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== Post-Idol Career ==
As part of her title, Underwood gained a recording contract with [[Arista Records]]; her first single, "[[Inside Your Heaven]]", was released on [[June 14]], [[2005]]. The single debuted at #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]], with first-week sales of 129,610 singles (#1) and 39,024 digitial downloads (#4). (Technically, this made her the first country artist to reach #1 since [[Lonestar]] in 2000, and the first ever to debut there, but "Inside Your Heaven" is considered more of a generic pop record than a country record; indeed, it has been shunned by country radio. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-07-18-idol-music-sales_x.htm]) The [[B-side]] is "[[Independence Day (song)|Independence Day]]", a cover of the [[Martina McBride]] hit.
Underwood performed a well-received "[[The Star Spangled Banner]]" before Game 4 of the [[2005 NBA Finals]] at the [[Palace of Auburn Hills]] in [[Michigan]].
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