the singer admits there's
"been a certain amount of struggle." While "Wasting All These Tears" was a Top Five hit —
a rarity in an era when young female singers frequently have difficulty climbing the charts — her second single, "I Wish I Could Break Your Heart" (co-written by Ashley Monroe), didn't get near the Top 25. In a post-"Tomatogate" world, Pope's not afraid to attribute some her struggle to
unfair treatment. "It has a lot to do with being a female in country music," she says.
"We get a little bit more of a difficult journey."
It was quite obvious that there were more men in country music than women — at least more men being played on the radio," she notes. "It just took one person to acknowledge that and explain why that was happening. A
nd I think everyone knows now that it's not fair [and] it has to change at some point. A lot of the fans miss hearing women on the radio, and now they're speaking up."
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