Carrie Underwood Earns RIAA 4x Platinum for "Cowboy Casanova"

Carrie Underwood's hit single "Cowboy Casanova" has been certified 4x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The certification, dated October 30, 2025, recognizes 4,000,000 certified units in the United States. The digital single was released by 19 Recordings Limited / Arista Nashville as a lead track from her third studio album.

Released on September 22, 2009, "Cowboy Casanova" served as the lead single for the album Play On. The song was co-written by Underwood with Mike Elizondo and Brett James. Its creation began with a melody from Elizondo, with James suggesting the title and Underwood collaborating on the lyrics. Upon its release, the track garnered positive reviews and became the fastest-climbing country single of 2009. It went on to become Underwood's eighth number-one single on the U.S. country charts and has sold over 2.3 million copies.

Underwood rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Her debut single, "Inside Your Heaven," made her the first country artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her first album, Some Hearts (2005), became the best-selling debut album by a solo female country artist and earned her three Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist. The success of follow-up albums like Carnival Ride (2007) and Play On solidified her status as a country superstar, with the latter making her the only woman in history to have eleven consecutive top-two singles at U.S. country radio.