The talents of the United States-based singing competition American Idol had come a long way from being the nerve-wracked performers that they were to musical idols with triple platinum albums.
Because of the shows huge magnet of followers, almost all contestants have penetrated easily to the general music scene after they have eliminated, and better yet, have won.
Weekly exposure to the mass media, coaching sessions with other music legends, indelible attacks during performances and the drama that envelopes the show — these had been the few reasons why the then neophytes have been great at what they do and continue to excel in the field of singing.
We have heard of Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Kris Allen, Katharine McPhee, Fantasia and a whole lot more dominating the airwaves through their own takes on different genres.
One cut above the rest though is a girl who has taken the long and winding path of the country, the one who have not been sheltered by the impalpable success of pop music, the one we all have known to be Carrie Underwood.
After winning the fourth season of American Idol, Underwood’s rise to fame had been quite exceptional. Being one of might Simon Cowell’s favorites, Underwood had been a crowd favorite and it is no surprise that she was able to trump out Bo Bice with winning piece Inside Your Heaven on the show’s season finale.
Carrie Underwood is an artist who’s hard to miss since she had a lot of accolades and awards strewn on her fame belt.
Said to be one of the most successful Idols next or at par with Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood has seven Grammy awards under her name, seventeen recognitions at the Billboard Music Awards, eight American Music Awards wins and have strongly etched her name in country music history with quite an impressive number of country music hits and bagging eleven Academy of Country Music Awards trophies.
Albums after albums and endless tours all over the United States, Carrie Underwood have proven her worth to be an American Idol winner even beyond her expectations.
Netting at $110 million by Forbes, Carrie Underwood is able to release five albums of different genres and is one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for the 2000s decade.
She is said to be the biggest American Idol winner earner.
Underwood is responsible for country songs such as Jesus Take the Wheel, Before He Cheats, Cowboy Casanova, Last Name and All American Girl.
Currently, Underwood is married to Ottawa Senators hockey player Mike Fisher, continues to celebrate music with her son and is still the prominent country lass that everyone heard after her first American Idol audition.
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