Carrie Marie Fisher Underwood; born March 10, 1983), better
known by her birth name Carrie Underwood, is an American country
singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the
fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Underwood has since become
a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a winner of several
Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards, a
Golden Globe Award nominee, a three-time Academy of Country Music
and Country Music Association Female Vocalist winner, and a
two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year. She is the first-ever female
artist to win back-to-back Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards
for Entertainer of the Year (2009/10). Underwood was inducted into
and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. She was also
inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Her debut
album, Some Hearts, was certified seven times platinum and, since
February 2006, is the fastest selling debut country album in
Nielsen SoundScan history.It is also the best-selling solo female
debut album in country music history, since February 2008.Some
Hearts yielded three number one hits on the Billboard Hot Country
Songs and a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs. Her
second album, Carnival Ride, was released on October 23, 2007. It
has sold over 3 million copies as of January 2010, being certified
3 times Platinum,and produced four consecutive number one hits on
the Billboard Hot Country Songs. Underwood released her third
album, Play On, on November 3, 2009. It has been certified 2 times
Platinum by the RIAA[5] and has produced three consecutive number
one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. As of June 2011,
Underwood has sold over 22 million singles and 16 million albums
worldwide.As of May 16, 2011, Carrie became the "American Idol" US
Top Earner, selling so far 12.3 million album copies and 18.5
million digital tracks, along with amassing $66 million in tour
revenues, since winning Season 4. With eleven number one hits on
Billboard Hot Country Songs, Underwood is listed in the 2012
Guinness Book Of World Records as the Female Country Artist with
Most number one Hits on such chart from 1991 to present, tied with
Reba McEntire.She is the only artist in history to have all singles
on the top 2 of the Hot Country Songs. Underwood is also the only
solo Country Artist to have a number one hit on Billboard Hot 100
Songs in the 2000 decade, as "Inside Your Heaven" reached the top
of the chart in July 2005. Her album Some Hearts was named the Best
Country Album of the 2000 Decade by Billboard, and she's the only
Female Artist to appear on the Top 10 of Billboard's Best Country
Artists of the 2000 Decade list, ranked at #10.She was also ranked
number 50 on the Artists of the Decade list by Billboard.In June
2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Carrie as the #11 Queen of Pop,
based on a lot of criteria from 2009 until 2011.In July 2011,
Forbes reported that Underwood earned over $20 million between May
2010 and May 2011.
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