Entertainment Tonight went behind the scenes of Carrie’s music video for “Cowboy Casanova” where Carrie had the chance to explain what the video was about, along with reveal some more info on Play On.

Carrie said that she was able to write a lot more for this album, which we knew, and confirmed that she would be working with some new writers that she hasn’t worked with in the past. It seems like she had a lot of fun with the acting involved in “Casanova” and of course, she looks great. Check it out!

Carrie Underwood’s official fan club has released the full track listing for “Play On,” still set for a November 3, 2009 release date.

The album will feature 13 songs, including “Cowboy Casanova,” which just had its official music video debut today. It’s almost here!

The full track listing will be as follows:

1. Cowboy Casanova
2. Quitter
3. Mama’s Song
4. Change
5. Undo It
6. Someday When I Stop Loving You
7. Songs Like This
8. Temporary Home
9. This Time
10. Look At Me
11. Unapologize
12. What Can I Say (featuring Sons of Sylvia, formerly known as the Clark Brothers from The Next Great American Band)
13. Play On

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All controversy aside, Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Casanova” is already a smash hit after selling over 110,000 downloads in its first week (one of which was from us, of course).

Carrie remains the only country artist this year to top 100,000 digital sales for a single’s debut week this year. She’s done it twice with the “Goodbye Song” for American Idol – “Home Sweet Home” – and now with “Casanova.”

The song is already the fastest rising some of Carrie’s career and with the music video officially being released this Friday on CMT.com, “Play On” is on its way to a great start.

Perez Hilton broke a story this week (we won’t call it news) that Carrie’s “Cowboy Casanova” may have been plagiarized from a song by country unknown Brittany McDonald and her song “Bang.”

Apparently, one of the  songwriters (Brett James and Mike Elizondo), met with McDonald before the release of “Casanova,” heard the song, liked it, but the meeting didn’t go any further. Now, people are asking if the two songs sound a little too similar to be just a coincidence. “Casanova” is Carrie’s fastest selling single of her career and is the fastest selling Country single of 2009.

Sure, the songs sound very similar in the beginning and a line or two in the chorus, but we’re with the folks at Nashville Gab in thinking that it could be a case of a big stink about nothing. The songwriters might have had a tune in mind from “Bang,” but all out plagiarism? We think not.

Either way, take a listen!

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For those of you holding out on purchasing Carrie’s “Cowboy Casanova” now that it’s out on iTunes until the album comes out, you can stream Carrie’s latest single off Grooveshark where you can get an embed code for your own blog, Myspace page, or other Carrie fansite!

And of course, you can listen to it here or on Carrie’s official YouTube channel:

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The day has arrived! No, not that day.

But today, Carrie’s “Cowboy Casanova” is available for download at all major download outlets (iTunes, Amazon, Napster, Rhapsody, and the rest!), generally going for about $1.29 for the single.

Make sure download it and support Carrie’s latest single!

arrie recently revealed that she would be doing more writing than she did on Some Hearts or Carnival Ride for her upcoming album Play On, which is already off to a good start with “Cowboy Casanova” debuting high on the country music charts.

While Carrie has done some writing in the past on her previous albums (including #1 single “All-American Girl”) ,  she’s definitely getting more comfortable with the role now that she’s doing it for the third time around.

“I feel like I’m a lot more comfortable with myself as a writer,” Underwood said.

“That just happens — the more you do it, the easier it gets, I suppose. So I branched out and wrote with a lot of people that I’d never met before — people who weren’t even necessarily involved in country music.”

Among those Carrie is collaborating with is Zac Maloy, former lead singer of Oklahoma City and The Nixons, who Carrie admitted she saw in concert in high school.

Of course, we can’t wait for Play On, but we can listen to “Cowboy Casanova” in the meantime!

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As previously reported, Carrie Underwood was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame on Thursday (September 17, 2009).

“I think a big part of why everybody at this table seems like pretty nice people is because of where we come from,” she said. “This is where we all come from, this is where we all call home, so the fact that throughout all our lives and careers, the fact that we’ve had this amazing state behind us is a wonderful feeling.”

Also in attendance was C.H. Parker, who was Carrie’s mentor at Northeastern State University. He is not only the producer of the annual induction ceremony, but also coordinated a University summer music program for NSU that featured Carrie was a performer. After watching Carrie’s rise to fame and success, he said,

“It’s kind of similar to when I grew up watching The Beatles…Those performers who evolve … have a lot longer life in this profession.”

Not a bad comparison!

Congratulations to Carrie on being forever enshrined in Oklahoma music history!

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Just a week after being released, Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Casanova” is making its mark on the charts. With a debut at #26 on the Billboard Country Songs chart, “Casanova” represents the highest debut for a female artist this year on the Country chart.

Among all country acts, Carrie’s debut single off Play On represents a tie for the second-highest debut, an honor she shares with Brad Paisley, and the two artists trail Kenny Chesney, whose “Out Last Night” debuted at #25 earlier this year (so close!).

“Cowboy Casanova” represents the fifth best debut on the Country Songs chart for a female artist since 1990. Interestingly, the title of the highest debut on the chart for a female belongs to Carrie, when “So Small” debuted at #20 before the release of Carnival Ride.

No. 20, “So Small,” Carrie Underwood (2007)
No. 21, “All Jacked Up,” Gretchen Wilson (2005)
No. 24, “I’m Gonna Getcha Good!,” Shania Twain (2002)
No. 25, “Love Story,” Taylor Swift (2008)
No. 26, “Cowboy Casanova,” Carrie Underwood (2009)

Considering “Casanova” came out rather abruptly, a debut at #26 seems pretty good to us!

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Earlier today, the 43rd Annual Country Music Association award nominees were announced in New York and Nashville and we were happy to see that Carrie was nominated for about two and a half awards this year (ok, really two).

Carrie is up for Female Vocalist of the Year and Musical Event of the Year for “I Told You So” with Randy Travis. Indirectly, “I Told You So” is also up for Song of the Year, but that award goes to the songwriter, who is Randy Travis.

While Brad Paisley picked up six nominations, much of the talk this year is around Taylor Swift, who is nominated for Entertainer of the Year for the first time, and has sold more albums than any other artist in 2009 other than Michael Jackson. Swift’s nomination for the award is the first for a female since 2000, when Faith Hill was nominated, and hopefully we’ll see Carrie there soon!

And of course, Carrie will be hosting the event again with Brad Paisley, which brought her some wins last year, so hopefully it happens again!

Check out the full list of major award nominees below! Best of luck to Carrie and the rest!

Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Keith Urban

Female Vocalist
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Darius Rucker
George Strait
Keith Urban

New Artist
Randy Houser
Jamey Johnson
Jake Owen
Darius Rucker
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Group
Eagles
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Joey & Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland

Single of the Year
(Award goes to artist and producer.)
“Chicken Fried”
Zac Brown Band
Producer: Keith Stegall
Atlantic Records

“I Run to You”
Lady Antebellum
Producers: Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley
Capitol Records Nashville

“In Color”
Jamey Johnson
Producers: The Kent Hardly Playboys
Mercury Nashville

“People Are Crazy”
Billy Currington
Producers: Carson Chamberlain and Billy Currington
Mercury Nashville

“Then”
Brad Paisley
Producers: Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois
Arista Nashville

Album of the Year
(Award goes to artist and producer.)
American Saturday Night
Brad Paisley
Producers: Frank Rogers and Chris DuBois
Arista Nashville

Defying Gravity
Keith Urban
Producers: Dann Huff and Keith Urban
Capitol Records Nashville

Fearless
Taylor Swift
Producers: Nathan Chapman and Taylor Swift
Big Machine Records

Love on the Inside
Sugarland
Producers: Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles
Mercury Nashville

That Lonesome Song
Jamey Johnson
Producers: The Kent Hardly Playboys
Mercury Nashville

Song of the Year
(Award goes to songwriters.)
“Chicken Fried”
Songwriters: Zac Brown and Wyatt Durette

“I Told You So”
Songwriter: Randy Travis

“In Color”
Songwriters: Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto

“People Are Crazy”
Songwriters: Bobby Braddock and Troy Jones

“Then”
Songwriters: Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley

Musical Event
(Award goes to each artist.)
“Cowgirls Don’t Cry”
Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire
Arista Nashville

“Down the Road”
Kenny Chesney (with Mac McAnally)
Blue Chair Records, BNA Records

“Everything But Quits”
Lee Ann Womack (duet with George Strait)
MCA Records

“I Told You So”
Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis
19 Recordings/Arista

“Old Enough”
The Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe
Third Man Records, Warner Bros. Records

Music Video
(Award goes to artist and director.)
“Boots On”
Randy Houser
Director: Eric Welch

“Love Story”
Taylor Swift
Director: Trey Fanjoy

“People Are Crazy”
Billy Currington
Directors: The Brads

“Start a Band”
Brad Paisley (duet with Keith Urban)
Directors: Jim Shea

“Troubadour”
George Strait
Director: Trey Fanjoy

Musician of the Year
Eddie Bayers — drums
Paul Franklin — steel guitar
Dann Huff — guitar
Brent Mason — guitar
Mac McAnally — guitar