Congratulations to Carrie Underwood, who’s number-one on the country radio charts this week with her song, “Blown Away” — and for Carrie, this may be her 16th song to top the charts, but her love for music and her love for the radio have been a part of her DNA ever since she was a child. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• And not only is Carrie number-one on the country airplay charts this week with “Blown Away,” the song has just been certified as a Platinum digital single, reflecting sales in excess of one million downloads!
• “Blown Away” is the title track and second number-one single from Carrie’s latest album, which also features her smash, “Good Girl.”
• Carrie is among the talented ladies currently vying for Female Vocalist of the Year at the upcoming 46th Annual CMA Awards, which Carrie will co-host with Brad Paisley for the fifth consecutive year. Don’t miss the big show when it airs November 1st, at 8pm, ET, on ABC.
• And not long after the CMA Awards on November 1st, viewers can tune-in on November 18th to see their fan-voted picks for the American Music Awards, where Carrie’s a double-nominee, up for Favorite Female Artist – Country, as well as Favorite Album – Country, for Blown Away. Be sure to let your voice be heard for all your favorites in every genre of music, with online voting happening now at AMAVote.com.
• And be sure to look for Carrie in concert, headlining her “Blown Away Tour”! For show dates and more, visit CarrieUnderwoodOfficial.com.

  Carrie Underwood says that her mind operates on a musical wavelength. (1:08)
“I think I would have found the radio if nobody had ever turned it on and nobody in my family listened to the radio or…I don’t know. Like, growing up, we didn’t have cable, we didn’t have any satellite or anything. We had five channels, right? And they were all horrible. They were all, like, old-people programming, so I didn’t want anything to do with those! (laughs) I listened to the radio, and if I was outside playin’, I’d bring our little, like, boom-boxy thing outside and like, play with my dog and listen to the radio. I have a brain for music. I remember commercials from when I was in kindergarten, I remember songs — if I listened to them, like, twice, I remember most of the lyrics. I got it. That’s the part of my brain that works. I would have found it. I would have found music. Can’t do math, can’t do science, there’s certain things — I cannot find my way home, I can’t point northeast, southwest…I don’t know where anything is. I can find my way to the grocery store and most of the time the mall, but sometimes that’s an issue. I don’t know, that’s where my brain is. It’s the part that lights up when…I’m sure if you could put those little electrodes on my brain and figure it out, that’s what would light up. I would have found my way.”