Carrie Underwood
![Underwood at the [[American Music Awards of 2019|2019 American Music Awards]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/191125_Carrie_Underwood_at_the_2019_American_Music_Awards.png)
She achieved the second best-selling release by a woman in 2012 and won a Grammy Award with her fourth album, ''Blown Away'' (2012). Her compilation ''Greatest Hits: Decade #1'' (2014) spawned the crossover single "Something in the Water". Her fifth studio album, ''Storyteller'' (2015), made her the only country artist to have all first five studio albums reach either numbers one or two on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. With her sixth album, ''Cry Pretty'' (2018), she became the only woman to top the ''Billboard'' 200 with four country albums and had the biggest week for any album by a woman in 2018. She released her first Christmas project, ''My Gift'', in 2020, and first gospel collection, ''My Savior'', in 2021. Her 2022 studio album, ''Denim & Rhinestones'', marked a return to her country pop sound.
Underwood has sold 85 million records worldwide. She is the tenth highest-certified female artist and the highest-certified female country artist of all time on the RIAA's Top Artists (Digital Singles) ranking, also being the female artist with the most number-one entries (16) on the ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart. Her accolades include eight Grammy Awards, 12 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, 17 American Music Awards, five Guinness World Records and inductions into the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry. ''Billboard'' ranked her the top female country artist of the 2000s and 2010s, and ''Some Hearts'' the top country album of the 2000s. ''Rolling Stone '' applauded her as "the female vocalist of her generation in any genre", ''Time'' listed her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014 and ''Forbes'' declared her the most successful ''American Idol'' winner. Outside of music, Underwood has ventured into fashion and writing, releasing her fitness clothing line CALIA by Carrie in 2015 and the ''New York Times'' best-selling fitness and lifestyle book ''Find Your Path'' in 2020. Provided by Wikipedia