Carrie Underwood rehearses on Sunday, Nov. 8 at the Sommet Center in Downtown Nashville for "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," which will broadcast live on the ABC Television Network on Wed., Nov. 11th, 8-11PM/ET. Photographer: John Russell / CMA

You can do a little Grammy countdown for Carrie Underwood.

Four… the number of Grammys she’s won to date.

Three… she’s slated to perform on Sunday’s telecast in a Michael Jackson tribute that includes a 3-D segment.

Two… she’s nominated for a pair of trophies in that ceremony.

One… her first-year honor as Best New Artist is the one that really rocked her world.

“When I heard my name called, all I can remember is being numb from excitement and adrenaline,” she blogged on Grammy.com in recalling that New Artist victory. “Since then there have been many awards, and I hope that there will be a few more nominations in the future, but you only get one year to be nominated for this amazing award. If I never win another one, I will always have the Best New Artist Grammy Award in my cabinet to gaze upon. To future winners of this award…cherish every moment of it!”

One country artist, the Zac Brown Band, is in the running for that trophy this year, and a number of pundits predict the group will be making a speech about it when the envelope is opened.

In the meantime, Carrie should be quite busy during the event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. “Just A Dream” is up for Best Country Female Vocal, and her duet with Randy Travis on “I Told You So” is a contender for Best Country Collaboration. And she’ll join with Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Usher and Smokey Robinson in the salute to Michael Jackson, which will also include the premiere of a 3-D production that Michael had intended to use on his This Is It Tour for “Earth Song.”

Should Carrie win this weekend, it’ll give her Grammy victories four straight years. The same night she won Best New Artist, she also took home the Best Female Country honor for “Jesus, Take The Wheel.” She repeated in that category the following year with “Before He Cheats” and took it again in 2009 with “Last Name.”

The Grammys air on CBS at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday. The pre-telecast, in which most of the 100+ awards will be doled out, will be streamed live on grammy.com beginning at 4 p.m. ET.

In other Carrie news, she’ll sing the National Anthem as part of Super Bowl XLIV pregame festivities at Sun Life Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, February 7, the NFL and CBS announced today.  The performance will be televised live on CBS Sports prior to kickoff. Carrie joins an impressive list of singers who’ve performed the Anthem, including Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Harry Connick, Jr., Garth Brooks, Natalie Cole, Vanessa Williams, Luther Vandross, Cher, Faith Hill, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks, Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson and many more.

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