Comments on: Wednesday Discussion: CMA Entertainer, 2008

By: gigi155

gigi155 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:50:17 +0000

I totally agree that Carrie Underwood should win Entertainer Of The Year. She has a beautiful voice plus her concerts have been awesome. Come on its time for a woman to win this year!!! Give it to America’s Sweetheart.

By: vp

vp — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:02:52 +0000

clearly blinded by shania

i’m out of this thread everyone’s a hater of some sort instead of just enjoying all and everbodies music

By: jake

jake — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:45:25 +0000

vp, you need a serious reality check. You say she accomplished so much so quick? Oh really? It is more like American Idol gave her an advantage to have success.
Please don’t make me laugh and even compare someone comming off a realit tv show with huge exposure and huge advantage to someone having to work their way up.
The biggest stars are always those that work their way up and become icons like Shania.
Those who start out fast are never the ones who reach huge levels.
So it is really pointless to say that some artist was not near Carrie in her first few years because other artists didn’t have American idol expsosure and Nashville support.
Shania had to fight for every inch of airplay and she changed the sound of country and made it easy for all other woman.
Those that break the ground are always the biggest and most remembered/
So get your facts straight and put things in perspective.
I don’t hate anyone but I also put things in perspective. Anyone with American Idol advantage and Nashville support could do well.
But to become an icon and really big and special like Shania you have to changed the rules and break through and do it on your own. Those are the ones most remembered.

By: vp

vp — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:33:50 +0000

ok jake first you need to calm down a bit if read my comments i gave credit to all of the women singers. i was just stating that she has a rare gift and it should be enjoyed. i bet you would not be arguing if she sung a song written be shania, and if you are such a huge shania fan you would know shania’s ultimate goal would be to her other artist singing songs she wrote, she’s said it in many interviews check cmt.ca.
also you have to remember it took shania 5 years to take off, those first 5 years she was no where near carrie. you jake need to understand how much this girl has accomplished in such a short time more than any other artist in just two very short years. she went from a farm, to university, to a tv show, to super stardom, and she like shania is very humble and thankful about it. yes she never wrote on her first album cause and she admits didn’t know if she could, but on the second she co wrote 4 songs three of which have gone to #1. might want to check your facts. don’t understand why people can’t just enjoy the music all of it, why love one hate the other, they are all on the radio cause they have something special and who are we to judge, we’re not.

By: jake

jake — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:40:18 +0000

vp, that doesn’t change the fact she only averages 6,500 a concert and isn’t on the same level of big stars who sell out 20,000 arenas in 10 minutes.
Who cares what some no name act says about Underwood.
You really need to understand something. Nashville writes her songs and produces her albums, there is nothing special about her, Nashville controls her.

Big icons like Shania created their own sound and changed the face of country music and took it to another level never reached since or before. Shanai had nothing to do with Nashvhille and did it on her own and became global and worldwide, now that is what you call special.

So put things in persecitve please.
The biggest stars are always the ones who go outside the box and do their own thing like Shania,Dolly or Willy Nelson and Johnny Cash.

Those who play within the Nashville system will forever remain there and never reach any other level.

By: vp

vp — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:55:19 +0000

i’ll agree shania is great cause i’m canadian and yes made it easier for women in country. i love all the women in country they all have their own strenghts, but once in a while like shania someone special comes along with extrordinary talent and yes it should be celebrated and given the credit it deserves and right now that is carrie. and i don’t think that takes anything away from all the women of country, its just her time.

okay here is a perfect example of her talent.
this is from other industry artist a band called the lost trailers maybe you heard of them
this is from their tour journal.
http://www.thelosttrailers.com/index…ontent=journal

Well, last week was a really great one here in The Lost Trailers camp; we got to share the stage with the amazing Carrie Underwood in Chicago. We got to warm up the near capacity crowd in the NIU Arena right outside of Chicago.If you’ve never been to one of Carrie’s concerts, you need to do yourself a favor and try to catch one of her shows this summer or fall, it’s one of the best out there, period. The great thing about her is that she is able to sing just as good live as she sings on records, and she does it night after night after night, which is a feat that most performers can’t do, especially with her hectic touring schedule. My favorite parts of the show were when she performed “Remember Me”, singing spot on while she rocked the acoustic guitar, and then “Paradise City” into “Before He Cheats”. The amount of passion and stage charisma that she puts out during that part of the set is just awesome. She sent us a big shout out before she finished her set, and that’s a really cool thing to do, because some headliners don’t shout out to their openers, but she does, and that’s really a testament to why she is where she is…she’s the real deal and she treats people great. We got to hang a little bit after her set but then we were off to Wichita and she was off to Peoria; we will catch up with her outside of Philadelphia in August.

that should be proof enough of her talent.

now i wish we could all move on to the other threads, although this is clearly a hot topic.

By: jake

jake — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:56:52 +0000

Sarah, you seriously need reality check. Your blind love for American Idol singer Underwood is making you say some absurd things.
First of all being in the top 20 of concerts mean nothing because Underwood has done more dates and more concerts than most on the list. According to billboard Carrie is only averaging 6,500 people a concert and many,many were not even sellouts at that low capacity. That is not EOTY calibre.
Big stars who have won this award are selling out 20,000 seat arenas.
Underwood is a middle of the road touring act and those are the facts.
I have nothing against her but you really lay it on thick making her out to be something she is not.
Here is another fact, her socalled 7(6 actually on billboard) #1 singles. All of those songs were either written completly or co written by nashville and thats why they were high on the charts.
None of her songs are even memorable. I can name several songs on country radio that never went #1 because nashville didn’t write it but they were much bigger and more well known than any Underwood song.

So put things in perspective, yes she is doing well the last 3 years because of American Idol help and Nashville helping her do everything. But she does not deserve every award like you think.

When Shania sits back at her castle I bet she laughs at how the wannabes have it so easy now. Shania had to fight for airplay and she had to break the rules despite Nashville hating her. Thats why Shania is the biggest of alltime and a global icon.
Nobody will even be close to Shania’s level because she became a massive global megastar bigger than Nashville and did things her own way.
But it sure would be nice if coat riding Underwood would mention how Shania made is easier for woman in country music and how Shania took the heat so all the woman nowadays can have it easier.
It is shameful how you Underwood fans react and how such little respect you show for those woman who came before and who did things Underwood could only dream of.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:13:49 +0000

Listen, i apologize, I love Sara Evans and she has done great things and accomplished a lot. I hope you don’t think i don’t think she has. I just mean that Carrie has done a lot in 2 years, and had the highest selling debut album of any other female country singer. And awards and sales do count just as much. But she also has had 7 strait number 1′s and an 8th one on the way with “Just A Dream”. And duh she don’t have a greatest hits album yet, because she has only been around for 2 1/2 years and just 2 albums so far. She will though, and probably sooner that u think. But i’m gonna stop talking cause this is getting rediculous lol. And i’m a defensive Carrie fan and not naive like whatever u said. I have seen Carrie many times and know what she is capable of and that is all i need to know. And whoever said Carrie can’t sell out her concerts, her headlining tour was in the top 20 selling concerts in all genres of music. But bye, never coming here again lol

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:06:23 +0000

steve,

no reason to apologise. there are not many better “battlefields” for different points of view than blog-threads these days. this one had almost epic elements in it.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:11:49 +0000

Another thing, Kevin, you can twist all the facts you want and cry about her not getting a nom but she doesn’t deserve one.
YOu say she is country musics abassador outside of the country world, b.s, there are tons of great country music artists who are country’s biggest ambassadors like Shania who is a global icon and known worldwide and she is as classy as it gets.
I also advise you to check your facts before you post info. If Carrie Underwood is nominated then the CMA’s would of really lowered their standard. It would be the first time they nominated an artist who only averages 6,500 a concert. She is just not a top entertaining draw.
In fact her last 4 concerts in June only drew 5,000 and one drew only 4600.