Carrie Underwood

Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer and songwriter from Checotah, Oklahoma. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol. She has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a multiple Grammy Award winner, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and is the reigning Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of The Year.

Her debut album, Some Hearts, was certified seven times platinum, is the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history.^[1] and is also the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history.^[2] Some Hearts yielded three number one hits on the Billboard Country charts in the United States and Canada: "Jesus, Take the Wheel", "Wasted", and her biggest hit to date, "Before He Cheats", and the #2 hit "Don't Forget To Remember Me."

Her second album, Carnival Ride, was released on October 23, 2007. It has so far sold over 2.9 million copies,^[3] and produced four number one country hits on the Billboard Country charts, "So Small", "All-American Girl", "Last Name", and "Just a Dream", and the #2 hit "I Told You So." Underwood has sold over 9.8 million albums in the United States.^[4] She is also the first country artist in history to achieve nine number one singles from her first two albums on the Country Charts.

Underwood released her third album, Play On, on November 3, 2009. Her first single on the album, "Cowboy Casanova", was released to country radio on September 14, 2009.^[5] Underwood now has the most top 10s on the country chart with the advance of "Cowboy Casanova," among solo women this decade, followed by Faith Hill and Martina McBride each with 9.^[6] Prior to the release of her third album, "Play On," three promotional singles were made available by iTunes. "Mama's Song" released on October 12 followed by "Temporary Home" which was released on October 20 and "Undo It" released on October 27. Billboard.com also will post a 60 second clip of each song being released on iTunes.

In 2009, Underwood was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.

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