Can you know the development history of American country music?

Country music (or country and Western) is a blend of traditional and popular musical forms traditionally found in the Southern United States and the Canadian Maritimes that evolved rapidly beginning in the 1920s.[1] Distinctive variations of the genre have also emerged elsewhere including Australian country music.

The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s when the earlier term hillbilly music came to be seen as denigrating. Country music was widely embraced in the 1970s, while country and Western has declined in use since that time, except in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it is still commonly used.[1] However, in the Southwestern United States a different mix of ethnic groups created the music that became the Western music of the term country and Western. The term country music is used today to describe many styles and subgenres.

Country music has produced two of the top selling solo artists of all time. Elvis Presley, who was known early on as “the Hillbilly Cat” and was a regular on the radio program Louisiana Hayride,[2] went on to become a defining figure in the emergence of rock and roll. Contemporary musician Garth Brooks, with 128 million albums sold, is the top- domestic-selling solo U.S. artist in U.S. history.[3]

While album sales of most musical genres have declined since about 2005, country music experienced one of its best years in 2006, when, during the first six months, U.S. sales of country albums i

ncreased by 17.7 percent to 36 million. Moreover, country music listening nationwide has remained steady for almost a decade, reaching 77.3 million adults every week, according to the radio-ratings agency Arbitron, Inc.[4][5

Country music

The origin of the genre: Appalachian folk, gospel, British-Celtic music

Cultural origin twenty Early century southern United States, especially the Appalachian Mountains (Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky).

Typical musical instruments Guitar - Violin - Steel string guitar - Piano - Doraemon - Harmonica - Bass - Drums - Mandolin - Banjo

Prevalence 1920s to present. It is highly popular in the United States, Australia and Canada, still common in the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand, and less mainstream in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe outside the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Extended genre Bluegrass - Dansband - Rock - Country Rock - Southern Rock

Subcategories

Bakersfield Sound - Bluegrass - Close harmony - Honky tonk - Jug band - Lubbock sound - Nashville sound - Neo-traditional country - Liberation country - Red dirt - Texas country

Fusion style

Alternative country - Country blues - Country Rock - Psychobilly - Hill Country Rock - Cowboy Punk - Country Rap - Country Pop - Western Swing

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Country Musicians - Country Music Chronology

Country music, also known as Country and Western, is a contemporary pop music that originated in the southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. The roots of country music can be traced back to the 1920s, integrating traditional folk music, Celtic music, gospel music and old-time music[1]. In the 1940s, when the status of hillbilly music was declining, people began to refer to it as a unified term "country music". In the 1970s, it became more popular and replaced "country and western" in all parts of the world (except the United States and Ireland). "The title [1].

Country music has produced two very well-known best-selling singers. One is Elvis Presley, known as Elvis Presley, who is also a representative of the new music genre "rock and roll". Another, contemporary musician Garth Brooks, has sold 128 million albums and is the best-selling singer in American history[2].