The Champion - Carrie Underwood & Ludacris - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Perhaps rapper Ludacris isn’t the first thing you think of when you think of country music, but he actually has a long history of features on country music singles. And “The Champion,” the 2018 single by Carrie Underwood where Ludacris made an appearance, is far from a standard country song. In fact, the song exhibits both compositional and aesthetic elements of pop-rock music, such as its anthemic fist-pumping chorus and the blistering guitar solo that leads into Ludacris’ verse. An empowering anthem about rising up from adversity, “The Champion” was written by Carrie Underwood, Christopher Bridges, Chris DeStefano, and Brett James. It was produced by Jim Jonsin, and originally written as an opening for the television broadcast of Super Bowl LII. The song peaked at Number 47 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Its music video, directed by Jimmy Lynch, won Female Video of the Year at the 2018 CMT Music Awards. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA.