The word “country pop” has been batted recently as a term to define a specific genre of music. Many people aren’t exactly sure what that is. Is it country music that is popular? Or is it country music that has been made to sound more like mainstream popular music that charts on the pop charts with a country touch.

Most country pop artist are country artist that have enjoyed some degree of success on the pop charts as well. These artist are generally referred to as “crossover” artists because of their ability to crossover to another chart and sell well with two different demographics of people that are buying music. It is a method that has been around in country music as far back as the 70′s.

One of the best examples of a crossover country pop star is Dolly Parton. Dolly was mostly known as a country star at the beginning of her career when she performed at the Grand Ole Opry with Porter Wagoner. She crossed over into pop music success in the mid 1970s by having her own variety show on TV and having various famous pop female artist cover her music. She also helped her crossover by appearing in movies and writing songs such as “I Will Always Love You” which was later covered by Whitney Houston.

So the Country Pop genre is a genre that consists of country artists that have crossed over to more mainstream success than their other country music counter parts.The hits keep comin’: Dolly Parton – Better Day

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