Country Superstars: Carrie Underwood vs. Taylor Swift
The two hottest and most popular women in country music are former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood and teen sensation Taylor Swift. Swift wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on her debut album Taylor Swift. Underwood on her second album, Carnival Ride, started co-writing some of her own tunes with the likes of Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird.
Both women are extremely talented and will dominate the Billboard charts for the next thirty years. They will also continue to develop a rivalry as they will be competing with each other for awards and radio airplay.
Here is a quick look at Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift:
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| Age: 24 - March 10, 1983 Hometown: Checotah, Oklahoma |
Age: 18 - December 13, 1989 Hometown: Wyomissing, PA |
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| Discovered: American Idol |
Discovered: Bluebird Cafe (Nashville) |
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Carrie should not even be compared to teeniebopper Taylor Swift!
Both are gorgeous, but Carrie is a far more talented singer than Taylor will ever be!
False. Both are gorgeous, both are talented, but the fact that Taylor Swift writes her own music makes her a much better artist. It’s half of what being a singer/songwriter is all about. As far as singing goes, I’d say they’re equal, making Taylor Swift the victor.
ok carrie writes also. Carrie is undeniably the best. Her voice is much stronger and she performs live MUCH better. Taylor is pretty great on her album but when she sing live she isn’t as good. Carrie has won Entertainer of the Year! The top female artist has been given to her a bunch of times. Carrie is better
Taylor Swift is a disgrace to country music. Nothing about her -with the exception of her cowboy boots- is country. Her songs since her first album have all been overwhelmingly pop with minute country influences, if any. T-Pain and Def-Leppard are not country. Her overwhelming amount of TV appearances and radio station appearances -on non country stations- just proves that she has given into wide scale commercialism.
It is embarrassing for Carrie Underwood to even be placed in the same category as Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift has a terrible live voice and has meaningless songs that detail the wonderings of insignificant teenagers. Country is not about suburban America, it is about the men and women and their families from the towns deep-rooted in America’s soul. It is NOT materialistic and it is NOT about insignificant high-school drama.
Carrie Underwood’s voice is impeccable, flawless, and angelic. She sings straight from the heart and you can always take in and sense her emotion. She lives and breathes the music, is humble, and doesn’t care about any of the fame or money. She has her priorities straight. She will choose her religion and family over everything else- as any true country girl would. She is also a lot prettier than Swift.
I don’t care if Taylor Swift stays in the music industry but please, stop letting her call her music country! Take her off of country radio and take her off of CMT and GAC. She belongs on MTV with the rest of mainstream pop music. Hopefully, she will fade away from Nashville soon enough when people realize she lacks any talent except maybe song-writing for the Disney Channel.