Carrie Underwood
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Life is good for Chris Daughtry.

Not only does he possess the number-one album on the charts right now - he gets to hang out with a Grammy Award winner.

Here's Daughtry with Carrie Underwood, the latest American Idol champ to earn a pair of Grammy gold trophies. The future couldn't be brighter for both these stars.

When Carrie Underwood picked up two Grammy Awards last night, she underscored the growing impact of the TV talent show that tracks the rise and fall of musical wannabes on U.S. pop culture.

Underwood, the American Idol Season 4 champion, took home the Grammy for best female country vocal performance and best new artist becoming the latest in a growing list of Idol winners to score the music industry's most valued prize.

"This is my first Grammy, hopefully, the first of a few more," Carrie said.

In accepting her Grammy, she thanked God and Simon Cowell, along with various others including record mogul Clive Davis.

Underwood's single, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" also earned a Grammy for Best Country Song, a songwriter's award. The songwriters were Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson.

Kelly Clarkson, American Idol's first winner, took home two Grammys in 2006, while another winner, Fantasia Barrino, scored four Grammy nominations in 2006 and winner Ruben Studdard also received one nomination at the 2004 Grammys.

On the big screen, of course, Jennifer Hudson took home a Golden Globe for her role in the film Dreamgirls and is up for an Oscar for the same performance.

The Grammys even stole a page from American Idol this year: the awards show ran an Idol-like contest to choose a singer to perform a duet with Justin Timberlake on Sunday's telecast.

"We thought we could try a new and fresh element that would speak to the world about the next generation of undiscovered young talent," Neil Pornow, president of the Recording Academy, which hands out the Grammys, told Reuters in a recent interview.

She's not dating Tony Romo.

But it's no surprise that a beautiful, talented woman such as Carrie Underwood wouldn't be single for very long.

Underwood has been seeing a new guy: British singer Oliver Trevena. The pair, says a source, began dating just weeks ago, and on January 28 got cozy when he dropped her off at LAX airport in L.A.

After a long farewell hug and kiss, the American Idol winner “was walking on air, she was so happy,” witness Alison Sultan tells Us Magazine. “She took over her shoes to go through security and did a twirl through the metal detector!”

Who knows if the rumor was ever true to begin with, but we can now confirm that Carrie Underwood is not dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Tony Romo.

Following speculation that the two stars met in Dallas over Thanksgiving and have been an item since, Romo said:

"We're friends. She's a very nice, sweet girl, I care for her and whoever ends up with her will be a very lucky guy."

If a recent poll is any indication, the American Idol winner won't exactly have trouble finding that gentleman.

According to AskMen.com, Underwood is the 66th most desirable woman. In the entire world. That's not to shabby.

According to AskMen.com, in fact, the American Idol winner is the 66th most desirable woman in the world. Not bad.

Here's what the site says about Carrie Underwood in its yearly survey, regarding her chart-topping 2006:

Life has been good for the Oklahoma native since American Idol and the release of her debut album in November 2005. Some Hearts has picked up trophies from the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and the Country Music Association Awards, among various others.

Carrie may have only just broken onto the scene, but as a singer she couldn’t have asked for a better breakthrough. Underwood spent her 2006 Christmas in Iraq where she performed on the USO Christmas Tour for soldiers.This is Carrie’s debut on AskMen.com’s Top 99 and she comes in at a very solid No. 66.

Carrie Underwood has a magical 2006. Her album, Some Hearts, is breaking records on an almost weekly basis.

The American Idol beauty recently sat down for an interview with Reuters.

Q: What would you be doing now if you hadn't won American Idol?
A: I would have a job somewhere, maybe in the journalism field or maybe broadcasting or something like that, but I'm not exactly sure, because I never got to that point.

Q: Do you think you would have done what other aspiring country artists to, move to Nashville?
A: No. It's always something that I thought would be awesome to do, but I consider myself to be a very level-headed person and the chances of (succeeding that way) were slim to none. I was just planning on being in the real world and doing the best I could at my job. I probably wouldn't have pursued music much further at all.

To read the rest of the interview, click here.

Wow.

That's our continued reaction at the sales pace of Carrie Underwood's album, Some Hearts. Here are some facts/quotes about it courtesy of Sony BMG:

- With [five millions units shipped], Some Hearts has now become the best-selling, single-disc country album by a solo female in the new millennium.

- Some Hearts is also the best-selling, single-disc country album by a solo artist (male or female) in the last six years - since Tim McGraw’s Greatest Hits, released in November of 2000.

- And with January 10 SoundScan information, Some Hearts earns the further distinction of becoming the best-selling, single-disc country album by any artist (solo, male, female, group, duo, etc.) since the Dixie Chicks’ Home, released in August of 2002.

It's impressive stuff. While Daughty is doing very well on the charts these days, no American Idol alum can come close to Underwood at the moment.

Last year, Kelly Clarkson walked out of the People's Choice Awards with the trohpy for favorite female singer.

This year, another Idol alum claimed the same prize.

Carrie Underwood enjoyed the honor during last night's broadcast. She beat out Faith Hill and Shakira for the award. Meanwhile, Underwood's "Before He Cheats" was also voted favorite country song.

The show itself also took home hardware.

American Idol was voted the favorite competition/reality show for the second year in a row, besting ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and NBC's Deal or No Deal. The award was accepted by judge Randy Jackson.

It's safe to say that Carrie Underwood has enjoyed a solid 2006.

First, the 2005 American Idol champion surprised insiders by winning the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist Award.

Then, she started dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. He's not a bad catch.

Now, Underwood's Some Hearts will officially end the year as the top album on the Billboard 200 chart.

Not bad for the singer. Sort of puts a lot of pressure on this year's American Idol champ to match her, doesn't it?

Tony Romo is a young, All-Pro quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. But his most impressive accomplishments may come off the field.

First, the star was rumored to be dating Jessica Simpson.

Now, word is going around that Carrie Underwood is the player's new beauty of choice.

Underwood was a surprise guest at Texas Stadium for the Cowboys' Christmas Day game against Philadelphia, giving Romo a hug on the field before kickoff.

The Dallas QB also told a small-town paper in central Illinois, where he went to college, that he was dating the American Idol singer. The pair may have met at the Cowboys game on Thanksgiving Day, where Underwood performed at halftime.

Sadly, Romo's Cowboys played terribly against Philadelphia. But hopefully Carrie will bring her man more luck next time.