Carrie Marie Underwood born on March 10, 1983 is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005.
Underwood has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a winner of six Grammy Awards, sixteen Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards and eleven Academy of Country Music Awards, among several others. As a songwriter, she has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Underwood is also a two-time winner of the Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year award and the first female artist to win such an award twice (2009/10). Underwood was inducted into and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. She was also inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
Released in 2005, her debut album, Some Hearts, went on to be certified seven times platinum and become the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history, the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history and, since March 2011, the best-selling country album of the last 10 years.
Her second album, Carnival Ride, was released in 2007, with one of the biggest opening weeks by a female artist in history. It has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA. Underwood released her third album, Play On, in 2009. It was the second top-selling release of that year by a female artist and has been certified double platinum. Blown Away, her fourth album, released in 2012, has already been certified platinum by the RIAA and was the second best-selling release by a female artist in the year. With her strong album and single sales, and $100 million in tour revenues, Underwood is the Biggest American Idol Earner and the fourth biggest album seller of the past 10 years. She has sold over 27 million singles and more than 15 million albums worldwide.
Described by music critics, such as Billboard 's, as Country Music's reigning Queen, Underwood is the only solo Country Artist to have a number one hit on Billboard Hot 100 Songs in the 2000 decade, as "Inside Your Heaven" reached the top of the chart in 2005. She is also the Female Country Artist with the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, from 1991 to present, having 12 No. 1s and breaking her own Guinness Book record of ten, which was co-held with Reba McEntire. Some Hearts was named the Best Country Album of the 2000 Decade by Billboard, and she was the top-ranked Female Artist on Billboard's Best Country Artists of the 2000 Decade list.
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