Where the country’s moment could then go

They say that the recipe for a good country track is simple – simply combine three chords and the truth.

During the past year, however, an increasing number of artists have added their own glitter with pop stars, including Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, leaning in the genre.

The Giver of Chappell went directly to the number two in the British charts when she was released in March, Princess Midwest self -proclaimed saying that she wanted to give Country music a new catch with “A little Yodel Gay”.

Streaming platform figures suggest that cooking a country song was also a success recipe, with a listening time of 25% in the past year in the United Kingdom.

British artists hope that this will act as a star of the British scene and will help them reproduce part of the success of their cousins ​​in the American campaign.

“It only benefits me and other country music artists in the United Kingdom because more people listen to country music just mean they will be interested – let’s hope – in what we do,” said 20 -year -old singer Neeve Zahra, BBC Newsbeat.

Her love for country music comes from two sources: her grandfather and Hannah Montana.

The character of Disney Channel School-Girl-by-Day-Pop-Pop-Fop-By Night played by Miley Cyrus “probably launched me,” she said.

“I can now officially say that I was a country before the country was cool.”

Neeve, from Manchester, already notes a peak of people who come to concerts and hopes that the media threw could build to the point where British countries can be recognized with a category at the Brit Awards.

“It is definitely the dream.”

Izzie Walsh is currently recording his first album and said in Newsbeat It’s important the fans support country artists “at the base” to ensure that he can continue to grow in the United Kingdom.

“Everyone was sleeping on it and now it has become this great thing.

“There is a lot of support for the great American artists and it can be difficult to compete with this budget, the press.

“There is a big gap between people like me and these massive artists.”

Regarding a trend, a trend can never be attributed to a single person, this resurgence in the dominant current is “100%” in Beyoncé, according to the country music podcaster Matt Clewes.

His 2024 COWBOY CARTER album “divides opinions with country fans a lot,” Matt told Newsbeat, but “he presented to an audience new country artists to a country and give a different perspective”.

Artists and criticisms predicted last year Cowboy Carter could “open the valves” For fans of country music and Spotify, “viral tracks” credits of 2024 with a sudden increase in rivers.

But there has in fact had a gradual increase in listening that goes back much further, with streams of the genre in the United Kingdom growing 154% since 2019, the year Lil Nas X published Old Town Road with the singer-songwriter Country Billy Cyrus.

Apple Music says that he has noticed similar trends and that the two streamers report that its growing popularity is particularly striking in the United Kingdom, where according to Apple, it develops five times faster than in the United States.

This is reflected in some of the biggest songs of the past year.

Sabrina Carpenter’s Country-Pop blow, please, please, that she reissued with Dolly Parton, spent five weeks in the first row in the United Kingdom and a Shaboozey bar song was an element of the top 10 for months.

British country music should even be represented on one of the largest stages in the world next month thanks to the EUROVISION in the United Kingdom, remember Monday.

“The narration is so important for us and which is really rooted in country music,” said singer Lauren Byrne on the reason why the trio felt attracted to the genre.

“We never wanted to feel like we are trying to reproduce or copy, we always wanted to make it feel ours.

“It should not be” Yeehaw ‘. “”

Matt says that the next step will consist in seeing British country artists headlining greater festivals while the fans base continues to grow.

And as he does, he says he will have to kiss the different points of view that fuel him.

The country is often associated with being dominated by male artists, but the musicians who lead it in the dominant current are mainly women.

Last week Lana Del Rey joined Beyoncé, Chappell and Sabrina with her song Country Henry, go, but before them, it was Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Shania Twain who make the country more popular.

“We are in the year of women in general for music in the year,” says Neeve. “I think now it’s time for women in the country.”

As British country music develops, there are also some differences with the traditional American scene which will also have to kiss.

“We are often considered” why do they make country music? They do not live the country’s “” way of life, “explains Matt. “We don’t all live on farms, we don’t all drive tractors.

“But the country is a matter of narration and everyone wants to write its own story.

“It changes all the time, so we have to be open to different different styles and perspectives.”

Neeve is suitable for authenticity is the key to the British country.

“It’s about telling our own story,” she said.

“I can dream of Nashville and maybe write songs about it, but I’m not going to say that I will get you in my truck because I don’t have a truck.

“You have to stay real for yourself. We try to keep it country but in our own way.”

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