Waldrup's debut album JUSTIFIED, produced by multi-award winner Garth Fundis (known for his work with Trisha Yearwood & Alabama, among others) debuted on four of Billboard's Album Charts. “Sometimes He Does" was promoted by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 10 Country and Americana songs of the week. Music Row deemed the track a "Disc of The Day", adding that Waldrup is a "real deal country singer."
Karen has been featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, The Hallmark Channel, Bravo TV, NASCAR ESPN Live, CMT & hundreds of other outlets world-wide.
In 2018, Karen scored 4 Nashville Industry Music Awards including Artist of the Year. 2019 started with a bang for Karen when she won the "2019 Torch Award" from the Keith Whitley Fingerprint on Country Music Awards.
Waldrup currently hosts a weekly online series on Country Rebel's Facebook page entitled "Waldrup Wednesday".
Waldrup is a BMI songwriter, a member of NARAS (the "Grammy" organization), the CMA & has partnered with Mission of Hope: Haiti.
Her cover of Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" alone has over 35 million views & her catalogue of videos has over 300 million hits!