Trivia: Grew up in Luttrell, TN, birthplace of country legend Chet Atkins. Became serious about a music career during his college years, after receiving a guitar as a gift and joining the university's bluegrass band. First album, In My Wildest Dreams, was released in 1993 and sold 100,000 copies. Penned the 1999 tune "You Had Me From Hello" after watching Renee Zellweger's performance in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire. Six years later, Chesney and Zellweger surprised the world with a quickie wedding and an even quicker annulment just four months later. Received numerous industry honors, including several Entertainer of the Year wins at both the Country Music Association Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards. Is an avid football fan (he was a wide receiver in high school), and has participated in workouts with the New Orleans Saints and created a song for ESPN's college-football coverage. Named No. 8 on Billboard's Top Touring Artists of the Decade. His stadium tours in the 2000s reached more than 9 million fans and were documented in the 2010 theatrical concert film Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D. Honored as Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in February 2011.

Trivia: Won the WinnieStar talent contest at Lake Winnepesaukah (an amusement park near Chattanooga) in 2009. Joined the cheerleading squad in high school. Sang Faith Hill's "Like We Never Loved at All" for her American Idol audition in Nashville. Inspired to audition for Idol by her cousin Holly, who is a brain-cancer survivor.

Trivia: Left Oklahoma for Nashville two weeks after his high school graduation to pursue a recording career. Released his debut album, Blake Shelton, in 2001 and had his first hit single with "Austin." Was a judge on the fifth season of Nashville Star; Miranda Lambert came in third place on the show when she appeared as a contestant in 2003. Met future wife Miranda Lambert in 2006 when the two sang "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" on CMT's 100 Greatest Duets Concert. In 2010, he won Male Vocalist of the Year at the CMA Awards. Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2010. Is an avid hunter and fisherman.

Trivia: Moved to Grapevine, Texas, at the age of 9. In 2010, his guitar strings broke during his audition for the band Crown the Empire. Former member of a heavy metal band. Recorded his first mixtape at the age of 16. Worked at a Chicken Express when he was a teenager. Moved to Los Angeles, California, after dropping out of college. Was the opening act on Justin Bieber's Purpose World Tour.

Trivia: Born March 10th, 1983, the first country American Idol, Carrie Underwood grew up in the small town of Checotah, OK, and began singing with her church at the tender age of three. Throughout her childhood, she also performed at functions for the Lion's Club and Old Settlers Day, and eventually at festivals in several states. Along with developing her singing, Underwood learned to play guitar and piano. She graduated from high school as her class salutatorian and majored in mass communication at Northeastern State College with an eye on a career in broadcast journalism, but continued her singing career throughout her studies. As a senior just a few credits short of her degree, Underwood heard about the auditions for the 2005 season of American Idol. She tried out for the show at the St. Louis, MO, auditions, and her innocent charm and pure, pretty voice ended up winning her not only a place among the 12 finalists, but the title of 2005's American Idol.Underwood's debut single, Inside Your Heaven, was released that summer, and she appeared on the American Idols Live! tour, before recording her debut album in Nashville. Some Hearts was released in the fall of 2005; the album debuted at number one on the Billboard Country charts and eventually became the top-selling album of 2006. She also won two Grammy Awards, back-to-back, for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats."Her next three albums, Carnival Ride (2007), Play On (2009) and Blown Away (2012), all hit number one on both the Country chart and the Billboard Top 200. She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. Underwood released a Greatest Hits album in 2014.Underwood turned to acting in 2010, with a guest spot on How I Met Your Mother and made her film debut in Soul Surfer the following year. In 2013, she landed the lead role of Maria in NBC's The Sound of Music Live!, playing the role for a huge television audience and earning praise for her vocal performance. In 2014, she played herself in an episode of Nashville.

Trivia: Began playing a ukulele at age 3, guitar at 6 and was winning country-music talent shows by 8. Moved from Australia to Nashville in 1992 and formed the three-man band the Ranch before developing his solo career. Posed naked with his guitar in the April 2001 issue of Playgirl magazine. Performed in Philadelphia in July 2005 for the U.S. leg of the Live 8 concerts in support of African debt relief. First artist in CMA Awards history to win the Horizon Award (2001), Male Vocalist of the Year (2004, 2005) and Entertainer of the Year (2005). With Vince Gill, created 2009's We're All for the Hall benefit for the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. The concert featured Urban and Gill performing with stars such as Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum, and raised more than $500,000. In 2012, was the first non-North American artist inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.