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Carrie Underwood

Acting

Born March 10, 1983 · Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA

Also known as Carrie M. Underwood · Carrie Marie Underwood

Biography

Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Underwood has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a winner of several Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards, a Golden Globe Award nominee, a three-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Female Vocalist winner, and a two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year. She is the first female artist to win back-to-back Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards for Entertainer of the Year (2009/10). Underwood was inducted into and became a member of theGrand Ole Opry in 2008. She was also inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Billboard has described Underwood as Country Music's reigning Queen.

Awards & recognition

  • Country Music Association AwardFemale Vocalist of the Year · 2018
  • Oklahoma Hall of Fame · 2018
  • Country Music Association AwardInternational Achievement · 2017
  • Country Music Association AwardFemale Vocalist of the Year · 2016
  • Grammy AwardBest Country Solo Performance · 2015
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  • Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame · 2009
  • Country Music Association AwardFemale Vocalist of the Year · 2008
  • Country Music Association AwardFemale Vocalist of the Year · 2007
  • Grammy AwardBest New Artist · 2007
  • Country Music Association AwardFemale Vocalist of the Year · 2006
  • American Music AwardArtist of the Year
  • American Music AwardFavorite Country Female Artist
  • American Music AwardNew Artist of the Year
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Grammy AwardBest New Artist · 2007 · nominated

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