The women of Nashville are sticking together. In two recent situations, women of country music were pitted against each other in polls, and they are speaking out against this type of competition.
The website The Tylt tried to pit Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood against each other in a poll to name the most popular American Idol winner.
Neither Kelly nor Carrie was impressed. Kelly tweeted, “I think we’re both winning in life and pretty blessed! Singers, mamas, CEOs… #AmbitiousBlondes go ahead @carrieunderwood.”
Carrie replied, “Whatever, girl, I voted for you! But seriously, I do wish more publications would just celebrate women’s success without pitting them against each other… Just my thoughts…anyway…Love ya’! Hope you’re well!”
In a similar situation, Kelsea Ballerini shared her thoughts on a recent female based twitter poll, through a post on Instagram. The poll in which Kelsea said “made me really bummed today,” asked, “Which female artist are you most looking forward to see perform at this year’s #ACMAwards?”
Kelsea responded, “Since I put out my first single over 4 years ago, every interview includes some form of question about the females in country music… or the current lack thereof. so we swim upstream and wear ourselves out trying to be heard and finally see the charts start to mention a few more of our names, the categories recognize a few more of our songs, and even start to cheer each other on. but then there’s something as simple and seemingly harmless as this, that sets us back. it takes the dozens of talented, determined, hard working, kind women that want to continue the incredible marks on the genre the woman before us have made, and it makes us feel like there’s only one spot available. so then there’s tension. And insecurity. and this magical bond that females have when we truly, actually want each other to win…it gets compromised. It makes me sad because I feel it. Heck, it makes me insecure. It makes me feel tension in a room where there is another girl that is successful. It makes me awkward. It makes me overthink conversations. It makes me assume the worst. Which is actually CRAZY. this is definitely an instavent, because I just don’t want the new females in country music to be misrepresented to the fans or the media as the popular girls in high school that pose for photos like were bffs but secretly despise the one that dates the quarterback. And more than that, I don’t want US to feel like that. This isn’t mean girls, this is country music. Where you actually CAN sit with us.”
We can’t wait to see all these women at the 53rd ACM Awards in Las Vegas this weekend.
