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Carrie Underwood was born as the youngest of three girls on March 10, 1983. At the early age of 3 she started singing in the church choir and later on during high school she would sing solo parts in various school plays. After graduating high school, while attending Northeastern State University, her love for country music was confirmed when she learned about Patsy Cline and the Carter family.

On May 25, 2005 Carrie Underwood won the fourth season of American Idol. The Oklahoma native got signed to 19 Recordings/Arista Records and launched her career. To date Carrie has released a total of 3 studio albums.http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/underwood__carrie/bio.jhtml

The latest album of Carrie Underwood is called "Play On". The album came forth through a collaboration with producer Mark Bright and was released on November 3, 2009. The first single released from the album was "Cowboy Casanova". Carrie co-wrote this song with Mike Elizondo and Brett James. The song was a great success and became the 10th song by the singer/songwriter to make it into the country top 10.

Aside from "Cowboy Casanova ", Underwood co-wrote 6 more songs on the album. Currently Carrie Underwood is on her "Play On" tour through the United States. So far concert dates have been set up until December 19, 2010.http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/09/02/carrie-underwood-cowboy-casanova-lyrics/ http://www.billboard.com/#/column-chartbeat/chart-beat-wednesday-jay-sean-lady-gaga-1004020333.story http://www.carrieunderwoodofficial.com/us/events http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/album-review-carrie-underwood.html

Over the course of her career Carrie Underwood has released three albums. The first album "Some Hearts" was released in 2005 and included the hits "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Don't Forget to Remember Me" and "Before He Cheats." After the album release, in 2006, she toured with Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley.

The following year Carrie Underwood released her second album "Carnival Ride" that had a total of 13 tracks and sold 3 million copies. On March 30, 2010 Carrie Underwood released the second single from her "Play On" album named "Temporary Home". The song became number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Country Charts. Underwood has sold a total of 14 million albums world wide. Besides music, Underwood has also been signed to various advertising campaigns including Hershey's chocolate and Skechers shoes. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/underwood__carrie/bio.jhtml http://top40.about.com/b/2009/12/04/carrie-underwood-moves-past-kelly-clarkson-in-top-us-album-sales-by-an-american-idol-artist.htm http://www.theboot.com/2010/03/30/carrie-underwood-temporary-home-lyrics/1#c26692743

"I hate chick flicks. I won’t see them. I won’t rent them."http://www.whosdatedwho.com/celebrity/quotes/carrie-underwood.htm

"I had my first date in 1999 when I was 16 years old. I was so excited! I walked into the living room to watch out the window for him and my dad was cleaning his shotguns!!!! My mom yelled at him for a while and, uh, the guy never asked me out again.'http://www.quotelucy.com/quotes/carrie-underwood-quotes.html

"Sometimes a girl`s gotta have some chocolate!"http://www.quotelucy.com/quotes/carrie-underwood-quotes.html

"When I first got to Hollywood. I was just walking around, taking pictures of the palm trees and stuff like that. And this guy walked up to me and asked if I`d seen any stars and I said, "No, it`s been kind of cloudy today."http://www.quotelucy.com/quotes/carrie-underwood-quotes.html

• Some Hearts (2005)

• Carnival Ride (2007)

• Play On (2009)