The term country music gained popularity in the 194s when the earlier term hillbilly music came to be seen as denigrating. Country music was widely embraced in the 197s, while country and Western has declined in use since that time, except in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it is still commonly used.[1] However, in the Southwestern United States a different mix of ethnic groups created the music that became the Western music of the term country and Western. Th e term country music is used today to describe many styles and subgenres.
Country music has produced two of the top selling solo artists of all time. Elvis Presley, who was known early on as “the Hillbilly Cat” and was a regular on the radio program Louisiana Hayride, [2] went on to become a defining figure in the emergence of rock and roll. Contemporary musician Garth Brooks, with 128 million albums sold, is the top-domestic-selling solo U.S. artist in U.S. history.[3]
While album sales of most musical genres have declined since about 25, country music experienced one of its best years in 26, when, during the first six months, U.S. sales of country albums increased by 17.7 percent to 36 million. Moreover, country music listening nationwide has remained steady for almost a decade, reaching 77.3 million adults every week, According to the Radio-Ratings Agency Arbitron, Inc. [4] [5
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Country music
The genre originated from Appalachian folk songs, gospel and English-Celtic music
The culture originated from the southern United States in the early 2th century, especially the Cheshire Mountains in Apara (Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky).
Typical musical instrument guitar-violin-steel string guitar-piano-duola-harmonica-bass-drum-mandolin-banjo
Its popularity has been from the 192s to the present. It is highly popular in the United States, Australia and Canada, still common in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, and less mainstream in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe outside Britain and Ireland.
extended genre bluegrass-Dansband-rock-country rock-southern rock
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Voice of Bakersfield-Bluegrass-Close Harmony-Honky Tonk-Jugband-Voice of Lubbock-Nashville-New Traditional Country-Liberated Country-Red Soil-Texas Country < P > blend genre
alternative country-country blues-country rock-Psychobilly)-mountain country rock-cowboy punk-country rap-country pop-western swing music
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Country musicians-country music chronology
country music, also known as country and west. The roots of country music can be traced back to the 192s, and it combines traditional folk music, Celtic music, gospel music and ancient music [1]. In the 194s, when the status of country music declined, people began to use the unified term "country music" as a title, which became more popular in the 197s and replaced the title of "country and west" all over the world (except the United States and Ireland).
Country music has produced two well-known best-selling singers. One is Elvis Presley, known as Elvis Presley, who is also a representative figure of the new music type "rock music". Another contemporary musician, Garth Brooks, has sold 128 million albums and is the best-selling singer in American history [2].