Country music vs. Pop music
By: Lexy Hoffman
What is Country Music?
- originated in the rural regions of the Southern United States in the 1920's. It is a mix of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on the fiddle, guitar, steel guitar, drums, and keyboard.
What is Pop Music?
- originated in its modern form in the 1950's.
- Pop music comes from the word popular & is more of a watered down version of rock n' roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love.
Jimmie Rodgers was one of the very first country artists.
He is known as the "father of country music."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pop+music
Some of the very first Pop artists:
Top country songs of 2014:
Here are some artists:
Traditonal Pop:
Follow your arrow By: Kacey Musgraves
Friday night By: Eric Pasley
When we were us By: Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert
Modern Pop:
Elvis Presley
Best Pop songs within a few months:
- Timber By: Kesha
- Dark Horse By: Katy Perry
- Say Something By: A Great Big World
- Let her go By: Passenger
- Royals By: Lorde
Pop Artists of 2013/2014
- Miley Cyrus
- Lady Gaga
- Bruno Mars
- Lana Del Ray
- Drake
- Avicii
Country Artists of 2013:
- Blake Shelton
- Miranda Lambert
- Taylor Swift
- Gary Allen
- Brantley Gilbert