Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983 in Checotah, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer. Her career started in 2005 by winning the fourth season of U.S. talent show American Idol.
Underwood grew up as the third-youngest daughter of Stephen and paper mill worker, the teacher Carole Underwood on a farm in Checotah. As a member of the Free Will Baptist Church Underwood singing at an early age in church.
After high school graduation in 2001 went to Underwood, the Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. In 2006 she successfully completed her studies with a bachelor's degree in communications and journalism.
On 25 May 2005 be put Underwood in the final of TV talent show American Idol to rock singer Bo Bice by. With the win a recording contract from Arista Records was connected. Underwood's first single, Inside Your Heaven was published in the United States on 14 June 2005, sold in the first week of 100,000 copies and rose to be an instant No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Overall, their debut single sold over 200,000 units, brought her her first platinum record.
The album Some Hearts, with song contributions by Diane Warren, among other things rose to number 2 on the Billboard 200 and stayed there for 19 weeks. The second single, Jesus Take the Wheel reached the Top 20 and also sold more than 200,000 times, for which Underwood received another platinum. In 2005, the Single Some Hearts was released, the number 12 in the U.S. Adult Top reached 40th 2006 was her song Do not Forget to Remember Me in the Top 50 of the official U.S. singles chart.
Even in Canada could Underwood recorded in 2005 and 2006 successes. Unlike other American Idol winners like Kelly Clarkson Underwood moved after her win for country music, which she enjoyed great success in the corresponding charts. For this she was rewarded in 2006 with four Billboard Awards. In addition to country-heavy songs Underwood has recorded classical orchestrated pop anthems for Some Hearts as I Just Can not Live a Lie and Starts With Goodbye.
Billboard published in early 2007 with a list of the best-selling albums of 2006. Underwood reached number one with her debut disc. Some Hearts was in the U.S. five times platinum.
Underwood's second album, Carnival Ride was on 23 October 2007 published in the United States. The first single was released on 31 So Small July. On Carnival Ride Underwood has written more original songs than on the debut album Some Hearts, and was also supported by songwriters like Hillary Lindsey, Craig Wiseman, Rivers Rutherford and Gordie Sampson. The album was recorded on 14 December 2007 with a double-platinum award.
Underwood's third album Play On was the third in the U.S. November 2009 published. The first single from Underwood Cowboy Casanova was written Brett Hames and hip-hop producer Mike Elizondo.
Underwood sang on 7 February 2010 opening of the Super Bowl XLIV in Miami Dolphins SunLife stage of the American national anthem [1].
After her appearance at the Thanksgiving football game in 2006 at the stadium of the Dallas Cowboys Underwood was said to have a relationship with quarterback Tony Romo. Romo accompanied the singer on the CMA Awards, the two have never confirmed the relationship.
In August 2007, Underwood went into a relationship with the Gossip Girl actor Chace Crawford series, and the two ended their relationship in the summer of 2008. Since October 2008 she is dating Mike Fisher, a hockey player in the Nashville Predators. They met, according to an interview by People magazine [2] at a concert in Toronto to know about mutual friends. Since December 2009, the couple is engaged. On 10 July 2010 they married with their families. [3]
Carrie Underwood has her 14th Age was a vegetarian and PETA's 2007 World's Sexiest Vegetarian elected. [4] By his own admission she is a vegan since 2011.
2007 Underwood won two Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Female Vocal Performance for Jesus Take the Wheel. In addition, the song for Best Country Song and Song of the Year nomination. It was the first time that an American Idol-winner for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist nomination. In November 2007, she received two CMA Awards for the best single Before He Cheats, and as a singer of the year.
Underwood in 2008 again received two Grammys in the categories of "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Female Country Vocal Performance)" and "Best Country Song (Best Country Song)", both for Before He Cheats. 2009, Underwood for the third consecutive Grammy for "Best Female Country Vocal Performance" answer, this time for the song Last Name.
2008 Underwood was named a member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 2009 she was for an American Music Award for "Country - Favorite Female Artist" and nominations received at the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
2009, the Forbes Magazine analysis of the income of all American Idol participant for the period from June 2008 to May 2009. Underwood cut it with 14 million U.S. dollars from the most successful.
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