How Carrie Underwood Changed the Face of Country Music
Carrie Underwood had a life-changing experience that fateful day in 2005 when she won in the fourth season of American Idol. Since then, the Idol champ has enjoyed a very fruitful music career.
Her Idol win has paved the way for a string of successes for this Checotah-native who has instantly captured the competition's judges when she sang Bonnie Rait's "I Can't Make You Love Me" during her audition. Since getting the golden ticket to Hollywood, Carrie Underwood has not stopped hitting it high with her songs and eventually took the title of American Idol.
For four seasons, Kelly Clarkson, the first Idol winner solely brandished the Idol banner in the mainstream music scene. This despite the fact that there have been two other winners after her: Ruben Studdard and Fantasia Barrino. Aside from second season runner up Clay Aikem, Kelly was the only notable Idol contestant ruling the charts. But all of that changed when Carrie Underwood joined the champs' circle.
That changed when Carrie won the show. Prior to the release of her debut album Some Hearts, she first released the track "Inside Your Heaven" and enjoyed great airplay. She then went on to release a string of hits starting with "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Wasted," "I Ain't in Checotah Anymore," "Before He Cheats," and a lot more. Her first album did so well it stayed at the top of the Billboard Albums chart in 2007 for eleven weeks!
Even though she was new in the business, Carrie Underwood, through her music, was able to earn the respect and accolades of her peers in the music industry. Everyone saw the great talent in her. It would naturally follow that she would win several awards for her efforts. She received recognition from the Academy of Country Music, Gospel Music Association, CMT, Country Music Association, Billboard, American Music Awards, and the Grammys.
Although she has already enjoyed a very good music career with her first album, Carrie Underwood didn't stop there. When she released her second record Carnival Ride, she added five more number one country hits to her resume: "So Small," "All American Girl," "Last Name," "Just a Dream," and "I Told You So."
Just when you think that things could not get any better for this country superstar, she was recently named by Forbes.com as the top earner out of all the other American Idol contestants. It was reported that she earned $14 million since June 2008. After four years, she has sold nearly 10 million albums and 10.7 million digital downloads. She has, once again, bested other Idol alumnus such as Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Jennifer Hudson, Kellie Pickler and Chris Daughtry.
Clearly, Carrie Underwood's music has reached superstar level. This country superstar has managed to achieve in a short period of time what others would work hard for all their life. She is truly at the peak of success. - 18424
Her Idol win has paved the way for a string of successes for this Checotah-native who has instantly captured the competition's judges when she sang Bonnie Rait's "I Can't Make You Love Me" during her audition. Since getting the golden ticket to Hollywood, Carrie Underwood has not stopped hitting it high with her songs and eventually took the title of American Idol.
For four seasons, Kelly Clarkson, the first Idol winner solely brandished the Idol banner in the mainstream music scene. This despite the fact that there have been two other winners after her: Ruben Studdard and Fantasia Barrino. Aside from second season runner up Clay Aikem, Kelly was the only notable Idol contestant ruling the charts. But all of that changed when Carrie Underwood joined the champs' circle.
That changed when Carrie won the show. Prior to the release of her debut album Some Hearts, she first released the track "Inside Your Heaven" and enjoyed great airplay. She then went on to release a string of hits starting with "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Wasted," "I Ain't in Checotah Anymore," "Before He Cheats," and a lot more. Her first album did so well it stayed at the top of the Billboard Albums chart in 2007 for eleven weeks!
Even though she was new in the business, Carrie Underwood, through her music, was able to earn the respect and accolades of her peers in the music industry. Everyone saw the great talent in her. It would naturally follow that she would win several awards for her efforts. She received recognition from the Academy of Country Music, Gospel Music Association, CMT, Country Music Association, Billboard, American Music Awards, and the Grammys.
Although she has already enjoyed a very good music career with her first album, Carrie Underwood didn't stop there. When she released her second record Carnival Ride, she added five more number one country hits to her resume: "So Small," "All American Girl," "Last Name," "Just a Dream," and "I Told You So."
Just when you think that things could not get any better for this country superstar, she was recently named by Forbes.com as the top earner out of all the other American Idol contestants. It was reported that she earned $14 million since June 2008. After four years, she has sold nearly 10 million albums and 10.7 million digital downloads. She has, once again, bested other Idol alumnus such as Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Jennifer Hudson, Kellie Pickler and Chris Daughtry.
Clearly, Carrie Underwood's music has reached superstar level. This country superstar has managed to achieve in a short period of time what others would work hard for all their life. She is truly at the peak of success. - 18424
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