Carrie Underwood Facts: Carrie Underwood is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actress. She was born on March 10, 1983, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Underwood gained widespread fame and recognition after winning the fourth season of the reality singing competition show “American Idol” in 2005.
Following her “American Idol” victory, Carrie Underwood quickly established herself as a prominent country music artist. Her debut album, “Some Hearts,” was released later in 2005 and became a massive commercial success. The album featured hit singles such as “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Before He Cheats,” which helped her gain a large and diverse fanbase beyond the country music genre.
Carrie Underwood Facts
1- Carrie Underwood born March 10, 1983, in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
2- Carrie first sang in church at just 3 years old.
3- Carrie stopped eating meat at 13.
4- Carrie is Winner of Season 4 of American Idol (2005); runner-up was Bo Bice.
5- Underwood is a big fan of horror movies, citing “Halloween” and “Nightmare on Elm Street” as her all-time favorites
6- Underwood was selected by The Hockey News on its annual list of 100 People of Power and influence in Ice Hockey
7- Her first job was at a gas station
8- She Plays guitar and piano in addition to singing.
9- Carrie’s fans are affectionately known as Carrie’s Care Bears.
10- She was just a small town girl from Oklahoma before auditioning for American Idol in 2004
11- Carrie and NHL star Mike Fisher’s 2010 wedding in Georgia cost nearly $500,000!
12- She’s obsessed with ‘The Walking Dead’
13- Her father worked in a sawmill, while her mother taught elementary school.
14- She is also the female artist with the most No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, from 1991 to present, having 14 number one’s and breaking her own Guinness Book record of ten.
15- She also waited tables at a pizzeria, worked at a zoo, and at a veterinary clinic.
16- TIME magazine has listed Underwood as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
17- Her vocal range has been described as “enormous”, with critics highlighting her ability to hold notes for an extended period of time.
18- She’s a big fan of horror stories.
19- She has two older sisters, Shanna and Stephanie.
20- Underwood is a supporter of animal rights. Underwood is a supporter of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and has done several public service announcements for the organization.
21- Carrie Underwood spent part of one of her summers as a page for Oklahoma State Representative Bobby Frame.
22- Carrie’s not a big fan of swimming in lakes and oceans where her feet don’t touch the bottom.
23- Underwood appeared on “How I Met Your Mother” as Tiffany
24- In 2008, Underwood was invited by Randy Travis to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry
25- She graduated as salutatorian of her high school in 2001.
26- Underwood is a supporter of arts education. In 2009, Underwood’s foundation “Checotah Animal, Town & School Foundation” and the Academy of Country Music foundation “ACM Lifting Lives” partnered to give students in Checotah, Oklahoma a gift valued at more than $120,000 in new instruments for their music programs.
27- While attending Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, Carrie Underwood was a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority
28- Carrie Underwood has also released songs with Christian music influence.
29- In 2005 and 2007, Underwood was voted by PETA as the “World’s Sexiest Vegetarian.”
