Carrie Underwood announced that she will deliver a Greatest Hits package, titled Greatest Hits: Decade #1, on Dec. 9. The singer revealed the project during an appearance on Friday morning (Sept. 26) during The Today Show. Underwood has notched 18 No.1 songs since her American Idol win in 2005.
She also revealed the first single from the project, “Something In The Water,” which will officially release to radio on Oct. 6. The single will release to digital retailers Monday, Sept. 29.  “It’s a joyous, uplifting song about changing your life for the better, and kind of having that ‘a ha’ moment, waking up and your life being different from that moment forward,” Underwood said of the song. “Something In The Water” was co-written by Underwood, Brett James, and Chris DeStefano.
Underwood will perform at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday (Sept. 27), along with fun., Jay-Z, No Doubt, Sting, and others. The concert will be held on the Great Lawn in New York City’s Central Park.
Watch the announcement below:

Faith Hill has inked a deal with Jason Owen‘s Sandbox Entertainment, MusicRow has confirmed. She was previously signed to Red Light Management, the same company that represents Hill’s husband, Tim McGraw.
Hill joins Sandbox Entertainment’s roster, which also represents Shania Twain, Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves, and Dan+Shay.
Hill’s last full-length studio album of original material, Fireflies, released in 2005, followed by Christmas project Joy To The World in 2008.
 
 

Sales season is upon us, with major albums being released almost every week between now and the end of the year. This week has two superstar releases: Tim McGraw’s Sundown Heaven Town debuted at No. 1 on the Country album chart with sales of 71K, and George Strait’s The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium rode in to the No. 2 spot with 51K. McGraw’s previous outing, Two Lanes of Freedom, debuted with 107K in February 2013.
Lee Brice and Dustin Lynch experienced second-week slides. Brice’s I Don’t Dance slipped 62 percent, moving 15K this week, for a RTD total of 53K. Lynch’s Where It’s At fell 71 percent, selling 9K this week for a RTD of 40K.
On the overall chart Barbra Streisand reigned at No. 1, debuting with 196K units of Partners, including duets with Blake Shelton, Michael Buble, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, John Legend, Billy Joel and even Elvis.
CCM act For King & Country debuted with 22K, staking claim at No. 13 on the all-genre chart.
Kenny Chesney’s new album was released yesterday (Sept. 23), and next week brings new projects from Lady Antebellum and Shelton.
Tracking Tracks
Jason Aldean is on fire, holding four of the Top 10 tracks positions with “Burnin’ It Down” (78K) and “Gonna Know We Were Here” (70K) at No. 1 and 2, followed by “Sweet Little Somethin’” (32K) and “Two Night Town” (28K) at No. 8 and 9.
Scoring the No. 3 and 4 spots are Florida Georgia Line with “Dirt” (54K) and new release “Sun Daze” (50K).
Numbers according to Nielsen Soundscan.

The world-class Music City Food + Wine Festival took place over the weekend (September 20-21) in Nashville, featuring premier food and musical talent from the Southern region and beyond.
Among Saturday’s events was Trisha Yearwood sharing the secret to her Skillet Apple Pie. “This is the second year for food and music to intertwine in Nashville,” she said during the cooking demonstration. “It makes so much sense for those two elements to combine here. For me, it’s incredibly perfect.”

After performing two shows on her 50th birthday the night prior, Yearwood arrived in Nashville at 2:00 a.m. with her sister Beth, who joined her onstage for the morning demonstration. “I usually stay to sign books, but I’m getting on a plane to fly back to Atlanta right after this,” said Yearwood, whose career is handled by Ken Levitan’s Vector Management, the company behind the festival. While on a world tour with husband Garth Brooks, Yearwood is prepping a cookware and cutlery line, a new cookbook expected in 2015, and a new album from RCA Nashville, currently available for pre-order. The fifth season of her Food Network cooking show is airing episodes recorded in Oklahoma. “Garth and I just moved back to Nashville,” she said. “Going forward, I’ll be on the road so I don’t know how the [taping] schedule will look.”
The afternoon’s Grand Taste events continued at Public Square Park, including selections from a who’s-who list of fine local restaurants, including mozzarella and peppers from City House, skirt steak from Lockeland Table, bourbon butterscotch pudding from Buttermilk Road/Husk Nashville, pulled pork on a black eyed pea cake from Watermark, pâté from Porter Road Butcher, and a lemon chiffon in caramel cake from the International Culinary School of the Arts. Specialty drinks from Deep Eddy, Dixie, and Titos, were irresistible. World-class vintners were featured alongside those from Nashville’s back yard (Arrington Vineyard), as well as from Paso Robles, CA (Liberty School Wine), and Winebow selections from Chile, Spain, and Italy, and many more.
Vendors welcoming the larger, second-annual crowd included Alabama-based Billy Reid, Nashville-based leather designer Peter Nappi, and Nissan’s Infiniti, whose US headquarters is located in Franklin, Tenn.
Evening events took attendees to Walk of Fame Park for celebrity chef preparations and an outdoor concert. Harvest Night dinner highlights included Ashley Christensen’s pimento grits and succotash, and Amanda Freitag’s falafel cone with green goddess, alongside dishes by Jonathan Waxman, Masaharu Morimoto and Tyler Florence. Rubbing shoulders with the crowd were many of the evenings performers, including hosts Kings of Leon, and celeb guests including Nashville’s Connie Britton.

The Kings opened the concert with “Dixieland Delight,” kicking off a variety of cover song performances representative of Music City. Jamey Johnson sang “Set ‘Em Up Joe,” Charles Kelley performed “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” and then “Hey Good Lookin’” with Ashley Monroe, who also offered “Bartender’s Blues.” Moon Taxi brought “The Race Is On” while a very pregnant Holly Williams sang “I Saw The Light.” Phosphorescent shined with “Guitars, Cadillacs,” Michael McDonald played “You Don’t Know Me” and “Busted,” and Mandy Barnett sang “Walk The Line.” Hunter Hayes performed “Fast As You” and “Folsom Prison Blues” before the Kings of Leon chorus (including Garrett Hedlund from Country Strong, and Hayden Panettiere from Nashville) rounded out the evening with “Friends In Low Places.”
Festivities continued through Sunday, featuring Margot’s Margot McCormack, 404 Kitchen’s Matt Bolus and more.
Music City Food + Wine is produced by Vector Management’s Ken Levitan and Andy Mendelsohn, Kings of Leon, Jonathan Waxman, and C3 Presents (Austin Food & Wine Festival, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and Lollapalooza).
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Bravo Development’s Tim Reynolds has announced his plan to develop 30 Music Square West in the Music Row area. A five-story development featuring condominiums and restaurant space is planned, where the history of RCA Studio A, which previously occupied part of the property, will be commemorated in narrative panels and photos. The new construction will bring 147,000 square feet and building will commence in spring 2015. The development will include 80 upscale residential units, ranging from one bedroom layouts to penthouse suites. Amenities will include a rooftop community area, and a dog park. Approximately 2,000 square feet of restaurant space, which will tribute the history of RCA Studio A, will also be included.
Bravo is in discussions with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum regarding ways to salvage the six chandeliers that will be left in the studio once the console, recording equipment, furniture and other contents, which all belong to the tenant, are removed.
The developer has given a deadline of 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 for those who want to submit a reasonable offer to purchase the building or pursue alternative plans.
“I have always respected those who felt the studio could be saved and from the beginning Bravo has considered all options to do so,” said Tim Reynolds, owner of Bravo Development.  “At the same time, I must soon move forward with my plans now that I have done my due diligence and determined that salvaging the building is not structurally or financially feasible. Bravo and the design team at Smith Gee Studios are very excited about the development and the plans we have made to honor Studio A.
“Music Row has long been a neighborhood of creative people who want to live and work in a close-knit environment near the heart of downtown,” he continues. “This project will provide more people that opportunity by marrying the comforts of high-end, custom homes with the ease and convenience of urban living. We also have gone to great lengths to ensure that it appropriately commemorates what occurred in those walls so that the legacy of Studio A is never forgotten.”