  Carrie is from Checotah,
Oklahoma.
 # 109
Singles Artist of the Year
Carrie was named the American Idol for Season 4.
Carrie released the single
"Inside
Your Heaven / Independence Day."
Carrie topped the Canadian
singles chart with "Inside Your Heaven."
 Carrie topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, the Hot Singles Sales chart, and
Pop 100 chart with "Inside Your Heaven."
Carrie signed a deal with
Hershey in commercials.
Carrie hit the Top 40 with
"Inside Your Heaven."
 Carrie released Some
Hearts.
Carrie topped the Billboard
Country Albums chart with Some
Hearts.
Some
Hearts was certified
platinum.
Carrie topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot 100
Single Sales ("Inside Your Heaven / Independence
Day").
 # 73
Singles Artist of the Year
 Some
Hearts was certified 2x
platinum.
Carrie topped the Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart with "Jesus, Take
Wheel."
Some
Hearts was certified 3x
platinum.
Carrie hit the Top 40 with
"Before He Cheats."
Carrie topped the Hot Country
Songs chart with "Before He Cheats."
Carrie won 2 Country Music
Association Awards for Female Vocalist of the
Year and Horizon Award.
Carrie won an American Music
Award for Favorite Breakthrough New Artist and was nominated for Favorite Country Female Artist. Carrie performed at
the ceremony.
Some
Hearts was certified 4x
platinum.
 Some
Hearts was the 3rd biggest-selling LP
in the US for the year with sales during the
year topping 3 million.
Carrie topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Billboard
200 Album Artist - Female, Top Country Artist
- Female (singles & albums), Top New
Country Artist, Top Country Album Artist -
Female, Top Hot Country Songs Artist -
Female, and with the Top Billboard 200 Album
and Top Country Album (Some
Hearts).
The single "Jesus Take The
Wheel" was certified gold.
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year
Some
Hearts was certified 5x
platinum.
 Carrie won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Jesus, Take The Wheel)
and Best New Artist. Carrie performed at
the ceremony.
Carrie returned to Top 40 with
"Before He Cheats."
Carrie performed on Saturday
Night Live.
 Carrie topped the Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart with "Wasted."
The video for "Before He Cheats" won 3 CMT Music
Awards including Video of the Year, Female
Video of the Year, and Director of the Year
(Roman White).
Carrie hit the Top 10 with "Before He Cheats."
Carrie hit the Top 40 with her
remake of "I'll Stand By You."
Carrie won 3 Academy of Country
Music Awards including Top Female Artist,
Album of the Year, and Video of the Year
("Before He Cheats").
Some
Hearts was certified 6x
platinum.
 Carrie broke a longevity record
on the June 2 Billboard Hot 100 chart when
she hit the Top 10 with "Before He Cheats" in its 38th week
on the chart.
The single
"Before He Cheats" was certified
platinum.
Carrie was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best New Artist .
Carrie released Carnival
Ride.
 Carrie topped the Billboard 200
LP chart, Top Country Albums charrt, and Top
Digital Albums chart with Carnival
Ride. The set sold over 527,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
Carrie topped the LP charts in
Canada with Carnival
Ride.
Carrie hit the Top 40 with
"So Small."
Carrie won 2 Country Music
Association Awards for Female Vocalist of the
Year and Single of the Year ("Before He Cheats").
Carrie won 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Country Female Artist, Artist of the Year,
and Favorite Country Album.
Carrie topped the Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart with "So Small."
Carrie topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Billboard
200 Album Artist - Female, Top Country Artist
(singles & albums), Top Country Artist -
Female (singles & albums), Top Country
Album Artist, Top Country Album Artist -
Female, Top Hot Country Songs Artist -
Female, and with the Top Country Album (Some
Hearts).
Carnival
Ride was certified 2x platinum.
The single "Before He Cheats" was certified 2x
platinum and the single "Jesus Take The
Wheel" was certified platinum.
 Carrie won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Before He Cheats") and was
nominated for Best Country Collaboration With
Vocals ("Oh Love" with Brad
Paisley). Carrie performed at the
ceremony.
Carrie performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Some
Hearts was certified 7x platinum.
Carrie topped the Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart with "All-American
Girl."
 Carrie was inducted as a member
of the Grand Ole Opry.
Carrie won an Academy of Country
Music Award for Top Female Artist.
Carrie hit the Top 40 with
"Last Name."
Carrie topped the Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart with "Last Name."
 Carrie hit the Top 40 as part of
Artists Stand Up For Cancer
with the charity single "Just Stand Up!"
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Some Hearts
Released: November, 2005
US: 7x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks:
"Wasted" - "Don't Forget
To Remember Me" - "Some
Hearts" - "Jesus, Take The
Wheel" - "Night Before (Life
Goes On)" - "Lessons
Learned" - "Before He Cheats" -
"Starts With Goodbye" - "I
Just Can't Live A Lie" - "We're
Young And Beautiful" - "That's
Where It Is" - "Whenever You
Remember" - "I Ain't In
Checotah Anymore" - "Inside Your Heaven" |
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Carnival Ride
Released: October, 2007
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Flat On The
Floor" - "All-American
Girl" - "So Small" - "Just
A Dream" - "Get Out Of This
Town" - "Crazy Dreams" -
"I Know You Won't" - "Last Name" - "You
Won't Find This" - "I Told You
So" - "More Boys I Meet" -
"Twisted" - "Wheel Of The
World" |
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