<p><strong>Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983)is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005, returning as a judge beginning with the twenty-third season in 2025. Underwood's first single, "Inside Your Heaven" (2005), made her the first-ever country artist to debut atop the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist to top the Hot 100 in the 2000s.</strong></p>