... pop has been chasing country for years... like... Shania! or Dolly Parton!
Country Pop is just more popular, because it appeals to a wider audience.
Use to be you had two kinds of music... Country & Western.
Now you have; Honky Tonk, Bluegrass, Rockabilly, Country Soul, Country Rock,
Outlaw Country, Country Pop, Truck Driving Country, Traditional Country, Hillbilly Boogie, etc.
[edit;] I almost forgot Country
Swing
it's a repressed memory I have from one of my x's... she loved it, and I hated it.
I didn't hate the music...just the dudes that could dance swing.
I'd sit and drink extra hard, watch them dance and I'd glare extra hard at everybody... hoping someone wants to dance with me.