Carrie Underwood, Steven Tyler to Film Crossroads Special : January 23, 2012

After making a splash by performing with each other at last year’s Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood have decided to do a...

Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum Headline 2012 CMA Music Festival : January 13, 2012

There’s a reason the USA Today has called the CMA Music Festival the “crown jewel of Country Festivals,” and it usually has to do with the multitude of high caliber...

Bayou Country Superfest Features Underwood, Urban, Aldean : October 15, 2011

Just because college football will be over after the first couple weeks of January doesn’t mean that Louisiana State University’s Tiger Stadium will have to wait until next fall to...

Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood to Host CMA Awards for Fourth Time : July 14, 2011

It seems like the Country Music Association can’t get enough of Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. They have been asked to take on hosting duties for the fourth time for...

Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood Rank on Forbes Top Earners Under 30 : June 15, 2011

You don’t have to be old to be a country music royalty, or a veteran in the business to be considered a top paid celebrity, and this has been proven...

Carrie Underwood Makes Film Debut in ‘Soul Surfer : January 27, 2011

With “American Idol” continuing to search for the next biggest pop culture star on Thursday evenings, both the show's producers and contestants may want to stop and take a peek...

Carrie Underwood Gets Fitted for her Ball-and-Chain this Weekend : July 09, 2010

Country superstar Carrie Underwood is getting hitched to hockey star Mike Fisher at the Ritz Carlton in Georgia this weekend. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, security for the upcoming wedding...

Carrie Underwood Hits Vegas for Bachelorette Party : June 28, 2010

Country music superstar and American Idol season 4 winner Carrie Underwood went off to Las Vegas with her closest girlfriends to spend the last few days of her singlehood in...

Carrie Underwood Featured as One of People’s Hottest Bodies : June 17, 2010

Powerful vocals is what Carrie Underwood is best known for. However, her stunning figure is also being lauded. Underwood has the made the 50 Hottest Body list from...

Carrie Underwood Cleans Up at CMT Awards : June 10, 2010

Taylor Swift has been shown by Carrie Underwood who the country music queen really is. Underwood score two big victories at the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday. The...

Sons of Sylvia Join Carrie Underwood as Openers : June 07, 2010

Once again, Ashley Clark is joining Carrie Underwood on her road trek. However he won't be in the corner this time behind the star country singer. Ashley, with...

Carrie Underwood Featured on American Idol Finale : May 26, 2010

The highly anticipated finale for season nine of “American Idol” was on Wednesday, May 26. Everyone was there that night. Why else would Dane Cook, John Oates, Daryl...

Carrie Underwood Expands ‘Play On’ Tour Through the Summer : April 19, 2010

Fresh off her second ACM Award as Entertainer of the Year, Carrie Underwood is ready to inject some fresh life into her tour. The 45-city run that began March 11...

Carrie Underwood Makes History at ACM Awards : April 19, 2010

Carrie Underwood made music history, becoming the first woman artist to win the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award twice. Former winner of American Idol, the twenty seven...

Carrie Underwood Makes It to the Super Bowl Before Tony Romo : February 08, 2010

Queen Latifah has definitely come a long ways from her Newark days. Formerly Dana Elaine Owens, she made her introduction with her hip-hop album “All Hail the Queen” in...

Carrie Underwood to Guest Star on ‘How I Met Your Mother’ in March : January 07, 2010

Going from Idol over to Mother? Well maybe not. However, Carrie Underwood, former winner of American Idol and now one of country music's singing sensations, will probably be...

Carrie Underwood is Engaged : December 21, 2009

Carrie Underwood, country music superstar, is now engaged to Mike Fisher, hockey player, according to Underwood's spokesperson. Jessie Schmidt said, Carrie Underwood is now engaged with Mike Fisher, I am very...

Carrie Underwood Prepares to ‘Play On’ with 2010 Tour : December 11, 2009

Its been just over a month since Carrie Underwood hit store shelves with her latest album "Play On," and she isn't wasting any time putting together her tour for 2010....

Carrie Underwood’s ‘Play On’ Debuts at Number One on Album Charts : November 29, 2009

“Play On,” the third album for Carrie Underwood, the former champion of American Idol, this week will make its debut at number one on the chart for US albums. ...

Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley Host CMA Awards : August 26, 2009

It's time for the music award season to begin. On Monday the eligibility time period for the Grammy Awards of 2010 ends. Today it was announced that Brad...

Underwood, Keith Tack on Additional Tour Dates : December 22, 2008

It is expected that a few additional cities will be added to Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban's upcoming tour launching in late January. Although details haven't been announced yet, reps for...

Carrie Underwood Tackles First Headlining Tour : January 08, 2008

While getting ready to go out with Keith Urban on a co-headlining tour, Carrie Underwood is also announcing dates for a North American outing of her own. The first six shows...

Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban Prepare for 24-City Tour : November 29, 2007

Confirmed dates for the US world tour which will pair Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban are beginning to trickle in. “Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride Tour” will visit...

‘Carnival Ride’ Release October 23 & Underwood TV Appearances : October 18, 2007

Next week, Carrie Underwood will hit the road to go on a media blitz cross country in support of “Carnival Ride,” her new album that is set to be released...

Carrie Underwood Signs Album Deal with Artisa : June 01, 2005

Just as the previous champions of “American Idol” Fantasia Barrino, Ruben Studdard and Kelly Clarkson did before she did, Carrie Underwood, 2005 winner of the American Idol crown, has signed...

Carrie Underwood Wins American Idol : May 26, 2005

Carrie Underwood, country singer from Oklahoma, has been awarded the American Idol crown for the 4th season's American Idol talent show on Fox TV. In addition to being awarded with the...

carrie underwood Biography

The American country songwriter-singer Carrie Underwood was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on March 10, 1983. She rose to fame in 2005 when was the American Idol winner during the show's fourth season.

Since that time Underwood has achieved multi-platinum status as a recording artist, won multiple Grammy Awards, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and is a three time Female Vocalist winner from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music. She is also ACM's reigning Entertainer of the Year. Underwood is the first female artist ever to win consecutive Entertainer of the Year Awards (2009 and 2010) from the Academy of Country Music.

“Some Hearts,” Underwood's debut album, has been certified by the RIAA as seven times platinum. The set spawned three No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart as well as a No. 1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 Songs chart. “Carnival Ride,” Underwood's second album, was released in October 2007. Through January 2010 the set has sold more than 3 million copies and been certified by the RIAA as 3 times Platinum. It has also produced four No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. In November 2009 Underwood released “Play On,” her third album. The RIAA has certified the set as 2 times Platinum. The album produced three No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. Through May 2010 she has sold more than 16 million albums and 20 million singles worldwide.

Underwood and Reba McEntire are tied with Most No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart with ten. During the 2000 decade she was the only Country solo artist that had a No. 1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 Songs chart with “Inside Your Heaven.” Billboard named “Some Hearts” as Best Country Album for the 2000 Decade.