Say what you will about four-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift and her success on both country and pop radio ... Keith Urban simply says she's good for business!It's Taylor, Keith insists, who is making sure "country is alive and well" on the pop charts. And while many people criticize the singer-songwriter for her genre-bending music, Keith isn't one of them. "It's cyclical, ever since the beginning of country music," Keith tells the Belfast Telegraph. "Glen Campbell was a pop artist and had crossover hits. In the '80s, there was 'Achy Breaky Heart' [Billy Ray Cyrus]. There's always been something in country that has grabbed a hold of pop music and aligned itself with it."
The distinction between country and pop is relatively small, Keith says, and not likely to change. "I think it's always had it, this just the latest version of it."
Keith -- a Grammy winner himself for Best Country Male Vocal Performance -- has wrapped up his wildly successful Escape Together world tour and is now writing for a new album.
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