Carrie Underwood New Album 2014: Carrie Underwood is working on her new album, her fifth studio record, in between being as one of Time's 100 most influential people.

Underwood hasn't released an album since 2012's "Blown Away." Carrie Underwood told Us Weekly "I've been writing quite a bit, it's exciting. It definitely has a different sound. There are some thematic things that are quite different. I love strong women. So I want things that I can get on stage and just feel empowered."

According to a tweet by Radio.com, the "American Idol" winner has been writing songs "a lot lately" and she says "it's going well!"

Carrie's husband, Mike Fisher, who plays for the Nashville Predators, has been steering clear of Carrie since she's been writing. He says "I've been just kind of hanging out, just kind of being home and enjoying that. I stay out of her way. I go golfing or go fishing or something."

Carrie Underwood has had the most successful music career out of any American Idol winner. Underwood hasn't released an album since 2012's "Blown Away." Carrie wrote eight  of the 14 songs on that album.

Underwood is still at No. 1 on Top 20 Country Countdown with her "Blown Away Medley!"

Country superstar Carrie Underwood debuted a new song at the ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops event on Monday. Underwood co-wrote "Keep Us Safe" with with Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey and Shane McAnally especially for the event.

Carrie lent her pipes to Linda Ronstadt's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction when she joined Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt, Glenn Frey, Sheryl Crow and country legend Emmylou Harris to pay tribute to Linda Ronstadt at her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Brooklyn, N.Y. 

Carrie told The Inquisitr, that she thinks women like Linda Ronstadt are the exception to the rule in the music industry. She said "We see new male artists have their first single reach No. 1 on the charts, but it generally takes a female a lot longer to build momentum. I know that I am an exception to this, but I [also] know that if I hadn't made my place in country music via 'American Idol,' I probably could have tried to make it for the rest of my life and never made any progress. We're the ones under the microscope We're expected to sound perfect. We're expected to look perfect all the time. We're expected to be style-setters, whereas the boys roll onto the stage in their jeans, T-shirts and baseball caps. I don't know what we all can do to change this. But I do hope it does change. I would love to see more women making their mark in the music that I love so much... There are so many more out there just waiting for their shot. I hope they get it!"