提供一篇关于countrymusic的英语文章谢谢啦
提供一篇关于countrymusic的英语文章谢谢啦
提供一篇关于countrymusic的英语文章谢谢啦
提供一篇关于countrymusic的英语文章谢谢啦
CountrymusicisablendofpopularmusicalformsoriginallyfoundintheSouthernUnitedStatesandtheAppalachianMountains.Ithasrootsintraditionalfolkmusic,Celticmusic,gospelmusic,andold-timemusicandevolvedrapidlyinthe1920s.Thetermcountrymusicbegantobeusedinthe1940swhentheearliertermhillbillymusicwasdeemedtobedegrading,andthetermwaswidelyembracedinthe1970s,whilecountryandwesternhasdeclinedinusesincethattime,exceptintheUnitedKingdomandIreland,whereitisstillcommonlyused.[1]
IntheSouthwesternUnitedStatesadifferentmixofethnicgroupscreatedthemusicthatbecametheWesternmusicofthetermcountryandwestern.
Countrymusichasproducedtwoofthetopsellingsoloartistsofalltime.ElvisPresley,whowasknownearlyonas“TheHillbillyCat”andwasaregularontheradioprogramLouisianaHayride,wentontobecomeadefiningfigureintheemerginggenreofrock'nroll.ContemporarymusicianGarthBrooks,whohasinteruptedhiscareertoraisehischildren,isthetop-sellingsoloartistinU.S.history
Whilealbumsalesofmostmusicalgenreshavedeclined,countrymusicexperiencedoneofitsbestyearsin2006,when,duringthefirstsixmonthsoftheyear,U.S.salesofcountryalbumsincreasedby17.7percentto36million.Moreover,countrymusiclisteningnationwidehasremainedsteadyforalmostadecade,reaching77.3millionadultseveryweekaccordingtotheradio-ratingsagencyArbitronInc.
Theterm"countrymusic"isusedtodescribemanystyles,genres,orsubgenres.