I disagree. I prefer females in pop and R&B and sometimes hip hop, but I prefer males in country, rock, and alternative. Other genres I like them about equally
Well that is coming from someone who listens to a lot of females. I do listen to a lot of males, but I just can't quite feel... right with them, if that makes sense. I don't feel connected to them. I've grown up hearing a lot of guys and I liked some of the songs, but I always listened to the women because I felt right with them. And it does a little odd coming from a guy.
Male artists know their stuff, of course. But I just think they lack something a female artist has.
I wish country artists would push songs to pop with songs that have crossover appeal so that the genre could have a wider reach.
I was highly disappointed with Lady Antebellum's limited crossover success with "Bartender." It spent a significant amount of time on the Hot AC chart, but never got higher than the mid-20s. AC played it enough to get the song up to about #30. Top 40 didn't touch it. I figured with Lady Antebellum having one of the biggest Country Crossovers of all time Top 40 would at least give it a try. I think the label waited too long to try and cross the song over. Had they done so while it was still fairly hot at Country radio, the crossover transition would have been smoother, and likely more successful.
Luke Bryan's "That's My Kind Of Night" could have worked at Top 40, Hot AC, possibly Rhythmic, and with the guitar work maybe Alternative could have tried it out. But outside of a renegade station here and there, all of the crossover formats ignored it. The label may have been to blame, like with "Play It Again."
Of course, I also get angry because Top 40 won't play Active Rock songs. There was a time power-chord rock ballads were huge, but it's been six years since Shinedown reached #7 on the Hot 100 with "Second Chance," and I think it deserved #1. The song hit #1 at Active Rock/Heritage Rock/Alternative Rock/Hot AC/#3 at Top 40/Top 15 AC. "Radioactive" crossed over from Alternative to Active Rock before coming to Top 40, so the song does not count as a true Active Rock crossover.
All Luke's label had to do was make an official add date for Hot AC/Pop and it would have taken off
Shotgun Rider was so close
Country radio's kind of messy about shifting songs to the top of their charts, like a new #1 every week basically. Labels are okay with it because there are so many stations but yet so many artists to spread around airplay (& #'s) to.
I liked how when songs stayed 4, 5, 6, or even more weeks at #1 several times a year on the Country Chart. By changing from detections to impressions, songs should stay longer at #1. Had the change to impressions been made a year earlier, Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying" would have spent 10 weeks at #1 instead of 7. That song crossed over well at AC #4, right at the Top 20 at Hot AC, and in the lower part of the Top 40 at Top 40 -- a real shame for such an amazing song.
I wish Country radio would go back to having about 18 #1 songs a year, with several long stays at the top. When you have a new #1 almost every week, it cheapens the value of having a #1 song. When you have fewer songs with longer stays, those songs are remembered as big hits.
I was highly disappointed with Lady Antebellum's limited crossover success with "Bartender." It spent a significant amount of time on the Hot AC chart, but never got higher than the mid-20s. AC played it enough to get the song up to about #30. Top 40 didn't touch it. I figured with Lady Antebellum having one of the biggest Country Crossovers of all time Top 40 would at least give it a try. I think the label waited too long to try and cross the song over. Had they done so while it was still fairly hot at Country radio, the crossover transition would have been smoother, and likely more successful.
Luke Bryan's "That's My Kind Of Night" could have worked at Top 40, Hot AC, possibly Rhythmic, and with the guitar work maybe Alternative could have tried it out. But outside of a renegade station here and there, all of the crossover formats ignored it. The label may have been to blame, like with "Play It Again."
Poor winter freeze couldn't keep the song pushing past January
maybe they should have pushed it onto Hot AC before it peaked on Country
the label is to be blamed for PIA, they choose stuff like add dates and such, for which they failed.
TMKON on Hot AC/Pop, not with the catfish dinner line
Well that is coming from someone who listens to a lot of females. I do listen to a lot of males, but I just can't quite feel... right with them, if that makes sense. I don't feel connected to them. I've grown up hearing a lot of guys and I liked some of the songs, but I always listened to the women because I felt right with them. And it does a little odd coming from a guy.
Male artists know their stuff, of course. But I just think they lack something a female artist has.
I think a lot of time females are more emotionally vulnerable in their music, so I could definitely see how you can feel that way. In certain genres like rock I just love the commanding power males exude in their music, while I feel females in pop are more powerful. In country idk I just like how carefree but rooted males can be. Although Kacey especially but also Carrie and some others just slay
Honestly my favorite song written by Sam is We Are Tonight by Billy Currington. If only he wrote like that for himself. My fav song of his is Break Up In A Small Town
"Break Up In A Small Town" could very well be sent to Pop and not Country. I have read where some Country insiders say that song just is not Country at all, and would be hard to play on their stations. However, they played "Burning It Down", which was basically an Urban song with a Country singer, lyrics, and steel guitar in the chorus. And the lyrics were considered to risky for the format. The song still topped the airplay chart for two weeks, but did not cross over despite having a drum and base line similar to what you would hear on a Rhythmic or Urban station, and its strong sales and streaming figures, and its very high debut on the Hot 100..
I think a lot of time females are more emotionally vulnerable in their music, so I could definitely see how you can feel that way. In certain genres like rock I just love the commanding power males exude in their music, while I feel females in pop are more powerful. In country idk I just like how carefree but rooted males can be. Although Kacey especially but also Carrie and some others just slay
That I can agree with. Males do slay the rock genre quite a bit. Country, I feel, is more for the females. Although quite a few men do own it there, I just think the girls have the voice to tell more of a story than they do. Pop, as much as I love it, is anyone's game. But I say the females rock that one the most
"Break Up In A Small Town" could very well be sent to Pop and not Country. I have read where some Country insiders say that song just is not Country at all, and would be hard to play on their stations. However, they played "Burning It Down", which was basically an Urban song with a Country singer, lyrics, and steel guitar in the chorus. And the lyrics were considered to risky for the format. The song still topped the airplay chart for two weeks, but did not cross over despite having a drum and base line similar to what you would hear on a Rhythmic or Urban station, and its strong sales and streaming figures, and its very high debut on the Hot 100..
Oh they play so many pop songs on country radio now and pass it off because the artist is considered a "country artist"
"Break Up In A Small Town" could very well be sent to Pop and not Country. I have read where some Country insiders say that song just is not Country at all, and would be hard to play on their stations. However, they played "Burning It Down", which was basically an Urban song with a Country singer, lyrics, and steel guitar in the chorus. And the lyrics were considered to risky for the format. The song still topped the airplay chart for two weeks, but did not cross over despite having a drum and base line similar to what you would hear on a Rhythmic or Urban station, and its strong sales and streaming figures, and its very high debut on the Hot 100..
Yeah, Break Up In A Small Town has like no country influences at all other than the southern accent, but I guess worse has been passed off as country in recent years
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That I can agree with. Males do slay the rock genre quite a bit. Country, I feel, is more for the females. Although quite a few men do own it there, I just think the girls have the voice to tell more of a story than they do. Pop, as much as I love it, is anyone's game. But I say the females rock that one the most
That's why I love Kacey so much. She tells a story like I've never heard in any genre with so much brutal honesty
Yeah, Break Up In A Small Town has like no country influences at all other than the southern accent, but I guess worse has been passed off as country in recent years
Yeah, Break Up In A Small Town has like no country influences at all other than the southern accent, but I guess worse has been passed off as country in recent years
That's why I love Kacey so much. She tells a story like I've never heard in any genre with so much brutal honesty
She writes so fantastically. It's clever, witty, and they take charge on their own... in part of her vocals.
