Carnival Ride - Singles

Singles

"So Small" served as the lead single for the album. It was released on mid-September 2007, two months before the album's official release and debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs at number 20, making it the highest chart debut by a solo country female artist in 43 years of Nielsen BDS history. It eventually held the number one spot for 3 consecutive weeks. It also became her fifth top 20 hit when it peaked at number 17 on U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "So Small" has become a cross-over hit, selling over 1,000,000 downloads, certified Platinum, and managed to be in top 20.

The second single, "All-American Girl", was released around December 2007. It also became a success by hitting number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs where it stayed there for 2 weeks and on the Canadian Country Charts where it stayed there for 5 weeks. It also managed to be a top 30 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 27, making it her sixth top 30. As of May 2012, 1,548,000 copies of "All-American Girl" were sold in the USA. The song was certified Platinum. "All-American Girl" is the fourth best-selling song of Underwood's career, behind "Before He Cheats" with 3,703,000 copies sold, "Jesus Take The Wheel" with 2,136,000 copies sold, and "Cowboy Casanova" with 1,970,000 copies sold.

The third single, "Last Name", became Underwood's fastest single to hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs after only 13 weeks of its official release around April 2008. It stayed there for one week. It is also Underwood's sixth top 20 hit, reaching number 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song also won Underwood her third consecutive Grammy award in the Best Female Country Vocal Performance category. As of May 2012 the song has sold 1,078,000 copies. "Last Name' is Underwood's 7th best selling song and also her 6th of 9 to top the 1,000,000 sales mark.

The fourth single, "Just a Dream", reached Number One on the country charts for the chart week of November 8, 2008 and stayed there for 2 weeks, becoming her seventh Number One single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and eighth Number One country single overall. It also managed to reach number 29 on U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming her 10th top 30 there. The song also gave Underwood her fourth consecutive Grammy award nomination in the Best Female Country Vocal Performance category. The song was certified Platinum on the week ending on September 4, 2011, giving Underwood her 7th Platinum hit.

The fifth single, "I Told You So" was officially released on February 2, 2009. This became Underwood's fourth top 10 all-genre hit, charting at number nine on the U.S Billboard Hot 100. On the week of April 10, it climbed up to the top at number one on the Canadian Country Charts and topping there for one week. The song peaked in the Top 2 of the Hot Country Songs chart, making it only her second country single to not reach number one on that chart after "Don't Forget To Remember Me" which also peaked at number two. Underwood rerecorded the song with original artist Randy Travis, and the song won her and Travis the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. It has sold 891,000 copies as of October 2011. As of January 2013, the song has been certified Platinum.