• Paul Simon, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley Perform at All For The Hall Benefit [WATCH]

    An all-star cast of musicians came together for the annual All for the Hall concert, this year at the new Playstation Theater in Times Square Tuesday night, for a private acoustic performance to raise money for Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and music education programs. Performers included Paul Simon, Emmylou Harris, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Vince Gill.
  • Carrie Underwood Reveals 'Storyteller' Tracklist on Instagram

    Carrie Underwood is one step closer to revealing her full musical tale as a Storyteller. Weeks after announcing her first album since giving birth and releasing the record's first single "Smoke Break," on Wednesday night (Sept. 9), the American Idol alumna offered up the full tracklisting for her Blown Away follow-up on Instagram.
  • Carrie Underwood New Album 'Storyteller' Artwork, Release Date Revealed

    Carrie Underwood just released her first new single since giving birth to her son, "Smoke Break," on Friday (Aug. 21) and now the American Idol alumna is detailing her new album. Last night (Aug. 24), Underwood revealed the album cover and release date for her forthcoming LP Storyteller.
  • Kelly Clarkson 'Piece by Piece” Tour Ticket vs American Idol's Carrie Underwood & Adam Lambert

    Kelly Clarkson launched her "Piece by Piece" North American headlining tour on July 11 in Hershey, PA at Hershey Park Stadium, and the singer will wrap up the 36-date run on September 20 in Camden, New Jersey at the Susquehanna Bank Center (tickets still available). Although Clarkson has been largely regarded as the top "American Idol" standout, her fellow "American Idol" stars Adam Lambert and Carrie Underwood saw higher secondary market ticket prices on their previous tours, making Clarkson tickets cheaper than fellow stars' pricing.
  • Carrie Underwood Unveils "Smoke Break" from New Album 'Storyteller' [LISTEN]

    Country fans worldwide got an unexpected surprise on the radio today--Carrie Underwood dropped a brand new, upbeat song titled "Smoke Break" off of her upcoming album 'Storyteller.' The fresh track was penned by the country star along with collaboraters Hillary Lindsey and Chris DeStefano who have previously aided the singer on tracks like "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Two Black Cadillacs," "Good Girl" and "Something in the Water."
  • Best Digital Sellers by Genre: Rihanna, Carrie Underwood and More

    Carrie Underwood received official word this week that she was the bestselling country music performer of the digital era, having moved for than 29.6 million tracks in her career. That places her ahead of Jason Aldean and his 23.5 million digital sales, at least for the time being. Despite moving more than 5 million copies of hits such as "Before He Cheats," Underwood is still far, FAR behind some of the best sellers in the digital history of other genres (country musicians benefit from having a fan base still very dedicated to buying albums, as Luke Bryan will note when he tops Dr. Dre on the album charts at the end of this week). It got us thinking: What performers are at the top of their respective genres?
  • Billboard Hot 100 vs. Official Charts Company: 2Pac, Wiz Khalifa and 40 Years of No. 1s

    Few people realize just how different the music across the pond is from that we listen to in America, that the Hot 100 doesn't exist in the UK, and that its equivalent to our singles chart doesn't just feature a whole bunch of American artists with even more One Direction and Ellie Goulding tracks.Music Times is looking back at the last five decades of music, and at the no. 1 hits on April 2 every ten years on the spot, going back to 1975. The ultimate contest, of course, is which country has better taste. Last month the win went to the UK in the best-of-five showdown. This month features Wiz Khalifa, Carrie Underwood, 2Pac and more in the field.