As of 2024, Carrie Underwood’s net worth is estimated to be between $140 – $160 million USD.
Born on March 10, 1983 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Carrie Marie Underwood is an American singer and songwriter who gained widespread recognition after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005.
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She has become the top-selling artist in the history of the American Idol franchise, having sold over 20 million albums and 40 million singles in the U.S. alone. Her success has been recognized by Billboard, which has named her as the ultimate Idol success story. Forbes has also recognized Underwood’s accomplishments, declaring her the most successful American Idol winner ever.
With more albums sold and revenue generated than any other contestant in the show’s 15 seasons, Underwood’s impressive career is a testament to her talent and hard work.
Her single “Inside Your Heaven” propelled her to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the only country artist to debut in that spot and the lone solo country artist to have a number-one song on the Hot 100 during the 2000s.
Underwood’s debut album, Some Hearts (2005), achieved commercial success with the popular hits “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Before He Cheats,” and is the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history. She won three Grammy Awards for the album, including the coveted “Best New Artist” award.
She met her husband, former NHL player Mike Fisher at one of her concerts in 2008. They got married in 2010 and have two sons together.
Underwood has suffered three miscarriages, which she claims was the inspiration for her song “Cry Pretty”, saying, “I would have these horrible things going on in my life, and then have to go smile and do some interviews, or do a photo shoot or something.”
With the release of her album by the same name, Underwood became the first and only artist in American Music Award history to have all six consecutive albums win the “Favorite Album” award.
She has had endorsement deals with Skechers, Target, Nintendo, Olay, Nicole by OPI, Hershey’s, Almay, and Vitamin Water. She also launched her own line of workout clothing called “CALIA by Carrie Underwood” in partnership with Dick’s Sporting Goods.
On March 3, 2020, Underwood published her first book, Find Your Path, which quickly became a New York Times best seller. Her book details her personal experience and lifestyle strategies to help readers discover their own path to wellness. It also includes a collection of her favorite recipes.
As a devout Evangelical Christian, Underwood is committed to her faith. She is vegan and has a deep love for animals. She gave up meat at the age of 13 because she couldn’t bear the idea of consuming one of her own beloved pets.
Her passion for animal welfare even earned her the “World’s Sexiest Vegetarian” title from PETA twice — the first in 2005, when she shared the honor with vegetarian Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay — and was awarded the title again in 2007.
Quotes by the blonde beauty on her purpose in life, faith, family, and more:
“A lot of people think I don’t like them just because I’m pretty quiet…but there are certain things people don’t necessarily need to know. There’s got to be some things for me.”
“After I released ‘Jesus, Take the Wheel,’ people started saying, ‘Oh, it’s kind of risky — your coming out with a religious song.’ And I was thinking, ‘Really?’ I grew up in Oklahoma; I always had a close relationship with God. I never thought it was risky in the least. If anything, I thought it was the safest thing I could do.”
“All of us gave it all we’ve got…overcame a whole lot just being on the show and learned a lot about ourselves. We’re just normal people trying to do what we love and follow our dreams.”
“Getting revenge on a guy is just not worth it to me. I mean, it definitely sucks at the time, but obviously you’re not supposed to be with that person.”
“God wouldn’t have made any of us if He didn’t want us.”
“I can’t believe this is happening to me. The weirdest thing is it was just a dream, and now it’s actually real. It’s hard to believe sometimes.”
“I don’t consider myself sexy. I’m kind of a nervous person in general. I’m socially awkward. I’m not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot.”
“I feel like that’s part of my purpose in the world…no matter who you are, what you’ve done or any of it…if I could just make everybody feel that they are loved, I feel like that’s my job. That’s my job as a parent too.”
“I have a forever love — unconditional love — for my children, but God has real unconditional love for His children.”
“I have been called the human jukebox, yes. But karaoke is not meant for people who can sing!”
“I love being on camera. And I love knowing what’s going on in the world. Diane Sawyer is my favorite. She never seems to lower herself to get the job done. She just always carries herself well. I really admire her.”
“I say what I need to…not a whole lot more.”
“I think it’s okay to feel jealous, but it’s how you deal with it that’s the important thing. You have to be happy for your friends when they do well because you want them to do well. It’s not a competition.”
“I want people to think of me as a nice person. I really am so blessed. All of this has been a great experience and I thank the American public so much for putting me in this position. I appreciate every second of it.”
“I would love to see more women making their mark in the music that I love so much. There are so many more out there just waiting for their shot. I hope they get it!”
“I’m a suck-it-up-and-move-on kind of person. Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on.”
“I’m girly in the sense that I like makeup, but I also love sports and ‘man food.’”
“I’m not the person in-person that I am on stage.”
“It seems women are expected to be so much more than men, which means we have to work that much harder. We’re the ones under the microscope. We’re expected to sound perfect. We’re expected to look perfect all the time. We’re expected to be style-setters, whereas the boys roll onto the stage in their jeans, t-shirts and baseball caps.”
“It’s great when you can write a meaningful song that touches people, but sometimes you just wanna have fun and sing a silly song that doesn’t reflect on you as a person.”
“It’s so easy to get caught up in this weird life. This isn’t normal, and I’m not singing for people that live my life. I’m singing to the life I used to have…the life I want to have again.”
“I’ve heard all kinds of crazy rumors about myself. I’ve even heard that I’m pregnant! I’ve become real good about laughing things off…I figure I’d better get used to it.”
“I’ve learned it’s really important to work hard and keep your family and friends close. You’ve got to let them know how much you appreciate them for sticking by you.”
“I’ve learned this: that haters wanna hate. You could sing a song perfectly, you could write the songs perfectly, and some people are absolutely going to hate you.”
“Our flaws I think sometimes ripple out onto everybody else. But through everything, you know I want the people in my life that I love to know that they are loved by God. They are wanted.”
“Singing is just a feeling set to music.”
“The first one I remember singing on stage was ‘Somewhere Out There’ from ‘An American Tail.’ I was around seven, and my choir teacher at school asked me if I would sing it. My parents told me that I needed to move around the stage, so for the entire time I just walked back and forth from side to side while I was singing; there’s videotape of it.”
“There are some not-too-great things that happen in the world, and happen within families, and we are all flawed.”
“Throw caution to the wind and just do it.”
“To me, getting to do music and videos, you work on a character. Being onstage is acting; you get to be larger than life and larger than yourself.”
“We’re all different. That’s what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other. It’s not up to me to judge anybody.”
“When I’m with my parents, that’s the place I can unplug. That’s the place I can shut down and not worry about work or what’s going on. I go home and hang out with them. I sleep more there than any place else, ever.”
“You are loved and you are wanted.”
“You never know what curve balls life is going to throw you, and there’s no way I can predict anything or make any assumptions about what the rest of my life is going to be like.”