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Carrie Underwood Releases Official Music Video For THE CHAMPION Featuring Ludacris

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Today, Carrie Underwood unveiled the official music video for her new song THE CHAMPION featuring Ludacris.

The singer-songwriter opened NBC's SUPER BOWL LII on February 4 with a video filmed last year for the anthemic song. Underwood, who has been the face and voice of NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL show open for the last five seasons, co-wrote "The Champion" last year with fellow songwriters Brett James, Chris DeStefano, and Christopher Bridges PKA Ludacris, who Underwood asked to collaborate on the event song produced by Jim Jonsin. NBC Sports has also incorporated "The Champion" into its coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

"The Champion" reached #1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart (all genres) in nine countries shortly after its January 12 release. The song also debuted on multiple global Spotify charts.

Watch the official music video here:

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