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\nCarrie Underwood is one of the most famous and beloved country singers in the world. Just because her career is striving, though, that doesn\u2019t mean life has always been easy for the star. Following a devastating injury in 2017, she\u2019s struggled to reclaim her confidence, and it\u2019s changed her as a person. It seems Carrie’s been through quite a lot of struggles in recent years, so let’s take a look at the full story.
\n[post_page_title]Standing out from the crowd[\/post_page_title]
\nAfter 16 seasons of American Idol, you\u2019d think all of the contestants would blur into one. However, some have managed to stand out from the rest, like Carrie Underwood.
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\nBut not all has gone smoothly in the singer’s life. Just because her career is striving, though, that doesn\u2019t mean life has always been easy for the star.
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\n[post_page_title]Blowing everyone away[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen Carrie Underwood first walked onto our screens, she was a young twenty-something looking for a way to achieve her dreams. After her rendition of \u201cI Can\u2019t Make You Love Me\u201d received praise from the judges, the singer landed a place in the competition. From there she excelled. Each successive performance earned her greater acclaim from the audience and panel alike, with Simon Cowell even making claims that Underwood would go on to win the competition. This down-to-earth country girl was taking America by storm, and nothing could stop her.
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\n[post_page_title]Destined for victory[\/post_page_title]
\nIt turned out Cowell wasn\u2019t wrong in his prediction. After proving her skill week after week, Underwood was finally named the winner of American Idol season four in May 2005. The singer was overwhelmed by her victory, but apparently, she\u2019d had it in the bag from the very start. Although the show didn\u2019t release the figures after the season ended, a producer hinted that Underwood had been dominating the votes every single week. That\u2019s not bad going for someone who\u2019d had little success with her career in the past.
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\n[post_page_title]Instant success[\/post_page_title]
\nIf you want to remain in the public eye after winning a competition like American Idol, you can\u2019t waste any time. It was only a matter of weeks after Underwood was crowned the victor of season four that she released her debut single, \u201cInside Your Heaven.\u201d The song was an instant success, hitting the top spot on the Hot 100 and breaking records in the process. Underwood became the first country artist to debut at number one on the Hot 100. Everything was coming together.
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\n[post_page_title]Smashing her debut[\/post_page_title]
\nThat instant success extended to her follow-up singles, as well as her debut album. Although her songs \u201cJesus, Take the Wheel\u201d and \u201cBefore He Cheats\u201d didn\u2019t hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, they did both sell massively. The former shifted over 2.5 million copies in America, while the latter exceeded sales of 4.3 million. It\u2019s no wonder that her first album, \u201cSome Hearts,\u201d has gone on to sell over 7.5 million units in the U.S. alone. Underwood was destined for greatness.
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\n[post_page_title]An unstoppable force[\/post_page_title]
\nThe success didn\u2019t stop there for Underwood. Unlike many of her contemporaries, the singer didn\u2019t face the \u2018sophomore slump,\u2019 with her second album going on to hit number one on the Billboard 200 in 2007. Her next two albums managed the same accomplishment, with all of them going on to shift several million copies in America. The singer was riding high on her success, and it seemed there was nothing that could stop her from taking over the music industry. What was about it her that charmed so many people?
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\n[post_page_title]Crossover success[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen Underwood entered American Idol, it was clear she was a country singer. She had a voice and soul designed for the genre, and initially, that\u2019s where she stayed. However, Underwood has shown that she\u2019s not afraid to experiment, and each successive album has seen her play around with her sound in an exciting new way. Crossover stars aren\u2019t common in the music industry, but some are able to make the transition with ease, just like this Idol winner. She paved the way for future singers like Taylor Swift.
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\n[post_page_title]Taking creative control[\/post_page_title]
\nThe reason that Underwood has managed to successfully dip her toe in various genre pools is due to the creative control she\u2019s taken with her music. When she won the reality show, the singer was a little fish in a big pond, so she needed guidance from the experts around her. However, when it became clear that her fans weren\u2019t going anywhere, Underwood found the confidence to express herself more in her music. She went from a young girl overwhelmed by her win to a self-assured superstar.
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\n[post_page_title]Exploring other avenues[\/post_page_title]
\nUnderwood was growing up before our eyes, and the changes were a delight to see. Her American Idol win hadn\u2019t been a fluke, and it seemed like nothing could stand in the way of her career. Although the singer was incredibly devoted to her music, she was interested in exploring other avenues. Underwood wanted to try her hand at acting, and she was lucky enough to land parts in the sitcom \u201cHow I Met Your Mother\u201d and musical drama \u201cNashville.\u201d She even appeared in the biographical film \u201cSoul Surfer.\u201d
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\n[post_page_title]Falling in love[\/post_page_title]
\nAt the same time of exploring her other career options, Underwood was enjoying life as a loved-up superstar. She met her partner, NHL player Mike Fisher, back in 2008, with the two later tying the knot in 2010. Underwood had always been a passionate fan of hockey, so finding love with a star of the sport was like a dream come true. Her professional life was already going places beyond her wildest expectations, but now her personal life was getting great success too. Could anything ever go wrong for her?
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\n[post_page_title]Becoming a mother[\/post_page_title]
\nHaving a husband wasn\u2019t enough for the singer, though. Following the release of her greatest hits album, Underwood took some time off to bring her son, Isaac, into the world. He was born in February 2015 and proved to be an inspiration for her fifth release, \u201cStoryteller,\u201d which now stands as her most critically successful album. The introduction of a child into her family brought Underwood more happiness than she could have imagined. She welcomed the role of motherhood with open arms, but it never interfered with her flourishing career.
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\n[post_page_title]On cloud nine[\/post_page_title]
\nCarrie Underwood was on cloud nine, and she wanted everyone to know it. The singer could have easily faded into obscurity after winning American Idol, but over a decade later, she was still very much in the public eye. Her transformation from a bright-eyed country girl to a mature, passionate woman had been aired for the world to see, and it made her fans love her even more. Unfortunately, no matter how much her career was going from strength to strength, she couldn\u2019t stay on top of the world forever.
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\n[post_page_title]A devastating fall[\/post_page_title]
\nIn November 2017, Underwood went through something that changed her forever. After experiencing a fall outside her home, Underwood was taken to the hospital where she was treated for multiple injuries. The incident left her with a broken wrist, as well as a scar on her face that had required stitches to keep together. The singer was left shaken by what had happened and didn\u2019t know how to recover from it. Her confidence was in pieces, and she had no idea whether or not she\u2019d ever get it back.
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\n[post_page_title]Away from the spotlight[\/post_page_title]
\nIn the weeks following her fall, Underwood virtually disappeared from the spotlight. She made few appearances out in public, and could barely bring herself to even use social media. Her silence left many fans worried about her wellbeing, and there was little that could be done to reassure them. The singer no longer felt like herself, and she didn\u2019t know if she was ever going to be able to fully recover from what had happened. Underwood no longer liked the woman she saw looking back at her in the mirror.
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\n[post_page_title]Preparing to return[\/post_page_title]
\nIt took a long time for Underwood to recover the confidence she\u2019d lost from the fall. Although she couldn\u2019t look at her scars without feeling self-conscious, they gave her inspiration for new music. She dedicated her time away from the spotlight to songwriting, and when 2018 came around, she felt ready to debut some of it. Underwood wasn\u2019t sure if she could handle returning to the public eye so soon, but she knew she couldn\u2019t disappear forever. She had to face her fears if she wanted to keep her career.
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\n[post_page_title]The champion[\/post_page_title]
\nUnderwood made her comeback with her song \u201cThe Champion\u201d at the start of 2018. The promotional single marked a change for the singer as it was more pop-oriented than most of her previous releases. However, reception to the song was positive, with many people simply happy to see Underwood slowly returning to form. The song received plenty of attention after it was used for the Super Bowl game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots, and it marked the start of her sixth album campaign.
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\n[post_page_title]Staging a comeback[\/post_page_title]
\nAfter the reaction to Underwood\u2019s new music, the singer continued working on her next album. Come April of that year, she felt ready to return the stage which she did at the 53rd ACM Awards. There, she debuted her next single, \u201cCry Pretty,\u201d from her upcoming album of the same name. Reception was once again positive, with praise being heaped on the song for its strong delivery and powerful lyrics. It was now clear to see just how much her trauma had influenced her new music.
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\n[post_page_title]Cry pretty[\/post_page_title]
\nSeveral months later, Underwood felt ready to share her sixth album with the world. As with her other releases, \u201cCry Pretty\u201d was an instant success, becoming her fourth number one on the Billboard 200 and selling over 250,000 copies in one week. The singer was commended for broaching topics on the album that most other country stars are too afraid to mention, including gun control. If Underwood had been worried she was too late to return to the spotlight, this showed she was right on time.
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\n[post_page_title]Losing a child[\/post_page_title]
\nIn the same week that Underwood dropped her sixth album, she revealed some rather heartbreaking details about her personal life on the news program \u201cCBS Sunday Morning.\u201d Having announced that she was pregnant a month earlier, the singer confessed that this was the fourth time since Isaac that she\u2019d tried for a baby. In the space of two years, she\u2019d suffered three miscarriages, all of which had left Underwood feeling scared and angry. She couldn\u2019t understand why her body wouldn\u2019t allow her to have another child.
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\n[post_page_title]She’s a fighter[\/post_page_title]
\nWith the trauma of losing a baby three times and the effect that her fall had on her self-confidence, it\u2019s no wonder that \u201cCry Pretty\u201d is one of the star\u2019s most personal albums to date. However, rather than wallowing in pity, the release is incredibly empowering, and it shows just how much strength Underwood has inside. She could have crumbled under the pressure of everything, but instead, she came back fighting. So many years after entering the spotlight, she was stronger than she\u2019d ever been before.
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\n[post_page_title]A changed woman[\/post_page_title]
\nCarrie Underwood isn\u2019t the same woman she was when she appeared on American Idol in 2005. The singer has grown tremendously, both in her music and attitude towards life, and she\u2019s been shaped so much by her experiences. Things haven\u2019t always been great for her, but she\u2019s used the negative times as a learning curve for the future. Hopefully, in time, she\u2019ll gain back the rest of the self-confidence she lost in 2017. After all, as the top-earning Idol winner, there\u2019s a lot for her to be happy about.
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\n[post_page_title]Battle scars[\/post_page_title]
\nCarrie may have suffered a great ordeal, but now that she’s recovered, she takes pride in showing off those battle scars. The country singer recently posted this throwback picture from 2017, which was taken after her terrible accident had occurred. In this picture, you can clearly see the nasty scar Carrie got as a result of the accident, stretching from her upper lip to her nose. The photo sparked quite a debate between commenters on that scar, but it seems that Carrie herself has moved on from her facial injuries.
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