Juliana Covino
Staff Writer
After time away from the spotlight country singer Carrie Underwood resurfaces with her sixth and most personal album so far.
The country pop star is back with her newest studio album, Cry Pretty, making history as the first woman to bring four country albums to Billboard's Top 200 Chart. Within the 13-song collection, Underwood shares songs about private battles (“Drinking Alone”), emotional wreckage (“Love Wins”), and upbeat sing-along tracks (“Southbound”). Underwood also teamed up with Ludacris to co-write a new song, "The Champion", which opened the Super Bowl on Feb. 4, 2018.
The album was released on Sept. 14 and surpassed Cardi B’s album, Invasion of Privacy, in sales which launched at No. 1 with 255,000 units. The album streams on all music services and can buy be bought for $10.82 or single tracks for $1.29.
Underwood says to her fans that, "The title refers to when emotions take over and you just can’t hold them back...It really speaks to a lot of things that have happened in the past year and I hope when you hear it, you can relate those feelings to those times in your life."
Underwood has been through a lot the past year receiving more than 40 stitches on her face after an accident outside her house. She has been quite silent on social media for the majority of the year until she announced the new album on her Instagram in April.
The Cry Pretty Tour 360 starts in Spring 2019 and will kick off on May 1 in Greensboro, NC, and will play 55 arenas across the U.S. and Canada. Tickets for the Cry Pretty Tour can be found on numerous ticket websites or Carrie Underwood’s official website.
