In 1984, 900 different radio stations played country or neocountry pop full time. By the mid-1980s, country music audiences were beginning to tire of country pop and by 1985, a New York Times article declared country music "dead". A new group of artist in the mid-1980s found a more polished country-pop sound and the charts showed people liked more traditional music. The year 1986 brought forth several new artists who performed in traditional country styles, such as honky-tonk. This sparked the "new traditionalist" movement, or return to traditional country music. In 1989 Garth Brooks, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam were introduced into Country music Hall of Fame; they also had their first country
In 1984, 900 different radio stations played country or neocountry pop full time. By the mid-1980s, country music audiences were beginning to tire of country pop and by 1985, a New York Times article declared country music "dead". A new group of artist in the mid-1980s found a more polished country-pop sound and the charts showed people liked more traditional music. The year 1986 brought forth several new artists who performed in traditional country styles, such as honky-tonk. This sparked the "new traditionalist" movement, or return to traditional country music. In 1989 Garth Brooks, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam were introduced into Country music Hall of Fame; they also had their first country