Carrie Underwood won American Idol's fourth season in 2005.
American singer Carrie Marie Underwood shot to fame in 2005 after taking home the title of American Idol's fourth season. With her single "Inside Your Heaven," Underwood became the first solo country artist in the 2000s who debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Her 2005 debut album “Some Hearts,” which became the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history, was helped along by the popular crossover singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats." For the album, she took home three Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist. The following studio album, Carnival Ride (2007), won two Grammy Awards and had one of the biggest debut weeks for a female artist in history.
Underwood has sold 70 million records worldwide. On the RIAA's Top Artists (Digital Singles) ranking, she is the seventh highest-certified female artist and the highest-certified female country artist of all time, as well as the female artist with the most number-one entries (16) on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. Underwood has won eight Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, seventeen American Music Awards, five Guinness World Records, and admission to the Grand Ole Opry and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, among other honors.
She was named by Time in 2014 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she was dubbed the most successful American Idol winner by Forbes. Outside of music, Underwood has ventured into writing and fashion, launching the New York Times best-selling fitness and lifestyle book “Find Your Path” in 2020 and her fitness clothing line “CALIA by Carrie” in 2015.
Where is Carrie Underwood from?
Carole and Steve Underwood welcomed Carrie Marie into the world in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on March 10, 1983. She was raised on her parent's farm in the nearby rural town of Checotah. She has two older sisters named Shanna and Stephanie. Her mother was an elementary school teacher, and her father was employed by a paper mill.
Underwood sang at her neighborhood church, First Free Will Baptist Church, and performed at the Robbins Memorial Talent Show when she was a young girl. Later, she performed for community functions in Checotah, such as Old Settler's Day and the Lions Club.
When she was 14 years old, a local admirer arranged for her to travel to Nashville to attend a Capitol Records audition. When the management of the company changed in 1997, Capitol Records canceled the contract it had been working on with Underwood. "I honestly think it's a lot better that nothing came out of it now, because I wouldn't have been ready then," Underwood said of the incident.
She studied at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, earning a bachelor's degree in mass communication with a focus in journalism at Magna Cum Laude in 2006. She worked as Bobby Frame's page for a portion of one of her summers in Oklahoma. She also worked at a zoo, a veterinary clinic, and a pizzeria as a waitress. Underwood is a former member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority's Alpha Iota chapter.
She participated in the Downtown Country Show at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah for two summers. She participated in a number of university beauty pageants and was named Miss NSU runner-up in 2004.
Carrie Underwood has appeared in which films?
In March 2010, Underwood made an appearance on “How I Met Your Mother.” She portrayed Tiffany, a medical sales representative who develops feelings for Ted. With 10.48 million viewers, this was the second-highest-rated episode of season five. IGN reviewer Brian Zoromski rated the episode 8.5 out of 10. He was taken aback by Underwood's impressive performance in her debut acting role.
She made a voiceover appearance as "Carrie Underworm," a worm who sings a song about worm pride before an auto race Sesame Street is holding, in an episode of the PBS children's television show Sesame Street a few months earlier.
In April 2011, Underwood made her feature film debut in “Soul Surfer.” She portrayed Sarah Hill, the youth leader from the church who assisted Bethany Hamilton in overcoming her challenges following the shark attack.
Maria von Trapp was portrayed by Underwood in NBC's “The Sound of Music Live!” On December 5, 2013, NBC teamed up with the producing duo of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for the three-hour telecast. "To have a star like Carrie Underwood perform Maria in The Sound of Music, and in such a very special and unique production, is exciting beyond words," Ted Chapin, head of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Company, said.
He added, “Part of the magic of Rodgers and Hammerstein is how their work has adapted itself to so many different incarnations, and I am certain the fresh spirit Underwood brings to her own songs will transition into exciting versions of the classic songs we all know and love.”
What is the net worth of Carrie Underwood?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Carrie Underwood has a net worth of $140 million in 2023. Her success as a singer-songwriter has allowed her to amass this wealth in her nearly two decades in the spotlight. Due to her crossover appeal in both country and pop, which enabled her to sell to a larger audience, Underwood has been particularly successful as a musician.
Carrie Underwood is said to make over $12 million annually. Depending on the projects the country star has under her belt each year, their success, and whether or not she is touring, this insane amount of money can go up or down.
According to reports, Carrie Underwood has a rider stating that she should receive at least $500,000 for each concert; however, that sum is from 2014. She has most likely increased that sum in the nine years that have passed. Additionally, it has been claimed that her 2019 Cry Pretty Tour brought in up to $50 million.
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