Birth Name: Carrie Marie Underwood
Birth Date: March 10, 1983
Birth Place: Checotah, Oklahoma, USA
Height: 5' 3½
Nationality: American
Profession: musician
Education: Checotah High School (graduated in 2001)
Father: Stephen Underwood
Mother: Carole Underwood
Sister: Shanna Means Underwood (older), Stephanie Shelton Underwood (older)
Claim to fame: American Idol 2005
The first country singer to win American Idol, Carrie Underwood grew up in the small town of Checotah, OK, and began singing with her church at the tender age of three. Throughout her childhood, she also performed at functions for the Lion's Club and Old Settlers Day, eventually grading to festival gigs in several states. Along with developing her singing, Underwood learned to play guitar and piano. She graduated from high school as her class salutatorian and majored in mass communication at Northeastern State College with an eye on a career in broadcast journalism, but continued her singing career throughout her studies.
In 2010, Underwood won her fifth career Grammy -- the best country collaboration with vocal award -- for her duet with Randy Travis, "I Told You So." Two months later she made her TV acting debut on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The superstar wed professional hockey player Mike Fisher on July 10, 2010.
Underwood continued to act between touring and recording and co-starred in the 2011 inspirational movie, Soul Surfer. Also in early 2011, the Hollywood Reporter declared her to be the top earner among American Idol alumni with well over 12 million albums sold.
Underwood and Brad Paisley co-hosted the CMA awards shows in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2010 they hit the Billboard charts with "Remind Me," a cut from Paisley's album, This Is Country Music. As of the summer of 2011, Underwood was working on her fourth album.
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