Carrie Underwood

Biography

Carrie Underwood is an American country singer and songwriter who won American Idol's fourth season in 2005 and went on to become one of the best-selling artists in the genre. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and raised in Checotah, she broke chart ground with her debut single, Inside Your Heaven, the first song by a country artist to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Her first album, Some Hearts (2005), won three Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, and albums such as Carnival Ride, Play On, Storyteller and Cry Pretty followed with continued commercial success. She has won eight Grammy Awards and been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. She also acted, appearing in the biopic Soul Surfer (2011) and playing Maria von Trapp in the television special The Sound of Music Live! (2013), and has sung the intro for NBC's Sunday Night Football since 2013.

43years old

Turns 44 on March 10in 119 days

Born March 10, 1983Muskogee
Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Carrie Marie Underwood (birth name)

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 5 years2011 to 2016

Every film, newest first

2016Popstar: Never Stop Never StoppingIMDb rating 6.7
2013The Sound of Music Live!IMDb rating 5.9
2011Soul SurferIMDb rating 7.0

Genres

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A first
Underwood's first single, "Inside Your Heaven," made her the first country artist ever to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and it was the only solo country single to top that chart in the 2000s.
Behind the award
Underwood won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2007, becoming only the second country artist to take that award in the Grammys' 56-year history, after LeAnn Rimes in 1997.
Behind the award
At the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards, Underwood became the first woman to win Entertainer of the Year twice, and she was only the second woman to receive the ACM Triple Crown Award.
A first
Underwood's album Storyteller arrived on October 23, 2015, and entered the Billboard 200 in the number 2 spot. That made her the first country artist whose first five studio albums all debuted in the top two slots.
A first
Underwood is the first woman to reach number one on the Billboard 200 with four country albums. Her album Cry Pretty debuted with 266,000 units, the biggest week in 2018 for a country album and for any album by a woman.
A first
Underwood released her first Christmas album, My Gift, on September 25, 2020. It became her eighth career-opening album in a row to top the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, a record.