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''Carnival Ride'' is the second studio album by American country artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in the United States on October 23, 2007 by Arista Nashville. 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 such Music Row tunesmiths as Hillary Lindsey, Craig Wiseman, Rivers Rutherford, and Gordie Sampson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Country star Underwood enjoys fast-moving 'Ride' )〕 ''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. It has sold 3,400,000 copies as of October 2015 in the United States, being certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA.〔(RIAA Search - Carrie Underwood )〕 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 of which reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart, thus making Underwood the first solo female artist to pull four number one's from one album since Shania Twain did it with ''The Woman in Me''. 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" (with Randy Travis), at the 2010 Grammy Awards. She was also nominated with "Just a Dream" in the former category, in 2010. ''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. == Background == Underwood has explained the meaning behind the album's title and theme, saying: Two of this album's tracks have been previously recorded by other artists. "Flat on the Floor" was previously cut by singer Katrina Elam on her unreleased 2007 album ''Turn Me Up'', and was a number 52 hit on the country charts for her that year. "I Told You So" is a cover of a song previously cut by Randy Travis on his 1988 number one album ''Always & Forever''. Travis' version of the song was a Number One hit on the country charts that year. Underwood and Travis recently released "I Told You So" as a duet single on iTunes, and they also performed it on the results show of the eighth season of ''American Idol'' during the Grand Ole Opry week. The duet later went on to win the 52nd Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carnival Ride」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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