Ok, I'll throw in my two cents worth here. My personal opinion ( which is opposite of many of you, I know) is that the girl is terrible vocally. If you have to rely on auto-tune,etc. just to sing, and can't reproduce live what you do in the studio, then I just have a hard time with that. And before anyone tells me to just change the station - I already do - I have a strict no TS policy in my car
I will give her props for writing her own music, but I will say that after her being around for a few years now, they are starting to sound the same. And being a teacher of kids who are the age of the girls who like her, I do appreciate that on stage she has a clean image. I don't know about the fact that she man (boy) hops, but that's her life, so whatever.
To each their own, but she pales in comparison to so many others out there, and I guess that's what drives me crazy. There are so many out there who could sing circles around her and will never get the chance because they don't have 'the package' that's necessary to make it in music today.
Also, she has won awards, but to my knowledge they have been awards for Entertainer of the Year. As far as country music goes, she has never won an award for Female Vocalist of the Year. That goes to the women who can
really sing.