Martina McBride may be Nashville royalty, but she definitely stays in touch with her fans.

Consider her album “Eleven,” which she promoted last year with the “Eleven Across America” Amtrak train trip from Los Angeles to New York with 11 stops in between, including one in D.C. Although that might seem like a purely promotional effort, McBride used the trip to promote breast cancer awareness through several efforts. That was especially fitting because “I’m Gonna Love You Through It,” one of the 11 songs on her album, is about surviving breast cancer.