The All-American Girl

Carrie Underwood is enjoying quite the carnival ride through the music charts of late. Her current single, "All-American Girl," became her sixth straight release to hit No. 1 last week.

In addition, it's the top country song at iTunes, and it ranks at the top of GAC's weekly Top 20 Countdown. In fact, Carrie's the only artist to ever debut at No. 1 on the Countdown — she first did it with "Before He Cheats" and has repeated that feat with "All-American."

The video "is a true reflection of the many different lifestyles represented by our audience," says Sarah Trahern, GAC Senior Vice President of Programming, "and it lives up to the high creative standards set by all of her videos."

Look for Carrie on GAC's Opry Live! on Saturday and on the April 9 edition of FOX-TV's American Idol: Idol Gives Back.

Trace Begins Week 11

Week 11 begins and Trace Adkins is still sitting pretty on Celebrity Apprentice. See if he'll make it to week 12 this Thursday on NBC.

Trace's Honestly Policy

Trace Adkins surprised a lot of people when he quietly became one of the stars of Donald Trump's NBC series "The Celebrity Apprentice" this season. Trace has come up with the slogans for his team's marketing efforts several times, he was willing to take his shirt off for a photo session despite being uncomfortable with it, he was an able spokesman on QVC and he was the project manager when Trump - for the first time ever - decided not to fire anyone from the losing team during one episode's boardroom scene.

"Trace did something that never happens in the boardroom," contestant Omarosa Manigault Stallworth says. "He actually told the truth! It was shocking! Most of the time, we're cutting each other down and undermining one another and positioning. When he told the truth in one of the episodes, I looked at Donald, Donald looked at me, and we were like, 'What was that?' The truth! So, I mean, that was probably one of the best memories of the boardroom and working with Trace."

Omarosa and three other contestants — Marilu Henner, Nely Galan and Tiffany Fallon — were on hand Wednesday night when Trace performed at Nashville's Global Cafe as an add-on attraction for broadcasting executives attending the Country Radio Seminar.

With last night's episode now out of the way, "The Celebrity Apprentice" has just three more weeks before it comes to a conclusion March 27. All the contestants will return for that live episode, and nobody knows who will win.

Trace's Global Cafe show had one other celebrity guest in the audience. Tiffany Fallon, who's now seven months pregnant, brought along husband Joe Don Rooney, of Rascal Flatts.

Taylor Swift in BLENDER MAGAZINE

Says she hasn't kissed a boy in 2 years.

Just call her the anti-Paris.

Taylor Swift, 18, was nominated for a Grammy Award this year – and is a major country music superstar. But all the success does not translate into lots of partying or dating.

"I just don't have the time," Swift tells Blender in its April issue about her dating life. Swift also says she hasn't kissed a boy is almost two years – since her self-titled album came out.

The same goes for the party circuit, which she skips altogether. "There could be drinking there or whatever," says Swift. "Your career could go up in smoke just like that. It's not worth the risk."

Swift, who lives in Hendersonville, Tenn. with her parents, says she prefers her normal, suburban life, including lunches at Applebee's and thinking about things like her senior prom. So, who's her dream date?

"Perez Hilton!" Swift tells Blender. "Your prom date is supposed to be fun and hilarious, and I think I'd have more fun with Perez than with anyone else."

CMT Awards - Brad, Sugarland, Carrie.... EVERYONE!

Brad Paisley led the field of Country Music Television award nominees, with four nods for his "Online" video, it was announced Thursday.

Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and Trace Adkins each received three nominations.

Earlier this week – from the Academy of Country Music – Paisley received four nominations, including entertainer of the year and album of the year.

In the CMT competition, which is decided by fan votes, Paisley's "Online" is up for video of the year, male video of the year, comedy video and supporting character for actor Jason Alexander, the Associated Press reports.

Also in the running for video of the year is Sugarland's "Stay."

Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus and father Billy Ray Cyrus are scheduled to host the April 14 ceremony in Nashville.

Brad's "Paisley Party"

Brad Paisley has announced his next tour -- the Paisley Party 2008.

The 42-date tour kicks off June 11 in Albuquerque, N.M., with multiple shows on the docket for Southern California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas before winding up in San Antonio Oct. 18.

Brad, who picked up four nominations this week for the Academy of Country Music Awards, also introduced a trio of opening acts for the tour: Jewel; "Dancing With The Stars" participant Julianne Hough; and Chuck Wicks, who participated in the most recent dates on Brad's Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour.

The Paisley Party Tour dates you may be interested in:


Aug. 9 Detroit Lakes, Minn. WE Fest
Aug. 22 St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
Aug. 23 Chicago, Ill. First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

ACM Nominations Announced

The Academy of Country Music has announced their nominations for this year’s awards show, which airs May 18 on CBS.

Kenny Chesney swept with 11 nominations, followed by Rodney Atkins with six nominations, and Brad Paisley, Big & Rich and Sugarland with four each:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- Kenny Chesney
- Brad Paisley
- Rascal Flatts
- George Strait
- Keith Urban

TOP MALE VOCALIST
- Rodney Atkins
- Kenny Chesney
- Brad Paisley
- George Strait
- Keith Urban

TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
- Miranda Lambert
- Martina McBride
- LeAnn Rimes
- Taylor Swift
- Carrie Underwood

Free Taylor Swift Music

Free music online??? And it's totally legal!

Attention all teens: drink your milk and you may get more than strong bones -- you could get free music from Taylor Swift!

Taylor is the latest star to join bodybymilk.com's free music program, a campaign that offers free music downloads as a way to encourage teens to drink 3 glasses of low-fat or fat-free milk everyday, and eat right to stay lean and healthy.

According to the Milk Processor Education Program, new artists are featured every two weeks, with Taylor debuting in the program on March 18. Also featured in the campaign are pop artists Rihanna, Plain White T's, Enrique Iglesias, Lifehouse, The Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Cornell.

Teens can log onto bodybymilk.com to download music, get exclusive artist wallpapers and IM icons, hear exclusive interviews with the artists, and enter for a chance to win prizes such as autographed memorabilia, from guitars to CDs. In addition, teens can send their friends free wake-up calls directly from the artists and create their own, personalized Milk Mustache ads.

Visitors to the site can also download previous "Got Milk?" ads featuring everyone from Carrie Underwood to baseball player Alex Rodriguez to football star Michael Strahan. Will Taylor soon be sporting her own milk mustache? Stay tuned

DATING JESSICA SIMPSON : "Fun and makes you feel fearless"

Tony Romo thinks he knows the secret to being a fun and fearless guy.

Accepting his Cosmo magazine Fun Fearless Males 2008 award today, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback told the audience that he was repeatedly asked what make a fun, fearless male. Romo noted that other recipients are past flames of his girlfriend Jessica Simpson.

"I was thinking, you have John Mayer, Dane Cook," he said. "If you date Jessica Simpson, I guess you're fun and fearless."

Romo's remarks come after he spent a lowkey weekend with Simpson. On Saturday night, she gave him a provactative dance at club Villa in Hollywood.

A pal of Romo's told Us Weekly last month, "I think they're going to get married.".

Jessica's country album is currently on hold while she performs for US Troops in Kuwait.

Sara Makes Strep Look Good

Sara Evans' cover photo for her "Greatest Hits" CD finds the singer, once named one of the "50 Most Beautiful In The World" by "People" magazine, looking extremely attractive.

That's particularly impressive, because as it turns out, that photo — and all the others in the CD sleeve — were taken on a day when she was suffering from strep throat.

"I was dying," Sara told Dial-Global.

It seems she had taken some vacation time at the beach with her children and their nanny. She didn't feel well, and after the nanny drove everyone home to Tennessee, Sara went into recuperation mode.

"It was probably 95 degrees outside, and I went into my bedroom and put on sweats and a sweatshirt and socks and gloves, and I got into my bed," she recalled.

A neighbor drove Sara to the emergency room, where the doctors told her she'd contracted strep throat. She didn't have to sing, fortunately, but she still had an appointment for the album cover shoot the next day.

"I got a steroid shot and an antibiotic shot," she said, "and the next morning went in and did that photo shoot."

That fact that will likely cause some pangs of jealousy: How can someone be that sick and look that good?