Kenny Chesney: Possibly the Hottest Male Crossover Artist in Country Music Today
For any country artist, achieving crossover success could be quite a tricky process—you could gain a wider fan base BUT end up losing original ones by experimenting and straying far from their country roots. This was a lesson Faith Hill learned the hard way when she released two albums, “Faith” and “Breathe,” that the critics [...]
Move Over Girls, The Lady is Back!
The recent years have seen an upsurge in the popularity of young female country singers whose powerful pipes and good looks helped pave their way to success; and, although their songs still talked about the heartaches and pains of losing a lover, they do so now with maturity and such confidence. However, before the Taylor [...]
Big Voices and Big Bank Accounts: The Top Five Country Music Earners of 2008
There is no doubt that country music’s biggest stars not only sell millions of records and sell even more concert tickets, they are also celebrities who have the power to snare multi-million dollar endorsement deals from major brands positioning themselves in the “country market.” When all of these add up, we could begin to understand [...]
Warner Music Group Continues to Reinvent Itself, Expands its Nashville Base
Amidst declining record sales, it is good to know that music giants are still willing to invest in the Nashville music community. In a bid to boost record sales by investing in the most stable music genre in the United States, Warner Music Group Corp. has recently announced its plans to expand its Nashville-based operations. [...]
Country Music Artists: From Selling Songs to Selling Brands
Over the years, various brands—from beer, cosmetics, apparel, and others—have fallen all over themselves trying to get the biggest country acts to sign up and team with them for effective nationwide marketing campaigns. Some of these partnerships produced the most memorable ad campaigns that we know today.
Anyone who understands what marketing is should easily understand [...]
Country Music and Fashion
Early this year, teen country sensation Taylor Swift collaborated with the Jones Apparel Group via the Jones Apparel Group’s “L.e.i”. brand to launch a line of sundresses to be sold exclusively at all Wal-Mart chains nationwide. Practically Swift’s uniform off the red carpet, sundresses are easy-to-wear clothes that allow a girl to dress up without [...]
Country Living with Cooper Boone
A talented country artist, clinical psychologist, country store owner, chicken farmer and an online cooking show host, Cooper Boone can certainly be dubbed country music’s newest “Renaissance Man.”
Hollywood Music Awards’ Best Country Artist last year, Boone is certainly a busy man. According to the practicing psychotherapist, “I think most people are a lot of things. [...]
Casting Crowns is Heeding God’s Call
Christian country music is a sub genre of country music which expresses either a personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life. It also gives a Christian alternative to mainstream pop or country music.
Like other forms of music, the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of Christian country music vary according to the cultural [...]
Country Songs About Cheating (And Everything in Between)
Cheating husbands, boyfriends, wives, and girlfriends have all found their place in the songs of country music. These are old themes but as we can see from the songs below, they are still being evoked in recently released singles. Here is a compilation of some of the best songs about infidelity (and getting even) from [...]
Country Music 101
Mention “country music” to the uninitiated and you may get a few groans. American Idol’s Simon Cowell is a prime example of someone who “just doesn’t get it,” his words not ours. Certainly, the Brit doesn’t have an appreciation for the titles of our songs. Recall his reaction to the song Season Five Idol contestant [...]