Following the Urban Cowboy era of the 80’s (see below), country music took another turn towards ‘crossover’ with the emergence of contemporary or ‘new’ country in the mid to late 90’s.
The main protagonist of this move was Garth Brooks, who up until this time had been considered more of a traditionalist country artist. So successful was he at the time that when he decided to ‘go pop’ he took a lot of the country scene with him.
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This ‘new’ country sound he produced was so different that it was considered closer to rock/pop than traditional country.
Seeing the success Garth Brooks was having with this new style, many established country artists, as well as newcomers, decided to do the same. Getting into the mainstream pop charts became a ‘must do’ for many, but it did seem to a lot of diehards to be at the expense of the loyal country music listening audience.
Other artists who had great success using this formula during this period were Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Trisha Yearwood (the future Mrs Brooks), Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift.
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