Carnival Ride

This article is about the album by Carrie Underwood. For the structures used in amusement parks and carnivals, see Amusement ride.

Carnival Ride
The cover features Carrie Underwood wearing a green top and blue jeans, surrounded by yellow curtains. The artist's name is written in orange cursive lettering and the album title is below it in black lettering.
Studio album by
Carrie Underwood
ReleasedOctober 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)
Recorded2006–07
StudioStarstruck Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length50:07
Label
ProducerMark Bright
Carrie Underwood chronology
Some Hearts
(2005) 		Carnival Ride
(2007) 		Play On
(2009)
Singles from Carnival Ride
  1. "So Small"
    Released: August 28, 2007
  2. "All-American Girl"
    Released: December 18, 2007
  3. "Last Name"
    Released: April 8, 2008
  4. "Just a Dream"
    Released: July 21, 2008
  5. "I Told You So"
    Released: February 2, 2009

Carnival Ride is the second studio album by American country music artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in the United States on October 23, 2007, by Arista Nashville.[1][2] On this album, Underwood was more involved in the songwriting process; she set up a writers' retreat at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium to collaborate with Music Row tunesmiths such as Hillary Lindsey, Craig Wiseman, Rivers Rutherford, and Gordie Sampson.[3]

Carnival Ride debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling over 527,000 copies and achieving one of the biggest ever first-week sales by a female artist. It was the singer's first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 and second to debut atop the Top Country Albums chart. The album was certified quadruple platinum, it has sold 3.4 million copies in the United States, and four million copies worldwide.

Five singles were released from the album — "So Small", "All-American Girl", "Last Name", "Just a Dream", and "I Told You So". The first four singles reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, thus making Underwood the first solo female artist to pull four number ones from one album since Shania Twain did so with her album The Woman in Me in 1995–1996. All singles were Top 30 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with "I Told You So" climbing to number nine and both "So Small" and "Last Name" reaching the Top 20.

The album and its songs were largely praised by music critics. Underwood won two Grammy Awards - one for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Last Name", at the 2009 Grammy Awards, and one for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for "I Told You So", at the 2010 Grammy Awards. Carnival Ride was nominated for Album of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards and won the American Music Award for Favorite Country Album, in 2008.

  1. ^ "Carrie Underwood Invites Fans Along for a Carnival Ride" (Press release). Arista Nashville. August 29, 2007. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
  2. ^ "Carrie Underwood plans fall CD release". Today.com. July 17, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2007.
  3. ^ "Country star Underwood enjoys fast-moving 'Ride'". AOL Music Canada. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2007.