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Carrie Underwood was born to Stephen and Carole Underwood on March 10, 1983 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and was raised on their farm in rural Checotah, Oklahoma. She has two older sisters, Shanna(born 1970) and Stephanie(born 1973); both are elementary school teachers in Oklahoma.
Music didn't run in the family, but Underwood started singing at church when she was 3 years old. Once she was in school, she sang solo roles in various student plays. By the seventh grade, many people were taking more notice of her voice as she entered local talent shows. She was told she had a "big voice" for "such a little girl." She was still taking her college classes when friends encouraged her to audition for American Idol.
She signed to 19 Recordings/Arista Records and released the single "Inside Your Heaven", which debuted as the best selling song in the nation with sales of 170,000. She broke Billboard chart history as the first country music artist ever to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven" also became the first song from a country artist to go to No. 1 on the Hot 100 since Lonestar's "Amazed" did so in 2000.
Following her win, she performed on the American Idol tour and signed advertising deals for Hershey's chocolate and Skechers shoes. She released the single "Jesus, Take the Wheel" to country radio later that year; her debut album Some Hearts followed in November, less than six months following her Idol win.
Some Hearts proved to be a huge hit, leading to the No. 1 hits "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Don't Forget to Remember Me" and "Before He Cheats." She toured with Kenny Chesney as well as Brad Paisley in 2006. She also won her first CMA Awards in 2006, in the Horizon and female vocalist categories.
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