Some Hearts

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Some Hearts
Studio album by Carrie Underwood
Released	November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Country
Length	53:48
Label	Arista, Arista Nashville, 19
Producer	Dann Huff, Mark Bright
Professional reviews
About.com link All Music Guide link Entertainment Weekly (C) link Slant Magazine link Stylus Magazine (B) link The Village Voice (positive) link
Carrie Underwood chronology
Some Hearts (2005) Carnival Ride (2007) Singles from Some Hearts "Inside Your Heaven" Released: June 11, 2005 "Jesus, Take the Wheel" Released: October 03, 2005 "Some Hearts" Released: October 29, 2005 "Don't Forget to Remember Me" Released: March 13, 2006 "Before He Cheats" Released: August 19, 2006 "Wasted" Released: February 6, 2007

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,^[1] as well as the highest-selling album by an American Idol artist in the United States.

Contents 1 History 1.1 RIAA certifications 1.2 Chart performance 1.3 American Idol 1.4 Singles 2 Track listing 2.1 Singles 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[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). The album debuted at number two on the United World Chart.

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 June 14, 2008, the album has been present on the U.S. Billboard 200 for 133 weeks and is at #70. It had sold 6,441,325 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

• December 9, 2005 - platinum
• January 6, 2006 - two times platinum
• April 28, 2006 - three times platinum
• November 6, 2006 - four times platinum
• January 10, 2007 - five times platinum
• May 10, 2007 - six times platinum
• February 6, 2008 - seven times platinum

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2005/2006/2007)	Peak position	Certification	Sales
United States Billboard 200	2	7× Platinum	6,441,325
Canada Album Chart	11	3× Platinum[2]	300,000+
United World Chart	2	4× Platinum	8,946,103

[edit] American Idol

The album has sold over 8 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 11 million worldwide), although Some Hearts outsold Breakaway in the US. 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). The album had sold around 8 million copies as of November 2007.

[edit] Singles

Carrie Underwood's American Idol 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] Track listing

1. "Wasted" (Troy Verges, Marv Green, Hillary Lindsey) – 4:34
2. "Don't Forget to Remember Me" (Morgane Hayes, Kelley Lovelace, Ashley Gorley) – 4:00
3. "Some Hearts" (Diane Warren) – 3:48
4. "Jesus, Take the Wheel" (Brett James, Lindsey, Gordie Sampson) – 3:46
5. "The Night Before (Life Goes On)" (Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher, Jimmy Olander) – 3:54
6. "Lessons Learned" (Warren) – 4:09
7. "Before He Cheats" (Chris Tompkins, Josh Kear) – 3:19
8. "Starts with Goodbye" (Angelo, Lindsey) – 4:06
9. "I Just Can't Live a Lie" (Steve Robson, Wayne Hector) – 3:59
10. "We're Young and Beautiful" (Rivers Rutherford, Steve McEwan) – 3:53
11. "That's Where It Is" (Melissa Peirce, Robson, Greg Becker) – 3:35
12. "Whenever You Remember" (Warren) – 3:47
13. "I Ain't in Checotah Anymore" (Carrie Underwood, Trey Bruce, Angelo) – 3:21
14. "Inside Your Heaven" (Andreas Carlsson, Pelle Nyhlén, Savan Kotecha) – 3:45 (North American bonus track)

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions									RIAA
		US Country	US Hot 100	US Pop 100	US AC	US Digital	CAN Country	CAN Hot 100	CAN	World
2005	"Inside Your Heaven"A	52	1	1	12	4	4		1	16	Gold
	"Jesus, Take the Wheel"	1	20	36	23	18	1		16		Platinum
	"Some Hearts"				12
2006	"Don't Forget to Remember Me"B	2	49	77		75	1		27
	"Before He Cheats"C	1	8	9	6	10	1	4	2	25	2× Platinum
2007	"Wasted"	1	37	54	47	45	1	35	22		Gold

• ^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] See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

[edit] External links

• Billboard albums chart info

[edit] References

v • d • e Carrie Underwood Albums Some Hearts · Carnival Ride Singles "Inside Your Heaven" · "Jesus, Take the Wheel" · "Some Hearts" · "Don't Forget to Remember Me" · "Before He Cheats" · "Wasted" · "I'll Stand by You" · "So Small" · "All-American Girl" · "Last Name" · "Praying for Time" Related articles Discography · Awards · American Idol (season 4) · Arista Records · Arista Nashville