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''Some Hearts'' is the debut album from country singer Carrie Underwood, released in the United States on November 15, 2005 by Arista Nashville. The album contains the number one singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel", "Don't Forget to Remember Me", "Wasted", and "Before He Cheats". The North American version contains the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one single, "Inside Your Heaven," as a bonus track. Bolstered by the success of its singles, ''Some Hearts'' became the best-selling album of 2006 in all genres in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Akon is the top pop artist of 2007 )〕 The album was also the best-selling country album in the United States of both 2006 and 2007, making Underwood the first female artist in ''Billboard'' history to earn back-to-back honors for Top Country Album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Opry meamber: Carrie Underwood )〕 Additionally, it was the best-selling female country album of 2005, 2006 and 2007. ''Some Hearts'' has since been certified seven times Platinum by the RIAA, and is the fastest-selling debut country album in the history of the SoundScan era, the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history, the best-selling Country album of the last 10 years, and the best-selling album by an American Idol alumni in the U.S. ''Some Hearts'' was listed as one of the 100 Best Selling Albums of All Time by the RIAA in 2009. In December 2007, ''Forbes'' reported that ''Some Hearts'' had sold over 8 million copies worldwide, at the time it had sold six million copies in the United States alone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carrie Underwood Has An Easy Ride To First Billboard #1 )〕 Having now sold over seven million units in the U.S., ''Some Hearts'' has sold over 9 million copies worldwide. In December 2009, ''Billboard'' announced that the album was the biggest-selling country album of the decade, as well as the fourteenth biggest-selling album of any genre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Billboard Decade-End Charts )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts" named Billboard's top country album of the decade )〕 The album and its songs were well received by the critics. ''Some Hearts'' won Album of the Year at the 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards, while "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats" both won Single of the Year at the 2006 Academy of Country Music Awards and 2007 Country Music Association Awards, respectively. At the 49th Grammy Awards, in 2007, Underwood won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for "Jesus, Take the Wheel", which also won Best Country Song for its songwriters, being nominated for Song of the Year as well. The following year, at the 50th Grammy Awards, Underwood won the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Before He Cheats". The song won Best Country Song for the songwriters as well as being nominated for Song of the Year. ==Critical reception== 〕 | rev3 = Digital Spy | rev3Score = | rev4 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev4Score = C | rev5 = Robert Christgau | rev5Score = | rev6 = ''Slant Magazine'' | rev6Score = | rev7 = ''Stylus Magazine'' | rev7Score = B | rev8 = ''USA Today'' | rev8Score = }} The album received positive reviews from music critics. Penny Rondinella of About.com gave a positive review to the album, awarding it with a four-and-a-half stars out of five and said: "American Idol Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood's debut album is just as expected, a country feel with some pop added to it. Lots of variety in her vocals, which tells me she has true talent." AllMusic gave it 4 out of 5 stars and classified the album as "anthemic country pop, ideal for either country or adult contemporary radio, with none of the delightful tackiness of Shania Twain—and her debut album, Some Hearts, not only hits this mark exactly, it's better than either album Hill has released since Breathe in 1999." It also praised Underwood's vocal performance and found that "she sounds equally convincing on such sentimental fare as 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' as on the soaring pop 'Some Hearts,' and even if she doesn't exactly sound tough on the strutting 'Before He Cheats,' she does growl with a fair amount of passion." 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「Some Hearts (Carrie Underwood album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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