Some Hearts
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| Studio album by Carrie Underwood | ||||||||||
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| Released | November 15, 2005 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||||||||
| Genre | Country pop | |||||||||
| Length | 53:48 | |||||||||
| Label | Arista, Arista Nashville, 19 | |||||||||
| Producer | Dann Huff, Mark Bright | |||||||||
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Some Hearts is the debut album from fourth-season American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, released in the United States on November 15, 2005. It has been certified seven times platinum in the U.S. (RIAA) and three times platinum in Canada (CRIA). On December 4, 2006, Some Hearts was named the number-one selling album of the year in all genres at the Billboard Music Awards. It is also the best selling debut album by a solo female country music artist in history and the best selling album by an American Idol alumnus in the United States.
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[edit] History
Some Hearts debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 behind Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor, selling more than 315,000 copies; it was the fourth best first-week sales for any American Idol contestant (behind Ruben Studdard's Soulful, her own Carnival Ride, and Clay Aiken's Measure of a Man, which sold over 400,000 copies, 527,000 copies and 600,000 copies, respectively, in their first weeks).
In the week of December 25, 2006, the album's fifty-eighth week on the chart, the album rose back up to number four on the Billboard 200 chart after selling close to 300,000 copies.
As of July 3, 2008, the album is no longer present nor eligible to appear on the U.S. Billboard 200. It had a run of 136 weeks, the second-longest for any album released in 2005, behind Nickelback's All the Right Reasons. The following week, it dropped out of the Top Country Albums Chart, having had a 137 week run. It is currently active on the Pop Catalog Chart. It has sold nearly 7 million copies in the U.S. to date.
Some Hearts was the highest selling country album in the U.S. in both 2006 and 2007. The album now certified 7x Platinum and is the best-selling debut album for a female country artist.
[edit] RIAA certifications
The following certifications were given to the album according to the date provided.
| Date | Certification |
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| December 9, 2005 | Platinum |
| January 6, 2006 | 2× Multi-Platinum |
| April 28, 2006 | 3× Multi-Platinum |
| November 6, 2006 | 4× Multi-Platinum |
| January 10, 2007 | 5× Multi-Platinum |
| May 10, 2007 | 6× Multi-Platinum |
| February 6, 2008 | 7× Multi-Platinum |
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (2005/2006/2007) | Peak position |
Certification | Sales |
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| United States Billboard 200 | 2 | 7× Multi-Platinum | 6,812,000[1] |
| Canada Album Chart | 11 | 3× Platinum[2] | 372,000 |
| Country Albums | 1 |
[edit] American Idol
The album has sold over 7 million worldwide,[citation needed] which makes it the second best selling album by an American Idol contestant, second to Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway which sold over 13 million worldwide. Some Hearts was the first album to be certified seven times platinum in 2007, and it is the highest certified album by an American Idol contestant. Some Hearts was the third best selling album of 2006, and the best selling album of the Billboard magazine year (November 14, 2005 – November 12, 2006).
[edit] Singles
Carrie Underwood's American Idol winning single "Inside Your Heaven", which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 five months before the release of Some Hearts, is included on the album as a bonus track.
The first single from the album, "Jesus, Take the Wheel", was number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six consecutive weeks and reached number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Some Hearts", a cover of the Marshall Crenshaw song, was released to pop and adult contemporary radio only and eventually reached number twelve on the Adult Contemporary chart.
"Don't Forget to Remember Me" was the third single from the album, and also proved successful, reaching number one on the Radio & Records Country Chart, number two on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and number forty-nine on the Hot 100.
"Before He Cheats" was released as the next single, and climbed the charts faster than any of Underwood's other singles, making it into the top twenty of the Hot Country Songs chart before the release of a music video. "Before He Cheats" subsequently peaked at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart for five consecutive weeks, and at number eight on the Hot 100; it proved to be a huge crossover hit, making appearances in the top twenty of every chart on which it appeared, and it is the biggest hit overall from the album.
"Wasted" also proved another successful hit for Underwood by peaking at number one for three consecutive weeks on the Hot Country Songs chart, and going to number thirty-seven on the Hot 100.
[edit] Tour
To promote her debut album, she embarked on her very first solo tour, which is called Carrie Underwood: Live 2006. The tour started April 4, 2006 and ended November 30 of the same year.
[edit] Track listing
- "Wasted" (Troy Verges, Marv Green, Hillary Lindsey) (4:34)
- "Don't Forget to Remember Me" (Morgane Hayes, Kelley Lovelace, Ashley Gorley) (4:00)
- "Some Hearts" (Diane Warren) (3:48)
- "Jesus, Take the Wheel" (Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson) (3:46)
- "The Night Before (Life Goes On)" (Wendell Mobley,Neil Thrasher, Jimmy Olander) (3:54)
- "Lessons Learned" (Diane Warren) (4:09)
- "Before He Cheats" (Chris Tompkins, Josh Kear) (3:19)
- "Starts with Goodbye" (Angelo, Hillary Lindsey) (4:06)
- "I Just Can't Live a Lie" (Steve Robson, Wayne Hector) (3:59)
- "We're Young and Beautiful" (Rivers Rutherford, Steve McEwan) (3:53)
- "That's Where It Is" (Melissa Peirce, Robson, Greg Becker) (3:35)
- "Whenever You Remember" (Diane Warren) (3:47)
- "I Ain't in Checotah Anymore" (Carrie Underwood, Trey Bruce, Angelo) (3:21)
- "Inside Your Heaven" (Andreas Carlsson, Pelle Nyhlén, Savan Kotecha) (3:45) (North American bonus track)
[edit] Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[3]
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Lisa Cochran – background vocals
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Morgane Hayes – background vocals
- Wes Hightower – background vocals
- Mark Hill – bass guitar
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Serban Ghenea - Mixing
- Mike Johnson – steel guitar
- Charlie Judge – keyboards
- Hillary Lindsey – background vocals
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Matt Rollings – piano
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Adam Steffey – mandolin
- Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
- Neil Thrasher – background vocals
- Jim Van Cleve – fiddle
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, dobro, mandolin, banjo, violin, viola, cello, arco bass, octofone
- String section on "Lessons Learned" and "Starts with Goodbye"
- Roberto Cani, Susan Chatman, Mario deLeon, Joel Derouin, Endre Granat, Julian Hallmark, Michael Markman, Sid Page, Alyssa Park, Michele Richards, Teresa Stanisla, Josefina Vergara – violins
- Denyse Buffum, Andrew Duckles, Matt Funes, Shanti Randall – violas
- Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama, Steve Richards, Daniel Smith – cellos
All strings on "Jesus, Take the Wheel" performed and arranged by Jonathan Yudkin.
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | RIAA | |||||||
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| US Country | US Hot | US Pop | US AC | US Digital | CAN Country | CAN Hot | CAN | |||
| 2005 | "Inside Your Heaven"A | 52 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | Gold[4] |
| "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | 1 | 20 | 36 | 23 | 18 | 1 | - | 16 | Platinum[4] | |
| "Some Hearts" | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2006 | "Don't Forget to Remember Me"B | 2 | 49 | 77 | - | 75 | 3 | - | 27 | - |
| "Before He Cheats"C | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2× Platinum[4] | |
| 2007 | "Wasted" | 1 | 37 | 54 | 47 | 45 | 1 | 35 | 22 | Gold[4] |
- A "Inside Your Heaven" wasn't released to country radio, but charted on U.S. Hot Country Songs from unsolicited airplay. The song peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart.
- B "Don't Forget to Remember Me" spent one week at Number One on the Radio & Records country singles chart.
- C "Before He Cheats" charted for twenty weeks on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart before being confirmed as a single. The song was certified platinum twice in the United States and platinum in Canada.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005
- ^ (2005) Album notes for Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood [CD]. Arista Records/19 Recordings (71197).
- ^ a b c d RIAA Search - Carrie Underwood
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