Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983 in Muskogee, Oklahoma) is an American country pop singer-songwriter who won the fourth season of American Idol. Carrie Marie Underwood was born to Stephen and Carole Underwood in Muskogee, Oklahoma. In 1996, when Underwood was 13, her manager at the time tried to get her a recording contract at Capitol Records. Underwood graduated from Checotah High School in 2001 as salutatorian. Underwood appeared on the sixth season of American Idol, where she sang her single "Wasted" on March 8. Underwood sang the same song at American Idol's season finale on May 23, 2007.