Congratulations to Carrie Underwood on this week’s news that her Greatest Hits: Decade #1 has been RIAA certified Platinum! That makes Carrie the only country artist – and one of only six artists in any genre of music – to release an album to Platinum success since her album came out in December of 2014!

• Carrie’s 25-song hits collection introduced two new number-one singles: the GRAMMY®-winning “Something in the Water,” as well as “Little Toy Guns,” the song that earned Carrie her current GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Solo Performance!
• “Little Toy Guns” has since been RIAA certified Gold, while “Something in the Water” – a seven-week number-one smash on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart – is now Platinum.
• At the time of its release, Carrie’s Greatest Hits: Decade #1 debuted at number-one on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with first-week sales of 94,000 according to Nielsen Music, becoming the best-selling debut for a hits collection by an artist in any genre of music in more than six years. According to Billboard, it also became the best-selling hits collection of 2015!
• Carrie is currently climbing the charts with her beautiful new single, “Heartbeat,” from her already-Gold-certified Storyteller album.
• Carrie is currently in rehearsals for The Storyteller Tour — Stories in the Round, her new arena headline tour, launching January 30th. Tickets and info are available now at AEGLive.com.

Carrie Underwood receives her RIAA Platinum plaque for her Greatest Hits: Decade #1. Photo credit: Alan Poizner