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Apparently, one of Carrie Underwood’s song writers met with country singer Brittany McDonald after hearing and loving the latter’s song ‘Bang’. The meeting took place well before the 26-year old American Idol champ’s new single ‘Cowboy Casanova’ was written and recorded and now there is suspicion that Carrie’s latest single is a plagiarized song from Brittany. I’ve listened to both songs and they do sound eerily similar. While there are a lot of songs out there that sound similar, it’s highly suspicious that one of Carrie’s song writers met with Brittany before Carrie’s song even came to life. I hope Carrie isn’t involved in any shape or form in any plagiarism acts.

Jason Mraz just carved himself into the foundations of history as his song ‘I’m Yours’ is now the longest0running song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in its 51-year history. The singer has officially beaten the likes of LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood. The song is also the only track to reach number 1 on each of the following four radio-based charts, namely Mainstream Top 40/Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40 and Triple A. And it still doesn’t seem like his song will be going anywhere soon and Jason still has the chance to edge out a lead that might prove to be unbeatable. Congratulations!

Carrie Underwood met and performed for the soldiers at the ‘Salute to the Troops’ concert at the Division Parade Field taking place in Fort Campbell, Kentucky last week. As part of the 2009 Week of the Eagles, the 26-year old American Idol alum was joined by fellow country singer Hank Williams Jr. The event-filled biannual celebration pays tribute to the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division who will soon be returning from their service in the Middle East. Welcome home guys! And thanks for protecting the country and the rest of the world from terror. You’ve made a lot of people proud.

Carrie Underwood exchanges a microphone for a softball bat this past Wednesday when she participated in the 19th Annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge which was held at Greer Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. The 26-year old American Idol alum played for the Grand Ole Opry Team while Dancing with the Stars cast Julianne Hough and boyfriend Chuck Wicks played on the other team, After Midnight. Carrie’s team won 11-5 after the country singer scored a run, hit a double and got an RBI. Who knew Carrie could play such good ball? She can have a career in sports if she wants to.

Jessica Simpson, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes and Julianne Hough read the nominees for the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee last week. Unfortunately, the only wannabe of the group, Jessica, didn’t walk away with any nods. This year’s nominees for Entertainer of the Year are Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood. Hurray for Carrie Underwood! She’s representing the females of country! I hope she wins that category. I think Carrie Underwood is one of the best that country music has to offer.

Carrie Underwood opened the 2009 Annual People’s Choice Awards held last week by singing ‘I Know You Won’t’. The 25-year old singer wore 3 different dresses throughout the whole ceremony – 1 for the red carpet, 1 for her performance and 1 for after her performance. The American Idol alum walked away with 3 awards – Favorite County Song for ‘Last Name’, Favorite Star Under 35 and Favorite Female Singer. It doesn’t take numerous awards for us to know that Carrie is a favorite. The fact that her career is still going strong when others who have been on AI with her are falling so far behind is enough testament to that. Number 1 singles and albums also help.