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Carrie Underwood's style of country music combines the twang of Reba McEntire and the attitude of arena rock, with some pop and gospel thrown in for good measure. Martina McBride's “Wild Angels” employs the same kind of big-voiced religious imagery that Underwood would evoke in her own music, while the thumping drums of Pat Benatar's “Fire and Ice” make it easy to see why Carrie decided to cover her on American Idol.