  Carrie is from Checotah,
Oklahoma.
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.
 # 77
Singles Artist of the Year
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!"
Carrie could be heard dueting
with Elvis Presley on Elvis
Presley Christmas Duets on the track
"I'll Be Home For Christmas."
 Carrie topped the Billboard Hot
Country Songs chart with "Just A
Dream."
Carrie won a Country Music
Association Award for Female Vocalist of the
Year. Carrie also co-hosted the ceremony.
Carrie won an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Album and was nominated for Favorite Country Female Artist.
 Carrie topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot Country
Songs Artist and Top Hot Country Songs Artist
- Female.
 # 74
Singles Artist of the Year
 Carrie won some People Choice
Awards for Favorite Female Singer, Favorite
Country Song ("Last Name"), and Favorite
Star Under 35 Years Old.
Carrie won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Last Name"). Carrie
performed at the ceremony.
 Carrie won an Academy of Country
Music Award for Entertainer of the Year.
Carrie was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female Artist.
 Carrie released Play
On.
Carrie topped the Billboard
Country Songs chart with "Cowboy
Casanova."
Carrie Topped the Billboard 200
LP chart, Top Digital Albums chart, and Top
Country Albums chart with Play
On
- selling over 318,000 copies its first week
of release in the US.
Carrie had her first TV special
for the holidays on FOX.
 # 100
Singles Artist of the Year
 Carrie won a People's Choice
Award for Favorite Female Country Artist.
Carnival
Ride was certified 3x platinum and Play
On
was certified platinum.
Carrie won a Grammy Award for Best
Country Collaboration with Vocals ("I
Told You So" with Randy Travis),
and was nominated for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Just A Dream").
 Carrie topped the Billboard
Country Songs chart with "Temporary
Home."
Carrie hit the Top 40 with
"Undo It."
Carrie got married.
Carrie topped the Billboard
Country Songs chart with "Undo It."
Carrie won an American Music
Awards for Favorite Country Album (Play
On),
and was nominated for Favorite Country Female Artist.
Play
On
was certified 2x platinum.
Carried was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Satisfied").
 Carrie hit the Top 40 with Brad
Paisley with "Remind Me."
Carrie topped the Billboard
Country Songs chart with Brad Paisley
with "Remind Me."
Carrie could be heard on the Tony Bennett LP Duets
II
on the track "It Had To Be
You."
 # 61
Singles Artist of the Year
 Carrie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Solo
Performance ("Mama's Song").
Carrie hit the Top 40 with
"Good Girl."
 Carrie released Blown
Away.
Carrie topped the Billboard 200
LP chart, Digital Albums chart, and Country
Albums chart with Blown
Away. The LP sold over 267,000
copies in its first week of release in the
US.
Carrie topped the Billboard
Country Songs chart with "Good Girl."
 Blown
Away was certified platinum.
Carrie hit the Top 40 with
"Blown Away."
Carrie won an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Album (Blown
Away) and was nominated for Favorite Country Female Artist.
Blown
Away was the 7th best-selling LP of
the year with 1.2 million copies sold.
- March 26: Carrie topped the
Billboard Country Airplay chart with
"Heartbeat."
- July 30: Carried topped
the Billboard Country Airplay chart with
"Church Bells."
 April 28: Carrie topped the
Billboard Digital Songs Sales chart with
"Cry Pretty."
- April 10: Carrie topped the
Billboard Album Sales chart and Country
Albums chart with My Savior.
- October 12: Underwood topped
the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart
with Cody Johnson with
"I'm Gonna Love You."
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Some Hearts
Released: November 15, 2005
US: 9x 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 23, 2007
US: 4x 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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Play On
Released: November 3, 2009
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Cowboy
Casanova" - "Quitter" -
"Mama's Song" -
"Change" - "Undo It" -
"Someday When I Stop Loving
You" - "Songs Like This" -
"Temporary Home" - "This
Time" - "Look At Me" -
"Unapologize" - "What Can
I Say" - "Play On" |
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Blown Away
Released: May 1, 2012
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Tracks: "Good Girl" - "Blown Away" - "Two
Black Cadillacs" - "See You
Again" - "Do You Think About
Me" - "Forever Changed" -
"Nobody Ever Told You" -
"One Way Ticket" - "Thank
God For Hometowns" - "Good In
Goodbye" - "Leave Love
Alone" - "Cupid's Got A
Shotgun" - "Wine After
Whiskey" - "Who Are You" |
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Greatest Hits: Decade #1
Released: December 9, 2014
US: Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 4
Tracks: "Something
In The Water" - "Little Toy
Guns" - "Inside Your Heaven" -
"Jesus Take The Wheel" -
"Don't ForgetTo Remember Me" -
"Before He Cheats" -
"Wasted" - "So Small" -
"All-American Girl" - "Last Name" - "Just
A Dream" - "I Told You So"
(with Randy Travis) - "Cowboy
Casanova" - "Temporary
Home" - "Undo It" -
"Mama's Song" - "Remind
Me" (with Brad Paisley) - "Good Girl" - "Blown Away" - "Two
Black Cadillacs" - "See You
Again" - "How Great Thou
Art" (live with Vince Gill) - "So Small" (writing
session worktape) - "Last Name" (writing
session worktape) - "Mama's
Song" (writing session worktape) |
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Storyteller
Released: October 23, 2015
US: Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 2
Tracks: "Renegade
Runaway" - "Dirty Laundry"
- "Church Bells" -
"Heartbeat" - "Smoke
Break" - "Choctaw Country
Affair" - "Like I'll Never Lose
You Again" - "Chase" -
"Relapse" - "Clock Don't
Stop" - "The Girl You Think I
Am" - "Mexico" -
"What I Never Knew I Always
Wanted" |
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vinyl |
Cry Pretty
Released: September 14,
2018
US: Gold
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 1
Tracks: "Cry
Pretty" - "Ghosts On The
Stereo" - "Low" -
"Backsliding" -
"Southbound" - "That Song
That We Used To Make Love To" -
"Drinking Alone" - "The
Bullet" - "Spinning
Bottles" - "Love Wins" -
"End Up With You" -
"Kingdom" - "The
Champion" (featurnig Ludacris) |
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vinyl |
My Gift
Released: September 25,
2020
US: Gold
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 5
Tracks: "Joyful,
Joyful, We Adore Thee" - "O
Come All Ye Faithful" - "Let
There Be Peace" - "Little
Drummer Boy" - "Sweet Baby
Jesus" - "Hallelujah" -
"O Hold Night" - "Mary,
Did You Know?" - "Have Yourself
A Merry Little Christmas" -
"Away In A Manager" -
"Silent Night" |
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vinyl |
My Savior
Released: March 26, 2021
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 4
Tracks: "Jesus Loves
Me" - "Nothing But The Blood Of
Jesus" - "Blessed
Assurance" - "Just As I
Am" - "Victory In Jesus" -
"Great Is They Faithfulness"
(featuring CeCe Winans) - "O How I
Love Jesus" - "How Great Thou
Art" - "Because He Lives"
- "The Old Rugged Cross" -
"I Surrender All" -
"Softly And Tenderly" -
"Amazing Grace" |
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Denim & Rhinestones
Released: June 10, 2022
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 10
Tracks: "Denim &
Rhinestones" - "Velvet
Heartbreak" - "Ghost
Story" - "Hate My Heart" -
"Burn" - "Crazy
Angels" - "Faster" -
"Pink Champagne" - "Wanted
Woman" - "Poor Everybody
Else" - "She Don't Know" -
"Garden" |
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