Lucas in response to your original statement about what Carries career would be without Idol I don’t have to wonder about that because I am reasonably sure that without Idol there would be no Carrie. The girl was going to broadcast school and not really pursuing a career as an artist.

I must admit I think Carrie is immensly talented though I don’t like most of her music. The problem imo is that her talent is being mismarketed as country when in reality she is nowhere near country, she is a pop singer and a darn good one. After the whole point of Idol as a show isn’t to find the best country singer it’s to find the best POP singer and imo they found it in Carrie.I think the sooner that country radio and Carries handlers come to that conclusion and she crosses over the better.Cariie would surely sell just as many albums if not more as a pop star, and she certainly wouldn’t have to deal with all the abuse she takes from fans of country who are sick of her pop songs ruling the country charts and awards shows.

Going back to the top, Chris N. stated its “Beating the Crap Out of Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift Daily.” *Dont forget to include Miranda on that list
the whole “Miranda Lambert is overrated” article.

Krista, you have some very valid points. There are many pop artists who think they are country and then theres country artists who occasionaly cover a pop song. Example being the Blake and Miranda song “Home”. I believe those two are some of the most true country singers left in the genre these days.

I dont have a clue if Carrie will last, but i would have to assume that she will somewhat decline in her success as she cannot possibly mantain the rate shes at currently (#1s on everything she releases). I dont think its “cheating or taking the easy way” to be on a talent show. My favorite artist who is Miranda (shock shock lol) was on Nashville Star, and though she didnt even win, it helped her career along, though she already was touring and had an indy cd out w/ singles that had charted on Texas Country charts. Though i am not much of a Carrie fan, i dont understand how people could blame her or take away from her for being on Idol.

In my opinion, Carrie needs more diversity, as stated in the original article. Get someone new to write a song or direct a video (occasionaly anyway).
I guess only time will tell what happens to this young lady.

I do not by any means think everything Carrie does is perfect. In fact, I said I agree that there are things she can do to improve as an artist. But it’s one thing to constructively analyze an artist and another to degrade an artist. Talking about how she’s too skinny to fill out her “hot pants” is degrading.

This article points out many things that Carrie has to work on as an artist, some of which I agree with and some of which I don’t. What I do feel, though, is that Carrie needs very little improvement in terms of her class, grace, and kindness. I think her attackers would do well to learn from her in these areas.