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Thanks to Carrie Underwood, wishing wells are going to be getting a lot of action around town from little girls who want to grow up to be just like her. “When I was little, I knew I loved to sing, and it was a lot of fun for me, so I would find four-leaf clovers or throw pennies into a wishing well. My wish was always, ‘I want to be a famous country singer,’ ” Underwood says by phone as her tour bus rolls down the road. “As I got older, I was like, ‘The chances of that happening aren’t very good,’ so I concentrated on school and what I wanted to do in the real world, then everything else happened.” “Everything else” was a little show called American Idol that catapulted Underwood to instant stardom after she won the fourth season in 2005. Her debut album, “Some Hearts,” has sold more than 7 million copies and produced five chart-toppers: “Inside Your Heaven,” “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” “Don’t Forget to Remember Me,” “Wasted,” and “Before He Cheats.” She continued her momentum with her second album, “Carnival Ride,” which was released in October and has sold more than 2 million copies. “So Small,” “All-American Girl,” and “Last Name” have added to her collection of hits. Underwood continues her “Carnival Ride Tour” with a show in ToledoTuesday night. Jason Michael Carroll, who’s opened his career with the hits “Alyssa Lies,” “Livin’ Our Love Song,” and “I Can Sleep When I’m Dead,” will open the show at 7:30. Underwood has piled up awards from Billboard, the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, and even a couple of Grammys, but it all pales in comparison to the honor she received last month when Garth Brooks, a fellow Oklahoman and member of the Grand Ole Opry, inducted Underwood, 25, into the venerable Opry, making her the youngest member. A tearful Underwood accepted the honor from Brooks before a sold-out Opry House. “I want to thank everybody at the Opry for having me as part of your family because it is such a great family to be part of,” she said that night. As a girl, she would listen to the show on the radio and was awed by a visit to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville when she was around 10. The Opry was the first place she performed solo after winning Idol. As her records flew off the shelf, she was always very clear that a dream was to become an Opry member. “It’s something no other genre of music has,” Underwood says. “To me, it’s almost like a hall of fame. They don’t ask everybody. Just because you’re successful in country music doesn’t mean you get a free ticket into the Grand Ole Opry, so it’s a great, great honor.” The Opry was just the latest success for Underwood that has been unparalleled in recent country music history. Her debut album is the fastest-selling in Nielsen SoundScan history. It’s all been rewarding personally and professionally for Underwood, but it raises alarms for Gretchen Wilson, who said recently that she worries about Underwood and the other young, females stars in Nashville. Music City offers a lot of opportunities for young artists with big dreams, but it also offers a lot of opportunities for people hoping to make money off those artists. There is, obviously, a world of difference between Underwood and Britney Spears, but they are both young superstars whose faces are often splashed across tabloid covers. A recent issue of Conde Nast Portfolio spelled out the economic windfall for people associated with Spears. The article said Spears generates $110 to $120 million a year for her label, promoters, agents, paparazzi, lawyers, etc. “I want to let Gretchen know she has nothing to worry about,” Underwood says with a laugh. “I know that I am a product. I sometimes refer to myself as ‘Carrie-bot’ — a robot. Sometimes I might do a photo shoot, and they’ve got to get their pictures, but it’s 30 degrees out and I have a show tomorrow. That doesn’t matter to some people as long as they get their shot. You just have to realize that for some people, their goals are not what mine are.” She keeps the phone numbers for Kellie Pickler, Miranda Lambert, and Keith Anderson close at hand, and she fires off text messages to them to see how they’re doing. When they can find common days off, Pickler and Underwood will have a girls’ day out. She also finds an understanding ear in a Grand Ole Opry veteran. “Vince Gill has always been very nice to me. He’s just a great guy, and he always carries himself so well — as a person and as Vince Gill, the artist. When I see him, we talk about being on the road.” She says her maturity is evident in her current album, where she wrote much more than she did on her debut. “I hope my core being hasn’t changed. My morals and values haven’t changed, but I’ve gotten to do a lot more stuff, seen a lot more stuff, and I guess I’ve grown up,” she says. “[This album’s] more me. I had a bigger hand in it because I know more of what I’m doing, but I sing what I like to sing and sing what I’d like to hear if I were listening.” As an entertainer, she expects fans in Toledo will also see a difference in her. “If they’ve ever seen me before, they can expect to see somebody who is a lot more comfortable on stage. People come up to me all the time and say, ‘I saw you a year ago, and it wasn’t bad, but it’s a lot better now.’ I’m still learning and growing.”
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