Academy of Country Music

stunning success story of the early-Nineties contemporary country music boom was that of Garth Brooks.” (Rolling Stone) He was originally born with the name of Troyal Garth Brooks on February 7, 1962. His career started while he attended Oklahoma State University, singing in bars and clubs. Following college, he moved to Nashville and eventually was signed onto Capitol Records. Brooks is the biggest-selling solo recording artist in American music history. He is the only artist to have four…

their own style of music. They sang the traditional kind of music, but you don’t hear it that much these days. Country music today is going towards the pop genre and it’s not like it was in the 1970’s or even 1980’s. There’s one certain guy who has his own twists to music, his own style of the traditional era and has kept it around for as long as most people can remember. Most people call him “King George”, but he’s really much more than that. George Strait is the King of Country Music, because…

Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tulepo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935, his parents were Vernon and Glagys Presley. He had a twin brother who died at birth. At the age of 18 he moved to Memphis Tennesse with his family. Elvis Presley became a musician, actor and cultural icon for the youth during the fifties. But why did this young musician impact so much on teens during the postwar era? A new youth culture emerged, changing the previously known paradigms. The youth was identified with whom they…

Although there are many famous celebrities, if my school came together and chose a celebrity to speak at my school I would chose Taylor Swift. Not only is she humble, she is very selfless and talented. My lifelong dream has been to attend a Taylor Swift concert, so for her to visit my school would be the best day of my life. For a year's salary, Taylor Swift currently makes 170,000,000 dollars a year. In 2008, she donated 100,000 dollars the the Red Cross foundation to help the victims of the…

When Colden “Cole” Rainey Swindell was young, he never dreamed of being a famous country artist. He wanted to play sports. As he grew older, he attended Georgia Southern University. He majored in marketing. At a party one night, someone was playing a guitar and Cole decided to sing. His friend said, “You are very good at singing.” He took it seriously and he decided to start his music career by selling merchandise for his friend Luke Bryan. He was influenced by Bryan and moved to…

listened to music that I thought may have been considered country music but never really thought about why each song I’ve chosen to listen too is considered “country”. My all time favorite country music star, is Luke Bryan and his song, “Kick the Dust Up”. It wasn’t until I entered high school, when I began to start listening to country music. Me and my friends would always listen to it as a joke and eventually became something we would listen to while getting ready to go to a country music…

"It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you" (Luke Bryan). Bryan's journey to being an artist started when he was only fourteen. His parents bought him a guitar and he would play and sing because he had a great voice. After the graduated from school he wanted to move to Nashville to be country singer, he could become famous and write and sing country music. Bryan had it all planned out and he was very excited, but then the day before he was going to leave he got a call that he never…

form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records. She became one of the labels first signings. On October 24, 2006 she released her self-titled album. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times described it as "a small masterpiece of pop-minded country, both wide-eyed and cynical, held together by Ms. Swift's firm, pleading voice." Big Machine Records was still in its infancy and Taylor and her mother helped stuff the cd’s in to envelopes to send to radio stations. She then went on a six…

Ray Charles was one of the great innovators of soul music, integrating R&B, gospel, pop and country to create hits like "Hit the road jack", "Unchain my heart" and " Georgia on my mind." This bind genius was considered one of the greatest artist of all time. Born in Georgia Sep 23, 1930, Raymond Charles Robinson was a legendary musician who pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950's. He's often called the "Father of soul", Ray combined blues, gospel and jazz to create ground breaking…

On January 7, 2018, television personality Oprah Winfrey won the Cecil B. DeMille honorary Golden Globe for her contributions to the entertainment industry. Oprah became the first African American woman to win in the award’s sixty-six-year history. Past winners include Judy Garland, the first woman to be awarded, and Sidney Poitier, an inspiration to Oprah (Hollywood 1-10). While Oprah’s win made history that night, her acceptance speech will also go down in history. The entire night was filled…