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FIVE of many ways Taylor Swift changed Country music:
1. Country Went Pop
- "For decades, there's been an ebb and flow in country music between traditional sounds and pop," says Chris Parr, who co-manages Country star Jason Aldean to Billboard. "Taylor has certainly helped to push that pop boundary out a little bit further."
- "For decades, there's been an ebb and flow in country music between traditional sounds and pop," says Chris Parr, who co-manages Country star Jason Aldean to Billboard. "Taylor has certainly helped to push that pop boundary out a little bit further."
2. Younger Acts Got Signed
- Billboard reported that following Taylor Swift's rise to fame, labels have increasingly become interested in signing young country artists and singers who write their own music.
Two of the examples according to them are Kacey and Hunter Hayes.
- Billboard reported that following Taylor Swift's rise to fame, labels have increasingly become interested in signing young country artists and singers who write their own music.
Two of the examples according to them are Kacey and Hunter Hayes.
3. Country Singers Starts To Write Their Own Songs
- Taylor Swift is the most-successful country singer-songwriter since Dolly Parton and has the most Hot 100 Top 10 hits as both singer and songwriter.
- Taylor Swift is the most-successful country singer-songwriter since Dolly Parton and has the most Hot 100 Top 10 hits as both singer and songwriter.
4. Artists Embraced Social Media
- In 2008, Big Machine used an aggressive marketing campaign in which it promoted Taylor Swift as "the first bona fide country superstar of the Myspace generation". She's the first Country artist that fully adopted to social media marketing.
- In 2008, Big Machine used an aggressive marketing campaign in which it promoted Taylor Swift as "the first bona fide country superstar of the Myspace generation". She's the first Country artist that fully adopted to social media marketing.
5. Repopularization Of Country Music
- In 2013, Country Music Association honored Taylor Swift with the 'Pinnacle Award', Country music's highest recognition for bringing country music to YOUNGER audience and for achieving INTERNATIONAL prominence that's unique in Country music.
- In 2013, Country Music Association honored Taylor Swift with the 'Pinnacle Award', Country music's highest recognition for bringing country music to YOUNGER audience and for achieving INTERNATIONAL prominence that's unique in Country music.
