Carrie Underwood News

Kellie Pickler put her country-girl sensibilities to use recently when she pitched in to help build a house for the Terpenning family on the hit ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition .

GEORGE JONES BLASTS CARRIE UNDERWOOD AND TAYLOR SWIFT'S MUSIC... Hall of Famer George Jones isn't fond of how pop-influenced the genre he loves has become in recent years.

Jordin Sparks is the new American Idol. After more than 74 million votes were counted, the 17-year-old was declared the winner at the end of the two-hour American Idol season finale on Wednesday night.

Carrie Underwood, 26, is a big, fat onion. And if you don't believe it, you can ask her.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Pop-country has made superstars out of acts such as Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and more, but the term is not particularly endearing in Nashville, even to the artists who have come to define it.

She's won America's highest rated television show, sold nearly 10 million albums in the U.S., is a multiple Grammy Award winner, and at 26, she's already a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Carrie wishes she was a bit more Dolly. Country starlet Carrie Underwood says legendary singer Dolly Parton is her style icon.

Danny Gokey 's first single has hit the radio -- and it's not quite the big belter you might expect.

In this day and age of "American Idol" and "America's Got Talent," many have been inspired to travel across the country for a chance to gain that 15 minutes of fame on a national stage -- even though most of us Carrie Underwood and Ruben Studdard wannabes are better off sticking to shower solos.

Carrie Underwood is on track to achieve her second No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart next week, although sales will be sharply lower than for the country star's previous effort.

Producers say Jay-Z , Shakira , Mary J. Blige , Adam Lambert , Kelly Clarkson and Alicia Keys are also slated to perform on the 37th annual show, to be held at the Nokia Theatre on Nov.

Michael Jackson's posthumous film "This Is It" made $7.4 million its first day in North American theaters.

In the liner notes for her new CD, Play On , Carrie Underwood telegraphs a not-so-secret love note to her hockey player boyfriend, Mike Fisher .

Early on in his show last night at Phoenix's Veterans Memorial Coliseum, "American Idol" winner David Cook wanted to assure fans that he was giving it his all.

Carrie Underwood performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on November 3, 2009 in New York City.

Note: Underwood's label didn't make her new album available early for press; Play On is out today.

When she's not working and has a bit of free time this holiday season, Carrie Underwood might just be power shopping at The Mall at Green Hills.

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The alternative-rock band Weezer has earned newfans while confounding the old ones by pushing the band's hooky geek-rock sound ever closer to glossy and colorful Top-40 pop.

Carrie Underwood's path to superstardom has been cut down the middle with savvy, razor-sharp precision.