There is always a story behind every success and fail. From trying to ride a bike to becoming a famous musician. With everything there is always hardships and breaks. The rode to fame for many musicians began similarly to Carrie Underwood’s.
Carrie Underwood first stepped into the spotlight on the 4th season of American Idol. She won the competition taking on the title of American Idol. Since then she has produced multiple albums and hit songs. It all started on March 10th, 1983 when she was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She grew up on her parents farm and attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She sang at her church and competed in local talent shows. Carrie was a member of a sorority and a graduate at NSU. She competed in several beauty pageants and took home the title of runner up miss NSU in 2004.
Carrie has released 3 albums so far, although it is still very early in her career. Her first album was Some Hearts, which she released in 2005. It appeared on the Hot Country albums as number one and number two on the Hot 200 albums. Since the release of Some Hearts it has gone platinum 7 times. Her single “Jesus Take The Wheel” maintained the number one position on the Billboards Hot 100 for 6 consecutive weeks. The album consisted of 13 songs. They were: “Wasted”, “Don’t forget to remember me”, “Some Hearts”, “Jesus Take The Wheel”, “The Night Before”, “Lessons Learned”, “Before He Cheats”, “Starts with Goodbye”, “I just can’t live a lie”, “We’re young and beautiful”, “That’s where it is”, “Whenever you remember”, “I Ain’t in Checotah Anymore”.
Carnival Ride was released in October 2007. Carnival Ride sold over 527,000 ,copies in the first week. It quickly became double platnium after only two months. This Album consisted of 13 songs as well, they include: “Flat on the Floor”, “All American Girl”, “So Small”, “Just A Dream”, “Get out of this town”, “Crazy Dreams”, “I know You Wont”, “Last Name”, “You Wont Find This”, “I Told You So”, “The More Boys I Meet”, “Twisted”, “Wheel Of The World”.
Since then she has released her third album Play On. The first single to come from the album was “Cowboy Casanova”. The other songs on the album are: “Quitter”, “Mama’s Song”, “Change”, “Undo It”, “Someday When I Stop Loving You”, “Songs Like This”, “Temporary Home”, “This Time”, “Look At Me”, “Unapologize”, “What Can I Say”, and “Play On”.
Carrie Underwood is a great example that it doesn’t matter where you come from if you strive for something you can reach it.
