Carrie Underwood

photo courtesy of cvfair.com

Carrie Underwood, winner of American Idol 2005 and a country music star was recently nominated for 4 CMA awards. This makes her the most nominated female of the awards. Her nominations included Female Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year and Music Video of the Year for "Jesus Take Wheel", and the Horizon Award. "Jesus Take the Wheel" held the #1 spot for over 6 weeks, and her album "Some Hearts" went triple platinum. Underwood has toured with big names in the country music business such as Brad Paisley. Her fame has gone beyond just her music though, she was recently featured in a milk mustace ad, in a sketchers ad, and is on the cover of several magazines including Sweet 16, Girls Life and Reader's Digest. Although she never dreamed that one day, something quite as big as this would have ever happened to her, it did. "Don't Forget to Remeber Me" is holding its own at # 5 on the Hot Country Recurrents chart and her album "Some Hearts is ranking at #4 on the Top Country Albums Chart.