So Small
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"So Small" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer Carrie Underwood. It was serviced to US country radio stations on July 31, 2007, as the first single from her second studio album, Carnival Ride (2007). Underwood co-wrote the song with Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird.
"So Small" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer Carrie Underwood. It was serviced to US country radio stations on July 31, 2007, as the first single from her second studio album, Carnival Ride (2007). Underwood co-wrote the song with Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird.
Background
"So Small" is the first single for which Underwood shares a writing credit. Underwood co-wrote the song "I Ain't In Checotah Anymore", but it was not released as a single from her debut album, Some Hearts. Underwood explained about the song:
Release
"So Small" was officially released to country radio stations on July 31, 2007. The single was digitally released on Napster on August 14, 2007, the same day it was made available for sale on the Canadian iTunes Store, but was removed after several days. The song was permanently available for download on Napster and released on the U.S. iTunes Store on August 28, 2007. She debuted this song at the 2007 Country Music Association Awards.
Commercial performance
"So Small" debuted at number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs on August 18, 2007, marking the highest chart entry by a solo country female artist in 43 years of Nielsen BDS history. The record would later be surpassed by Taylor Swift's 2012 single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." The song debut in the Hot 100 at 98. It jumped 76 positions on the Hot 100 in its third week on the chart, from 93 to 17, with 71,000 digital downloads, becoming Underwood's fifth top 20 hit on the chart. As of May 2012, the single has been certified Platinum. It has sold 1,088,000 copies as of November 2015. The song also became Underwood's fourth number-one single on the Billboard country music charts, peaking for three weeks, and her fifth consecutive number-one country single overall. "So Small" was displaced by Swift's "Our Song", making it the first time since 1999 that a solo female artist replaced another atop the chart.
Awards and nominations
2010 CMA Triple-Play Awards
|- ! scope="row" align="center"|2010 | align="center"| "So Small" | align="center"| Triple-Play Songwriter (along with "All-American Girl" and "Last Name") |
2008 CMT Music Awards
|- ! scope="row" align="center"|2008 | align="center"| "So Small" | align="center"| Female Video of the Year |
14th Inspirational Country Music Awards
|- ! scope="row" align="center"|2008 | align="center"| "So Small" | align="center"| Inspirational Country Music Video of the Year |
2008 BMI Awards
|- ! scope="row" align="center"|2008 | align="center"| "So Small" | align="center"| Songwriter of the Year (Carrie Underwood) |
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
External links
"So Small" video at CMT
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