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  • ACM Awards 2020 Full Winners: Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett Share Entertainer of the Year

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    In a historic moment of the Academy of Country Music Awards, the ‘Cry Pretty’ songstress and the ‘Beer Can’t Fix’ crooner are tied for the coveted trophy, while Luke Combs and Maren Morris are among big winners.
    Sep 17, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The full winners of the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards have been announced. The show was held on Wednesday, September 16 after being postponed from its original air date of April 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Broadcast live from three iconic Nashville locations Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium and the Bluebird Cafe, the show saw a historic moment as Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett were tied for the top prize. Both artists shared Entertainer of the Year kudo that night.
    “2020, right?” the “Drinking Alone” singer said upon accepting the award, while elbow-bumping host Keith Urban. The “American Idol” alum had previously won Entertainer of the Year at the ACM Awards twice before, in 2008 and 2010. As for Rhett, it’s his first win in the category at the ACM Awards, but he grabbed another prize at the latest ceremony, Video of the Year for his “Remember You Young” clip.
    Underwood was also nominated for Female Artist of the Year at this year’s ceremony, but lost it to Maren Morris. The “My Church” singer nabbed another award, Music Event of the Year, for her collaboration with Miranda Lambert, “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”, which also features Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack and Elle King.
    Also shining bright that night was Luke Combs, who bagged two trophies, Male Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for “What You See Is What You Get”. Old Dominion was another artist who scored a double win as Group of the Year and for Song of the Year for their highest charting single to date, “One Man Band”.
    Dan + Shay was named Duo of the Year, while Blake Shelton won Single of the Year with “God’s Country”. Other winners at the ceremony were Tenille Townes as New Female Artist of the Year, Riley Green as New Male Artist of the Year, and Hillary Lindsey as Songwriter of the Year.
    The 55th ACM Awards also saw the return of Taylor Swift, who performed “Betty” from her newest album “Folklore” album, marking her first performance on a country music show in seven years. Underwood, Lambert, Morris, Urban, Combs, Luke Bryan and Kelsea Ballerini were also among performers that night.
    2020 ACM Awards Winners

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  • Carrie Underwood to Offer First Christmas Album in September as Personal Gift

    Weeks after revealing that she has been using the coronavirus lockdown to work on her holiday record, the ‘Blown Away’ hitmaker unveils the motivation behind ‘My Gift’.
    Jul 21, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Carrie Underwood has teased her first Christmas album with a new rendition of holiday favourite “Little Drummer Boy”.
    “My Gift” is set for release on September 25 and will feature new and traditional songs inspired by faith.
    “I love music, I love singing,” she says. “That is my personal gift that I have that I get to do… and I want to use that gift and I want to give it back to Jesus.”
    Underwood, who first revealed she was working on a Christmas album in June, has also released the cover art for “The Gift”. It features a shot of the country star wearing a crimson dress as she stands in a winter wonderland.
    Much of the album was recorded during the coronavirus lockdown.
    “Now more than ever we all need to focus on what Christmas is about, rely more on our family and even though it has been a tough year sometimes I feel like the greatest realisations can come during the worst times or the most stressful times,” she says. “And it makes you more thankful for the things that you do have.”

    Underwood previously recorded classic Christmas tunes like “Do You Hear What I Hear” and “O Holy Night” for a special holiday edition of her “Carnival Ride” album, which she released as a Walmart exclusive in 2008.

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  • Carrie Underwood Teases Work on New Christmas Album

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    The ‘Something in the Water’ singer makes the revelation when staging a virtual fan club party in place of the event she hosts annually during CMA Fest.
    Jun 4, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Carrie Underwood has given her fans something to look forward to – a new Christmas album.
    The singer staged a virtual fan club party on Wednesday, June 03 to replace the event she hosts annually during CMA Fest, and told devotees she’s working on a holiday compilation – her first full-length Christmas album.
    Carrie refused to share details about the project or the song selections, but she has previously recorded “Do You Hear What I Hear?”, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, “The First Noel”, and other songs as part of a festive issue of her “Carnival Ride” album in 2007.

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    Here's Why Carrie Underwood Has to Decline Florida Georgia Line's Offer to Collaborate

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    During an appearance on the CMT Hot 20 Countdown chart show, Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley admit to have approached the ‘Cry Pretty’ hitmaker to do a song together.
    May 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Carrie Underwood had to pass on a collaboration with Florida Georgia Line because her schedule was already full when the duo first invited her into the recording studio.
    Bandmates Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley haven’t been shy about their desire to work with the country superstar, and even sent out a public appeal via social media in February.
    “Whether you know it or not, we are huge fans of you and we have always wanted to do a song with you,” they posted on Twitter.
    Referring to a track they had created with singer/songwriter Julia Michaels, the “Cruise” hitmakers continued, “We’d really love for Carrie Underwood to hear this song. We think it would be a massive collaboration. We’d love to send it to you.”
    The pair went on to preview the tune, in the hopes Carrie would be shown the Twitter plea, explaining, “We don’t have your email or your phone number, so we’re gonna just play a little.”
    Carrie didn’t publicly respond at the time, but Hubbard and Kelley have since revealed she did reach out about the track.
    “We got turned down on that one,” Hubbard explained during a recent appearance on the CMT Hot 20 Countdown chart show.
    “You don’t win ’em all. I guess she didn’t love it as much as we did, but that’s alright,” he joked.

    Hubbard then shared the real reason behind the failed collaboration request: “I think she said it was amazing and she’d love to, but it was right around her book tour release and so she was super busy and didn’t really have time,” he recalled. “But who knows, who knows where it will go. Now it’s just open game.”
    Carrie launched her self-help book, “Find Your Path: Honor Your Body, Fuel Your Soul, and Get Strong with the Fit52 Life”, in early March.

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    Carrie Underwood Joins Saturday Line-Up for Virtual Stagecoach Festival

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    The music event, which got postponed because of the novel coronavirus, has also secured Thomas Rhett, Eric Church and many others as it gets renamed into ‘Stagecouch’ for its online broadcasts.
    Apr 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett are among a host of stars performing from their homes for an online version of the Stagecoach festival this weekend, April 24-26.
    The event was due to get underway in Indio, California on Friday (April 24), but was postponed until October last month as the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S.
    However, the country stars are aiming to make things up to fans by broadcasting shows over the weekend on SiriusXM’s The Highway internet radio station for an event dubbed ‘Stagecouch’.
    Thomas headlines Friday’s broadcast, with Carrie Underwood closing things out on Saturday, and country superstar Eric Church completing the weekend on Sunday.
    The broadcasts, running from 12 pm to 5 pm EST, with an encore in the evenings, will also feature Ashley McBryde, Dustin Lynch, Gabby Barrett, Ingrid Andress, Jon Pardi, Midland, Old Dominion and more.
    Announcing the event in a press release, Steve Blatter, Sirius XM’s General Manager for Music Programming said: “In this challenging time, we want to continue to help bring artists and fans together, just as they would at Stagecoach.”
    “With the amazing help of the many great Country music artists involved, this prestigious annual event will come to life like it never has before on The Highway.”
    Friday’s other livestreams include rock icon Joan Jett performing from home for Rolling Stone’s In My Room series, lining up a virtual show at 3pm EST on Rolling Stone’s Instagram account, and Post Malone hosting a special concert featuring his rendition of Nirvana songs from 6 P.M.

    Over the weekend music fans can also relive “epic” past performances by the likes of Cardi B, Ed Sheeran, and Bruno Mars as part of the 72-hour PlayOn Fest at here and Songkick’s YouTube page.

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