Some Hearts is the debut album from fourth-season American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, released on November 15, 2005. It has been certified Quadruple Platinum in the U.S. (RIAA) and 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.
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History
Underwood's album made its debut at #2 on the Billboard 200, slightly behind Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor, selling more than 315,000 copies, which are the second best first-week sales for any American Idol winner (behind Ruben Studdard's Soulful which sold over 400,000 copies in its first week). The album debuted at number two on the Worldwide Chart. However, the album's sales kept up so well that with its Quadruple Platinum certification, Some Hearts is the best-selling debut album coming from any American Idol finalist, and the highest selling country debut album of the Soundscan Era. It was certified platinum four weeks after its release for shipments of over one million copies, double platinum in early January 2006, triple platinum in April 2006, and quadruple platinum in November 2006. The album has sold 4.5 million copies as of December 2006. In fact, the album went on to sell over very close to 300,000 copies more than after a year of its release in just one week. The album is expected to reach quintuple-platinum status in the next couple months, making it one of the fastest selling Idol albums ever. Some Hearts was one of the best selling albums of 2006, and the best selling album of the Billboard Year: Nov 14, 05 - Nov 12, 06.
The first single off the album was "Inside Your Heaven" which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The follow-up single, "Jesus, Take The Wheel", was #1 on the Hot Country Songs Chart for 6 consecutive weeks and reached a peak of #20 on the Hot 100. "Some Hearts" was released to pop and adult contemporary radio only and eventually reached #12 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "Don't Forget to Remember Me" was the third single from the album, and has also proved to be successful, reaching #1 on the Radio And Records Country Chart and #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. "Before He Cheats" has been released as the latest single, and climbed up the charts faster than any of her other singles, making it into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot Country Song Chart before releasing a video. "Before He Cheats" subsequently peaked at number 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs for 5 consecutive weeks and has peaked at 16 on the Hot 100 Chart, proving to be a moderate crossover hit and the biggest hit overall off her debut album. In the week of December 25, 2006, the album lept back up to number four on the Billboard 200 chart on its 58th week on the charts, showing persistent selling strength. Her album has garnered 4.5 million in US sales. Her worldwide debut album sales figures beat any other American Idol winner or contestant, with 6,807,000 copies worldwide. "Wasted" has been announced as the next single from Some Hearts,and it is set to release February 5, 2007, but has already started gaining airplay on Country stations while "Before He Cheats" is starting to slowly slip down after a 5 week stretch at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart. By the end of January 2007 the album is expected to cross the 5 million mark.
Track listing
- "Wasted" – 4:34 - Single set for release 2/5/07
- "Don't Forget to Remember Me" – 4:00 - Single released 3/14/06
- "Some Hearts" – 3:48 - Single released 10/25/05 to Pop/Adult Contemporary
- "Jesus, Take The Wheel" – 3:46 - Single released 10/18/05
- "The Night Before (Life Goes On)" – 3:54
- "Lessons Learned" – 4:09
- "Before He Cheats" – 3:19 - Single released 8/14/06
- "Starts With Goodbye" – 4:06
- "I Just Can't Live A Lie" – 3:59
- "We're Young And Beautiful" – 3:53
- "That's Where It Is" – 3:35
- "Whenever You Remember" – 3:47
- "I Ain't In Checotah Anymore" – 3:21
- "Inside Your Heaven" – 3:45 - Single released 6/14/05
Singles
Year | Single | US | US Country | US AC | US Pop | US Digital | CAN | CAN Country | RIAA Certification |
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2005 | "Inside Your Heaven" | 1 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | Platinum |
2005 | "Jesus, Take The Wheel" | 20 | 1 (6) | 23 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 1 | Platinum |
2006 | "Some Hearts" | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
2006 | "Don't Forget To Remember Me" | 49 | 2 | - | 75 | 77 | 27 | 4 | - |
2006 | "Before He Cheats" | 16 | 1 (5) | - | 29 | 13 | 18 | 1 | - |
2006 | "Wasted" | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Technical credits
- Harry "Slick" Sommerdahl - Arranger, Engineer
- Dann Huff - Producer
- Mark Bright - Producer
- Derek Bason - Engineer
- Steve Churchyard - Engineer
- Mark Hagen - Engineer
- Steve Marcantonio - Engineer
- Justin Niebank - Engineer
- Matt Gruber - Engineer
- Jules Gondar - Engineer
- Chris Rowe - Digital Editing
- Andy Ackland - Digital Editing
- Paul Buckmaster - String Arrangements, String Conductor
- Jonathan Yudkin - String Arrangements
- Hiram King ("Hank") Williams - Mastering
- Adam Ayan - Mastering
- Tim Roberts - Pro-Tools
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