Carrie Underwood
Awards & Honours
176
Awards Won
5
Honours
4
Rankings
6
Covers
5
Records
Carrie Underwood is one of the most decorated artists in country music history. She has won eight Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, and is the only female artist to win the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year three times. Her 17 American Music Awards are the most ever for a female country artist, and her 25 CMT Music Awards are the most of any artist in the show's history. Billboard has ranked her the top female country artist of both the 2000s and 2010s. She holds seven Guinness World Records, including most number-one singles on Billboard Country Airplay chart by a female artist. In 2018 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and she was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. Rolling Stone has called her 'the female vocalist of her generation in any genre,' and Forbes declared her the most successful American Idol winner.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Grand Ole Opry inductee
Inducted as a member of the historic institution.
Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee
Inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
Guinness World Records (7)
Holds multiple records including most number-one singles on Billboard Country Airplay chart by a female artist.
Time 100 Most Influential People
Listed among the 100 most influential people in the world.
Rankings & Lists
Top Female Country Artist of the 2000s
Top Female Country Artist of the 2010s
Highest-Grossing Female Touring Artists of the Last Four Decades
Most Successful American Idol Winner
Magazine Covers
Time
2014
The 100 Most Influential People
Rolling Stone
2012
Carrie Underwood: The Queen of Country
Billboard
2018
Carrie Underwood: The Cry Pretty Interview
People
2019
Carrie Underwood: Life with Baby No. 2
Shape
2020
Carrie Underwood's Fit52 Workout Plan
Health
2021
Carrie Underwood on Wellness and Family
Records & Feats
Most number-one singles on Billboard Country Airplay chart by a female artist
Underwood holds the record with 16 number-one singles on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, the most for any female artist.
Most digital single sales by a female country artist
She has sold over 72 million digital singles, the highest for any female country artist.
First country artist to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100
Her debut single 'Inside Your Heaven' was the first song by a country artist to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Only woman to top the Billboard 200 with four country studio albums
Underwood is the only female artist to have four country studio albums reach number one on the Billboard 200.
Most American Music Awards won by a female country artist
She has won 17 American Music Awards, the most of any female country artist in history.