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Each decade’s culture consists of what happened in politics, movies, fashion, television, economics, social issues, and music; along with many other factors. There are hundreds of pages on the web discussing what certain things defined a certain decade. While most of the time most people can’t come to an agreement, it’s always interesting to see how each person viewed that decade and what they felt really had an impact on people during that time.
One of the more debated about topics is about what music really impacted the decade. And related to this is usually discussion about some of the top albums of the decade. While the discussion today isn’t about the best albums of the decade, since many of the best albums are usually and unfortunately, left out of the mainstream; But instead on a certain album you feel really left an impact on the majority of people during that time. Which to some may mean how many times it went platinum, but for this discussion you can put other factors into the mix as well.
When people look back at the 80’s they usually reference Micheal Jackson’s Thriller, but did Madonna’s Like A Virgin
or Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.SA. have the same amount of impact? Were the 90’s all about Nirvana’s Nevermind? Shania Twain’s Come On Over? Britney Spears …Baby One More Time?! Or another completely different album? And what album do you feel is the biggest of the 2000’s?
So go ahead and list what you feel was the album that defined each decade. You can list runner-ups as well, and feel free to go back as far as you want :D Have fun!
As a kid I can remember jamming to Garth Brook’s “Rodeo” and Shania’s “That Don’t Impress Me Much”, along with many others. In this ‘era’ I also fell in love with songs by Trisha, Martina, 
Tim, Faith, Patty, Alan, and Kenny, to name a few. Now, let’s hit around 2001 or ‘02, and that’s when we were seeing Garth release his last album “Scarecrow”. Shania stuck it out till around 2004, but soon faded. Also throughout that time Alan Jackson topped the charts along with newer artists and bands like Rascal Flatts and Keith Urban.
By the time 2006 came around, I noticed a change in music, and it wasn’t a good one. Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift entered the scene that year along with many other new country artists, but as 2006 went on, country seemed to go hick. Throughout 2007 this ‘new’ style of country still went on. Now, I’m also going to contradict those statements by asking; was it a new style of music compared to the country/pop styles that were heavily used in the late 90’s and early 2000, or was it that a few selected artists just receive tons of airplay of the same songs, therefore it felt like that was the new trend for country?
Now, as 2008 is quickly coming to an end, looking back at the past couple months, it’s hard to say what type of genre most artists in country are in.
So the main two questions of this topic is; What type of music do you think country music is leaning towards more now(country-pop, country-rock etc.), and what kind do you want to happen in the future months and years. The second one is; who do you think will be breaking the mold compared to other singers in country music?
