What is Carrie Underwood's Net Worth?
Carrie Underwood is an American country music singer, fashion designer, songwriter, actress, and author who has a net worth of $120 million. Carrie Underwood rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of "American Idol" in 2005. She has since become one of the most prominent mainstream recording artists in the music industry, setting and breaking several records throughout her career. Her debut album, 2005's "Some Hearts," was bolstered by the huge crossover success of the singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats." "Some Hearts" is the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history, the fastest-selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history, and the best-selling country album of the last 17 years. Underwood won three Grammy Awards for the album, including Best New Artist. The album sold 7 million copies.
Early Life
Carrie Underwood was born on March 10, 1983, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She was raised on her parents' farm in the rural town of Checotah. Her father worked in a paper mill while her mother taught elementary school. She was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at age five and was prescribed Ritalin and Dexedrine, medicines she still takes as an adult. During childhood, Carrie began performing at church and in local talent shows. A local fan encouraged Carrie's family to take her to Nashville at age 14 to audition for a record contract. Capital Records was interested but ultimately declined. After graduating from high school, Carrie initially walked away from her dreams of being a singer. She attended Northeastern State University. She spent part of one of her summers in college as a page for Oklahoma State Representative Bobby Frame. Underwood is an alumna of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. She competed in numerous beauty pageants at the university and was selected as Miss NSU runner-up in 2004. Underwood graduated from college in 2006 magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in mass communication and an emphasis in journalism.
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American Idol
In the summer of 2004, Carrie auditioned for and was selected for "American Idol" season 4. During her time on the show, Simon predicted that Carrie would both win the competition and eventually outsell all other Idol contestants. Both of those predictions would come true. Carrie won Idol on May 24, 2005.
Success
Underwood's debut studio album "Some Hearts" was released in 2005. The album reached #1 on the U.S. Country chart and #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified 8x platinum in the US. Underwood released the album Carnival Ride in 2007, which reached #1 in the US and Canada. Her album "Play On" was released in 2009 and reached #1 in the U.S. and #2 in Canada. Underwood's album "Blown Away" was released in 2012 and reached #1 in the U.S. and Canada. Her album "Storyteller" was released in 2015 and reached #1 on the U.S. Country chart and #2 in the US. Her album "Cry Pretty" was released in 2018 and reached #1 on the US Billboard chart and country chart. She followed that up with "My Gift" (2020) and "My Savior" (2021) before releasing "Denim & Rhinestones" in 2022, marking a return to her country-pop sound. Underwood released a surprise single, "Out of That Truck," in March 2023.
Underwood has had several #1 singles including "Inside Your Heaven," "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Before He Cheats," "Wasted," "So Small," "All-American Girl," "Last Name," "Just a Dream," "Cowboy Casanova," "Temporary Home," "Undo It," "Good Girl," "Blown Away," "Something in the Water," "Heartbeat," and "Church Bells."
Her musical achievements led her to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008 as the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry (to date). She was also inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009. She has won eight Grammy Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, 16 Academy of Country Music Awards and 17 American Music Awards, along with being nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. She was selected as the performing artist for the Sunday Night Football theme for the 2014-15 season, replacing fellow country singer Faith Hill. It's been reported that Underwood makes $1 million per week ($18 million per season) for the performance, but these claims are unsubstantiated.
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Endorsements
During her career so far, Carrie has earned tens of millions of dollars from endorsement deals with companies including Target, Nintendo, Sketchers, Olay, Hershey's, Almay, and Dick's Sporting Goods. In 2014 she formed a partnership with Nicole by OPI to launch 14 nail lacquers. In 2015 she released a fitness clothing brand called CALIA by Carrie Underwood in collaboration with Dick's Sporting Goods.
Carrie Underwood released the fitness and lifestyle book "Find Your Path" in 2020, and it made the New York Times Best-Seller list.
Personal Life
Carrie Underwood began dating NHL player Mike Fisher after meeting at one of her concerts in 2008. They became engaged in December 2009 and married on July 10, 2010. Her engagement ring features a 12-carat yellow diamond and is valued at $150,000. In September 2014, the couple announced they were expecting their first child together. The couple's first son, Isaiah Michael Fisher, was born in 2015. In 2019, their second son, Jacob Bryan Fisher, was born.
In 2018, Underwood revealed that she had three miscarriages in just over a year.
She is a vegan. She stopped eating meat at the age of 13 because she could not stand the thought of eating one of her own animals. She was voted "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" by PETA in 2005 and 2007.
Underwood is a practicing Christian.
In November of 2017, while taking one of her dogs out to use the bathroom, Underwood fell and broke her wrist and smashed up her face, requiring 40 to 50 stitches and plastic surgery to repair and warned her fans that she might look different due to the fall.
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Real Estate
Carrie Underwood's first big purchase after winning "American Idol" in 2005 was a 3,099-square-foot property in Franklin, Tennessee. She paid $384,000 for the three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom home and sold it for $372,500 in 2007.
In 2010, Underwood and Fisher bought a mansion on eleven acres near Ottawa, Canada, in the luxurious Spruce Ridge district. The couple later put the mansion up for sale at an asking price of $2.2 million.
The couple sold their 7,000-square-foot Brentwood, Tennessee, home for $1.41 million in March 2020. Brentwood is a suburb southwest of Nashville, and Underwood had owned the home since 2007. The home has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, a wet bar, a fitness center, and a tennis court. The home has a four-car garage, a walk-out basement with heated marble floors, and extra appliances, like a sub-zero fridge and wine fridge.
Carrie and her family live in their new "forever home," which Carrie and her husband designed together (presumably with the help of a professional architect). The house is in Franklin, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville. It is on over 300 acres of property, with plenty of space for their sons, horses, and dogs to enjoy.
