Carrie Underwood

After a series of relationships, Carrie Underwood married the professional league hockey player, Mike Fisher in 2010 in a grand ceremony which was attended by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and many National Hockey League players.

A passionate animal lover, she turned vegan at the age of thirteen as she could not stand the prospect of eating one of her own farm animals.

Carrie Underwood and her two older sisters were raised in a farm in Checotah, Oklahoma by her parents - Stephen and Carole Underwood. Her mother was an elementary school teacher and her father, a sawmill worker.

She attended Checotah High School where she played basketball and softball. She auditioned for Capitol Records, but nothing came out of it.

After passing out of high school, she joined Northeastern State University in Oklahoma where she pursued mass communication. She graduated in 2006.

In 2004, Carrie Underwood auditioned for the reality show, ‘American Idol’ and won Season 4 and earned herself a recording contract.

The singer debuted with the release of the single, ‘Inside Your Heaven’ in June, 2005. It reached No.1 straightaway on the Billboard Hot 100. It became the longest running single in Canada that year.

In December 2006, she featured on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ and sang ‘For Once In My Life’, alongside stars such as Tony Bennet, Michael Buble and Josh Groban.

In April 2007, the singer released the single, ‘Wasted’, that topped the Country Songs Chart and sold nearly a million copies. The single received a Gold Certification from ‘The Recording Industry Association of America’.

She performed at the ‘2007 Idol Gives Back Concert’ and sang ‘I’ll Stand By You’, her version of ‘The Pretenders’ hit which entered the Billboard Chart at No. 6.

In November 2005, her debut album ‘Some Hearts’ debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Country Albums, and went on to become the bestselling album in all genres, the following year.

Her ‘Before He Cheats’ stayed No.1 on the Billboard’ Country Charts became the first country song to be certified multi-platinum, selling 4 million copies. It is also the fourth best-selling country song of all time.