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中 文 名 凯莉•安德伍德
外 文 名 Carrie Marie Underwood
国 籍 美国
星 座 双鱼座
出 生 地 俄克拉荷马州Muskogee市
出生日期 1983年3月10日
职 业 歌手,音乐创作人
毕业院校 俄克拉荷马东北州立大学
代表作品 Before He Cheats
主要成就 2005年第四季“美国偶像”冠军
第7届青少年选择奖最佳综艺女星
9座格莱美大奖
7座全美音乐奖
16座美国Billboard公告牌音乐奖
Grand Ole Opry 成员
艺人资料
凯莉·安德伍德是2005年的选秀节目美国偶像的冠军。凯利参加美国偶像节目的时候还是一个高级学院的学生,和往届的美国偶像冠军不一样,凯利演唱的歌曲大多是乡村风格。凯利自幼在家乡俄克拉荷马州的教堂演唱,演唱功底深厚。2005年美国偶像开始的时候,参赛的选手总共有十万人,最终凯利凭借着丰富的演出经验脱颖而出夺得桂冠。
1983年3月10日,Carrie Underwood出生在美国Oklahoma州的小镇Checotah。从几岁大开始,自幼喜爱音乐Carrie Underwood就在家乡Checotah以及家乡附近的教堂的唱诗班中锻炼唱歌。13岁时,Carrie Underwood便录制了自己生平的首张唱片。
凯莉.玛丽.安德伍德因在2005年第四季“美国偶像”中一举夺魁而成名。之后更是成为了一位多白金唱片销量歌手、多座Grammy奖得主以及乡村乐至高殿堂Grand Ole Opry会员,也是两届乡村音乐学院奖(ACM)和乡村音乐协会奖(CMA)的“年度最佳女歌手”,还是ACM的至高大奖“年度艺人”获得者。她的首张专辑《Some Hearts》获得了七白金销量认证,是Nielsen SoundScan史上乡村乐处子专辑销售最快的作品,同时也是乡村乐历史上最高销量的女歌手处子专辑。其中产生了三首美国乡村音乐榜上的冠军单曲:"Jesus,Take the Wheel","Wasted"和"Before He Cheats",后者也是她迄今销量最高的单曲之一。
次辑《Carnival Ride》于2007年10月23日发行,至今销量已逾300万张,在乡村榜上产生了五首冠军单曲:《So Small》,《All-American Girl》,《Last Name》,《Just a Dream》 以及《I Told You So》。
2009年11月3日,Carrie发行了她的第三张专辑《Play On》,发行以来销量已破两白金。专辑中的首支单曲《Cowboy Casanova》之前自9月14日起已在乡村音乐电台播送。这支单曲的榜单登顶意味着Carrie超越了Faith Hill和Martina McBride成为新世纪以来拥有top 10乡村单曲最多的女艺人。2009年11月,Carrie以1100万的专辑销量成为了“美国偶像”播出以来拥有美国国内唱片最高销量的美偶艺人,超过了前辈Kelly Clarkson的1050万,而Carrie的全球唱片销量也突破了1400万。
除了自己的三张录音室专辑,Carrie还在以下唱片/单曲中献声过:Brad Paisley的《5th Gear》、《Remind Me》,与美偶同级生Bo Bice合作单曲《Inside Your Heaven》,向Elvis Presley致敬的《Christmas Duets》,美偶第四季合辑《American Idol Season 4: The Showstoppers》、电影原声带《Enchanted》以及和Tony Bennett 合作的《It Had To Be You》。
在2010年,Carrie在Billboard's Hot Country Songs Artists榜上排名第三,在Top Country Album Artists榜上排名第四,在Top Artists of 2010榜上排名23位。另外,在2010年6月,Carrie被Rolling Stone杂志评为流行天后第十一名,同年7月,福布斯杂志把Carrie列为“最能吸金的美国偶像”,据统计,从2010年5月到2011年5月,Carrie把2000多万美元收入囊中。
The first country American Idol, Carrie Underwood grew up in the small town of Checotah, OK, and began singing with her church at the tender age of three. Throughout her childhood, she also performed at functions for the Lion's Club and Old Settlers Day, and eventually at festivals in several states. Along with developing her singing, Underwood learned to play guitar and piano. She graduated from high school as her class salutatorian and majored in mass communication at Northeastern State College with an eye on a career in broadcast journalism, but continued her singing career throughout her studies.
As a senior just a few credits short of her degree, Underwood heard about the auditions for the 2005 season of American Idol. She tried out for the show at the St. Louis, MO, auditions, and her innocent charm and pure, pretty voice ended up winning her not only a place among the 12 finalists, but the title of 2005's American Idol. Her debut single, Inside Your Heaven, was released that summer, and along with appearing on the American Idols Live! tour, and picking up endorsement deals with Hershey's and Skechers, she began recording her debut album in Nashville. Some Hearts was released late that fall and was a smash hit, selling over 300,000 copies in its first week and eventually going triple platinum. The album's lead single, "Jesus, Take the Wheel," was also a big success, topping Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart for six weeks.
Acclaim for the album and single spilled over into 2006, when Some Hearts re-entered Billboard's Top Ten after Underwood's appearance on the 2006 American Idol finale and "Jesus, Take the Wheel" won Single Record of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards (where she also won Top Female Vocalist); a Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association; and Breakthrough Video and Best Female Video at the CMT Awards, making her the only double winner at the event. Despite her hectic career as a country music star — which included carrying her Some Hearts tour through the fall of 2006 — Underwood found the time to finish her degree and become a spokesperson for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (who named her 2005's World's Sexiest Vegetarian). "Before He Cheats" was released as Underwood's third single late in 2006, and became her third country number one and her fourth total number one hit. That December, she won five Billboard Music Awards: Album of the Year, Top 200 Female Artist of the Year, Female Country Artist, New Country Artist, and Country Album of the Year.
Early in 2007, Underwood began work on her second album, while "Wasted" became the fourth single taken from Some Hearts; she performed it on an episode of American Idol that March, and the following month, it hit number one on the Hot Country Songs Chart. She returned to American Idol in April as part of the show's "Idol Gives Back" benefit episode: Underwood visited South Africa and recorded an acoustic cover of the Pretenders' "I'll Stand by You," which was released exclusively on iTunes. Underwood won three awards at the 2007 CMT Awards: Video of the Year, Female Video of the Year, and Video Director of the Year for the video for "Before He Cheats." She also took home three 2007 ACM Awards in May, which included Album of the Year for Some Hearts and Top Female Vocalist. She made a third trip to American Idol late in the month for the sixth season finale, where she sang "I'll Stand by You" to a standing ovation. During the show, Clive Davis recognized Underwood's sextuple-platinum sales; Underwood was the first country artist to sell that many copies of a debut album since LeAnn Rimes' Blue in 1996. She also appeared on Brad Paisley's album 5th Gear, which was released in June 2006. She released her sophomore effort, Carnival Ride, in 2007.