Nation singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood is about to carry out on the second presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. The efficiency will happen in Washington, D.C. shortly earlier than Trump is sworn in for his second time period on January 20, 2025.
Carrie Underwood will sing ‘America the Lovely’ at Trump’s Inauguration
Multi-Grammy Award-winner Carrie Underwood can be one of many performers at Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. Trump’s transition group acknowledged that Underwood would sing a rendition of “America the Lovely,” accompanied by the Armed Forces Refrain and the U.S. Naval Academy Glee Membership. Victor Willis, the lead singer of the music group Village Individuals, had disclosed that they might additionally take the stage on the occasion. (by way of Axios)
“I really like our nation and am honored to have been requested to sing on the Inauguration and to be a small a part of this historic occasion,” Underwood, who has remained largely apolitical all through her profession, remarked in a press release. “I’m humbled to reply the decision at a time once we should all come collectively within the spirit of unity and trying to the longer term,” she added. (ABC News)
At Trump’s 2017 inauguration, the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Sq. carried out “America the Lovely,” a track written by Katharine Lee Bates within the late nineteenth century. Samuel A. Ward, a choirmaster, created the music.
An Oklahoma native, 41-year-old Underwood gained preliminary fame as a participant and eventual winner of the fourth season of American Idol. Her debut album, Some Hearts (2005), turned an enormous hit, serving to her to realize a strong footing within the trade. She has since come to be considered the most effective nation singers of at this time. Additional, Underwood has received a number of Grammys and offered greater than 85 million information globally, making her one of many best-selling artists in historical past.
Notably, on the 2017 Nation Music Awards, Underwood and fellow musical artist Brad Paisley carried out a parody of the previous’s observe “Earlier than He Cheats,” during which they jokingly made references to Trump’s actions on Twitter (since renamed as X).