Weekly Analysis Week 3
This week I have decided to write about country music. With more and more country artist crossing over into pop, I wanted to see why this is happening? Taylor Swift is the biggest crossover artist since Shania Twain.
According to Gamboa (2009), Taylor Swift’s song, “you belong to me” is currently number one on the country charts, and number two on the pop charts. This just goes to show that just because you are a singer for one type of music doesn’t mean you can’t be successful in another type of music. Taylor Swift has been working toward this kind of success since she was 14 years old. With the release of her second album she was able to achieve this. Her upcoming concert at Madison Square Garden sold out in one minute according to Gamboa (2009).
While Taylor Swift is the largest crossover artist there are many others that have been successful in crossing over also. Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, and Shania Twain are some of the country artist that have crossed over to pop. On the flip side artist such as Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson, Kid Rock, and Dave Matthews are some that have crossed into country.
So why is all this crossing over happening? Well from what I can figure its because people who love music don’t just listen to one type of music. People are branching out, as well as the artist. Another reason this is happening is because the songs themselves are changing. Songs are no longer fitting just on type of music. So I think we will continue to see more and more crossing over as time goes on until eventually we won’t have specific types of music, we will just have music.



References
Gamboa, G. (2009, August 21). Taylor Swift country’s hottest crossover artist. Newsday.com. Retrieved September 5, 2009, from http://newsday.com/entertainment/music/taylor-swift- ssover-artist-1.1380261.

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