Carrie Underwood to perform at Trump inauguration

  • Carrie Underwood won "American Idol" in 2005
  • Underwood will perform with the Armed Forces Chorus and Naval Glee Club
  • The inauguration will take place January 20

Carrie Underwood at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025 held in Times Square on December 31, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photo by Kristina Bumphrey/Penske Media via Getty Images)

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(NewsNation) — Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, NewsNation has confirmed.

Underwood will perform “America The Beautiful” along with the Armed Forces Chorus and the U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club, according to the program for the inauguration, NewsNation contributor Kurt Bardella, the host of “Kurt’s Country” has learned.

Underwood won “American Idol” in 2005.

The program shows that Underwood is set to perform after Vice President-elect JD Vance is administered the Vice Presidential Oath of Office and before Trump is sworn in for his second term in office.

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