Momin
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I felt like she deserves a thread of her own right now. With her most recent collection of songs called 29, she's been getting a lot of praise and success in the country genre and is quickly rising to the top. Previously I think her career has been a hit and miss. Her first two singles, Every Little Thing and Hide the Wine were good kickstarters to her career and she found success with both those songs. Her second album onwards, it's been a little patchy, I assume because of the personal struggles behind the scenes she was experiencing. Through all of that though, she did have a lot of success with I Hope You're Happy Now and then has quickly moved to her third record, which is significantly way more country than her previous two. Understandably so because the first two were produced by Busbee (who was more pop leaning) and 29 is produced by Shane MacAnally and Josh Osborne. She specifically opted for a more country sound like her sheroes from the 90s.
Her most recent release from that album is Dear Miss Loretta, which is a heartbreak and tenderness wrapped in one very traditionally country sounding song there is out there right now. Even with the female artists making a lot of pop-leaning music, I genuinely think what female artists overall are producing is way more mature, delicate, diverse and quality music. I can't say the same for male artists.
On top of all of this, Carly Pearce was inducted as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry yesterday and she deserves it - she has dedicated her entire career to the institution following in the footsteps of her sheroes like Dolly Parton, performing there 80+ times there now. For her, this is a dream come true and I can only see her career going up more from here on out.