Country pop had first been country music but had been changed a bit to more pop like music. It was fully counted as a type of music in the 1970’s but in the 1960’s it began to change from country to country pop. Country pop was known by a vast majority of Nashville citizens as Nashville sound. The first male artists (music artists) to come out of this new genre were Jim Reeves and Eddy Arnold who were accepted into country pop music very early on in their careers. The first female country singer to emerge from this wonderful popular genre was Patsy Cline in the early 60’s she was also accepted in her career very quickly. Since then many older artists in the 1960’s and 1970’s converted their style of music to country pop. The Nashville Sound did not maintain its popularity for long, receiving competition first from the Bakersfield Sound (a different type of country music developed in Canada) and later the outlaw movement (a trendy change in country music). Country pop later returned in the 1990’s and had many new singers. Now, Country pop has many groups and/or singles that are really famous for singing country pop music. Such as Miley Cyrus, Keith Urban, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, Olivia Newton-John, Jessica Simpson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Bon Jovi  and The Cow Smackers just to name a few.  In recent years some other people have also crossed over to country pop music such as Sheryl Crow, Michelle Branch, Los Lonely Boys and many more.