Carrie Underwood was the winner of the fourth AMERICAN IDOL reality-TV competition. Underwood sparked a mild controversy for being the first IDOL contestant to fully embrace country music--as opposed to the more preferred Top 40 pop styles of previou…

Sugarland began as a trio of singersongwriters from the Atlanta GA area each of whom had some level of renown as a solo performer Lead singer Jennifer Nettles had previously fronted Soul Miners Daughter and her gospel background and deep soul approac…