Carrie Marie Underwood is an American
country singer, songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the
fourth season of
American Idol, in 2005. Underwood has since become a
multi-platinum selling recording artist, a winner of several
Grammy Awards,
Billboard Music Awards and
American Music Awards, a
Golden Globe Award nominee, a three-time
Academy of Country Music and
Country Music Association Female Vocalist winner, and a two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year. She is the first-ever female artist to win back-to-back Academy of Country Music Awards for Entertainer of the Year. Underwood was inducted into and became a member of the
Grand Ole Opry in 2008. She was also inducted into the
Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
Billboard named Underwood
Country Music's reigning Queen in 2012.