Country Music Goes Pop?
Posted by Concert List | Posted in Country Music | Posted on 30-10-2009
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The complaint heard all over Nashville from the insiders to just the country music listeners of old is that there is too much pop music influencing many country performers making the songs what many are calling country pop making that a sub- type of its own.
The performer at the head of the country pop movement is undoubtedly Taylor Swift, not saying she is the first one to do it but she is the first one to really have success at it. Not only has she’d success with top-40 radio but she recently did a taping with MTV’s TRL which is a rarity and al the majority unheard of in country music.
many individuals look at country pop as a terrible thing that it ought to be denounced or looked at as cheapening the rich culture of country music but if you look at the sales charts it is in my opinion stimulate ing country musicians as a whole as it is exposing many young audiences and audiences that can never have given country music a chance now to give a listen to an performer like Taylor Swift, Chuck Wicks, or Rascal Flatts then move on to other musicians such as Alan Jackson or Jason Aldean who are more traditional country.
If you attend a Taylor Swift show, if you could get tickets that is, there are thousands upon thousands of screaming young girls who are not only buying her albums but they are buying all kinds of merchandise and Taylor is famous for staying hours after a show to make sure anybody who wants something signed will get it, and optimum of all she takes her time with each person making them feel special which really makes her special. No w if she could get over the hump of a sophomore slump and her possibly outgrowing her fan base then she will be around for years to come.
If you look at the sales charts when all of the music business is down country music is staying strong and evolving to take over part of mainstream is something country has tried for a long time and they’re officially accomplishing it now, so could be some pop in my country music is not as bad as I think or a lot of individuals think.