Carrie Underwood has a lot to be thankful for this week, making chart history with her new single, “Something in the Water.” Released on September 29th, the song’s first-week digital sales were more than 124,000, earning not only the best-selling opening week of Carrie’s career, but also the best first-week sales of any female country artist in 2014! Congratulations, Carrie!

• Chart Stats:
  – On its official airplay impact date on Monday, “Something in the Water” set the all-time record for a country single at Mediabase, scoring a massive 144 total stations on impact date!
  – In all, the single earned a whopping 157 first-week stations on board, including Billboard and Country Aircheck reporting stations.
  – On the Mediabase country airplay chart, “Something in the Water” exploded onto the chart at #25, tying Carrie’s previous personal-best debut (2007’s “So Small”) and also tying the highest debut of any artist in 2014.
  – On the Billboard Country Airplay chart, Carrie also notched a career-high chart entry at #17, simultaneously achieving the year’s highest debut for a solo artist!
• You can pick up Carrie’s “Something in the Water” on iTunes!