Carrie Underwood burst onto the country music scene in 2005 when she won American Idol. The show was a last chance for Underwood, who had all but given up on a future in singing. Now she is the most successful Idol in the show's history. A multi-platinum artist with numerous awards and accolades to her name, Carrie was named by Billboard as Country Music's Reigning Queen of 2012.
Blown Away is the follow-up to her 2009 album, Play On, and is her most creative project to date. Teaming up again with producer Mark Bright, Carrie delivers a 14-song collection that covers a vast expanse of emotional territory. She celebrates the understated pleasures of small-town living in Thank God For Hometowns and explores the exquisite fragility of life in Forever Changed. Musically the songs range from rollicking up-tempo anthems, such as the single Good Girl, to the steel guitar-laced country lament of Wine After Whiskey.