Recommendation ;)

The person I want to recommend is one of American Idol alumni. She won the 4th season of this very successful TV show. Do you know already?

It's Carrie Underwood!

She was born on March 10, 1983 in Oklahoma. She was brought up on a farm, and before you ask, yes she was a countrygirl :P she milked cows, arranged haystacks and brushed horses. Even though she loved it, she always wanted to sing, in 1996 she was about to get her first contract with Capitol Records, but after the management changed the deal was canceled. She didn't give up and in 2004 she auditioned for American Idol and that is when the star was born...



After her performance in the top 11, she sung Alone by Heart Simon Cowell said that
she would not only win the competition, but she would also outsell all previous Idol winners. As I wrote earlier she won AI, and quickly became a huge star...



Her first album Some Hearts (2005) debuted on the top of Billboard Top Country Albums chart after selling 315,000 copies during the first week. On this album were hits like: Before He Cheats and Jesus Takes the Wheel, both reached the peak of Billboard chart.
In November 2006 Carrie got Horizon Award and the female vocalist at the 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards, and was the first female to win both awards since 1995.
Few days later she was a double nominee at the American Music Awards, which she left with the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award.
She also attended the "2006 Billboard Music Awards" the next month and took home 5 awards.
On December 7, 2006, Underwood's album Some Hearts received two Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Jesus Takes the Wheel got Grammy for Best Country Song for the songwriters.
On February 10, 2008, she won one Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and her song won for Best Country Song both for her hit, "Before He Cheats".



Carnival Ride was her second album. It was released in 2007 with hits like All-American Girl, Last Name, So Small or cover of Randy Travis's I Told You So.
IN 2008 she became a member of Grand Ole Opry. At the age of 26, she is currently the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry.
On February 8, 2009, Carrie, for the third year in a row, won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for Last Name.



As you know I'm not a big fan of country music...Why I decided to write about her? Because I think she is extremely talented, has amazing vocals and her songs really find their way into my heart. I wanted to show those of you who don't know her, who she is and share with you the pleasure which I find while listening to her songs. I hope that after reading about her and most importantly hearing her beautiful voice you'll come around to country music...or at least won't throw it to the bin every time somebody asks you to listen to it ;)



This is her last song, which can be heard every time AI contestant is voted off...