Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood
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Name:
Carrie Underwood
Real name:
Carrie Marie Fisher
Who is:
,
Birth date:
(42 y.o.)
Place of birth:
Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height:
5'3 ft ()
Weight:
117 lb (53 kg)
Relationship:
married
Birth Sign:
(characteristic)
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Carrie Underwood's biography

Carrie Underwood is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She won Season 4 of American Idol in 2005 and has earned seven Grammy Awards. Net worth: $140 million.
American country singer Carrie Underwood
American country singer Carrie Underwood

Childhood and youth

Carrie Marie Underwood was born on March 10, 1983, in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father worked at a paper factory and her mother was an elementary school teacher. She has two older sisters, Shanna and Stephanie.
Carrie Underwood in her childhood
Carrie Underwood in her childhood
Carrie spent her childhood on her parents' farm in the small town of Checotah. According to her, her childhood was a happy one and full of joyful memories: playing with her friends, hiking in the woods, climbing trees, and of course – singing.
Carrie with her parents
Carrie with her parents
She developed a passion for music early on – by age three, she was already singing in the local church choir. From then on, music became an essential part of her life – she loved singing everywhere and all the time, whether at the town fair, school events, or talent shows. She was also into sports – she played quarterback for the school's girls' football team.
Carrie Underwood in her youth
Carrie Underwood in her youth
However, after graduating high school, Carrie put her singing dreams on hold and focused on studying mass communications at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma.

Music

Carrie Underwood was close to getting her bachelor's degree when she found out about the audition for the American Idol 4. With the support of her family and friends who have inspired her, Carrie went to audition in St. Louis.

Her complex and rich vocal abilities impressed the judges - famous producer Simon Cowell, singer Paula Abdul and jazz musician Randy Jackson. She sailed through every stage of the competition with confidence, mesmerizing audiences with her distinctive country voice, and secured a spot in the top three. On May 25, 2005, she was declared the winner of the show.
Carrie Underwood on American Idol-4
Carrie Underwood on American Idol-4
The main prize for her was a contract with the record label Arista Records. Soon after, Carrie released her debut single Inside Your Heaven, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her debut album, Some Hearts, released on November 15, 2005, was just as successful.

The music video for Before He Cheats was such a hit with viewers that Carrie won the Country Music Television Award for Female Video of the Year.
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
In fall 2007, she released her second album, Carnival Ride, which again earned widespread praise from both fans and critics. Soon after, she added even more prestigious honors to her growing collection, including American Music Awards.

Two years later, she released her third album, Play On. This time, Carrie paid more attention to her songwriting abilities. She became the co-writer of seven tracks from the album, including Cowboy Casanova.

Her fourth album, Blown Away, was released in the spring of 2012.
She reinforced the success of her album with a world tour, which went on more than a year. Underwood held about 114 concerts across North America, Europe, and Australia.
After returning from tour, Underwood took a brief break before announcing she was working on another album - a project inspired by her role in the musical The Sound of Music (2013). The album Greatest Hits: Decade #1 featured her biggest hits alongside a few new tracks. The most popular track from this album was Something in the Water, which dominated several song charts in the US.

Not wasting any time, she started working on her fifth album - Storyteller, which was released in October 2015 and debuted under number two in the Billboard 200 chart. This achievement made Carrie the country's only artist whose every single album made it to the top 2 of the most popular song chart.

Awards kept coming her way, and this success inspired her to announce she was already working on a new project. However, the recording was put off by an accident. Carrie fell on her porch and suffered multiple injuries - a broken wrist, cuts, and facial bruises that required just under 40 stitches. After the incident, the singer didn't make any public appearances for several months.
Carrie Underwood - Church Bells
Her recovery was aided by music. She released the lead single from her new album, Cry Pretty, during the 53rd Academy Awards. That was her first public performance after her trauma. The album of the same name was released in September 2018. The album made it to the first position of US (Billboard 200) and Canadian charts, beating her old record.

Carrie Underwood is the most successful winner of American Idol and one of the best country artists of the 2000s. Her career achievements are incredible: she's earned her place in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she's won seven Grammy Awards, ten Billboard Music Awards, fourteen ACM Awards, thirteen American Music Awards, and nine Country Music Association awards, and she holds multiple Guinness World Records.

Movie roles

In 2010, Carrie Underwood made her screen debut with a guest role on How I Met Your Mother, playing Barney Stinson's love interest (played by Neil Patrick Harris).
Carrie Underwood in How I Met Your Mother
Carrie Underwood in How I Met Your Mother
The following year, she appeared in the biographical drama Soul Surfer about a girl (Anna-Sophia Robb), who overcomes her fear of water having lost her left arm after a shark attack. The movie is based on the real story of professional American surfer Bethany Hamilton.
Carrie Underwood in Soul Surfer
Carrie Underwood in Soul Surfer
Carrie landed her first leading role in 2013, playing Maria in the NBC musical drama The Sound of Music, an adaptation of the Broadway musical with the same name.

In 2016, Carrie made an appearance, with Andy Samberg, in the musical comedy Popstar: Never Stop Stopping as herself.

Carrie Underwood's personal life

Carrie has said she didn't start dating until she was 16, but that didn't stop the media from linking her to various celebrity romances. The media spent months speculating about her relationship with NFL player Tony Romo, until in May 2007, the two appeared together at the ceremony of the Academy of Country Music Awards. The relationship was brief, ending just six months later.
Carrie Underwood and Tony Romo
Carrie Underwood and Tony Romo
After meeting at one of her concerts in 2008, Underwood started dating NHL player Mike Fisher. They got engaged the next year. Their wedding took place in the summer of 2010 at The Ritz-Carlton Lodge hotel in Georgia. The ceremony included 250 guests.

Their first son, Isaiah, was born in February 2015. In January 2019, they had their second son, Jacob. Carrie has been open about the challenges of motherhood, revealing in interviews that she suffered three miscarriages within a year.
Carrie Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher
Carrie Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher
Carrie had a third nipple surgically removed from her stomach because it looked like a mole and drew unwanted attention.
Carrie Underwood with her kids and husband
Carrie Underwood with her kids and husband
Carrie has been vegetarian since age 13. PETA named her the world's sexiest vegetarian for the second time in 2007.

Carrie Underwood now

Just four months after welcoming her second son, Carrie Underwood launched her Cry Pretty world tour in May 2019. The six-month tour featured 60 concerts across the US, Canada, and the UK.
Carrie Underwood - Cry Pretty
Throughout 2020, Carrie worked on new music. She capped off the year with her Christmas album My Gift, featuring 11 songs. Early 2021 saw the release of two new singles: Softly And Tenderly and Great Is Thy Faithfulness.
Carrie has about 10 million followers on Instagram. She regularly shares performance clips, workout videos, and personal updates with fans.
  • Honestly, I haven`t heard of Carrie before, but I watched a couple of videos. Not bad, but the scene can`t be compared to other stars ...
    2021-05-04 09:56:02
  • The singer`s cool and truly beautiful voice attracts listeners.
    2021-05-02 08:04:02
  • Before he cheats is a worthy song, very strong and a video too, of the new singer Carrie Underwood for me.
    2021-04-02 20:28:15
  • A talented performer with a charming voice Underwood!
    2021-03-30 11:04:42
  • I`m a big fan of the American Idol show, Carrie Underwood was one of the ones I was rooting for.
    2021-02-17 13:59:36
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