CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Born: March 10, 1983 Height: 5' 3"
Carrie Marie Underwood is an American singer. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of
American Idol in 2005. She was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She was raised on her parents' farm in the rural town of Checotah, Oklahoma. She spent part of her summer as a page for Oklahoma State Representative Bobby Frame. Underwood graduated from Checotah High School in 2001 as salutatorian. After high school, she attended Northeastern State University, graduating magna cum laude in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in mass communication and an emphasis in journalism. Underwood is a member of the Alpha Iota chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.
Underwood's single
Inside Your Heaven made her the first country artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a number-one song on the Hot 100. Her debut album,
Some Hearts (2005), was bolstered by the successful crossover singles
Jesus, Take the Wheel and
Before He Cheats, becoming the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history. She won three Grammy Awards for the album, including Best New Artist. The next studio album,
Carnival Ride (2007) had one of the biggest opening weeks of all time by a female artist and won two Grammy Awards. Her third studio album,
Play On (2009), produced the single
Cowboy Casanova, which had one of the biggest single-week upward movements on the Hot 100.
Underwood has sold 85 million records worldwide. Her accolades include eight Grammy Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, 17 American Music Awards, five Guinness World Records and inductions into the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry. Billboard ranked her the top female country artist of the 2000s and 2010s, and
Some Hearts the top country album of the 2000s. Outside of music, Underwood has ventured into fashion and writing, releasing her fitness clothing line CALIA by Carrie in 2015 and the New York Times best-selling fitness and lifestyle book
Find Your Path in 2020. In addition to being a singer, Underwood is a guitarist and pianist. Underwood is an animal lover and a vegetarian. She was voted "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" by PETA in 2007 for the second time, the first being in 2005.
Underwood was friends with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. Although she denied the rumor when asked, Romo confirmed it. Romo was quoted as saying "[...] I'm dating Carrie Underwood" on his website. Underwood also dated Chace Crawford of the television series Gossip Girl. She became engaged in December 2009 to Ottawa Senators hockey player Mike Fisher. On July 10, 2010, Underwood and Fisher wed. Fellow National Hockey League players, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, and American Idol contestants, as well as judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson, were in attendance.
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