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Post by tn05 on Feb 23, 2013 9:25:29 GMT -5
Interesting that BB came out with the mongreal chart when WANNNEGBT was released. She can get a "Huge" #1 and break all sorts of records with all genres tabulated on that chart. This song is not doing as well on that chart so here comes Big Machine to try and push it to #1 on the country airplay chart. I hope that the push does not work and a Tornado sweeps to #1. They'd been planning to incoporate sales into the country chart for a couple years now I believe and it was just a coincidence that when they finally got around to it, Taylor's "We Are Never" was in full swing. I don't think the timing was coincidental, nor was the effect of it. The song was very close to going recurrent on Country Airplay and they chose to count all sales/airplay for it on the new CS even though it was never popular there to begin with.
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Post by liv on Feb 23, 2013 12:14:14 GMT -5
I like a good conspiracy theory same as anyone, but I do think the timing of the new BB chart rules was a coincidence. (it does bother me that BB allowed 'We Are Never' on the Hot Country Chart, letting it break records, but won't allow 'I Will Wait' on that chart, but I think that's a discussion for another thread)
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Post by layne on Feb 23, 2013 13:22:05 GMT -5
Regardless of how We Are Never performed on the Country Airplay Chart, the fact that it got a CC deal and was played by every Country Radio Station sealed the deal that it was in fact a Country Hit. Had Radio not jumped on the song then I think all the negativity about it staying or even being on the mongrel chart would have merit. As of now I'm not sure what to think about "I Will Wait". Maybe the fact that it was not Classified Country first and played simultaneously on Country stations from the beginning has something to do with it not being allowed on the chart. IDK
To not derail the topic of this song, I love this song and have no problem with it reaching the top since it's obvious songs by Brad, Blake, Jason and all the other Males in the Genre are going to get to the top regardless of quality.
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Post by tn05 on Feb 23, 2013 15:23:57 GMT -5
I like a good conspiracy theory same as anyone, but I do think the timing of the new BB chart rules was a coincidence. (it does bother me that BB allowed 'We Are Never' on the Hot Country Chart, letting it break records, but won't allow 'I Will Wait' on that chart, but I think that's a discussion for another thread) The reason "I Will Wait" hasn't charted is very simple - only primarily 'country' songs have all sales/airplay/streaming for all versions counted. The chart points for "I Will Wait" will only include country airplay because it isn't a "country" song, so only sales/streaming of a "country" remix would count. The main point is to prevent pure or primarily pop crossovers from charting at the top due to small country airplay and a heap of pop sales/airplay. That's why, to give an example, Kelly Clarkson's "Don't Rush" (considered a country song) counted all sales and airplay while songs like "Bruises", "I Will Wait", and "Ho Hey" only count airplay. On the other hand, if Taylor Swift were to issue a 'pop remix' of "Begin Again", to give an example, all airplay would count because it is classified as a 'country' song. This is the issue many people had with WANEGBT counting all pop airplay and sales - it was a pop song that had a country remix, not a country song with a pop mix. The 'country' remix wasn't for sale, only the main (pop) version was, so counting those sales and play doesn't make any sense, whereas counting a pop remix of a country song doesn't seem as egregious.
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 23, 2013 17:35:30 GMT -5
I like a good conspiracy theory same as anyone, but I do think the timing of the new BB chart rules was a coincidence. (it does bother me that BB allowed 'We Are Never' on the Hot Country Chart, letting it break records, but won't allow 'I Will Wait' on that chart, but I think that's a discussion for another thread) The reason "I Will Wait" hasn't charted is very simple - only primarily 'country' songs have all sales/airplay/streaming for all versions counted. The chart points for "I Will Wait" will only include country airplay because it isn't a "country" song, so only sales/streaming of a "country" remix would count. The main point is to prevent pure or primarily pop crossovers from charting at the top due to small country airplay and a heap of pop sales/airplay. That's why, to give an example, Kelly Clarkson's "Don't Rush" (considered a country song) counted all sales and airplay while songs like "Bruises", "I Will Wait", and "Ho Hey" only count airplay. On the other hand, if Taylor Swift were to issue a 'pop remix' of "Begin Again", to give an example, all airplay would count because it is classified as a 'country' song. This is the issue many people had with WANEGBT counting all pop airplay and sales - it was a pop song that had a country remix, not a country song with a pop mix. The 'country' remix wasn't for sale, only the main (pop) version was, so counting those sales and play doesn't make any sense, whereas counting a pop remix of a country song doesn't seem as egregious. That all sounds ridiculous. I don't mean what you say is false; I mean Billboard's logic there is ridiculous. "I Will Wait" and "Ho Hey" are much more country than "WANEGBT" so for them to not get all points counted while Swift's song did is insane to me. Meanwhile, how did "Begin Again" get such a huge gain at radio in the past few days?
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Post by Living Legend on Feb 23, 2013 17:38:09 GMT -5
So this could potentially be her 8th #1 on Mediabase and 7th #1 on Billboard. I'd say Mediabase is more likely but it would be cool if it could top Billboard too.
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 23, 2013 17:41:10 GMT -5
Interesting that BB came out with the mongreal chart when WANNNEGBT was released. She can get a "Huge" #1 and break all sorts of records with all genres tabulated on that chart. This song is not doing as well on that chart so here comes Big Machine to try and push it to #1 on the country airplay chart. I hope that the push does not work and a Tornado sweeps to #1. They'd been planning to incoporate sales into the country chart for a couple years now I believe and it was just a coincidence that when they finally got around to it, Taylor's "We Are Never" was in full swing. It seemed suspicious because the new chart year was only a few weeks away, and usually Billboard waits to a new chart year to institute a change (like when they waited for a new chart year when they decided to allow airplay-only songs to chart in the early 00s).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2013 18:22:09 GMT -5
I don't think the idea that Billboard decided to introduce the new genre charts at a specific time (rather than waiting 'til the new year) is such a stretch. When the methodology change was implemented, it happened on all the other genre charts too...suddenly, Rihanna vaulted from outside the top 40 to #1 on the R&B chart, with a song that...wasn't really R&B. And Psy's colossal viral hit "Gangnam Style" got to be #1 on the Rap chart. WANEGBT essentially flopped at country radio but shot from #21 to #1 (it had fallen to #21 on Hot Country Songs in the last week in which that chart was airplay-only, and then with the mongrel methodology, it was suddenly #1, with its "last week" position listed as #21). With Billboard making the change when they did, it generated a LOT of media attention. Had they waited until December to introduced the charts, then Taylor wouldn't have the "*record" for most weeks at #1 by a female ( Dudley alluded to this same way of thinking in this post of the Methodology change thread, and I agreed with what she had to say then). I'm not saying they made the change in October to solely benefit Taylor (Billboard couldn't have known for certain that WANEGBT would stay #1 for as long as it did), but rather, they made it then to create the most 'buzz' on all radio formats and when the backlash started coming in, they could still say that they still publish the 'old' airplay-only versions of the charts for each genre. I don't totally dislike the new chart, but there are flaws with it (imo), and I also don't like the way it looks when you go to Wikipedia, for example. I know that anyone can edit that site, but Wikipedia does have great discographies when you look up artists...and now since Billboard has the new Hot Country Songs chart "inheriting" all the history of the chart when it was airplay-only, everything looks messy on those discographies. A separate column was introduced for Country Airplay peaks, when really, that column should align with the stats from the old version of Hot Country Songs, and the new chart should be in a new column. And since we already have the Hot 100 to measure all aspects of a song's popularity, having the genre-specific charts use the same methodology as the Hot 100 seems redundant to me. That's where I find the flaws with this new chart. First and foremost, I'll never like that a "county" chart that includes non-country airplay. I wish they'd modify it to be streaming data + sales + country airplay only, and then I could get behind it more, as a chart that stands beside the airplay chart (and not above it). Anyway...back to "Begin Again". It looks like LBT and Dierks have suddenly hit the brakes (how convenient). Tim has peaked, so he'll probably just get the 1 week at #1 now, and Big Machine can furiously push Taylor to #1 next weekend. I hate the push but I also think it's absurd that Capitol apparently doesn't care...they're just letting Taylor take all the spins and have "Tornado" and "Tip It On Back" in a holding pattern. That's the one thing I don't like about radio charts--too much starting and stopping in this 'game' that the labels play. You don't really notice it until songs get in the top 10. Lower down, the chart moves more freely and radio more or less converts songs into higher rotation when they're ready to do so. But when songs get into the top 10, they can suddenly not gain hardly anything one week, then pull out a 3 million gain the next week, go flat again, and then finish things off with another 3 million gain and get that #1 before collapsing. We have more #1's nowadays than there were years ago. Not as many songs peak at #2 or #3 because the labels all push the songs to #1, and they also all let each other take turns (usually) so that everyone is happy. In the past, a song could spend 4-6 weeks at #1 and another song might sit at #2 and never hit #1. I wish things were more like that, but I don't know who to blame. The labels seem to do a good bit of pushing, but radio seems to oblige without much complaint.
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Post by tn05 on Feb 23, 2013 19:26:46 GMT -5
The reason "I Will Wait" hasn't charted is very simple - only primarily 'country' songs have all sales/airplay/streaming for all versions counted. The chart points for "I Will Wait" will only include country airplay because it isn't a "country" song, so only sales/streaming of a "country" remix would count. The main point is to prevent pure or primarily pop crossovers from charting at the top due to small country airplay and a heap of pop sales/airplay. That's why, to give an example, Kelly Clarkson's "Don't Rush" (considered a country song) counted all sales and airplay while songs like "Bruises", "I Will Wait", and "Ho Hey" only count airplay. On the other hand, if Taylor Swift were to issue a 'pop remix' of "Begin Again", to give an example, all airplay would count because it is classified as a 'country' song. This is the issue many people had with WANEGBT counting all pop airplay and sales - it was a pop song that had a country remix, not a country song with a pop mix. The 'country' remix wasn't for sale, only the main (pop) version was, so counting those sales and play doesn't make any sense, whereas counting a pop remix of a country song doesn't seem as egregious. That all sounds ridiculous. I don't mean what you say is false; I mean Billboard's logic there is ridiculous. "I Will Wait" and "Ho Hey" are much more country than "WANEGBT" so for them to not get all points counted while Swift's song did is insane to me. Meanwhile, how did "Begin Again" get such a huge gain at radio in the past few days? I agree, and that is what made many of us upset - not the rule change itself, but how it was applied to some songs and not others. The people who define the song's genres aren't industry professionals (who identified it as pop, not country), but rather Billboard - coincidentally, the only outlet that identified it as 'country'. You are right in that IWW and HH are more country than WANEGBT, by their nature as folk or roots music (a genre associated with the country underground or the genre in general). The rule doesn't even seem to be blocking non-country songs, but rather unfairly promoting pop-leaning artists at the expense of established country singers who don't get crossover play. Ironically, this is actually hurting Taylor here, as "Begin Again" is stuck at #10 despite being a bigger radio hit. What hurts it is the lack of crossover play and digital sales. I honestly don't know there, but Big Machine is very good at pushing songs to radio audiences. Regardless of what the charts said, WANEGBT was not a country hit and both audiences and DJs disliked it, and I might bet it did some damage to her country radio stature. They needed to re-establish her as a country artist and a highly-charting country airplay single would do just that. Add to that that this might be the last country single of this era for her (and probably the last top-ten if current trends on CS for her continue) and there is plenty of incentive to push it as far as it will go.
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Post by Arabella21 on Feb 23, 2013 21:36:29 GMT -5
Why would it be Taylor's last country single this era? After "Highway Don't Care" finishes its run she still has other options from Red to push at the format.
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Post by tn05 on Feb 23, 2013 23:01:26 GMT -5
Why would it be Taylor's last country single this era? After "Highway Don't Care" finishes its run she still has other options from Red to push at the format. Well, for one she has another pop single in "22" which will probably last at least 2 months - this stops any idea of a "Red" release until after that because they would want combined country/pop play for an ideal chart position. "22" is a fifth single and she's never had more than that on an album proper. "22" will not get a single play from country radio, so any new single would be the sixth single from her album. A new country single would result in a mediocre chart position because it is has no crossover play and would mean "Red" would be the seventh single from her album, which is very uncommon to say the least. Given how "Begin Again" hasn't peaked above its second-week peak of #10 despite being #4 on the airplay chart, the odds another single can keep her top-ten streak going are slim under the new chart rules without pop play and/or strong digital sales.
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Post by Au$tin on Feb 23, 2013 23:11:09 GMT -5
^How is "22" a fifth single?
This is only her second on country, "22" would be third on pop. WANEGBT, BA, IKYWT, 22. That's four.
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Post by Arabella21 on Feb 23, 2013 23:13:20 GMT -5
I just have a hard time buying that she'd only release two singles to country this era. I think she has to release more songs to country or else be further accused of abandoning the format.
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Post by jughead on Feb 23, 2013 23:24:50 GMT -5
So country listeners are either anti-Swift, pro-Swift or are neutral. The controversy Swift stirs without even trying.
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Post by matty1122 on Feb 23, 2013 23:27:57 GMT -5
So country listeners are either anti-Swift, pro-Swift or are neutral. Aren't people like that with everyone?
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 23, 2013 23:38:11 GMT -5
There's not a chance this would be the last country single from the album. She releases a new album every two years, so she still needs to release music for country radio for at least the next year or so. The pop-exclusive singles don't count against her totals for country radio this era; I still expect her to get 5 singles out for this format, regardless if that means releasing some 8 or 9 singles because of other formats.
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Post by jughead on Feb 23, 2013 23:46:24 GMT -5
So country listeners are either anti-Swift, pro-Swift or are neutral. Aren't people like that with everyone? But people have never been more vocal about their approval/disapproval of a certain country artist than with Taylor. Plus, I think that some of her haters just hate her for who she is and thus try to find something that they can point out to as to why they hate her. For example, someone saying that the sudden billboard rule change was done in order to keep WANEGBT afloat, and that Begin Again will be her last top ten this era. I've never seen a country act been this hated since the Dixie Chicks, though at a much lesser intensity.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Feb 24, 2013 0:07:10 GMT -5
Why would it be Taylor's last country single this era? After "Highway Don't Care" finishes its run she still has other options from Red to push at the format. Well, for one she has another pop single in "22" which will probably last at least 2 months - this stops any idea of a "Red" release until after that because they would want combined country/pop play for an ideal chart position. "22" is a fifth single and she's never had more than that on an album proper. "22" will not get a single play from country radio, so any new single would be the sixth single from her album. A new country single would result in a mediocre chart position because it is has no crossover play and would mean "Red" would be the seventh single from her album, which is very uncommon to say the least. Given how "Begin Again" hasn't peaked above its second-week peak of #10 despite being #4 on the airplay chart, the odds another single can keep her top-ten streak going are slim under the new chart rules without pop play and/or strong digital sales. This argument assumes a song has to hit the top 10 on the mongrel chart to count. I think the overwhelming majority (myself included) would argue that hitting the top 10 on the airplay chart counts at least as much and possibly more.
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Post by peterca on Feb 24, 2013 0:47:52 GMT -5
Aren't people like that with everyone? But people have never been more vocal about their approval/disapproval of a certain country artist than with Taylor. Plus, I think that some of her haters just hate her for who she is and thus try to find something that they can point out to as to why they hate her. For example, someone saying that the sudden billboard rule change was done in order to keep WANEGBT afloat, and that Begin Again will be her last top ten this era. I've never seen a country act been this hated since the Dixie Chicks, though at a much lesser intensity. I am in the camp that disapproves of Taylor because she isn't country. During this era, with many opportunities to promote country music, she chose to sing a pop song. Think about her past tours, when was the last time she had a country opening act? When she tours overseas, she is billed as a pop singer. When she does a collaboration, it is not with a country singer. When she has guests at her concerts, most at pop/rap singers. The singers she idolizes are not country. Well, that's enough ranting from me.
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Post by matty1122 on Feb 24, 2013 0:54:31 GMT -5
Her last tour was when she had a country act as an opener. She had Randy Montana, Hunter Hayes, Frankie Ballard, Danny Gokey and James Wesley open for her.
Her current collaboration is with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban.
When she tours overseas she is a pop singer. As country music really doesn't fly outside of 'Merica. Other than Shania, Garth and Taylor (and now Carrie) not mainly country artists have success outside of the US.
And to edit, she idolizes MANY singers and I have never heard her speak bad of any fellow artist. Off hand country artists she has praised: Shania, Faith, Tim, George, Brad Paisley and Kenny to name a few.
Sometimes I think people expect too much from this 23 year old girl.
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Post by gcizvolsfan on Feb 24, 2013 1:40:07 GMT -5
Aren't people like that with everyone? But people have never been more vocal about their approval/disapproval of a certain country artist than with Taylor. Plus, I think that some of her haters just hate her for who she is and thus try to find something that they can point out to as to why they hate her. For example, someone saying that the sudden billboard rule change was done in order to keep WANEGBT afloat, and that Begin Again will be her last top ten this era. I've never seen a country act been this hated since the Dixie Chicks, though at a much lesser intensity. Hate is not a good word to throw around and I never said that I hated her. I said it was interesting that the Billboard change happened with WANEEEGBT. A song outside the top 20 on the country chart at the time and on its way out suddenly is the #1 country song. Give me a break. It would have done fine on it's own merits as a crossover hit and been big like her other crossover songs. To consider it as the biggest hit on the country charts by a female artist is ridiculous. That is what the new chart has done though. Mumford and Sons do not need to do a remix of their songs to have country elements in their songs. I am a huge fan of them and will always consider them an alternative band, but to say they should not chart on country because they are not classified as country is ridiculous. It would be interesting to see how I Will Wait would rank on the mongreal chart if it was looked at the same as WANEEEGBT.
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Post by countryman87 on Feb 24, 2013 6:58:09 GMT -5
What an update this morning! Big Machine has done it again getting Taylor to #. I can't wait to see just how close it is in terms of points. She's still way behind in spins and audience to be in running for BB #1 tomorrow. Tim will get that chart no doubt about that.
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Post by matty1122 on Feb 24, 2013 7:27:33 GMT -5
But people have never been more vocal about their approval/disapproval of a certain country artist than with Taylor. Plus, I think that some of her haters just hate her for who she is and thus try to find something that they can point out to as to why they hate her. For example, someone saying that the sudden billboard rule change was done in order to keep WANEGBT afloat, and that Begin Again will be her last top ten this era. I've never seen a country act been this hated since the Dixie Chicks, though at a much lesser intensity. Hate is not a good word to throw around and I never said that I hated her. I said it was interesting that the Billboard change happened with WANEEEGBT. A song outside the top 20 on the country chart at the time and on its way out suddenly is the #1 country song. Give me a break. It would have done fine on it's own merits as a crossover hit and been big like her other crossover songs. To consider it as the biggest hit on the country charts by a female artist is ridiculous. That is what the new chart has done though. Mumford and Sons do not need to do a remix of their songs to have country elements in their songs. I am a huge fan of them and will always consider them an alternative band, but to say they should not chart on country because they are not classified as country is ridiculous. It would be interesting to see how I Will Wait would rank on the mongreal chart if it was looked at the same as WANEEEGBT. But it was not just the Billboard Country chart that was changed. For this theory to be correct, all those other genre charts changed too just so WANEEGBT would be a hit? Highly doubtful.
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Post by jughead on Feb 24, 2013 7:36:42 GMT -5
But people have never been more vocal about their approval/disapproval of a certain country artist than with Taylor. Plus, I think that some of her haters just hate her for who she is and thus try to find something that they can point out to as to why they hate her. For example, someone saying that the sudden billboard rule change was done in order to keep WANEGBT afloat, and that Begin Again will be her last top ten this era. I've never seen a country act been this hated since the Dixie Chicks, though at a much lesser intensity. I am in the camp that disapproves of Taylor because she isn't country. During this era, with many opportunities to promote country music, she chose to sing a pop song. Think about her past tours, when was the last time she had a country opening act? When she tours overseas, she is billed as a pop singer. When she does a collaboration, it is not with a country singer. When she has guests at her concerts, most at pop/rap singers. The singers she idolizes are not country. Well, that's enough ranting from me. You only credit her pop songs. When you hear Begin Again or Mean or Safe and Sound or Our Song, you never say she's country. But when you hear songs like WANEGBT or IKYWT, you say she's Pop. We're not saying that she is the countriest act out there, but the fact that you label her as Pop though she has twice as much country songs than pop songs is just wrong.
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Post by Lozzy on Feb 24, 2013 8:52:24 GMT -5
#1 on Mediabase today ... despite having less spins and less audience than "One Of Those Nights" at #2. How silly.
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Post by cntrytime on Feb 24, 2013 8:52:43 GMT -5
Alan Jackson has been on record saying how talented Taylor Swift is; Ronnie Dunn was invited and did sing with her on her tour; the country singers supporting her previously mentioned and now Vince Gill is on record. ... Her current collaboration is with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban... she idolizes MANY singers and I have never heard her speak bad of any fellow artist. Off hand country artists she has praised: Shania, Faith, Tim, George, Brad Paisley and Kenny to name a few... Vince Gill Declares His Greatest Support for Unfairly Treated Taylor Swifttasteofcountry.com/vince-gill-supports-taylor-swift/Criticism is often a precursor to superstar fame, a reality that Vince Gill probably understands all too well. The ‘Threaten Me With Heaven’ singer says he thinks Taylor Swift has endured unfair criticism and has gone on the record to defend his fellow country music superstar. “She’s hitting the big home run – it’s so neat to see,” Gill says of his adoration for Swift (quote via Country Music Tattle Tale). “She has a great way of connecting with people, and I love seeing that. I love her to death.” The 20-time Grammy Award winner adds, “She gets beat up a lot, unfairly so. I’m actually a great supporter of hers.” Swift has tolerated her fair share of media scrutiny in recent months following her very public split with One Direction‘s Harry Styles. Many have called out the ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ singer for questionable dating behavior, but Swift has remained steadfast — focusing on her skyrocketing career rather than dwelling on any negative criticism. The country bombshell has also come under fire for her unapologetic forward movement towards a more mainstream sound, but Swift says that any potential backlash doesn’t even register on her radar. “I think that’s kind of a criticism of like 65 percent of the country artists that are out right now,” reveals the successful crossover artist. “It’s like the most popular criticism of a country artist — that you’re not country enough.” Elaborating on her pop vs. country stance, Swift says, “Almost every time I put something out, there’s the word ‘too’ put in front of what it is — too pop or too country or too rock,” she shares. “I had a song last year called ‘Mean’ — we were lucky enough to win two Grammys with it — and I remember reading a few articles that said it was too bluegrass. So I kinda stopped worrying about it.” ‘Mean,’ a song which verbally reprimands her critical naysayers, actually beat out Gill’s ‘Threaten Me With Heaven’ for Best Country Song last year. Gill is currently climbing the country charts with ‘Don’t Rush,’ his collaboration with Kelly Clarkson. The track is GIll’s first appearance in the Top 40 single since 2006.
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Post by GivesYouHell on Feb 24, 2013 8:54:03 GMT -5
Taylor reminds me a lot of Shania. If I remember correctly Shania used to get a lot of hate as well for "not being country" and whatnot. I even recall George Jones calling her out for ruining the genre or something and Taylor's clearly taking after her by trying to balance both country and pop audiences.
Anyway, I'm glad to see this reached #1 on Country afterall, it's not my favourite song on the album but it's nice to see that she still has support there. I thought for sure after the WANEGBT fiasco, country radio wouldn't support her as much like they did to Shania when she went full on pop with "That Don't Impress Me Much" (her biggest global hit) or Faith Hill with that Cry album. It seems like they're a lot more acceptable these days when it comes to cross over.
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Post by kml567 on Feb 24, 2013 8:57:28 GMT -5
SCANDALOUS!! :o She has 200+ spins LESS than Tim, and 2 million AI LESS than Tim, and somehow she has more points to get #1 over Tim?! WTF?!!???!!!!!!!!!! I did NOT see it coming this week.
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Post by jughead on Feb 24, 2013 10:09:31 GMT -5
Shania, at her prime, was accused of being too pop for country. However, don't most songs by Carrie and Taylor and most young female country acts sound like they have been influenced by the sound that Shania started? During the late 90s, Shania was too pop, however it is evident that what used to be "too pop" is now a norm for country radios. We could never be too sure, but what if the same thing is happening with Taylor? Maybe she is too pop for country radios right now, but what if her music is actually just a foresight of what could be the future sound for country? I'm talking about Red, Starlight, Holy Ground, and not aboutWANEGBT or IKYWT or 22 because they are clearly made for pop radios. Maybe Taylor is willing to go "out there" and try to experiment with sounds more than most country artists do even if this means losing part of her country fanbase because maybe this might help attract a whole bunch of audiences. I mean, people here in the Philippines never actually listened to Keith Urban, or Brad Paisley, or Tim McGraw, or Blake Shelton until Love Story blew up back in '08. Now, our playlists are filled with country songs. Thank God Taylor happened, otherwise, we wouldn't be able to find out about other country artists who are talented, and musically-gifted in their own ways. Taylor reaching out to a new audience served as a catalyst for people, who were never into country music in the first place, to google and listen to other country artists. Maybe she went into a more pop direction this era, but you can't deny the fact that she brought in new audiences when Teardrops, Our Song, Love Story, You Belong With Me, and Fifteen blew up in places where country music isn't well-known. Let's reach out to higher grounds! Long live country music!
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Feb 24, 2013 10:16:32 GMT -5
SCANDALOUS!! :o She has 200+ spins LESS than Tim, and 2 million AI LESS than Tim, and somehow she has more points to get #1 over Tim?! WTF?!!???!!!!!!!!!! I did NOT see it coming this week. Geez. I was hoping they could pull it off in the 2nd week of mcgraw's reign. Impressive job by the label getting this done. I think "Easy" was slightly more ridiculous with regard to manipulatiin because the gains were over a short period rather than like 3-4 weeks. A bullet of 850 with Tim's down to 80. This is gonna drop like a rock. Could surpass SCZ/CWMU/FGIT territory.
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