Known for winning American Idol’s fourth season, and later going on and winning multiple Grammy and Academy of Country Music Awards, Carrie Underwood has been able to live and is still living a successful life. Carrie Underwood is an American Country singer, songwriter, and actress! Since becoming the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005, she has become one of the most successful artists in music genre!
Underwood was born on March 10, 1983, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She was born and raised on a farm. She stated on her website: "I had a very happy childhood full of the wonderful simple things that children love to do.” ”Growing up in the country, I enjoyed things like playing on dirt roads, climbing trees, catching little woodland
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creatures and, of course, singing.” She began singing when she was three she would sing with her church.
She performed throughout her whole childhood, she would push her mom into taking her to local talent showsand eventually branched out to festival gigs in several states. Underwood along with growing her singing career also learned how to play the piano and guitar. She later after graduating high school attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma where she majored in broadcast journalism. But everything changed in her life when she decided to audition for American Idol during her senior year of college at Northeastern State University. Underwood had heard about the auditions for the 2005 season. She went to St. Louis Missouri auditions and she ended up winning the show’s fourth season. Carrie Underwood’s first debut album, Some Hearts was certified as a triple platinum! Which made her album the fastest-selling female country album since 1991. Underwoods first single “Inside Your Heaven” hit the top of the Billboard. Also “Jesus, Take the Wheel” hit the top of the country charts! This song …show more content…
won Underwood the Academy of Country Music Award for single of the year, two Grammy Awards, the Country Association Award for single of the year, and for the best country vocal performance and the best new artist in 2006. She also had great success with “Before He Cheats” which was a story about a aberrant ex-boyfriend. This single won Underwood a grammy for the best female country vocal performance and a CMA Award in 2007. In 2008, during May Carrie Underwood became a member of the Grand Ole Opry by Garth Brooks (a country star).
Underwood became the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry. Later in 2008 during September Underwood won the CMA Award for the third consecutive time!During February 2009, Underwood won a Grammy for best female country vocal performance for her song “Last Name”-this was her fourth Grammy in three years. In November she won two more CMA Award nominations, female vocalists of the year and musical event of the year. In 2013, Underwood performed the Sunday Night Football theme song, which took place of Faith Hill’s “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” which was used for the past six seasons of the weekly broadcast. Carrie Underwood also worked on television as Maria in the classic musical The Sound of Music. The retelling of the musical was broadcasted live and the special received four Emmy
Nominations! Underwood has had a remarkable career and in 2014 to celebrate she released Greatest Hits” Decade #1 in the fall. Her album included new material, which included the hit “Something in the Water” , which later earned a Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance. In 2015, Underwood dropped her fifth studio album known as Story Teller, which features the Top 5 country single “Smoke Break.” On July 10, 2010, Carrie Underwood married NHL athlete Mike Fisher, and in September 2014, they announced that they were expecting their first child together. February 27, 2015 their son, Isaiah Michael fisher was born.”We're definitely blessed to have him join us in our lives. There's no better feeling," quote from People’s. She also has two dogs, Ace and Penny. Carrie Underwood is also known for being a neat freak. She told Country weekly that she can’t function during the day if she knows that her bed is not made. She said it is the only think she thinks about until it is actually made. She also told country weekly that her refrigerator is extremely organized. Everything she has is shown by labels and is arranged in perfect rows! Another fun fact about Underwood is that she prefers to listen to a variety of music, but she doesn’t always like listening to her own, she said that she is just not too crazy about listening to her self. Selling more than 14 million albums worldwide, winning five Grammy’s, having 14 No, 1 singles, with only six as co-writes, and countless other achievements in less than seven years. Carrie Underwood remains passionate, and fueled by her restless creative spirit and good-natured competitiveness, and her God-given talent.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York . Raised in Detroit , Michigan . Aaliyah Dana Haughton started voice lessons shortly after she learned to talk As a young actress/singer competed successfully on the television program Star Search at age 11. That same year, she performed with R&B legend Gladys Knight, the former wife of her uncle and manager, Barry Hankerson, at a five-night stand in Las Vegas.
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The song I chose is called “Before He Cheats”. It was composed by Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, and it was performed by Carrie Underwood. It is about when a guy cheats on Carrie Underwood so she demolishes his truck. I chose this song because it is hilarious and I like it. It also has a lot of imagery.
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