{"id":122685,"date":"2025-10-15T02:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/122685\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T02:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:24:12","slug":"as-life-of-a-showgirl-soars-taylor-swifts-country-roots-rise-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/122685\/","title":{"rendered":"As \u2018Life of a Showgirl\u2019 Soars, Taylor Swift\u2019s Country Roots Rise With It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even without new singles at country radio, Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s presence in the format is still unmistakable. Swift\u2019s Oct. 3 release, The Life of a Showgirl, rocketed in at No. 1<\/a> on the Billboard 200<\/a> (dated Oct. 18) with 4.002 million equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate \u2014 the biggest first week for an album in modern music history.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, country stations are giving Swift\u2019s early hits renewed play, and SiriusXM\u2019s channel 13 is showcasing her full catalog, evidence that those Nashville-era songs remain a core part of her story even as she rules pop, and that her country roots still echo on the dial.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have put some throwback Taylor tracks back on,\u201d says MoJoe Roberts, senior vice president of programming for iHeartMedia\u2019s Last Vegas cluster, which includes country KWNR (95.5 The Bull), citing \u201cMean,\u201d \u201cLove Story (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d and \u201cOur Song.\u201d Roberts plans to keep them in rotation for a few weeks before re-evaluating. \u201cWe want The Bull to keep a seat at the Taylor fan table,\u201d he states.<\/p>\n

Swift is still a gold artist in the format, after all. Of the tracks Roberts notes, \u201cOur Song\u201d and \u201cMean\u201d logged the most notable presence among Country Airplay<\/a> reporters Oct. 3-9, according to Luminate. The former drew 800,000 impressions (up 3%), the latter, 500,000. Plus, big gains show for \u201cLove Story\u201d (up 39%), \u201cTeardrops on My Guitar\u201d (20%) and \u201cTim McGraw\u201d (36%).<\/p>\n

Swift\u2019s catalog still connects, says Audacy country format captain Tim Roberts. \u201cShe\u2019s older now, but so is her original audience,\u201d he notes. \u201cThey still relate to those songs.\u201d Some fans follow her pop releases and some don\u2019t, he adds, \u201cbut the country audience certainly remembers those early records.\u201d<\/p>\n

At WYCD Detroit, where Tim Roberts also leads programming, Swift remains a reliable content driver. \u201cThis love story<\/a> with Travis Kelce and the NFL connection, which touches nearly every major U.S. city, keeps her relevant,\u201d he says. \u201cWe just did a promotion for the movie, giving away premiere tickets, and packed the theater. It was big for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond Country Airplay chart panelists, SiriusXM recently launched Taylor\u2019s Channel 13 to welcome the Showgirl era. The station features music from across Swift\u2019s career, with about a quarter of its library drawn from her first four albums, according to Kathleen St. Clair, SiriusXM\u2019s director of music programming. \u201cThat includes the re-recorded versions of Fearless, Speak Now and Red and their respective vault tracks,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese songs continue to be integral to appreciating the full scope of Taylor\u2019s artistry,\u201d St. Clair adds. \u201cBeyond nostalgia, by having these titles live in a musical universe like Taylor\u2019s Channel 13 alongside pop tracks and brand new songs from The Life of a Showgirl, fans can explore common threads between Taylor\u2019s country, folk and pop sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

From country playlists to pop superstardom, Swift\u2019s music continues to bridge worlds, proof that the sound she started with in Nashville still carries far beyond it.<\/p>\n

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