Blown Away Holds No.1 Spot On Billboard's Top Country Album Charts

Posted by Megan Hagedorn on 06/01/2012
Keywords:
carrie-underwood-blown-away-album-cover_467x467.jpg
Country music superstar Carrie Underwood’s fourth album, Blown Away, is No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week on Billboard’s Top Country Album Chart. Blown Away becomes the first album since 2010 to debut at No. 1 and stay there for four consecutive weeks on Billboard’s Top Country Album Chart.
 
Upon its release on May 1, Blown Away made history by debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country albums sales chart making Carrie only the second country artist in the 47 year history of the chart to have each of their first four albums debut at No. 1. The album also debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart making Carrie only the second country artist in history to have three consecutive albums debut at No. 1. Blown Away became country’s best-selling digital album debut since 2010.
 
Carrie will perform at the 2012 CMT Music Awards live from Nashville on Wednesday, June 6.  Carrie is the most nominated artist at this year’s CMT Music Awards with 5 nods. Her video “Good Girl” is up for “Video of the Year” and “Female Video of the Year.” Carrie and Steven Tyler’s performance of “Just A Dream/Dream On” on CMT’s Crossroads is nominated for “CMT Performance of the Year.” Carrie and Brad Paisley’s “Remind Me” video is up for “Video of the Year” and “Collaborative Video of the Year.”
 
Fans can cast their vote now at CMT.com through June 4 for the 2012 CMT Music Awards which will air Live from Nashville on Wednesday, June 6 on CMT and CMT.com.
 

Carrie is also nominated for “Choice Female Country Artist” at this year’s Teen Choice Awards which air Sunday, July 22 at 8pm ET on FOX. Fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day per category for their favorite Teen Choice 2012 nominees at www.teenchoiceawards.com.