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* In the early 1900’s,immigrants from the Appalachian Mountains of North America immigrated into the southern. They brought their music and instruments along with them. The instruments include the fiddle, the mandolin, the guitar and the banjo. Different kinds of music forms interacted and produced new kind of music to this area of North America. This is the early country music, also called hillbilly music. What is country music about? Country music reflects the thoughts of labouring people, usually relates to family, finding love, losing love, friendship, drinking, cheating, hurting, happiness, or God. It played a sound melodious(旋律优美的)，bouncy, happy or sorrowful, and can be identified easily among so many types of music. Drums Mandolin Guitar Piano Banjo Dulcimer Harmonica Fiddle Electric Guitar Country music evolved quickly in the 1920s, became popular in the 1940s, widely enjoyed in the 1970s. In the 1990s, country music became worldwide popularity, thanks to the powerful influence of Billy Ray Cyrus and Garth Brooks. Boogie began being recorded in 1939. In 2006, sales of country albums increased by 17.7% to 36 million, while sales of albums in music industry was on the decline（衰退）. The influence Nashville, Tennessee, once became the heart place of country music industry. During the 1930s and 1940s, cowboy, Western music, elements about country were acted in films made by Hollywood. 纳什维尔,田纳西州 Introduced to the world as a southern phenomenon. Today singers not just come from the States but from all over the world. Such as Britain, Canada and Australia. The unique charm of country music attracts worldwide listeners, remained steady for it. It is a big business, brings highest profit reaches 400 million dollars a year. The influence Based on country music , several derivative(衍生的) musical forms as followed: Bluegrass(兰草音乐) Roots ro