Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. She has released four studio albums and sixteen singles.

Underwood is 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 Awards for Entertainer of the Year.

Her debut album, Some Hearts, was released in 2005 and was certified seven times platinum. The album become the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history, the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history.

Her second album, Carnival Ride, was released in 2007 and is one of the biggest opening weeks by a female artist. It has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA.

Underwood released her third studio album, Play On, in November 2009. It debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart and the all-genre Billboard 200. It features the number one singles "Cowboy Casanova", "Temporary Home", and "Undo It", as well as "Mama's Song". The album has since been certified 2x Platinum in the US and Platinum in Canada.

In May 2012, Underwood released her fourth album, Blown Away. It debuted at number one in Canada's Top 200 all-genre albums chart and Top 100 Country albums chart, being immediately certified Gold. With four albums, Underwood has sold over 25 million singles and more than 15 million albums worldwide. Underwood is the fourth biggest album seller of the past 10 years, just trailing Taylor Swift, 50 Cent and Michael Bublé.