New Music: Carrie Underwood

The first single from Carrie Underwood's upcoming third album has been released, and to be honest, it's not that good!

The song is called "Cowboy Casanova," it's a mid-tempo-ish country-rock-ish sounds-alot-like-"Before He Cheats"-ish song that just doesn't do it for me.

Time will tell if the song catches on at radio, but I think the Underwood team needs to do a little rethinking in terms of a first single. Considering that her previous two albums sold a combined 10 million copies in the United States alone, there is a lot riding on her to deliver another set of hits.

Since Underwood won Season 4 of American Idol, she has become undoubtedly one of country music's biggest stars. In terms of the sheer volume of albums she has sold, she is still slightly behind original Idol Kelly Clarkson, but it can be argued that Underwood is more popular due to the fact that she has never had a single flop on the charts.

Aside for her American Idol victory song (which always sucks for any winner) every one of her singles has gone to #1 or #2 on the Country singles chart. She has amassed 7 #1 singles alone, and has won practically every award you could think of, including 4 Grammy Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 5 People's Choice Awards, and a ridiculous amount more.

Her biggest accomplishment to date is when she won "Entertainer of the Year" at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which has only been given to 7 females in the history of the awards.

Check out her new song below and judge for yourself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd5UeL6wEmI


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