Laughing doesn't change what I said. Prior to Taylor's fearless album, the albums that sold the most on a global scale were usually pop albums with a plethora of song writers. Taylor opened the doors for confessional songwriting to smash.
Ok @ y'all saying she made country global and pioneered country pop. SHANIA TWAIN anyone??
Shania's impact died WW almost 15 years ago (she hasn't released an album since 2002)
Taylor made it global again and more popular for the new generation that was really young when Shania was slaying and didn't know her (like me tbh)
And yes, Taylor did bring confessional songwriting back to the forefront. Which is why Speak Now, which does it the best, is a freaking masterpiece. You literally feel her story as if you're there with her and that feeling has inspired/influenced many young pop artists listed above.
Plus she made entirely self-written songs cool again.
Exactly
How many female songwriters were smashing before taylor's debut?
Now there are so many. She's such a legend.
COUNTRY WENT POP
Not since the mid-'70s, when Olivia Newton-John and John Denver were winning country awards, has traditionalism been less evident in Nashville. "For decades, there's been an ebb and flow in country music between traditional sounds and pop," says Chris Parr, who co-manages Jason Aldean. "Taylor has certainly helped to push that pop boundary out a little bit further."
How Taylor Swift Has Ruled the Charts: From 'Tim McGraw' to 'Blank Space'
YOUNGER ACTS GOT SIGNED
With a few exceptions -- most notably Tanya Tucker and LeAnn Rimes -- country labels didn't sign teenagers. But lately, country is spotlighting younger, less grizzled faces, including Maddie & Tae (both 18), RaeLynn (20), Kacey Musgraves (26), Lucy Hale (25) and Hunter Hayes, who signed to Atlantic Records Nashville in 2010 when he was 19.
Swift at her Grand Ole Opry debut on Sept. 1, 2006.
SINGERS WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS
For years, even excellent writers like Garth Brooks and Kenny Chesney recorded songs written by other people. Now, says a Nashville insider, labels are "increasingly interested in singers who write their own songs. If you have an artist signed to a 360 deal, the label gets an extra revenue stream from their publishing." Swift tour opener Joel Crouse co-wrote all 10 songs on his Show Dog-Universal Music debut, while reigning CMA new artist of the year Brett Eldredge co-wrote all but one track on his bow for Atlantic Records, Bring You Back.
Also, because of Taylor's confessional songwriting, albums based on heartbreak/life experiences could smash.
Ed Sheeran's albums, Sam Smith, and to a lesser extent, 21. (Obviously I'm not crediting Taylor for Adeles gargantuan sales, but 19 didn't see half the success of 21. But after Taylor made her initial impact with fearless, Adeles follow up album, with confessional heartbreak tales, smashed on an unprecedented level.)
Delete this, we don't want Adele fans to come at us
If you're just gonna be in this thread posting useless emojis and not contributing to the conversation then I guess the answer is clear
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Originally posted by WeFoundTrouble
Laughing doesn't change what I said. Prior to Taylor's fearless album, the albums that sold the most on a global scale were usually pop albums with a plethora of song writers. Taylor opened the doors for confessional songwriting to smash.
I'm sorry but the fact that you've convinshed yourself that Taylor had anything to do with Adele's success is hilarioush to me. Absolutely hysterical.
Delete this, we don't want Adele fans to come at us
They can come for me, I'm not saying Taylor is responsible for Adele's success because she isn't. Adele is a talented writer and vocalist. But an album about heartbreak wouldn't be as well received by the public if someone didn't break down the doors for confessional songwriting first.
I'm sorry but the fact that you've convinshed yourself that Taylor had anything to do with Adele's success is hilarioush to me. Absolutely hysterical.
As I've said, Adele would be successful with or without Taylor. Because, if Taylor wouldn't have broken down the doors for confessional songwriting, Adele herself would have.