Carrie Underwood is one of the writers on her beautiful new single, “Heartbeat,” and in fact, she’s had a hand in writing a dozen of her 22 number-one hits. Carrie really enjoys songwriting, and she says it’s always an extra special feeling when a song that she’s written makes a connection with fans. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Congratulations to Carrie on winning Favorite Female Country Artist at Wednesday’s People’s Choice Awards 2016! The win marks Carrie’s eighth People’s Choice honor and her second consecutive year as the fan-voted Favorite Female Country Artist!
• A seven-time GRAMMY® winner, Carrie is currently a nominee for Best Country Solo Performance at the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards®! Carrie’s nominated for her smash single, “Little Toy Guns,” from her album, Greatest Hits: Decade #1. This year’s GRAMMY telecast airs Monday, February 15th, on CBS.
• Already a Gold record, Carrie’s chart-topping new Storyteller album includes her latest single, “Heartbeat,” as well as her recent number-one smash, “Smoke Break.”
• Carrie hits the road later this month as she headlines The Storyteller Tour, beginning January 30th in Jacksonville, Florida, and slated to play 40 arenas across the U.S. and Canada. Tickets and info are available now at AEGLive.com.

  Carrie Underwood talks about being a songwriter. (:24)
“I feel like I have a good instinct on what I want to sing and what I want to say, and it’s just such a wonderful experience, and I’m so glad that people have responded to it like they have. And when somebody comes up to me and tells me some story about a song that I not only sang, but I was a writer on, it just makes it that much more powerful and that much more important and special to me.”