Mjsbigblog — Grand Ole Opry Kicks Off CMA Music Festival with Carrie Underwood & Easton Corbin – The Grand Ole Opry will host five star-packed shows during CMA Music Festival, including the Opry Plaza Party, a free Music Fest kick-off event. The Opry will also... more info

Mjsbigblog — With yesterday being a holiday, we did not get any partial updates from HDD. So we shall have to look at their “weakend” estimates. John Mayer has an unquestionable 1st place this week selling almost 4 times Adele at number 2. Idol’s Carrie Un... more info

ContactMusic — Carrie Underwood writes for herself The Before He Cheats singer tries not to worry about the business side of her career and instead just concentrates on writing music that she enjoys singing She explained to CMT com I try not to think... more info

Topix — Carrie Underwood owes her career to "American Idol," but her Saturday night set at the Bayou Country Superfest indicated "The Voice" would have been a more fitting vehicle. more info

Topix — A horn section backs up country singer Jerrod Niemann this weekend in south Louisiana's Bayou Country Superfest, a two-day festival that includes Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Sara Evans and others. more info

Mercury News, California — She says she learned from her cringe-worthy 'Idol' moments more info

Starpulse — Carrie Underwood showed some serious thigh at Wednesday night's American Idol finale in a dangerously short celestial blue and white dress. The 29-year-old superstar, who won the fourth season of ... more info

Guardian Music — American Idol is still attracting millions of viewers, despite perceptions of flagging ratings and cultural irrelevanceThis is a good week to be an American Idol alum.Sure, Phillip Phillips, the likeable Georgian with massive talent and aw-shucks mod... more info

Mjsbigblog — Carrie Underwood sat down with her husband, Nashville Predators center Mike Fisher, and Oprah Winfrey for a great in-depth interview on Oprah’s Next Chapter on OWN, followed by a short but sweet Dateline NBC interview with Hoda Kotb on life since ... more info

Chorus.fm — Adam Lambert topped the charts (http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi) this week, selling just under 78,000 units of Trespassing. Adele came in second, with Carrie Underwood, Norah Jones and Tenacious D rounding out the top 5. Best Coast ... more info