Carrie Underwood: I’m going to ignore the trolls and crack this country

Country music superstar Carrie Underwood avoids reading about herself online after she came under attack from trolls, she revealed today.

The American singer, 32, said she had “learned her lesson”, adding: “I don’t Google myself any more. Some people can be so negative. You will have 99 per cent of people being complimentary, but then you just get one meanie and it can ruin your day.

“It’s just so easy to be a jerk today. With social media, people can do it anonymously. They have to be overly critical. I’m just trying to do what I do and do it with integrity.”

Underwood, pictured, is determined to crack the UK market, although her baby son Isaiah is her “number one priority”.

Since winning American Idol in 2005, she has won seven Grammys and sold more than 64 million records worldwide.

But she has only reached number 11 in the UK album chart. On a visit to London to promote her album Storyteller — out on October 23 — she told the Standard: “I feel like there is a want for country music here. There have been a lot of artists who have made the effort to come over and play, and I definitely look out in the audience and see a room full of people who know all my stuff.”

Underwood gave birth to Isaiah in February — her first child with husband Mike Fisher, a professional ice hockey player.

She said: “I think I’ve been doing a pretty good job so far. Isaiah is amazing. I was never really a baby person, but he is so special. We have a tour bus that’s outfitted for a baby. It has locks put on all the cupboards, a crib and everything. We’ve been taking it out ... to give it a trial before we take it on tour.

Touring with children is “do-able”, she believes, adding: “I can think of so many male artists who do go on tour and they leave their families behind.

“Not only do I have to worry about picking up my show clothes, but I also have to pack Isaiah’s bags. Then I have to feed him and everything else — it presents its own set of problems. But he is my number one priority.”

Underwood, who lives in Nashville, will be back in London next year, headlining the C2C country music festival at The O2 Arena on March 12.

“It’s great to be coming back,” she said. “I did the first year [in 2013] and it’s fun to see how much it’s grown. Country music is just relatable. It has a way of talking to people