Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood (2012)

Carrie Marie Underwood (* 10. March 1983 in Muskogee , Oklahoma ) is an American country - singer . Her career began in 2005 when she won the fourth season of the American talent show American Idol .

Childhood and youth

Underwood grew up as the third youngest daughter of paper mill worker Stephen and teacher Carole Underwood on a farm in Checotah , Oklahoma. As a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, she sang at an early age in the church . After graduating from high school in 2001, she attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah . In 2006 she finished her studies with a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism .

Career

2005-2006: Some Hearts

Underwood in Tikrit ( Iraq ) (2006)

In May 2005, Underwood prevailed in the finals of the American Idol casting show against rock singer Bo Bice . A record deal with Arista Records was associated with the win . Underwood's first single, Inside Your Heaven , was released in the US in June 2005, sold over 100,000 copies in the first week and went straight to number 1 on the Billboard 200 album charts . In total, her debut single sold over 200,000 copies, which earned her her first platinum record.

The album Some Hearts with song contributions by Diane Warren , among others , rose to number 2 on the American charts and stayed there for 19 weeks. The second single Jesus, Take the Wheel reached the top 20 and also sold more than 200,000 copies, for which it was again platinum. In 2005, the single Some Hearts was released, which reached number 12 in the American adult top 40. In 2006 her song Don´t Forget to Remember Me made it into the top 50 of the official US single charts.

Underwood was also successful in Canada in 2005 and 2006. In contrast to other American Idol winners like Kelly Clarkson , Underwood switched to country music after her victory , with which she celebrated great success in the corresponding charts. For this she was rewarded with four Billboard Awards in 2006. In addition to country-heavy songs, Underwood has also recorded classically orchestrated pop anthems for Some Hearts such as I Just Can't Live a Lie and Starts With Goodbye .

Billboard published a list of the best-selling albums of 2006 in early 2007. Underwood reached number one with their debut record. Some Hearts went platinum five times in the United States. She also appeared as Tiffany on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother .

2007: Carnival Ride

Her second album Carnival Ride was released in October 2007 in the USA. The first single So Small was released in late July. Underwood wrote more songs of his own for Carnival Ride than for her debut album Some Hearts and was also supported by songwriters such as Hillary Lindsey , Craig Wiseman, Rivers Rutherford and Gordie Sampson. The album went double platinum in December 2007.

2009 to 2012: Play On and Super Bowl

Her third album Play On was released in the US in November 2009. The first single Cowboy Casanova was written by Underwood, Brett Hames, and hip-hop producer Mike Elizondo. Underwood sang the American national anthem for the opening of Super Bowl XLIV at the Miami Dolphins' SunLife Stadium in February 2010 . On the album Music from Another Dimension by the American band Aerosmith , she sang Can't Stop Lovin 'You as a duet partner.

Private life

In August 2007, Underwood went into a relationship with gossip girl series actor Chace Crawford ; the two ended their relationship in the summer of 2008. Since October 2008, she has been in a relationship with Mike Fisher , the former captain of the Nashville Predators ice hockey team . They met through mutual friends at a concert in Toronto , according to an interview with People magazine . On July 10, 2010, the two married with their families. Their son was born on February 27, 2015.

Carrie Underwood has been a vegetarian since she was 14 and was named PETA’s World’s Sexiest Vegetarian in 2007. According to her own statement, she has been a vegan since 2011 .

Awards

• Grammy Awards : 7-time winner, there were other Grammys for three of her songs
  • In 2007 Underwood received two Grammys in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Vocal Performance for Jesus Take the Wheel . The song was also named Best Country Song and nominated as Song of the Year . It was the first time that an American Idol winner was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Artist category.
  • In 2008 , Underwood received the Grammys for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Before He Cheats . Again the song won the category " Best Country Song (Best Country Song) " and was nominated as Song of the Year . There was another nomination for the duet Oh Love with Brad Paisley .
  • In 2009 , Underwood received the Grammy for the third time in a row in the " Best Female Country Vocal Performance " category , this time for the song Last Name . Ever Ever After from the Enchanted soundtrack was nominated for best movie song.
  • In 2010 she won the Grammy for best " Country Collaboration " with the duet I Told You So with Randy Travis . In the category “ Best Female Country Vocal Performance ” she was nominated for Just a Dream , but this time she couldn't win.
  • In 2011 , Temporary Home was nominated in the “ Best Female Country Vocal Performance ” category .
  • In 2012 she was nominated with Mama's Song for the category " Best Country Solo Performance ", this time not separated by gender .
  • In 2013 , Blown Away earned another Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance and was Country Song of the Year.
  • In 2015 , the Grammy for the best country solo performance for the song Something in the Water followed . The duet Somethin 'Bad with Miranda Lambert was nominated in the appropriate category for duo or group.
  • In 2016 her performance of Little Toy Guns was nominated in the country category.

• CMA Awards : From 2006 to 2008, Underwood was named Singer of the Year three times in a row. In 2006 she also won the " Horizon Award ", Before He Cheats was 2007 single of the year.

• American Music Awards : 9-time winner, including " Breakthrough Artist " 2006 and three times Country Singer of the Year (2007, 2014, 2015).

• In 2008 Underwood was named a member of the Grand Ole Opry .

• In 2009 she was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame .

• In 2009 Forbes Magazine published an analysis of the earnings of all American Idol participants for the period from June 2008 to May 2009. Underwood was the most successful with 14 million US dollars .
• On September 20, 2018, she was honored with the 2,646th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
2005	Some hearts	-	-	US2 × 8 Eight times platinum (157 weeks)US	Country1 (137 weeks) Country	Chart entry: December 3, 2005
2007	Carnival ride	-	-	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (101 weeks)US	Country1 (96 weeks) Country	Chart entry: November 10, 2007
2009	Play on	-	UK93 (1 week) UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (77 weeks)US	Country1 (79 weeks) Country	Chart entry US: November 21, 2009
2012	Blown Away	-	UK11 silver (3 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (92 weeks)US	Country1 (78 weeks) Country	Chart entry US: March 19, 2012
2015	Storyteller	CH38 (1 week) CH	UK13 (8 weeks) UK	US2 platinum (72 weeks)US	Country1 (83 weeks) Country	Chart entry US: November 14, 2015
2018	Cry Pretty	CH36 (2 weeks) CH	UK16 (1 week) UK	US1 gold (42 weeks)US	Country1 (... week) Country	First published: September 14, 2018

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
2014	Greatest Hits: Decade # 1	-	-	US4th platinum (144 weeks)US	Country1 (199 weeks) Country	Chart entry: December 27, 2014

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	Country
2005	Inside Your Heaven	-	US1 gold (12 weeks)US	Country52 (12 weeks) Country
	Jesus, Take the Wheel Some Hearts	-	US20th × 3 Triple platinum (24 weeks)US	Country1 (23 weeks) Country
2006	Don't Forget to Remember Me Some Hearts	UK- silver UK	US49 gold (17 weeks)US	Country2 (27 weeks) Country
	Before He Cheats Some Hearts	-	US8th × 6 Six-fold platinum (64 weeks)US	Country1 (46 weeks) Country
2007	Wasted Some Hearts	-	US37 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (25 weeks) Country
	I'll Stand by You Idols Give Back 2007	-	US6 (5 weeks) US	Country41 (19 weeks) Country	Charity single
	So Small Carnival Ride	-	US17th platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
2008	All-American Girl Carnival Ride	-	US27 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Last Name Carnival Ride	-	US19th platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Praying for Time Idols Give Back 2008	-	US27 (2 weeks) US	-	Charity single
	Just a Dream Carnival Ride	-	US29 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
2009	I told you so carnival ride	-	US9 platinum (18 weeks)US	Country2 (19 weeks) Country	feat. Randy Travis
	Home Sweet Home Play On	-	US21 (3 weeks) US	Country52 (3 weeks) Country	Promo single; Original: Mötley Crüe
	Cowboy Casanova Play On	-	US11 × 3 Triple platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
	Temporary Home Play On	-	US41 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
2010	Undo It Play On	-	US23 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country
	Mama's song Play On	-	US56 platinum (19 weeks)US	Country2 (23 weeks) Country
2012	Good Girl Blown Away	-	US18th × 3 Triple platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (17 weeks) Country
	Blown Away Blown Away	-	US20th × 4 Quadruple platinum (22 weeks)US	Country2 (39 weeks) Country
	Two Black Cadillacs Blown Away	-	US41 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country4 (24 weeks) Country
2013	See You Again Blown Away	-	US34 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country7 (23 weeks) Country
2014	Keep Us Safe	-	-	Country36 (1 week) Country	Promo single
	Something in the Water Greatest Hits: Decade # 1	-	US24 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
2015	Little Toy Guns Greatest Hits: Decade # 1	-	US47 platinum (18 weeks)US	Country6 (26 weeks) Country
	Smoke Break storyteller	-	US43 platinum (19 weeks)US	Country4 (21 weeks) Country
	Heartbeat storyteller	-	US42 platinum (14 weeks)US	Country2 (26 weeks) Country
	Renegade Runaway Storyteller	-	-	Country34 (2 weeks) Country	Promo single
	What I Never Knew I Always Wanted Storyteller	-	-	Country32 (2 weeks) Country	Promo single
2016	Church Bells storyteller	-	US43 × 2 Double platinum (17 weeks)US	Country2 (26 weeks) Country
	Dirty Laundry storyteller	-	US48 platinum (16 weeks)US	Country3 (26 weeks) Country
2018	The Champion Cry Pretty	-	US47 platinum (3 weeks)US	-	feat. Ludacris ; Promo single
	Cry Pretty Cry Pretty	-	US48 gold (12 weeks)US	Country5 (20 weeks) Country
	Love wins cry pretty	-	US83 gold (10 weeks)US	Country14 (33 weeks) Country
	End Up With You Cry Pretty	-	-	Country37 (2 weeks) Country	Promo single
2019	Southbound Cry Pretty	-	US64 gold (13 weeks)US	Country11 (23 weeks) Country
	Drinking Alone Cry Pretty	-	US74 gold (7 weeks)US	Country17 (... weeks) Country
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2005	Bless the Broken Road	-	-	Country50 (1 week) Country	with Rascal Flatts
2007	Do You Hear What I Hear Hear Something Country Christmas 2007	-	US90 (1 week) US	Country27 (6 weeks) Country
2008	I'll Be Home for Christmas Christmas Duets	-	-	Country54 (5 weeks) Country	with Elvis Presley
	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Carnival Ride: Holiday Edition	-	-	Country41 (3 weeks) Country
2009	O Holy Night Carnival Ride: Holiday Edition	-	-	Country39 (1 week) Country
	The First Noel Carnival Ride: Holiday Edition	-	-	Country50 (1 week) Country
	What Child Is This? Carnival Ride: Holiday Edition	-	-	Country51 (1 week) Country
	The More Boys I Meet Carnival Ride	-	-	Country45 (15 weeks) Country
2011	Songs Like This Play On	-	-	Country38 (14 weeks) Country
2014	I Know You Won't Carnival Ride	UK94 (1 week) UK	-	-	Chart entry October 4, 2014
2015	The Girl You Think I Am Storyteller	-	-	Country38 (1 week) Country
	Like I'll Never Love You Again Storyteller	-	-	Country39 (1 week) Country
	Relapse storyteller	-	-	Country48 (1 week) Country

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	Country
2011	Remind Me This Is Country Music	-	US17th × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country	Brad Paisley feat. Carrie Underwood
2014	Somethin 'Bad Platinum	-	US19th × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (25 weeks) Country	Miranda Lambert feat. Carrie Underwood
2016	Forever Country	-	US21 (4 weeks) US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country	as part of "Artists of Then, Now & Forever"
2017	The Fighter Ripcord	-	US38 gold (23 weeks)US	Country2 (33 weeks) Country	Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood chart entry June 4th, 2016

Video albums

• 2012: The Blown Away Tour (US:gold)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 2007: for the digital single Jesus, Take the Wheel 2007: for the Ringtone Before He Cheats 2010: for the single Cowboy Casanova  United States 2020: for the single How Great Thou Art Platinum record  Canada 2007: for the digital single Before He Cheats 2010: for the album Play On 2012: for the album Blown Away 2012: for the single Good Girl 2012: for the single Blown Away 2017: for the single The Fighter 2019: for the album Cry Pretty

2 × platinum record  Canada 2005: for the physical single Inside Your Heaven 3 × platinum record  Canada 2007: for the album Some Hearts

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	12 × platinum12	910,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	10 × gold10	65 × platinum65	69,550,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	-	-	260,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	13 × gold13	77 × platinum77

Filmography (selection)

• 2005: American Idol (TV show, season 4)
• 2010: How I Met Your Mother (TV series, episode 5x16)
• 2011: Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York ( Blue Bloods , TV series, episode 2x01)
• 2011: Soul Surfer
• 2013: The Sound of Music Live! (TV movie)

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1. ^ Underwood to sing National Anthem at Super Bowl XLIV , National Football League, Jan. 28, 2010
2. ↑ Mike Fisher: No Serenades for Carrie Underwood , Eileen Finan, People Magazine, October 22, 2009
3. ↑ bild.de: Carrie Underwood got engaged , accessed on December 22, 2009
4. ↑ Archive link ( memento of October 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 6, 2016
5. ↑ Carrie Underwood and Kevin Eubanks are the "World's Sexiest Vegetarians" ( Memento from March 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), PETA, June 2007
6. ^ Carrie Underwood in the Grammy Database
7. ↑ Archive of the CMA Awards
8. ^ Carrie Underwood in the American Music Awards Winners Database
9. ↑ See Carrie Underwood's Passionate Opry 'Smoke Break' , Stephen L. Betts, Rolling STone, Oct. 20, 2015
10. ↑ Carrie Underwood to Be Inducted Into Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame , CMT News, Aug. 10, 2009
11. ↑ The Year's Top-Earning 'Idols' , Evan Hessel and Dirk Smillie, Forbes, May 18, 2009
12. ↑ Carrie Underwood | Hollywood Walk of Fame. Retrieved September 21, 2018 (American English). 
13. ↑ ^{a b c d} chart sources:
    • Carrie Underwood in the Swiss charts
    • Carrie Underwood in the Official UK Charts (English)
    • Carrie Underwood on the US Billboard Charts
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Web links

Commons : Carrie Underwood  - collection of images

• Official website of Carrie Underwood
• Carrie Underwood at the Internet Movie Database (English)