Carrie Underwood is one of the popular products of American Idol and she is one of the most successful too, if people will check her credentials in terms of album sales. Carrie Underwood is from Muskogee, Oklahoma and she was born March 10, 1983. When she joined the American Idol, she packaged herself as an able country singer and this worked to her favor. When she left the hit Fox show, she then made her own album and she has become a multi-platinum selling recording artist.

Her achievements are not only in the field of album sales, the singer was also accepted critically by her peers and by the music industry insiders. She is a multiple Grammy winner too. For this year’s Grammys, the singer is again nominated for the Grammys. Her first album in the market was Some Hearts and this album of hers made history. Her album was certified as seven times platinum and was considered as the fastest selling debut country album and that was according to the Nielsen SoundScan history. The album also spawned three hits for Carrie Underwood. These was the first three number one hits from Carrie Underwood and these songs include Jesus Take the Wheel, Wasted and Before he Cheats. Her biggest song to date is ‘Before He Cheats’. The debut album from the singer was also considered as the best-selling solo female album in the country music history.

These achievements made by Carrie Underwood help her to become one of the established singers in the country genre. She was also popular among the young listeners. Her second album was released on October 23, 2007 and this album also spawned four number one country hits. She also released a Christmas single, ‘Do You Hear What I hear? And this song peaked at number 2 at the Billboards.

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