Carrie Underwood Is The Highest RIAA-Certified Female Country Artist In History
Carrie Underwood is now the highest RIAA-certified female country artist in HISTORY. The Recording Industry Association of America recognized her for over 95 million certified units in the United States. This includes 22.5 million albums and 72.5 million singles from solo work and collaborations.
Multi-Platinum, 8-time GRAMMY winner @carrieunderwood has become the highest @RIAA Certified female country artist of all time with over 95 million units (22.5 million albums & 72.5 million singles) in the US across solo titles and collaborations. Congratulations, Carrie! pic.twitter.com/NAGNJknRfD
— MCA (@MCA_Universal) October 30, 2025
Her certifications feature the 9x Platinum debut album Some Hearts and 11x Platinum single “Before He Cheats.” Other notable certifications include 5x Platinum “Blown Away” and 4x Platinum “Cowboy Casanova.” “Accomplishments like this are more than I would have ever dared to dream of when I was starting out,” Underwood said. “I owe everything to the fans.”
She has eight Grammys, 16 ACM Awards, 17 American Music Awards, and seven CMA Awards.