Carrie Underwood Biography

Birth Name : Carrie Marie Underwood

Date of Birth : 10 March 1983, Checotah, Oklahoma, USA

Height : 5' 3½" (1.61 m

Occupations : Singer-songwriter, actress

Carrie Underwood was born in 1983, on the 10th of March with the name: Carie Marie Underwood. She is both a songwriter and a singer, known for the genre of country pop. Underwood started becoming a famous artist after she won in American Idol's fourth season. Carrie Underwood is now known for her records' multi-platinum sales as well as winning in the Grammy Award for a number of times.

Acclaim for the album and single spilled over into 2006, when Some Hearts re-entered Billboard's Top Ten after Underwood's appearance on the 2006 American Idol finale. Meanwhile, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" won Single Record of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards (where she also won Top Female Vocalist); a Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association; and Breakthrough Video and Best Female Video at the CMT Awards, making her the only double winner at the event. Despite her hectic career as a country music star -- which included carrying her Some Hearts tour through the fall of 2006 -- Underwood found the time to finish her degree and become a spokesperson for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (who named her 2005's World's Sexiest Vegetarian). "Before He Cheats" was released as Underwood's third single late in 2006, and became her third country number one and her fourth total number one hit.

Early in 2007, Underwood began work on her second album, while "Wasted" became the fourth single taken from Some Hearts; she performed it on an episode of American Idol that March, and the following month, it hit number one on the Hot Country Songs Chart.

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.

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.