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With 7 Grammy Awards wins, and 64 million records sold worldwide, Carrie Underwood is what all\u00a0<em>Idol<\/em>\u00a0hopefuls strive to be.<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately upon earning the\u00a0<em>Idol<\/em> crown, Carrie found herself at the top of the country music charts with her debut single \u201cInside Your Heaven.\u201d Her debut album, Some Hearts, became the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history, the fastest-selling debut country album in SoundScan history and the best-selling country album of the last 16 years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carrie Underwood American Idol Season 4 Finale\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lBP20450bDE\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Underwood has managed to maintain her\u00a0<em>Idol<\/em>\u00a0success for the past 14 years and brought her latest single, \u201cSouthbound,\u201d to the finale Sunday night. The third single from her\u00a0<em>Cry Pretty<\/em>\u00a0album, \u201cSouthbound\u201d brings a new sound from Underwood. The catchy, dance-worthy tune lent a party vibe to the show as Underwood danced across the stage looking stunning in a multi-colored sequin dress that put us all in the mood for summer.<\/p>\n<p>Underwood took to Twitter following her performance to thank the show for inviting her back, and left well-wishes for the remaining contestants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><ins id=\"982a9496-26bc9171b0e45c9d04cc54ea48c61ff6-5-3006\" class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"26bc9171b0e45c9d04cc54ea48c61ff6\"><ins id=\"982a9496-26bc9171b0e45c9d04cc54ea48c61ff6-5-3006-1\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"sp_passback-mobileinpage_993\" data-id=\"sp_passback-mobileinpage_993\">\n<div class=\"sp-mobileinpage-google-ads sp-demand-div\" data-demand=\"google-ads\">\n<div class=\"nl-scroll-div\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1130293648640229377&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flitaglobal.com%2Fmaiplinh%2Fno-american-idol-finale-is-complete-without-a-performance-from-one-of-its-biggest-stars-carrie-underwood-returned-to-the-stage-that-launched-her-career-delivering-an-electrifying-summer-infused-per%2F&amp;sessionId=be5d8d0cba472eb0c8b2137a8876f0bd1573a79c&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1130293648640229377\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch Carrie Underwood perform \u201cSouthbound\u201d live at the\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>\u00a0season finale in the video below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrie Underwood Brings Summer Party Vibes To \u2018American Idol\u2019 Stage No\u00a0American Idol season finale would be complete without a performance from one of the show\u2019s greatest success&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>No American Idol finale is complete without a performance from one of its biggest stars. 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