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Carrie Underwood Surprised At CRS With Platinum

Carrie Underwood celebrated the RIAA Platinum certification of her latest album, Cry Pretty, as well as four certified singles from the album this past Friday (2/21) in Nashville. Following her…

Carrie Underwood Surprised At CRS With Platinum
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Carrie Underwood celebrated the RIAA Platinum certification of her latest album, Cry Pretty, as well as four certified singles from the album this past Friday (2/21) in Nashville.

Following her CRS (Country Radio Seminar) Artist Interview at the Omni Hotel, Underwood was surprised onstage with a Platinum plaque from UMG Nashville CEO & Chairman, Mike Dungan, and President, Cindy Mabe, for her sixth studio album.

Underwood said from the stage, "This means a lot, because I feel like this is the project that I've done, and the album that I've done, that is the most 'me.’ I'm honored and I'm humbled, and God is good."

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making Carrie the only woman to land four country albums at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

The album was also the best-selling female debut in 2018 and she continues to hold the record as RIAA’s #1 certified female artist for Digital Singles.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.