Carrie Underwood: 'Blown Away' on American Idol!

Carrie Underwood returns to her roots as she hits the American Idol stage on Thursday (May 3) in Hollywood.

The 29-year-old former Idol winner performed the title track from her new album Blown Away, which is in stores now.

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Carrie‘s CD is expected to debut at number one on the Billboard chart next week with close to 300,000 copies sold, according to Hits Daily Double.

Also pictured inside: Carrie arriving at JFK airport in NYC on Wednesday (May 2) to catch a flight to the west coast.