For indie pop-influenced country music, see Cowboy pop. For Chinese-language popular music, see C-pop.
Country pop
Stylistic origins
Country (especially countrypolitan)
pop
folk-pop
rockabilly
rock
Cultural origins
1960s in Nashville, Tennessee
Derivative forms
Bro-country[1]
Cowboy pop
Other topics
Nashville sound
Country rock
Country pop (also known as urban cowboy) is a fusion genre of country music and pop music that was developed by members of the country genre out of a desire to reach a larger, mainstream audience. Country pop music blends genres like rock, pop, and country, continuing similar efforts that began in the late 1950s, known originally as the Nashville sound and later on as Countrypolitan. By the mid-1970s, many country artists were transitioning to the pop-country sound, which led to some records charting high on the mainstream top 40 and the Billboard country chart. In turn, many pop and easy listening artists crossed over to country charts during this time. After declining in popularity during the neotraditional movement of the 1980s, country pop had a comeback in the 1990s with a sound that drew more heavily on pop rock and adult contemporary. In the 2010s, country pop metamorphosized again with the addition of hip-hop beats and rap-style phrasing.
^Kanuch, Nathan (March 5, 2018). "Re-visiting Bro-Country". Medium. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
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