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Carrie Underwood Says New Album ‘Sums Me Up’

Carrie Underwood releases her new album Denim & Rhinestones tomorrow (6/10) right in the middle of CMA Fest, where she will be performing on Saturday night (6/11). Carrie told us…

Carrie Underwood Says New Album 'Sums Me Up'
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Carrie Underwood releases her new album Denim & Rhinestones tomorrow (6/10) right in the middle of CMA Fest, where she will be performing on Saturday night (6/11).

Carrie told us how the title song and her new album sum her up. She offered, "I love the song 'Denim & Rhinestones,' first and foremost, but I thought there was just something so cool about the title of it that is very 'me,' so I wanted to name my album Denim & Rhinestones. When you think of denim and rhinestones, you think of the staples in your closet, the things that are reliable, the things that are comfortable, that you always feel good in them."

She added, "Then you think of rhinestones, and it's all the things that sparkle on top, and I feel like that kind of just sums up me. It sums up this album. It's a little vintage. It's a little shiny, and it just makes you feel good. So, I felt like that was the perfect title for this album."

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.