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At the unveiling of her Hollywood Walk of Fame star, Carrie Underwood says she owes her career to the people who believed in her, Simon Cowell and Brad Paisley attending the ceremony. (September 21st)
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With the debut of his new album "Cry Pretty" Carrie Underwood, top of the Billboard 200 charts this week, has released a country music CD.

Underwood is now the first female artist to have four albums at the top of Billboard's charts, following her previous albums "Blown Away" (2012), "Play On" (2009) and "Carnival Ride" (2007). , according to Billboard.

"Pretty Cry" reached the top spot with 266,000 equivalent album units last week, the biggest premiere of 2018 for a female artist ("Invasion of Privacy" of Cardi B is the second with 255,000 units) . and the most important week for a country album for more than three years, since Luke Bryan's "Kill the Lights" sold 345,000 units in its first week on August 29, 2015.

While Taylor Swift recorded five No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, only three of them were also in the list of the most popular albums, with the exception of his "reputation" and "1989" albums focused on pop.

The first issue of Underwood beat Eminem's "Kamikaze", who had already held first place this week, down 24% with 103,000 units sold this week.

Review: Carrie Underwood becomes vaguely political in "Cry Pretty"

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