” and “Last Name.” To date, Underwood is the best-selling “American Idol” winner in the U.S. with album sales of more than 10 million.
Underwood’s holiday variety special is a production of Big Red 2 Entertainment, and is executive-produced by Simon Fuller, Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman. Shankman and Lythgoe also serve as directors of the special.
-BAM
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