Carrie Underwood through the years

'Idol,' awards, softball and wax figures...among other things

It’s been a few short, action-packed years since America met country-pop singer Carrie Underwood, courtesy “American Idol” back in season four. Underwood won the televised singing contest in 2005, and since then, she’s gone on to perform before massive audiences, don about a half-million outfits, host awards shows, walk tons of red carpets, and win virtually every award a singer can win. Here, a retrospective from her first “Idol” photo shoot all the way to her most recent Grammy win (pictured).—Keith N. Dusenberry, Special to Metromix

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