Underwood tops country charts in 2007
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The last two years have provided a  quick ride to the top for 2005 "American Idol" champ Carrie  Underwood. And if there were any doubts about how the winner of  America's most famous music reality show would fare in the  country world, those doubts have long been erased.
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New releases from Carrie Underwood, Hurricane Chris, Juanes, Serj Tankian, Gary Allan.
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She may have passed her American Idol title on to Taylor   Hicks, but Carrie Underwood is far from idle.
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Kanye West got beaten up by a woman on the latest U.S. pop album charts published Wednesday. A week after the rapper's third album debuted to the highest numbers in more than two years, West was bounced from the top spot by country star Reba McEntire's "Reba Duets."
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Vocalist Josh Groban is named the top selling artist of 2007 in the US, according to official figures.
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Rapper Nelly takes both the number one and two spot in the US album charts.
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Shania Twain's "Greatest Hits" and Toby Keith's "Greatest Hits 2" each have a shot of topping the next U.S. pop charts with sales of more 500,000 units or more, but Eminem could pip them at the post when data for the week ended Nov. 14 are released next Wednesday.
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Toby Keith didn't have to go to Nashville to become a country music superstar. Nashville came to Oklahoma. Keith &#151; who won two American Music Awards on Sunday night &#151; has never strayed too far from his Sooner State roots, working long days in oil fields, playing semiprofessional football and raising racehorses.
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Kanye West got beaten up by a woman  on the latest U.S. pop album charts published Wednesday. A week  after the rapper&#39;s third album debuted to the highest numbers  in more than two years, West was bounced from the top spot by  country star Reba McEntire&#39;s &quot;Reba Duets.&quot;
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Look for these five artists to make a big splash on the touring scene in 2008.
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Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks and Toby Keith have a couple apiece. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton did one together. The ever-prolific Willie Nelson has at least four of them. Most country stars, and many of their pop counterparts, have a Christmas album or two in their catalogs, and for good reason: The records are relatively easy to make and have the potential for big payoff.
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Kenny Chesney won the Country Music Association&#39;s top &quot;Entertainer of the Year&quot; award along with the &quot;Album of the Year&quot; prize at Tuesday night&#39;s 38th annual CMA awards show telecast in the Grand Ole Opry.
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George Strait returned this year to the Country Music Association awards with top nominations including entertainer and male vocalist of the year.
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A spiffed up version of Usher's "Confessions" and new releases by country mainstay George Strait and rock acts Good Charlotte and Korn took over the top four slots on the U.S. pop albums chart, according to sales data issued Wednesday.
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Country music star Carrie Underwood has signed up to entertain troops on her first United Service Organizations tour of the Persian Gulf.
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The Country Music Association's 2007 festival drew a record attendance of 191,154 people over four days.
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Bob Dylan reached the top of the U.S. pop albums chart for the first time in 30 years on Wednesday,