Two-time GRAMMY winner and Season Four American Idol Carrie Underwoodwill release her newalbum, Carnival Ride,for 19 Recordings/Arista Records/Arista Nashville on October 23rd.

WithSo Small already a country airplay Top 10 single after only four weeks, the American IdolSeason Fourwinner whotransformed from college student to multiplatinumsuperstar in under three years hasexperienced quite theadventureof her own.

Carnival Ride is not onlythe title of Carrie's newest album, butCarrie saw it asmetaphor as well.She said, You step onto this ride called life, and its a crazy thing you dont knowanything about, but you get on it anyway.You do what you can to leandifferent directions to try and get it to go where you want it to go, but you cant stop it " it just keeps moving.Thats why Carnival Ride works as my album title, because it describes the wonderful craziness thatIve been through over the past couple years.

Underwoods debut disc, Some Hearts, was released onNovember 15, 2005 and spent a remarkable 27 weeks at #1 on BillboardsTop Country Albums chart, holding that position across multiple weeks in not just 2005, but2006 and 2007 as well.After being certifiedPlatinum six times over andhaving SoundScan sales in excess of 1.2 million copies this year alone, Some Hearts remainsthis year'stop-selling country album. WithCarnival Ridebeing prepped for release,Carrie looks poised to continue herstay on the charts.

While we wait for Carnival Ride to hit store shelves, check out our most recent exclusive interview with Carrie from the past spring!