Carrie Underwood

Carrie Marie Underwood

Carrie Underwood Has It All, Beauty, Brains and Benevolence.

Carrie Marie Underwood has been turning heads for the last 5 years and that is not just because she is very beautiful. After winning Season 4 of American Idol, in 2005, Carrie started her rapid rise to the top and not only hasn't she started slowing down, she has begun to break records and set new ones. She has now soared so high that she broke the "Glass Ceiling" at the 2010 ACM Awards, this year, and by winning the ACM's "Entertainer Of The Year" for the second time, she has become the first Female Singer to achieve this . That's right, no other Female Artist has ever won it twice.

Not only has Carrie made history with her 3, #1 Albums , 12 #1 singles and 60+ Awards, she has also made history by being the First Female Country Singer to Achieve certain things.

Carrie is the first Female Country singer to achieve 10 #1 singles with her First Two Albums ("Some Hearts" and "Carnival Ride"). Moreover, the first two singles that have been released off her Third Album ("Play On") have also gone to #1, and Carrie has more singles yet to be released. The next single, "Undo It", is set to be released on May 24, 2010 and I would be surprised if this wasn't another #1 single.
Carrie's debut album "Some Hearts" was the best selling debut album by a Solo Female Country Music Artist in the History of Country Music. It was also named Top Country Album of the Decade.
Some Hearts is the highest certified album by an American Idol contestant and it was the first album to be certified seven times platinum in 2007, selling 6,968,000 copies, to date.
Carrie is also the only Female Artist to have ever won the ACM's "Entertainer Of The Year" two times (2009/2010). "EOTY" is the Highest Award given at the ACM's.
In November 2009 Carrie Underwood surpassed Kelly Clarkson as the "Highest-Selling American Idol winner in the United States" by selling 100,000 more albums. I should mention that, Kelly Clarkson still holds the record for worldwide sales, as she has been singing longer and also has released 4 albums while Carrie has only released 3 albums, so I expect this lead over Kelly, in "American Sales" to widen in the future and Carrie also has a good chance of taking the lead in Worldwide sales too, as she becomes more popular overseas. .

Reba McEntire also presented Carrie with the "Triple Crown" at the 2010 ACM's Awards and while Carrie is not the first to receive the Triple Crown, it's worth mentioning that relatively few Artists have won this Highly Esteemed Award and the winners now include Carrie Underwood, Barbara Mandrell, Mickey Gilley, Merle Haggard, The Dixie Chicks, Brooks & Dunn and Kenny Chesney. This award was presented, to Carrie, for winning all three of the required ACM Awards, "Top New Female Vocalist (2006)" "Top Female Vocalist (2007, 08, 09)" and "Entertainer Of The Year (2009-10)". Anyone winning all three awards, at least once, are awarded the "Triple Crown".