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Jesus, Take the Wheel" is a Grammy Award-winning song written by Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. It is the second single from Carrie Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts. The song was nominated for Song of the Year, Best Female Country Vocal Performance and won the Best Country Song at the Grammy Awards.In April 2006 "Jesus, Take the Wheel" was certified Platinum by the RIAA.The song was at #39 on the Billboard US country charts in its very first week, marking the first time in that chart's history that a singer's debut single was already Top 40 in its first week.The song spent six weeks as number 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, tying Faith Hill's Breathe as a runner-up for longest-running number-one by a solo female artist, a record held by Connie Smith. Smith's "Once a Day" had an eight-week run at number one in 1964-65.It proved to be a crossover hit, eventually making it to number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and selling over 800,000 digital downloads.On March 2, 2006, Carrie Underwood went back to American Idol to perform the song.On May 23, 2006, at the 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" was named Single of the Year.On December 11, 2006, Oprah Winfrey held an "iTunes" concert featuring Carrie Underwood, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, and Tony Bennet. Carrie performed "Jesus, Take the Wheel" there.