Still, my point is Taylor Swift can't really be credited for bringing country music to the mainstream. The odd country song has been showing up on the pop charts since before anyone knew who Taylor was, think the Carrie Underwood songs, that Kid Rock song, etc. I don't see how she had any influence on that. And I brought up Shania Twain cause she's done the whole mixing of those two genres ages ago, so it wasn't really something pioneered by Swift.
Yes? This is ignoring her undeniable influence on almost every single new female vocalist.
i didn't say Swift brought country to the mainstream, country has been mainstream for a long long time. I said the pop country crossovers of this past decade, the scope of this topic, are in part influenced by Swift and her music. Carrie Underwood is also someone responsible for this, but not to the same scale as Swift not by a long shot.
How do you feel about Swift collaborating with Def Leppard? Because it happened
Ah yes, the old "real music is made by only one person" meme.
Like you said, country pop has been a thing for quite a while, in fact both Swift and Rascal Flatts achieved crossover success during roughly the same time, just like The Dixie Chicks and Carrie Underwood before them and Lady Antebellum after them. You'd have a point if pop country was all but dead before Taylor, but that's not really the case. The fact that she's the most successful artist who transitioned from Country to Pop doesn't necessarily translate to influence, otherwise the radio will be filled with songs that are heavily influenced by Red and 1989. That argument is a lot stronger in favor of Rihanna and, as much as I hate to say it, Drake.
Clearly her talent is writing songs that millions of people enjoy. Try harder.
The thing with it is it doesn't just have to be her with the influence, but in response to people saying Taylor Swift one of the biggest musicians of the last decade has had no influence whatsoever(which is ludicrous, people really shouldn't let their dislike of a certain artist cloud the over all picture) I bring that specific portion of music up, because she has had an influence in it. You seem to be interpreting what I'm saying as Swift is the only influence in country pop or pop country or what have you, when that is not the case. I am merely bringing up country pop crossover music as an example of music she has had some influence in.
I'd say that was definitely true for her early work but I don't know if you can say the same of this decade.
Influence =/= popularity. While the two do correlate, to say one is a result of the other is incorrect.
