The Blown Away Tour: Live

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ReleasedAugust 13, 2013 (2013-08-13)
RecordedMarch 3, 2013
Venue Citizens Business Bank Arena (Ontario, CA)
Genre Country
Label Arista Nashville, 19
Carrie Underwood chronology
Blown Away
(2012)
The Blown Away Tour: Live
(2013)

The Blown Away Tour: Live is the first DVD/live album from American country music singer Carrie Underwood. It was released on August 13, 2013. The DVD was filmed in Ontario, California, one of the stops of Underwood's worldwide Blown Away Tour, which ran from May 26, 2012 to June 30, 2013 and played to more than a million fans across three continents and six countries. The tour was in support of her fourth studio album, Blown Away (2012).

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It debuted at number one on the Top Music Videos chart in the United States, where it was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It also debuted at number one on the Canadian Top Music Videos chart, at number three on the Australian Music DVD Chart and number five on the UK Video Charts.

Background

The DVD was first announced on May 31, 2013, and was filmed at Underwood's concert in Ontario, California on March 3, 2013. [1] The DVD features twenty songs, nearly 100 minutes of performance footage, behind-the-scenes clips, interviews from Underwood and the tour director Raj Kapoor, music videos, and more. [1] [2]

Track listing

[3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Girl" Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley  
2."Undo It"Underwood, Kara DioGuardi, Hillary Lindsey, Marti Frederiksen  
3."Wasted"Lindsey, Marv Green, Troy Verges  
4."I Told You So" Randy Travis  
5."Two Black Cadillacs"Underwood, Lindsey, Josh Kear  
6."Last Name"Underwood, Lindsey, Luke Laird  
7."Temporary Home"Underwood, Laird, Zac Maloy 
8."Jesus, Take the Wheel/How Great Thou Art"Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, Brett James  
9."Cowboy Casanova"Underwood, James, Mike Elizondo  
10."Get Out of This Town"Lindsey, Sampson, Steve McEwan  
11."Nobody Ever Told You"Underwood, Lindsey, Laird 
12."All-American Girl"Underwood, Gorley, Kelley Lovelace  
13."One Way Ticket"Underwood, Laird, Kear 
14."Leave Love Alone"Lindsey, Sampson, Verges 
15."Flat on the Floor" Ashley Monroe, James 
16."See You Again"Underwood, Lindsey, David Hodges  
17."Cupid's Got a Shotgun"Underwood, Kear, Chris Tompkins  
18."Before He Cheats"Kear, Tompkins 
19."I Know You Won't" Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher, McEwan 
20."Blown Away"Kear, Tompkins 

Commercial performance

On August 19, 2013, the DVD debuted at number 5 in the UK, being Underwood's first top 5 ever in the region. [4] It also debuted at number one on the Top Music Videos chart in the US, making Underwood the first core country artist to top the chart since 2011. [5] The DVD debuted at Number 3 on the Australian ARIA Music DVD chart, her highest charting position in the country. [6]

The DVD was certified Gold by the RIAA on September 26, 2013. [7]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Ref
Australian ARIA Music DVDs Chart 3 [8]
Canadian Top Music Videos 1 [9]
UK Video Charts 5 [10]
US Top Music Videos 1 [9]

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA) [11] Gold

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