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Underwood accepts invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry
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More from MusicCountry superstar Carrie Underwood, who once told Billboard that if she hadn't won "American Idol" in 2005, "I probably wouldn't have pursued music much further at all," has been invited to join the Grand Ole Opry.
The invitation came this month from Opry member Randy Travis, whose 1988 Billboard No. 1 single "I Told You So" Underwood covered on her most recent album, "Carnival Ride."
Underwood, who scored a No. 1 on Hot Country Songs with "American Girl" last week and who also celebrated her 25th birthday March 10, made her Grand Ole Opry debut on June 10, 2005, just two weeks after winning "American Idol."
She will be formally inducted as an Opry member May 10.
— Billboard
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