Carrie Underwood is the most famous American country music singer, fashion designer, songwriter, actress, and author. She is the one is having a total net worth of around $140million. Underwood rose to fame after being the winner of the fourth season of “American Idol” in 2005. Since then only, she has become the most prominent mainstream recording artist in the music industry setting and broke several records in her name.
Some of the debut album 2005’s “Some Hearts,” was bolstered by the huge crossover success. Other than this there are many other albums too where she performed like “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Before He Cheats.” Some Hearts is one of the best-selling albums in country music history, the fastest-selling debut country album. Therefore, the album has around three Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist.
Carrie Underwood Early life
As per the information, it has been found that Carrie Underwood was born on March 10, 1983, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She was raised in a rural town by her parents. Her father worked in a paper mill while her mother taught in an elementary school. When she was around 5 years old, she was found to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and was prescribed Ritalin and Dexedrine. She still takes the medicines as an adult because she has not yet cured this problem.
During their childhood only, Carrie began to perform at church and in local talent shows. One of the fans of Carrie during her childhood suggested her parents take her to Nashville at age 14 to audition for a record contract. Capital Records was interested but ultimately it was declined. So, after graduating Carrie initially walked away from her dreams of being a singer. To pursue her dreams of being a good singer, Carrie went to North-eastern State University and learned the best from there. Hence, this is how the early life of Carrie Underwood was.
American Idol Carrie Underwood
In the year 2004, during the summertime, Carrie auditioned for and was selected for “American Idol” season 4. During the show time, Simon predicted that Carrie would both win the competition and eventually outsell all of the other Idol contestants. Both of the predictions came true and Carrie won the show on May 24th, 2004. Hence, this was the time when Carrie Underwood started to gain name and fame.
Success story of Carrie Underwood
Talking about the success of Carrie, people need to know that their debut studio album “Some Hearts” got released in the year 2005. This was a huge success and was there on the U.S. Country chart at number 1 and Billboard 200 chart at number 2. However, the best thing to be known is that her debut album of her was certified 8x platinum in the US. Therefore, this is the only way how she got success. However, there are many other albums too but this was the first one for her to go famous.
At last, we would say that Carrie is such a great personality. To know more about her work, salaries or anything, comment.