Have you noticed every country song is a duet now?

It feels like there are a lot of duets in country music lately... because there have been! Today's video is just kinda about the phenomenon, in which every song, from "Buy Dirt" to "Flower Shops" to "Never Wanted to Be That Girl" is a duet. Articles on country duets I mentioned: http://www.countryaircheck.com/pdfs/c... https://www.billboard.com/music/count... 00:00 - Country duets have been around 00:48 - The current slate of duets on the chart 02:03 - Why Duets DOUBLED in 2021 04:03 - Building the profile of smaller artists 05:34 - Keeping older acts relevant 06:08 - Getting pop artists on country radio 06:42 - Getting country artists on pop streaming 08:00 - Storytelling benefits of duets 09:46 - Other reasons + thoughts + concerns Find Grady: Website: http://gradywsmith.com Patreon:   / gradywsmith   Subreddit:   / countrymusicstuff   TikTok:   / gradywsmith   Instagram:   / gradywsmith   Facebook:   / gradysmithwriter   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5SB...