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Carrie Underwood Sets Record With Cry Pretty

carrie-1.8457641 LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 22: Carrie Underwood performs onstage during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 22, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia) (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

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Carrie Underwood this week became the first female artist to have four country albums top the Billboard 200 chart.

The singer’s Cry Pretty debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated Sept. 29, which will be published Tuesday.

It follows on the success of 2012’s Blown Away, 2009’s Play On and 2007’s Carnival Ride.

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Underwood surpassed Taylor Swift, Faith Hill and Linda Ronstadt, with whom she had been tied with three No. 1 country albums each. Among all artists, Garth Brooks leads the way with nine albums at the top.

Cry Pretty also had the best sales week for a country album since 2015 and the biggest week for a female artist this year.

It should be noted that Underwood’s numbers got a boost from sales of concert ticket/album bundles.