Carrie Underwood became a superstar. Most of her music is country/pop.

Carrie Marie Underwood was born to Stephen and Carole Underwood in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on March 10, 1983 and was raised on her parents' farm in rural Checotah, Oklahoma.Underwood graduated from Checotah High School in 2001 as salutatorian. After high school, she attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. She graduated magna cum laude in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in mass communication and an emphasis in journalism. Underwood is a member of the Alpha Iota chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. For two years during the summer, she performed in Northeastern's Downtown Country show in Tahlequah. She also competed in numerous beauty pageants at the university and was selected as Miss NSU runner-up in 2004

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In the summer of 2004, Underwood auditioned for American Idol in St. Louis. On March 22, 2005, Underwood sang a rendition of the number one 80's rock hit "Alone" by Heart and judge Simon Cowell predicted that Underwood would not only win the competition, but would outsell all previous Idol winners. Underwood was the second winner never to have been voted in the bottom three. While on the show, Underwood gained a loyal fan base known as "Carrie's Care Bears." Coincidentally, she was in the same sorority (Sigma Sigma Sigma) as Linda Denham, the creator of the original Care Bears franchise.On May 25, 2005, Underwood was crowned the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, beating out Bo Bice.

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On December 7, 2006, Underwood's album Some Hearts received four Grammy nominations. Underwood received two Grammy awards for "Best New Artist" and "Best Female Country Vocal Performance" while "Jesus, Take the Wheel" won "Best Country Song" and received a nomination for "Song of the Year".On February 10, 2008, Underwood was nominated for a combined total of four Grammys including Song of the Year for "Before He Cheats". She won one Grammy Award that night, for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and her song won for Best Country Song both for her hit, "Before He Cheats". Underwood also performed "Before He Cheats" on the Grammy Awards, with a more powerful vocal ending.

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Underwood performed at halftime of the 2006 Thanksgiving Day football game at the Texas Stadium and was subsequently romantically linked to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. She attended his birthday party in April 2007, and on May 15, 2007, he escorted her to the Academy of Country Music Awards.Since August 2007, she has been dating Chace Crawford of Gossip Girl fame. On October 4, 2007, People magazine reported that the two were seen holding hands in New York City

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At her American Idol audition, Underwood revealed to the judges that her favorite singer is contemporary country recording artist Martina McBride. Throughout her time on American Idol, home videos were shown in which she sang "Independence Day", one of McBride's best known songs. Underwood also released her version of "Independence Day" as the B-side to her first #1 single, "Inside Your Heaven".

In addition to being a singer, Underwood is also a skilled guitar player, and has accompanied herself on guitar during performances of certain songs like "Don't Forget to Remember Me" and "Inside Your Heaven" during some of her live concerts, as well as on the albums. She uses a McPherson guitar, with an off-set sound hole.

Underwood is a vegetarian and stopped consuming meat at the age of 13 as she couldn't stand the thought of eating one of her own animals. She was voted "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" by PETA in 2007 for the second time, the first being in 2005 alongside Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. In a 2007 interview with Peta, Underwood stated, "Ever since I was little I loved animals... If you told me I could never sing again, I'd say that was horrible, but it's not my life. If you told me I could never be around animals again, I would just die."Underwood is a supporter of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and has done several public service announcements for the organization.

 

 

Concert Dates:

Mar 18 2008 Bethlehem, PA Stabler Arena
Mar 19 2008 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
Mar 21 2008 Ottawa, ON Canada
Mar 22 2008 Hamilton, ON Canada Copps Coliseum
Mar 25 2008 Ft. Wayne, IN Allen County War Coliseum
Mar 26 2008 Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium
Mar 27 2008 Dayton, OH Nutter Center
Mar 30 2008 Saginaw, MI Dow Events Center
Mar 31 2008 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
Apr 1 2008 Green Bay, WI Resch Center
Apr 3 2008 E. Lansing, MI Breslin Events Center
May 4 2008 Indio, CA Stagecoach Country Music Festival
May 20 2008 Fresno, CA

                                                                Some of Carrie Underwood's TOP SONGS!

Song	Album
Jesus Take The Wheel	Some Hearts
Inside Your Heaven	Some Hearts
Some Hearts	Some Hearts
I'll Stand By You	Some Hearts
Before He Cheats	Some Hearts
So Small	Carnival Ride
All American Girl	Carnival Ride
Flat On the Floor	Carnival Ride
I Know You Won't	Carnival Ride
Twisted	Carnival Ride

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