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pos: American Idol (season 4) numbers for the contestants. The result show was moved to Thursday." The compilation album for this season was performed by the top twelve finalists. "Source: Idolsmusic.com" American Idol (season 4) The fourth season of "American Idol" premiered on January 18, 2005 and continued until May 25, 2005. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell also returned to judge. Carrie Underwood won the season with approximately 500 million votes cast in the season and 37 million for the finale. Underwood has since gone on to become a seven-time Grammy-winning country megastar. While in the past

pos: American Idol (season 4) American Idol (season 4) The fourth season of "American Idol" premiered on January 18, 2005 and continued until May 25, 2005. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell also returned to judge. Carrie Underwood won the season with approximately 500 million votes cast in the season and 37 million for the finale. Underwood has since gone on to become a seven-time Grammy-winning country megastar. While in the past seasons celebrity guest judges have been invited to participate during the competition, this was the first season where guest judges were invited to participate in the

pos: Carrie Underwood discography of top ten singles on the Hot Country Songs chart at 26. Carrie Underwood discography American singer and songwriter Carrie Underwood has released six studio albums and 31 singles. Underwood rose to fame after winning the fourth season of "American Idol" in 2005. Her debut album, "Some Hearts", was released in 2005 and is the fastest-selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history. It also became the best-selling solo female country debut in Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) history, as well as the top-selling debut album of any "American Idol" contestant in the United States. Her second album, "Carnival

pos: Carrie Underwood discography Carrie Underwood discography American singer and songwriter Carrie Underwood has released six studio albums and 31 singles. Underwood rose to fame after winning the fourth season of "American Idol" in 2005. Her debut album, "Some Hearts", was released in 2005 and is the fastest-selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history. It also became the best-selling solo female country debut in Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) history, as well as the top-selling debut album of any "American Idol" contestant in the United States. Her second album, "Carnival Ride", was released in 2007 and debuted at number one on the

pos: See You Again (Carrie Underwood song) See You Again (Carrie Underwood song) See You Again is a power ballad song released by American country music recording artist Carrie Underwood. It was written by Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, and David Hodges. It was released as the fourth and final single from Underwood's fourth studio album, "Blown Away", on April 15, 2013. Underwood announced the single on her official Twitter account. Underwood debuted the song on the twelfth season of "American Idol" on April 4, 2013. "See You Again" is Underwood's eighteenth consecutive Top 10 single on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart and is also her seventeenth single

pos: Sons of Sylvia Carrie Underwood's third album, "Play On". The band had a connection with Underwood through Ashley, who toured with Carrie as her fiddle player from 2005-2009. The band performed "What Can I Say" with Carrie Underwood on December 7, 2009, on "Carrie Underwood: An All Star Holiday Special". Sons of Sylvia also joined Carrie on her 2010 "Play On Tour". The band performed their debut single, "Love Left to Lose," on the April 28, 2010 results show episode of "American Idol" and were introduced by Carrie Underwood. The group are cousins to Ryan Tedder, lead singer for OneRepublic, who co-wrote and

pos: Carrie Underwood prior to their victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 2 of the second round of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Headlining Co-headlining Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of "American Idol", in 2005. Her debut single, "Inside Your Heaven", was the first country music single in history to debut at number one on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. Her debut album, "Some Hearts", was released in 2005. Bolstered by the huge crossover success of the singles "Jesus, Take

pos: Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of "American Idol", in 2005. Her debut single, "Inside Your Heaven", was the first country music single in history to debut at number one on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. Her debut album, "Some Hearts", was released in 2005. Bolstered by the huge crossover success of the singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats", it became the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history, the fastest-selling debut country album

pos: Bo Bice Bo Bice Harold Elwin "Bo" Bice, Jr. (born November 1, 1975) is an American singer and musician who was the runner-up against Carrie Underwood in the fourth season of "American Idol". Prior to auditioning for "American Idol", Bice released a solo album as well as a few albums with his bands while performing in the night club circuit. Bice charted in 2005 at number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100 with a rendition of "Inside Your Heaven" from "American Idol". He released the album "The Real Thing" after "American Idol" to minor success before being dropped by RCA Records. He

pos: Gabby Barrett won was "Rivers Deep".Barrett's father encouraged her to join a gospel choir after they happened to meet some of the choir. Carrie Underwood says that Barrett is further along than she was at her age. Barrett auditioned for the sixteenth season of American Idol in Nashville, Tennessee. She emerged as a favorite in the competition after her audition and subsequent Hollywood week performances. Gabby Barrett Gabrielle Barrett is a singer from Munhall, Pennsylvania. She finished third in season 16 of the "American Idol" broadcast on ABC. She attended Serra Catholic High School in McKeesport in the past and then homeschooled.

pos: American Idol (season 6) also performed, except for Fantasia Barrino who was appearing in "The Color Purple" in New York City. After Carrie Underwood performed "I'll Stand by You", Clive Davis gave a speech extolling the state of "the "American Idol" album franchise", then presented Underwood with a special award for achieving 6 million U.S. album sales for her album "Some Hearts". Note: Bottom 2 indicates that the contestant was 'saved' last. This may or may not indicate his or her actual vote rank. Sometimes, Seacrest will announce that the contestant is in the bottom 2, sometimes he will not. On the March 22

pos: Carrie Underwood Overall, she was ranked No. 50 on the Artists of the Decade list by "Billboard". Also in late 2009, Underwood had her very own "CMT Invitation Only" and also hosted a Christmas special, "Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special", a two-hour variety show on Fox that featured Dolly Parton (with whom she sang a rendition duet of "I Will Always Love You") season seven "American Idol" champion David Cook, Kristin Chenoweth, Brad Paisley and others. In May 2010, Underwood was selected on People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People List for 2010. This was the 4th year in a row that

pos: American Idol (season 4) by former auditioners, and celebrity cameos by Kenny G, Rascal Flatts, David Hasselhoff, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, George Benson, Billy Preston, Babyface and Lynyrd Skynyrd. The winner of the competition was Carrie Underwood, who would eventually become the second "Idol" winner to sweep all three major music awards (American Music, Billboard, and Grammy Award) in a single season (for 2006-07). In a nod to the "Diana knew she'd been eliminated by the performance order" controversy of "Idol 3", neither contestant sang the winner's single, "Inside Your Heaven", before the results were announced. Underwood's first single, "Inside Your Heaven", debuted at number

pos: Idol (franchise) Clay Aiken (second place, season 2) and Chris Daughtry (fourth place, season 5, through his band Daughtry), who have each outsold all "American Idol" winners except Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood; Jennifer Hudson (seventh place, season 3), who would later win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; and William Hung, who turned his off-key season 3 audition into a recording career and has outsold some finalists. Often, a studio compilation album and/or a CD single is made to promote the show. In some cases, DVDs of highlights of the show will be released. While these releases have sold well

pos: Crossover music these artists. Lee Ann Womack scored a big hit with "I Hope You Dance". The Dixie Chicks had continued success with a less mainstream country-pop sound when they released their album "Home" in 2002. However, by the mid-2000s there were fewer country acts having crossover success. Carrie Underwood, who emerged as both a pop star and a country musician as a result of the TV series "American Idol" (a show that was at its peak in popularity at the time Underwood won the contest), became a crossover success with hits on both the country and pop charts. Underwood would become

pos: American Idol springboard for launching the career of many artists as bona fide stars. According to "Billboard" magazine, in its first ten years, ""Idol" has spawned 345 "Billboard" chart-toppers and a platoon of pop idols, including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Jennifer Hudson, Clay Aiken, Adam Lambert, and Jordin Sparks while remaining a TV ratings juggernaut." For an unprecedented eight consecutive years, from the 2003–04 television season through the 2010–11 season, either its performance show or result show was ranked number one in U.S. television ratings. "American Idol" was based on the British show "Pop Idol" created by

pos: American Idol a number of highly successful recording artists, such as Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry and Carrie Underwood, as well as others of varying notability. The alumni of the show had received between them 54 Grammy nominations and 13 Grammy awards by the end of the show in 2016, with Carrie Underwood winning seven. Various "American Idol" alumni had success on various record charts around the world; in the U.S. they had achieved 345 number ones on the "Billboard" charts in its first 10 years, and 458 by its last year of broadcast in 2016, with 100 achieved by Kelly Clarkson alone. According

pos: Wasted (Carrie Underwood song) fifth overall number one single. It spent three weeks at number one on the country charts. It debuted at number 57 on the country charts before its official release. The song also received a significant amount of digital downloads on the iTunes music store after her performance of the song on "American Idol". The song sold 705,000 as of October 2011. On August 10, 2015 "Wasted" was officially certified Platinum. Wasted (Carrie Underwood song) "Wasted" is a song written by Marv Green, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey, and recorded by American country music artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in

pos: Bo Bice contestant to win the grand prize by correctly singing the lyrics to all the songs in his round. In 2013, Bice sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the NASCAR Feed the Children 300 in Sparta, Kentucky. Bo Bice Harold Elwin "Bo" Bice, Jr. (born November 1, 1975) is an American singer and musician who was the runner-up against Carrie Underwood in the fourth season of "American Idol". Prior to auditioning for "American Idol", Bice released a solo album as well as a few albums with his bands while performing in the night club circuit. Bice charted in 2005 at number two

pos: There's a Place for Us (song) famous as a result of various reality TV talent shows, such as "American Idol" in the case of Carrie Underwood, "X Factor" in the UK for Joe McElderry, and "Swedish Idol" in the case of E.M.D. There's a Place for Us (song) "There's a Place for Us" is a song written by David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey, and co-written and recorded by American country artist Carrie Underwood, and is featured on the soundtrack for the 2010 film "". The song was featured during the end credits of the film. The song was also performed by other artists for country-specific releases outside

pos: American Idol Rewind unprecedented ratings," introduced Ruben Studdard (winner), Clay Aiken (runner-up), Kimberley Locke, and Josh Gracin. Aiken provides the narration for this set of episodes. The third edition of "Rewind" highlighted both the Third and Fourth Seasons of the original series. The first half showcased Season 3, where Fantasia Barrino won and Jennifer Hudson and Jasmine Trias were finalists, and the second half showcased Season 4 where Carrie Underwood was the winner. Due to copyright laws, the show was unable to get rights to air full-length performances from Season Three which is why they bundled up 16 weeks of the show in

pos: Simon Fuller UK. Fuller sold Pop Idol to Fox in the US, and "American Idol" quickly became a No.1 rated show making stars of its presenter Ryan Seacrest as well as judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, as well as many of its performers including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and others. And later the show has featured many more high profiled judges including Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, and Keith Urban. American Idol has since won many awards and has been credited with originating a new form of reality TV. Fuller has been

pos: American Idol has been a cause of resentment for some in the industry. LeAnn Rimes, commenting on Carrie Underwood winning Best Female Artist in Country Music Awards over Faith Hill in 2006, said that "Carrie has not paid her dues long enough to fully deserve that award". It is a common theme that has been echoed by many others. Elton John, who had appeared as a mentor in the show but turned down an offer to be a judge on "American Idol", commenting on talent shows in general, said that "there have been some good acts but the only way to sustain

pos: The Sound of Music Live! "The Sound of Music" in 2013. On November 30, 2012, the network announced that country music and fourth season of "American Idol", winner performer Carrie Underwood would star as Maria von Trapp in the production. In a statement, Greenblatt justified Underwood's involvement, saying that "[Maria] was an iconic woman who will now be played by an iconic artist." On September 16, 2013, NBC revealed the full cast of the special, and released a promotional image depicting Underwood as Maria von Trapp, wearing blond braids and a dirndl, referencing one of Julie Andrews' "most iconic moments" from the film adaptation. Prior

pos: Country Showdown Billy Dean, Sara Evans, Billy Ray Cyrus, Chris Young, Erika Jo, Miranda Lambert, John Michael Montgomery, Bobby Pinson, Chad Brock, LeAnn Rimes, Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry, Wayne Hancock, and Rick Trevino. Some other notable contestants include: Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw and Martina McBride. Several "Country Showdown" contestants have also appeared "American Idol", a reality television contest that differs from the "Country Showdown" in that is broader in scope and decides its winners through viewer votes. Contestants can appear on "Idol" either before or after their performance in the "Country Showdown". "American Idol" season 4 winner Carrie Underwood had previously

pos: Kara DioGuardi David Archuleta, Carrie Underwood, Diana DeGarmo, Katharine McPhee, Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, and Adam Lambert. She co-wrote the "American Idol" season eight coronation single, "No Boundaries", which was performed by both finalists during the competition. DioGuardi struggled to find her place among the judges. In Richard Rushfield's book, "American Idol: The Untold Story," he reveals that often the other judges would leave the studio during commercial breaks, leaving DioGuardi behind to awkwardly sit by herself. Kara also co-wrote with Jason Reeves a song called "Terrified" for Katharine McPhee's album "Unbroken", which was covered by Didi Benami, an "American Idol" contestant

pos: Jennifer Hudson England." The bottom three consisting of three African-American women led to controversy. In May 2009, "MTV" listed Hudson as the sixth greatest "American Idol" and noted her exit was the most shocking of all time. In May 2010, the "Los Angeles Times" claimed Hudson to be the third greatest "Idol" contestant in the history of the show, placing behind season one winner Kelly Clarkson and season four winner Carrie Underwood. In one of her first appearances on a record, Hudson is featured in a duet, "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be", on Meat Loaf's "". In September 2006,

pos: American Idol (season 12) showcasing an "Idol Update" segment by bringing back many "Idol" alumni to perform on the result shows or as a guest in the audience. Such performers were Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Fantasia Barrino, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, Katharine McPhee, David Cook, Adam Lambert, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Phillip Phillips, Jordin Sparks, Colton Dixon and Jessica Sanchez. In addition, three former judges made appearances on this season. Paula Abdul returned to the show briefly on the Top 5 result night, Tyler appeared dressed up posing as a contestant during the audition rounds and Lopez performed the night of the

pos: David Cook (singer) a Christmas TV variety special hosted by Carrie Underwood. Cook also made numerous returns to "American Idol". On May 20, 2009, Cook performed "Permanent" during the finale of eighth season in honor of his late brother Adam, where proceeds from the live single went to Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2). During the March 17, 2010, episode of "American Idol", Cook sang the Rolling Stones song "Jumpin' Jack Flash". On March 7, 2011, Cook released the send-off song for the tenth season, the Simple Minds song "Don't You (Forget About Me)", played upon an elimination. He later performed "The Last Goodbye"

pos: American Idol (season 8) in the previous season. Songwriter and record producer Kara DioGuardi was added as a fourth judge on the panel. She had previously collaborated with Celine Dion, Hilary Duff, Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias, Leona Lewis and Christina Aguilera, and produced several Top 40 hits. As a songwriter, she had already worked with several American Idol alumni and winners, including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, David Archuleta and David Cook. Meanwhile, Ken Warwick became the new executive producer, as Nigel Lythgoe had left the show to focus on "So You Think You Can Dance" and his new show with Simon Fuller, "Superstars of

pos: Home Sweet Home (Mötley Crüe song) chart, lasting over three months until MTV invoked the unwritten "Crue Rule", dropping videos from eligibility on their request line after thirty days. The end of the video shows the same tour bus from the beginning with the words "Rockin 'N' Rollin". Country singer Carrie Underwood recorded a cover version in 2009 as the contestant farewell song for the eighth season of "American Idol". Underwood performed the song live on the season finale. The song was included on the deluxe edition of her third studio album "Play On", released exclusively in Australia and New Zealand. United States: 288,000 Justin Moore

pos: American Idol compilation series rendition of "I Believe." Barrino's debut album, "Free Yourself", included "I Believe" and "Summertime." DeGarmo's debut album, "Blue Skies", included "Dreams" and "Don't Cry Out Loud." After season four, the winner (Carrie Underwood) and runner-up (Bo Bice) each released a single for "Inside Your Heaven" and which included one cover song from the show, "Independence Day" (Underwood, also on "Showstoppers") and "Vehicle" (Bice). Underwood's debut album "Some Hearts" also included "Inside Your Heaven" and achieved 7 times Platinum certification. After season 5, winner Taylor Hicks and runner-up Katharine McPhee each released a single with an original song and a cover

pos: Angels Brought Me Here performing "Angels Brought Me Here" in the Top 3 verdict show. Sebastian was also a guest performer in the verdict show on "Asian Idol" in 2007, performing the song as duet with 2005 "Indonesian Idol" winner, Mike Mohede. In 2005, it was also performed by the fourth "American Idol" winner, Carrie Underwood, in the last performance show for the season. In April 2008, on the United Kingdom TV drama series "Rock Rivals", which depicts a fictional talent show set in London, the song was performed by Bethany Hopkins (portrayed by Holly Quin-Ankrah) as her winner's single. Cover versions of the

pos: Steven Tyler "Abbey Road". On January 19, 2011, Tyler made his debut appearance as a judge on "American Idol", during the premiere of the show's 10th season, which aired through the end of May. On April 2, 2011, Tyler presented an award at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards. The following day, he performed with Carrie Underwood at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Underwood and Tyler performed Underwood's song "Undo It" and completed their segment with an energetic version of the Aerosmith classic "Walk This Way". On May 3, 2011, he released his autobiography "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?",

pos: Maybe It Was Memphis during the finale of "American Idol". Carrie Underwood selected the song as part of the round of competition in which each contestant's idol chose their song. On May 8, 2013, during the live rounds of the fourth season of "The Voice", Danielle Bradbery from Blake Shelton's team sang it as her song. Maybe It Was Memphis "Maybe It Was Memphis" is a song written by Michael Anderson, and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis on two separate occasions. The second recording was released in 1991 as the fourth single from her album "Put Yourself in My Place". The

pos: No Boundaries (song) the song however, were released to digital music retailers on May 20, 2009. It is the second "American Idol" winner single that was released by both winner and runner-up. The first single was "Inside Your Heaven" of season 4, released by winner Carrie Underwood and runner-up Bo Bice. It is also the second "American Idol" winner single that is not on the debut album of the winner, after Taylor Hicks' "Do I Make You Proud" in 2006, although the song is included in the deluxe edition of Kris Allen's debut album. It was performed on Britain's Got Talent by young

pos: David Cook (singer) morning news program, "Good Morning America" and talked about Walt Disney World Resort's new attraction, "The American Idol Experience", where he performed "Light On" and covered "Go Your Own Way" with fellow winner Carrie Underwood. He and all the other six winners received a mic-shaped statue from the creator of the franchise, Simon Fuller to honor them for winning the competition. On August 7, 2009, Cook performed the Fleetwood Mac hit "Little Lies" with "American Idol" season 8 winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert on ABC's Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series in Central Park. Cook performed "Lie" in

pos: American Idol alumni in film, television and theater been involved in musical theater, but the most successful is the sixth-place finisher Constantine Maroulis. Maroulis has been active on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in "Rock of Ages". The winner Carrie Underwood made her acting debut in a film by starring in "Soul Surfer". The season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee has established a career as a film and TV actress, and starred in the TV series "Smash". Eleventh-placed finisher Kevin Covais also has a steady career as actor with many acting roles in film and TV. Other Season 5 contestants who also pursued

pos: American Idol (season 16) 2018, and aired on Sunday, April 22, followed with the live results on Monday, April 23. Color key: The Top 10 performed Disney songs on Sunday, April 29, 2018. Idina Menzel served as a guest mentor. The Top 7 performed tribute performances to the late Prince and songs from their birth years. Nick Jonas served as a guest mentor. The Top 5 performed songs by Carrie Underwood and songs dedicated to their mothers. Underwood served as mentor for the week and performed with the contestants. The Top 3 performed their winner’s song, a reprise of their favorite performance of the

pos: American Idol the winner determined by American viewers using phones, Internet, and SMS text voting. The winners of the first sixteen seasons, as chosen by viewers, are Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Candice Glover, Caleb Johnson, Nick Fradiani, Trent Harmon, and Maddie Poppe, respectively. "American Idol" employs a panel of vocal judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original judges, for the first through eighth seasons, were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, singer and choreographer Paula Abdul, and music executive and manager Simon

pos: Chris Daughtry member present on the album. In its ninth week of release, "Daughtry" reached number one on the "Billboard" chart. Chris Daughtry is now the third most successful "American Idol" contestant in terms of record sales, behind only Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, who both won their respective seasons. At the 50th Grammy Awards, the band was nominated for Best Rock Song for the single "It's Not Over". Since the band's first album, Chris Daughtry has collaborated with several artists, including Slash, Sevendust, Theory of a Deadman, Chad Kroeger, Brad Arnold, Vince Gill and Carlos Santana. He is known for his

pos: Carrie Underwood "Temporary Home" from CMT: Invitation Only presents Carrie Underwood. Underwood won two international awards at the 8th French Country Music Awards, which were Best Female Vocalist and Video of the Year, for "Cowboy Casanova". At the 2010 American Music Awards, she won "Favorite Country Album", for "Play On", making her the only artist in the American Music Award history to have all albums awarded in such a category. She co-hosted the 2010 CMA Awards with Brad Paisley for the third year in a row. At the 2011 Grammy Awards, Underwood was nominated for 'Best Female Country Vocal Performance' for "Temporary

pos: Blood, Sweat & Tears 5, 2013. From 2013 till 2018, Blood Sweat and Tears was fronted by Bo Bice, who was the runner-up against Carrie Underwood in the fourth season of "American Idol". In 2018 the group decided to replace Bice with former Tower of Power singer Tom Bowes, who had previously done a brief stint with BS&T back in July through November 2012. All of the band's albums, with the exception of "Brand New Day", are currently available on compact disc. BS&T's first four albums were reissued by Sony Records in remastered editions (typically with bonus material), except for its third album, which

pos: Jessie James Decker age fifteen, she made weekly trips to Nashville to hone her songwriting skills. At seventeen, James was introduced to Carla Wallace of independent label Big Yellow Dog Music, who helped her with her songwriting and singing. One of her songs, "Gypsy Girl", written with two writers from Yellow Dog had been pitched to "American Idol" contestant and winner, Carrie Underwood. Underwood put it on hold for her record, but nonetheless the song made it into the hands of record executive David Massey, who brought her to the attention of L.A. Reid. She auditioned for Reid singing her song "My Cowboy",

pos: Country music and several hits on both the country charts and the Billboard Hot 100. Singer-songwriter Unknown Hinson became famous for his appearance in the Charlotte television show "Wild, Wild, South", after which Hinson started his own band and toured in southern states. Other rock stars who featured a country song on their albums were Don Henley and Poison. In 2005, country singer Carrie Underwood rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of "American Idol" and has since become one of the most prominent recording artists of 2006 through 2016, with worldwide sales of more than 65 million records

pos: Goin' Country is a sponsor of the show. The pilot episode of the show first aired May 22, 2010 and featured Cook hunting Texas white-tail deer and writing a new song in Nashville. Cook was joined on the show by family, friends and celebrity guests, including fellow former American Idol contestant Blake Lewis, and country music singers Jake Owen and Aaron Tippin. The show has drawn the ire of PETA who issued a statement referring to it as her "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" and suggesting she should instead follow in the footsteps of fellow American Idol alumni Kellie Pickler, Carrie Underwood and

pos: American Idol contestants discography by fourth winner Carrie Underwood (best-selling contestant in the United States) with 15 million albums sold worldwide. By the end of 2009, all the contestants had 257 number one singles in the Billboard charts and have sold over 66 million albums worldwide and 56 million singles in US alone American Idol contestants discography This is a comprehensive listing of official post-"Idol" releases by various contestants of the television show American Idol. All of the compilations and singles of the show as well as most of its contestants' singles and albums were released by 19 Recordings with Sony Music Entertainment (the

pos: Country music in history to win the award twice, as well as twice consecutively. "Time" has listed Underwood as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2016, Underwood topped the Country Airplay chart for the 15th time, becoming the female artist with most number ones on that chart. Carrie Underwood was one of several country stars produced by a television series in the 2000s. In addition to Underwood, "American Idol" launched the careers of Kellie Pickler, Josh Gracin, Bucky Covington, Kristy Lee Cook, Danny Gokey, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery (as well as that of occasional country singer

pos: Mark Bright (record producer) chairman of Sony BMG Nashville, when Galante was meeting with Clive Davis. They called Bright to see if he would be interested in producing that year’s American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood. Bright had seen Underwood on the show, but never dreamed that he would ever have an opportunity to be her producer. Galante said "I want you to meet her — if she likes you, you'll make a record". Bright flew to Kansas City with Galante to meet Underwood. Two weeks later, Bright and Underwood were in the studio making "Some Hearts". Bright was unaware that a battle had ensued

pos: E.M.D. soundtrack was performed by Carrie Underwood. In January 2009, the band won a Swedish Grammy for Song of the Year with "Jennie Let Me Love You". E.M.D. E.M.D. was a Swedish boyband consisting of Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andréasson and Danny Saucedo. All three members had participated on the Swedish version of "Idol", with Erik as a finalist and Danny at 6th place on Idol 2006. Mattias was eliminated as the fourth runner-up on Idol 2007. After "Idol", the three formed E.M.D. releasing three albums and had a number of singles, including four consecutive #1s in 2007-2009 for "All for Love",

pos: Simon Lythgoe as American Idol. In 2002 Lythgoe left Australia and moved to Hollywood to help produce American Idol with his father, Nigel. Lythgoe produced some of Idol's biggest success stories including Carrie Underwood and Ruben Studard. During this period Lythgoe was also the coordinating producer for So You Think You Can Dance. After six seasons of Idol and two of SYTYCD Lythgoe was poached by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett as a producer for the Fox Network's On The Lot. Upon completion Lythgoe was employed as an Executive for American Idol's parent company, Fremantle Media North America. During his contract Lythgoe

pos: So Small fourth number one single on the "Billboard" country music charts, holding the peak position for three weeks, and her fifth consecutive number one country single overall. "American Idol" 2009 finalist Matt Giraud performed this song during Grand Ole Opry week. "So Small" video at CMT.com So Small "So Small" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in August 2007 as the first single from her 2007 album "Carnival Ride". Underwood co-wrote this song with Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird. "So Small" is the first single for which Underwood shares a writing

pos: American Idol (season 15) Beckham, Bo Bice, Kelly Clarkson, David Cook, Bucky Covington, Chris Daughtry, Diana DeGarmo, Lee DeWyze, Colton Dixon, Melinda Doolittle, James Durbin, Nick Fradiani, Candice Glover, Danny Gokey, Mikalah Gordon, Tamyra Gray, Justin Guarini, Kree Harrison, Taylor Hicks, Amber Holcomb, Jennifer Hudson, George Huff, Allison Iraheta, Casey James, Caleb Johnson, Skylar Laine, Joshua Ledet, Blake Lewis, Kimberley Locke, LaToya London, Sanjaya Malakar, Constantine Maroulis, Scotty McCreery, Katharine McPhee, Phillip Phillips, Kellie Pickler, Brandon Rogers, Jessica Sanchez, Carly Smithson, Jordin Sparks, Ruben Studdard, Pia Toscano, Jasmine Trias, Carrie Underwood, Elliott Yamin, and Ace Young. Live + same day ratings Season 15 premiered

pos: Maria Vidal Billy Steinberg, and Rick Nowels, including Ace of Base single "Every Time it Rains" and Belinda Carlisle's "California." As a studio vocal arranger and producer, Vidal has worked with a myriad of artists. Vidal's credits include Carrie Underwood and the other finalists on American Idol season 4. In May 2009 Maria Vidal announced the release of her album "Living in Radical Radiance". The album can be downloaded on her website or ordered through the website shop. Maria Vidal Maria Elena Vidal (born August 1, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for her hit single "Body Rock", which reached

pos: Steven Tyler Dimension!" was released, and on November 8, the band began the second leg of their Global Warming Tour, which took the band to 14 North American cities through December 13. On January 21, 2013, Aerosmith released "Can't Stop Lovin' You" (featuring Carrie Underwood) as the fourth single from "Music from Another Dimension!". He briefly returned to "American Idol" in season 12, auditioning dressed up as a woman named "Pepper" in front of the judges (Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban, and Mariah Carey). He also visited the judges when they were auditioning contestants in November 2012 in Oklahoma City while

pos: Lauren-Ashley of Carrie [Underwood] and Miranda [Lambert], she also sets herself apart." Lauren-Ashley's career was kickstarted by her win of Georgia Southern University's GSU Idol competition in 2010. Since then, she has also won a national songwriting competition, Wake Up Nashville—and Dream Big. Her song, "Cold November" placed first, and her song "Drive" placed in the top ten. Most recently, Lauren-Ashley won 2011 Georgia Country Female Artist of the Year. Lauren-Ashley performs both her original tracks as well as covers, including Heidi Newfield's "Johnny and June," as well as Carrie Underwood's "Last Name". The atmosphere is high-energy from the rock edge

pos: I'll Stand by You crowd. These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I'll Stand by You". UK CD1 (Polydor / 9869129) UK CD2 (Polydor / 9869130) "The Singles Boxset" (CD7) "I'll Stand by You" was covered in 2007 by Carrie Underwood as a charity single, recorded for the show "Idol Gives Back" which aired on April 25, 2007. Carrie Underwood performed the song during her visit to Africa, which was used as soundtrack for a video vignette, where Underwood is seen singing to children and doing different activities with them. The single and the video were released on the

pos: Barry Lather Carrie's American Idol Finale Performance, the ACM's, ACCA's, and CMT award performances of "Church Bells". He directed Female Vocalist of the Year, Carrie Underwood's hot, rocking "Dirty Laundry" performance on the 2016 CMA Awards. The Storyteller Tour of Carrie Underwood's received a Pollstar Nomination for "Most Creative Stage Production" for 2016. 2017, Lather directed and choreographed Paula Abdul's The Total Package Tour, as well as directed Trey Songz BET Award performance. Early 2018, Barry directed the ground breaking entertainment Qiddiya project in Saudi Arabia...and television performances for Carrie Underwood on the ACM awards, CMT awards, Radio Disney, IHeart, AMA &

pos: Idol Gives Back Center in Los Angeles, where The Black Eyed Peas, Elton John, Carrie Underwood, and Joss Stone appeared at the Pasedena Civic Center, while Alicia Keys, Victoria Beckham, and David Cook appeared at the American Idol studio. Mary J. Blige also appeared at the American Idol studio, with an all-star band featuring Orianthi, Travis Barker, Randy Jackson, and multiple other celebrities. Annie Lennox was scheduled to make an appearance and perform live on the show, however, the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull which began on April 14, 2010 caused chaos across Europe with every flight being grounded. Due to this

pos: Mark Mueller Brendan Urie of Panic! at the Disco after being selected from the "Audience Suggestion Box." The video of the song has had more than 9,800,000 views on Facebook and more than 1,450,000 viewers on "YouTube". In September 2018, country/pop star Carrie Underwood, season 4 winner of American Idol, sung a brief, spontaneous duet of the DuckTales theme with host Jimmy Fallon after telling him it was one of her young son's favorite songs. The "DuckTales" theme was played live on ABC-TV's "Dancing with the Stars" in September 2016 on the second episode of the long-running hit series 23rd season, with

pos: Mark Bright (record producer) in 2005 to produce the debut album of that year's American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood. The album, "Some Hearts", had unprecedented success winning three Grammy Awards, Best New Artist for Underwood, and was called "Billboard" Country Album of The Decade. Bright has continued to produce Underwood's music throughout her recording career including Underwood’s "NBC Sunday Night Football" intro/theme songs. As of 2017, Underwood has had 21 number one hits produced by Bright. He sold Teracel Music in a highly lucrative transaction in 2006, then formed a new publishing company, "My Good Girl Music/Chatterbox Music" which was another a co-venture with

pos: American Idol (season 4) Me by Diana Ross. Result Show: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by Kelly Gordon. Result Show: Everything Is Beautiful by Ray Stevens Result Show: When You Tell Me That You Love Me by Diana Ross (1991). Result Show: You Can Shine by Earth, Wind & Fire Result Show: Emotion by Samantha Sang. Result Show: Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel. Result Show: Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton Each contestant sang three songs. Each contestant sang three songs. The fourth-season finale featuring Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood aired May 24 May 25. It featured appearances

pos: Heartbeat (Carrie Underwood song) was directed by Randee St. Nicholas. The video shows Underwood in a sparkly gold flowing dress, walking barefoot through a lush forest, humming the melody of the song. She is seen wandering through the forest and singing the ballad. Underwood performed the song live at the 2015 American Music Awards on November 22, 2015. She also performed the song on the twelfth season of "The X Factor" on November 29, 2015. Underwood performed the song along with Sam Hunt at the 58th Grammy Awards on February 15, 2016. The pair also performed Hunt's song "Take Your Time". Heartbeat (Carrie Underwood

pos: Lauren Alaina proclaimed "Lauren Alaina Day" in her hometown of Rossville, Georgia. During the season finale, Alaina sang "Before He Cheats" with her idol, Carrie Underwood. On May 25, 2011, Alaina was declared the runner-up. Following "Idol", Alaina was signed to Interscope Records, Mercury Nashville and 19 Recordings. Alaina released her single "Like My Mother Does". The song entered the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart at forty-nine and the Hot 100 chart at twenty and sold 121,000 copies in its first week. "Like My Mother Does" peaked at thirty-six on the Hot Country Songs chart. Following the conclusion of Season 10, Alaina

pos: Sin Wagon latter two of which were eventually released as singles in 2000. "Sin Wagon" has been performed on "American Idol" by Amy Adams and Carrie Underwood. On season 3 of "The Voice", 2Steel Girls and Gracia Harrison performed the song as part of the Battle Rounds. Sin Wagon "Sin Wagon" is a song written by Natalie Maines, Emily Erwin, and Stephony Smith and recorded by the Dixie Chicks for their 1999 album "Fly". Though never released as a single, it charted as an album cut and is one of the band's most popular songs to date. It has been featured in

pos: Nashville Star an "American Idol" ripoff, but the show outlived many critics' initial predictions of failure. Fifth-season judge Blake Shelton told the "New York Times", "I think it's disastrous that there hasn't been a winner to go on to be a consistent star in Nashville. In order for the show to have credibility and for it to take another step, we need a Carrie Underwood to come out of it." Despite this, the show was a ratings hit for USA Network, and was moved to broadcast network television after five seasons. In 2004, Mal Rodgers was eliminated by the judges during one

pos: Hollie Cavanagh to the previous season. She was only shown in the Las Vegas Round performing a medley of "Mr. Sandman" by The Chordettes and "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes with Naomi Gillies and Marissa Pontecorvo and in the Green Mile Round with fellow American Idol contestants, Shelby Tweten and Ariel Sprague. She sang "Change" by Carrie Underwood in the Sing for Your Life Round and was given nice feedback by the judges. She advanced to the next round. In the semi-finals, she sang "Reflection" by Christina Aguilera. Her performance received praise from the judges, with Lopez saying that Hollie could

pos: Phillip Phillips live on the March 14, 2013 edition of "American Idol". "Gone, Gone, Gone" was also used as the twelfth season's "send-off" song, played as the backing track for the montages that highlight each week's eliminated finalist. The song was also used in the film, The Amazing Spider Man-2 Phillip Phillips capped off 2013 with a nomination from the American Music Awards for Best New Artist. He joined Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood as the only American Idol winners to receive this nomination. In March 2013, Phillips stated that he was "always writing" and that his second studio album would be

pos: Super Bowl XLVI Darren Fletcher, Rocky Boiman, and Greg Brady announcing. The Indiana University Marching Hundred performed during the pre-game show. On January 12, 2012, it was reported that former "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson would sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLVI. It marks the fourth time in the previous five years that an "American Idol" contestant has performed the national anthem (joining Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Jordin Sparks). Husband-and-wife country musicians Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert performed "America the Beautiful" as part of the ceremonies. American Sign Language translation for both songs was performed by Rachel Mazique, the currently

pos: Together We Are One Finale as a farewell tribute to Simon Cowell together by seven former American Idol champions: Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks, Taylor Hicks, and Kris Allen and more than 15 past contestants of American Idol. These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Together We Are One". Together We Are One "Together We Are One" is a pop song written by Guy Chambers, Delta Goodrem and Brian McFadden, produced by Guy Chambers and Richard Flack for the album "" (2006). Due to the positive response that Goodrem received when performing the song

pos: Africa (Karl Wolf song) any vocals by Culture. There is a dance remix of the song by MC Joe and The Vanillas which peaked at #38 on the Canadian Hot 100 based on digital sales. The song played in the background of a video footage from a May 12 season 8 episode of "American Idol" showing Carrie Underwood in Africa. A radio edit labeled "Top 40 No Rap Radio Edit" was released by Promo Only in the U.S. Karl Wolf has also made a 2008 remake of his version of "Africa" retitled as "The Song For Peace" and completely new lyrics and dedicated to

pos: Man! I Feel Like a Woman! Country Tour" (2015) and the "Shania Now Tour" (2018) . On the first two tours the song was the opening song, while during the residency show and on the last two tours it was featured in the encore. It was also the opening song of her "Shania Twain Live", "Winter Break" and "Up! Live in Chicago" live video albums, as well as on her headline on the Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show. The song was also performed by "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood during the fourth season. The song was featured in a 2005 episode of "America's Funniest Home Videos"

pos: Vonzell Solomon Fedorov was eliminated. On May 17, 2005, Clive Davis selected Dionne Warwick's "I'll Never Love This Way Again" for Solomon to perform, the judges selected Donna Summer's "On the Radio" and her own choice was Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools." She was eliminated on the following night's results show—leaving Carrie Underwood and Bo Bice to battle it out in the finale. She did, however, return for the season finale and performed "With You I'm Born Again" with Billy Preston. Solomon is the CEO of her independent record label, Melodic Records. Before starting the company, she was the highest-finishing "American Idol"

pos: American Idol (season 6) each group with the fewest votes were eliminated each week until the finals. Females Males Females Males Group Performance: Sowing the Seeds of Love" (Tears for Fears) Guest Performance: Fantasia: "I'm Here" from "The Color Purple". Females Males Group Performances: "Joy to the World" (Three Dog Night) Guest Performance: Kellie Pickler: "I Wonder" Females Males Group Performance: Stealers Wheel" (Stuck in the Middle with You)" Guest Performance: Carrie Underwood: "Wasted" The 12 finalists were announced on March 8, 2007. As in past years, the top 12 will appear on the annual compilation album while the top 10 will be the

pos: Man! I Feel Like a Woman! and it pays homage to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" and Tone Lōc's "Wild Thing" music videos, featuring Twain dancing with buffed and blank-eyed male models. The song was the opening song on both Twain's Come On Over Tour and the Up! Tour as well as Twain's headline on the Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime show. It was also used to comic effect in a 2004 Chevrolet Colorado TV commercial, as well as being on the soundtrack of Brazilian telenovela "Laços de Família". The song was also performed by "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood during the fourth season, and by Britney

pos: Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 11) eliminated. Week 6: Each couple performed an unlearned rock themed dance, as well as a rock and roll marathon dance. Haley Bracken received the highest first round score, a 27/30, despite receiving criticism from Todd McKenney over her previous dance experience. Once again, Brynne Edelsten received the lowest first round score, with a 13/30. During the rock and roll marathon, Carmello dropped Lara, which led to them being eliminated first. Eventually, Manu and Alana were the winners of the dance, and received an additional 10 points added to their first round score. American Idol winner Carrie Underwood performed her new

pos: Chris Kellogg co-hosts Dina McMahon and producer Lopez. Kellogg has interviewed many celebrities, including Bill Clinton, Martin Short, and a recent interview with Candy Spelling that was featured on "Entertainment Tonight", and "The Insider". Kellogg was the first radio host to interview Carrie Underwood after she became the winner of "American Idol, Season 4". Kellogg had a short voiceover role in the film "Return to Sender", as a radio host. Kellogg was included in a scene with Aidan Quinn. The movie also co-starred Kelly Preston and Tim Daly. In 2002 Kellogg started his own mobile DJ Service serving the Springfield Massachusetts and

pos: Cry Pretty Papadatos of the "Digital Journal" praised the album stating "the control Underwood maintains over her voice throughout the album is impeccable. Overall, Carrie Underwood excels on this album as a singer, songwriter, and producer. "Cry Pretty" is a superb studio effort, and it garners an A rating." "The Diamondback" reviewed the album favorably, writing "poised and mature, her sixth studio album effortlessly differentiates itself through the masterful lyricism and savvy falsettos that trademark Underwood's undeniable talent, even over a decade after her "American Idol" win. The organic sense of vulnerability conveyed throughout the entire album leaves the listener with the

pos: Undo It Undo It "Undo It" is a song written by Carrie Underwood, Kara DioGuardi, Marti Frederiksen, and Luke Laird. It was made available to digital retailers on October 27, 2009, and was released as an official single on May 24, 2010. The song is the third single from Underwood's third studio album, "Play On". Underwood performed the song at the 2010 "American Idol" finale, as well as at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. "Undo It" has sold 1.6 million copies in the United States, making it the 7th biggest song of her career. It was also her first song to chart

neg: Something in the Water (Carrie Underwood song) song won Top Christian Song at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. The music video was directed by Raj Kapoor and premiered on November 4, 2014, on Twitter during the 48th Annual CMA Awards. Emmy nominated choreographer Travis Wall choreographed the video. Underwood performed with dancers from the Shaping Sound dance academy dancing in the background and "required 16 choir members, 12 dancers, three costume changes and a custom-built tank of recycled water to create its dance spectacle." Underwood performed the song at 2014 CMA Awards and on April 7, 2016 at the 15th season finale of "American Idol." The song

neg: Carrie Underwood of Service", which honored former President George H. W. Bush. At the season ten finale of "American Idol," Underwood selected a song for contestant Lauren Alaina to sing. Underwood is featured on "Remind Me", a duet with Brad Paisley that reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs, giving Underwood her eleventh number-one single on such chart and fourteenth overall. She has also a duet with Tony Bennett on his 2011 album "Duets II" and another duet with Randy Travis on his 2011 "Anniversary Celebration" album. Underwood was one of the headliners of the iHeartRadio Music Festival. The event

neg: Carrie Underwood February 22, 2013, "Billboard" ranked Underwood as the 16th money maker for the period from February 2012 to February 2013. She earned close to $12 million, being "American Idol"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Top Earner and second for female country artists. In June 2013, "Forbes" placed Underwood at No. 46 on The Celebrity 100 list, reporting that she earned more than $31 million between June 2012 and June 2013, being the top-earning "American Idol". On January 21, 2013, "Can't Stop Lovin' You", a song by rock band Aerosmith with featured vocals by Underwood, was released as a single. On May 25, Underwood joined The

neg: Carrie Underwood "Idol" success story. "Forbes" has declared Underwood the most successful American Idol winner of all time, with more albums sold and more revenue generated than any of the other contestants in the show's 15 seasons. Underwood had a fast commercial impact on the music industry, with her debut album, "Some Hearts", becoming the fastest-selling debut country album in the history of the SoundScan era, the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history, the best-selling Country album of the last 14 years, and the best-selling album by an American Idol alum in the US. With her debut single, "Inside

neg: Carrie Underwood reported that Underwood earned over $20 million between May 2010 and May 2011, being the top-earning "American Idol" alumnus for the fourth consecutive year. On February 4, 2012, Underwood joined Steven Tyler to record CMT's "Crossroads" at the Pepsi Coliseum during the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam of Super Bowl XLVI. It was the highest-rated episode in seven years. On February 12, 2012, Underwood and Tony Bennett performed their duet "It Had to Be You" at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. They also sang the song on the season two premiere of Blue Bloods in September 2011. "Blown Away", Underwood's

neg: Play On (Carrie Underwood album) on May 24, 2010. Underwood performed the song on the season finale of "American Idol" and at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. The song peaked at number 23 on the Hot 100, giving Underwood her eleventh Top 40 single and reached number one on Hot Country Songs chart. "Undo It" was nominated for the 2010 Teen Choice Award for 'Choice Country Song'. It has sold 1,600,000 copies and has been certified Platinum. The fourth single, "Mama's Song", was officially released to radio on September 13, 2010. Underwood announced this in an interview after her performance on the Today Show on

neg: Carrie Underwood is the greatest thing that "American Idol" ever gave us". She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2017, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018, for her achievements in music. Underwood has influenced pop girl group Fifth Harmony, singer Mollie King of British pop girl group The Saturdays, singer Kelsea Ballerini, "The Voice" winner Danielle Bradbery, "American Idol" runner-up Lauren Alaina, and singer and actress Lucy Hale. Underwood has been the recipient of seven Grammy Awards, ten Billboard Music Awards, fourteen Academy of Country Music Awards, thirteen American Music Awards, nine Country Music Association Awards, seven

neg: Carrie Underwood On May 13, Underwood returned to "American Idol", now rebooted on ABC, to mentor the top five of the season sixteen contestants. She performed "Cry Pretty", in addition to "See You Again" with the remaining top five contestants. On May 8, Underwood received four nominations and one win for the 2018 CMT Music Awards. She performed at the ceremony and expanded her record as the artist with the most wins in the show's history. She received a nomination for Choice Country Artist and "Cry Pretty" received a nomination for Choice Country Song for the Teen Choice awards, winning Choice Country

neg: Carrie Underwood for their appearance on "Oprah's Next Chapter". In January 2014, it was reported that Underwood topped the 2013 list of the highest-paid "American Idol" alumni, reportedly earning $31 million. Not only more than any other "American Idol" contestant, this total also exceeded the annual earnings of 2013 judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, and Keith Urban. Underwood is a practicing Christian, and is also an animal lover and a vegan. She stopped eating meat at the age of thirteen because she could not stand the thought of eating one of her own animals. She was voted "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" by PETA

neg: Blown Away (Carrie Underwood song) adding: "I try to stay away from controversy in any form or fashion. It was just such a great story and such a mini-movie, listening to the song, and we really wanted to do it justice in the video." The music video won Video of the Year at the 2013 CMT Music Awards. Underwood performed "Blown Away" on "American Idol" on May 3, 2012, the week of the album's release. Amy Sciarretto of Taste of Country summarized the performance, writing, "Underwood was elevated on steps as she performed, with storm clouds roaring on the screens behind her. She was bathed

neg: Carrie Underwood For Christmas", for his 2008 album "Christmas Duets". Elvis's ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, herself asked Underwood to do the duet: "Priscilla wanted me to do 'I'll Be Home For Christmas'", she says. "I couldn't say 'no'." In March 2009, she tracked a cover of Mötley Crüe's ballad "Home Sweet Home" for the "American Idol" season eight farewell theme. Underwood released her third studio album, "Play On", on November 3, 2009. The album debuted atop both the "Billboard" 200 and Top Country Albums, selling over 318,000 copies in its first week, and became, upon its release, the top-selling release of the year

neg: Wasted (Carrie Underwood song) February. The music video premiered on CMT Loaded.com. Underwood performed the song on "American Idol" on March 8, 2007, after they paid her a tribute for her achievements since winning "Idol" in May 2005. She also performed the song live during the 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards on May 15. The song is a mid-tempo that deals with themes of addiction, including alcoholism. The song has two characters who each have to stop the addiction from taking over their lives. One of them gets out of addiction to a relationship, and the other gets out of addiction to alcohol.

neg: Carrie Underwood discography in 2018. Underwood has sold in excess of 65 million records globally. In the United States, she remains the best-selling album artist from "American Idol" franchise with a total of 16.3 million albums sold. She is the top country artist and the fifth highest-certified female artist on the RIAA Top Artists (Digital Singles) Ranking. She is also the fourth biggest album seller among artists who have debuted the past 13 years. Underwood has accumulated 85 "Billboard" number-ones. She has had 15 singles top the "Billboard" Country Airplay, and 14 singles top the Hot Country Songs. Underwood has the longest streak

neg: Carrie Underwood Stream" with Kenny Rogers (originally by Parton and Rogers) at the Kennedy Center Honors, which honored Parton that year. Underwood performed with the USO Christmas Tour in Iraq during the 2006 Holiday season. Underwood also performed at the 2007 Idol Gives Back concert, singing "I'll Stand By You", a cover of The Pretenders hit. Her version of the song debuted at No. 6 on "Billboard"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hot 100 Songs. In 2007, "Forbes" reported that Underwood earned over $7 million between June 2006 and June 2007. Also in 2007, Victoria's Secret named Underwood the Sexiest Female Musician. Underwood's second album, "Carnival Ride",

neg: Carrie Underwood episode, Underwood sang a rendition of the number-one 1980s rock hit "Alone", made famous by Heart, and Cowell predicted that Underwood would not only win the competition, but she would also outsell all previous "Idol" winners. One of the show's producers later said she dominated the voting, winning every week handily. She gained a fan base known as "Carrie's Care Bears" during the course of the show. During the final, she sang with Rascal Flatts on "Bless the Broken Road." On May 25, 2005, Underwood became the season four winner. Her winnings included a recording contract worth at least a

neg: Carrie Underwood Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. For two summers, she performed in Northeastern State University's Downtown Country show in Tahlequah. She competed in numerous beauty pageants at the university and was selected as Miss NSU runner-up in 2004. In the summer of 2004, Underwood auditioned for "American Idol" in St. Louis, Missouri, singing Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me". After she sang "Could've Been" by Tiffany on the top 12 girls night, judge Simon Cowell commented that she would be one of the favorites to win the competition. During the top 11 finalists' performance on the March 22, 2005, "Idol"

neg: Carrie Underwood the longest streak of top ten singles by a country artist from the start of a career. The Recording Industry Association of America recognizes Underwood as the Top Country Artist of all time and the fifth highest-certified female artist on its Top Artists (Digital Songs) raking, with 30 million certified units. Underwood is also the highest certified Country album artist to debut in the 21st century. Since May 2011, Underwood is the Biggest "American Idol" Earner, with, at the time of the press release, over $66 million in tour revenues, besides her records sales. She is the fourth biggest album

neg: Carrie Underwood at the 2007 "Movies Rock: A Celebration Of Music In Film". On October 22, 2008, Underwood unveiled her wax figure at Madame Tussauds New York. In 2008, it was reported by "Forbes" that Underwood earned over $9 million between June 2007 and June 2008, being No. 79 on the Top Celebrity 100 list. In 2009, "Forbes" reported that Underwood was the top earning "American Idol" alumnus from June 2008 to May 17, 2009. She earned more than twice as much as the second-place finisher, with estimated earnings of $14 million during this time period. She appeared on the holiday CD

neg: Carrie Underwood "Hear Something Country Christmas 2007" with a rendition of "Do You Hear What I Hear?". The song reached No. 2 on the AC Chart and remained there for three consecutive weeks. She recorded the song "Ever Ever After" for the soundtrack of the 2007 Walt Disney film "Enchanted". Underwood co-wrote a song for "Idol" alum Kristy Lee Cook's major-label debut album "Why Wait". At the 2008 Idol Gives Back, she sang George Michael's classic "Praying For Time" and later recorded it. In November 2008, Underwood recorded a virtual and posthumous duet with Elvis Presley, on his classic "I'll Be Home

neg: Carrie Underwood record for most wins in the show's history. Underwood scored two nominations for the 2017 Teen Choice awards, including Choice Country Artist, which she won for a third consecutive year. She received one nomination from the 45th annual American Music Awards in the Favorite Female Artist - Country category, which she won for the fourth year in a row, bringing her total to twelve American Music awards. In January 2017, Underwood took time off at the beginning of the year to spend time with family, and would then, possibly, begin to write for her next album. In March 2017, Underwood

neg: Carrie Underwood music across many genres. In 2013, she received Artist Achievement Award at the 38th Annual New York Honors Gala held by the T.J. Martell Foundation. In 2014, she was honored by the Country Radio Broadcasters' Board of Directors with the CRB Artist Humanitarian Award at the 2014 Country Radio Seminar. Regarded as one of the most successful artists in any musical genre, , Underwood has sold more than 65 million records worldwide. In the US, she has sold 16.3 million albums making her the best-selling album artist in history of the "American Idol" franchise, with "Billboard" calling her the ultimate