1- Carrie Underwood born March 10, 1983, in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
2- Carrie first sang in church at just 3 years old.
3- Carrie stopped eating meat at 13.
4- Carrie is Winner of Season 4 of American Idol (2005); runner-up was Bo Bice.
5- Underwood is a big fan of horror movies, citing “Halloween” and “Nightmare on Elm Street” as her all-time favorites
6- Underwood was selected by The Hockey News on its annual list of 100 People of Power and influence in Ice Hockey
7- Her first job was at a gas station
8- She Plays guitar and piano in addition to singing.
9- Carrie’s fans are affectionately known as Carrie’s Care Bears.
10- She was just a small town girl from Oklahoma before auditioning for American Idol in 2004
11- Carrie and NHL star Mike Fisher’s 2010 wedding in Georgia cost nearly $500,000!
12- She’s obsessed with ‘The Walking Dead’
13- Her father worked in a sawmill, while her mother taught elementary school.
14- She is also the female artist with the most No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, from 1991 to present, having 14 number one’s and breaking her own Guinness Book record of ten.
15- She also waited tables at a pizzeria, worked at a zoo, and at a veterinary clinic.
16- TIME magazine has listed Underwood as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
17- Her vocal range has been described as “enormous”, with critics highlighting her ability to hold notes for an extended period of time.
18- She’s a big fan of horror stories.
19- She has two older sisters, Shanna and Stephanie.
20- Underwood is a supporter of animal rights. Underwood is a supporter of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and has done several public service announcements for the organization.
21- Carrie Underwood spent part of one of her summers as a page for Oklahoma State Representative Bobby Frame.
22- Carrie’s not a big fan of swimming in lakes and oceans where her feet don’t touch the bottom.
23- Underwood appeared on “How I Met Your Mother” as Tiffany
24- In 2008, Underwood was invited by Randy Travis to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry
25- She graduated as salutatorian of her high school in 2001.
26- Underwood is a supporter of arts education. In 2009, Underwood’s foundation “Checotah Animal, Town & School Foundation” and the Academy of Country Music foundation “ACM Lifting Lives” partnered to give students in Checotah, Oklahoma a gift valued at more than $120,000 in new instruments for their music programs.
27- While attending Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, Carrie Underwood was a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority
28- Carrie Underwood has also released songs with Christian music influence.
29- In 2005 and 2007, Underwood was voted by PETA as the “World’s Sexiest Vegetarian.”
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