RNB singers going to Country music
 

what can you say about other genre artists who are trying their luck in making country music? i.e Beyonce and Jessica Simpsons

Well, country music has become very popular in the US and also in European countries. Shania Twain releases her albums here and in Europe with 2 separate covers for the album. Scandenavia has become a hot spot for country artist as well. Who knows why? Go figure. I sing country and R&B.

its good if it sounds good. thats all i have to say. i mean if 50 cent starts to sing with i dont know Taylor Swift. we've got a problem...

if they can pull it off it doesn't matter what genre they started off in first. Even country singers today...they'll sing a country version of one song then sing a pop version of the song for the radio

but they dont always turn out good. you say that can pull it off. sure. but its not always a good sound.

it really depends on artist. certainly. if they can carry it then why not.

yeah but it also depends if the artist is good which im trying to get across. but you're right, if they are capable of doing it and make it sound good, than let them go for it. but they should never ruin a good song. which most do.

well.. i think versatile singers with versatile voices are capable of going to country music.. they may also try remaking some country songs.. then let the music lovers decide...

i think its still,...pop

what nashville is produceing now isnt really country,....its souped up sugary poppy country,.....so i'm sure those pop stars will fit right in,.....

i can sell you a duck and tell you it a chicken,....

Tim Mcgraw and Nelly doing Over and Over was actually pretty catchy, much as it pains me to admit.

I know I'm necro posting but whatevs.

Its influenced by country though and that can only be a good thing. Its essentially a gateway drug. Good country players are just as good as any other musician so I for one support their dissemination.

right on,.....

but i'll not fund it

Ray Charles
 

Homage to R&B, since Ray Charles is the guy that brought country music to the mainstream.

In 1994 there was a project that paired Country and R&B singers called "Rhythm, Country & Blues". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm,_Country_and_Blues

The highlight for me was Conway Twitty and Sam Moore singing "Rainy Night In Georgia".

It's a trend were going to continue seeing as record sales for labels continuing to go down.

The dividing line between country and pop has always been clear, country fans don't buy pop albums and pop fans don't buy country albums. With fewer consumers actually buying music every year, the goal of labels seems to be to get these two audiences in one pot, in which you can push one albums and both sides will buy. It's a young trend that's still in the preliminary stages, but with hip-hop going stagnant, and rock being dead, I wouldn't sleep on the possibility of R&Billy taking over.

p.s. Yes, I did just coing the term R&Billy.

I think the two can work together. Rascal Flatts and Jamie Foxx had a pretty solid duet with "She Goes All the Way". Might have turned some R&B listeners on to country... maybe a little bit?

Ok here we go lol. First off i have say some ppl who come country from rnb n pop some sound good. Im a country freak. So hank williams sr n jr earl scrubbs mell tillis pasty cline loretta lynn reba mcentire garth brooks conway twitty george jones merle haggard johhny cash hank locklin hank snow i mean that all country no mistaken that now that my kind music i a jackd up ford muddin bonfires country music kind of gal but i also rock to deff lepard guns n roses metallica skillet castin growns shinedown avenge etc i mean i like all types music but i like my old country mostly now kid rock in hank williams jr when they sang together awesome the f word whiskey bent n hell bound and family traditon i loved it n kidrock song all summer long was a good country song. so i like the 70s 80s n 90s country music best i still like the new.

How about Poptry?

It goes back a long way.
Ray Charles has already been mentioned. Joe Tex cut alot of country sides. Millie Jackson did a country album.
Sometimes it works well.

I personally prefer pop country to some of the other country that I normally hear. It is just like a gateway drug as someone else mentioned but I stick to the light gateway drug and don't venture to the harder stuff.

huh? give me one song from Beyonce that sounds country music? i can't think of any.

Ask and ye shall receive.

It goes both ways. Back a couple of decades Reba McEntire did a soul-type album, "REBA" which included a cover of aretha franklins' "Respect". T Graham Brown has long had his feet in both Country & soul.
soul artistes doing country: Ray Charles, Joe Tex, Millie Jackson, Solomon Burke, Percy sledge & many more

Here's Pink doing Bobby McGhee. Surprisingly, she makes quite a decent fist of it.

If country fans feel that country represents for an artist a way to stay alive in the industry, they will reject it.