“It’s very meritorious because it resembles how the Pop fans were accepting of the Country sound. It’s extremely hard to get Pop fans to accept a single, non-mixed Country song, and take it in on their own to make it a crossover success.

and then later said:

“At this point, it doesn’t matter if she would make a song that would sound like a complete Celine Dion song; it would still counteract with the major boost she’s given Country.
She can release a song that Pop fans buy all she wants, but at the end of the day, she will forever remain Country.”

So on the one hand you’re praising Carrie for not remixing her records for the pop market, but then go on to seemingly say that even if she does remix in the future — or just release a pure pop record (which by definition a “complete Celine Dion song” would have to be) — you’ll give her a free pass for doing so. Isn’t that trying to have it both ways??

Stormy – The impact Carrie has made on Country music (regardless as to whether her songs have crossed over or not) has been astonishing and one of the biggest the genre has ever seen, and will ever seen. At this point, it doesn’t matter if she would make a song that would sound like a complete Celine Dion song; it would still counteract with the major boost she’s given Country.
She can release a song that Pop fans buy all she wants, but at the end of the day, she will forever remain Country. Last time I checked, if you’re inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, you’re pretty much established for life in Country music. She reminds herself and the public every day that her ultimate home is, and will forever remain, Country music.

Bottom line is Carrie should be PRAISED for staying loyal to country music…

Well, this is just a restatement of what I already asked about. I know what “staying loyal” to a set of, say, religious or moral beliefs means – after all, you can’t really hold two sets of beliefs that differ on any fundamental issue – but exactly what does it mean to “stay loyal” to a particular style of music, and why is it PRAISEworthy? If an artist wants to make some other kind of music – maybe even by using two (or more) different kinds of backing on the same song – but then steps away from doing so because of fear that s/he will lose support from an audience, isn’t that artist compromising his or her artistic integrity? What’s PRAISEworthy about that?

What is PRAISEworthy about limiting yourself to one style of music?

Carrie or her label did not try to get Undo it or Cowboy Casanova played on pop radio. I know this for a fact as I was in contact with Carrie’s label. Also, the following evidence should prove this to anyone.

First, again Carrie is unwilling to remix a country song and if you aren’t willing to do that in this age you are not going to get any significant airplay on pop radio. You would have to go back years to find a country single that wasn’t remixed (Before he Cheats) and had a great chart run on pop radio. The latest country singles that have had success on pop radio were from Lady A and Taylor Swift. Lady A’s song Need you Now was remixed despite the success it had on country radio. All of Taylor Swift’s songs are remixed to pop.

Second, If you don’t see the country artist giving interviews to pop radio stations they are not making a serious attempt to get played on pop radio. Pop DJ’s just like country DJ’s want the artist interviewed on their station promoting their current single. Carrie only does regular interviews with country radio.

Bottom line is Carrie should be PRAISED for staying loyal to country music even though it would be so easy to approach pop radio to get played and increase sales. Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift did sellout and while it increased their sales it also showed they want to be more than country artists. Well, they can have their fun at pop and I’ll stay with REAL country artists such as Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley to name a couple!

Look at “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood. It went 3x Platinum and is the fourth-longest charting song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, and it was never remixed. Not once.