Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood was born March 10 1983 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Her mother carole was a school teacher and her father Stephen was a Paper mill operator. She grew up in a small town called Checotah, Oklahoma with her 2 older sisters on her family’s small farm. As a child she performed in talent shows, and town events. At the age of 3 she started performing at her church the Free will baptist(2) Carrie grew up on dirt roads, climbing trees and singing.” “She became one of the most popular Female artists of today when she tried out for American Idol in the show’s fourth season. She sang “I can’t make you love me” and really stood out among contestants. Simon Cowell loved her and even said she was going to win. She was the runner up in may 2005. Carrie underwood never had any formal training before American Idol. In november of 2005, she released her album “Some Hearts” In the first week over 300,000 copies were sold. And it went number one on the billboard. It was the biggest hit for a country artist since tracking began in 1991.” Carrie has won 5 American Music Awards, 4 grammy’s, and 6 Acm awards. “Jesus take the wheel” won single record of the year at ACM awards.(4) Carrie underwood performed as a child at the Lions club, Old Settlers day, and festivals. By 2006, just one year after Idol, Carrie had four number one hits. That december, she won 5 billboard music awards.(2) Carrie underwood has passed the thirteen million mark in CD Sales. She is also the first country artist in history to receive ten number one singles from her first two albums and now has thirteen singles total. She is only the 7th woman to achieve ACM entertainer of the year. She is a two time ACM entertainer of the year recipient, and the first woman in history to get the award more than once. She was both ACM and CMA Female Vocalist of the year for three consecutive years. One of her greatest achievements was being inducted into the Grand Ole Opr. She was inducted by her Idol Randy Travis and