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By the mid-2010s, the hushed style of vocal delivery commonly used in indie music garnered widespread popularity among pop artists, used often by Selena Gomez, Lana Del Rey, Lorde and Birdy. The Guardian dubbed this style as "whisperpop", characterized by subdued vocals, muted notes and breathy intensity.

Selena Gomez gained global popularity in the 2010s, due in part to her hushed vocal style.

Traditional instruments, such as the mandolin, dulcimer, ukulele, bongos, and accordion, were used more often, especially by indie rock musicians and singer-songwriters, including Mumford and Sons, Vance Joy, Phillip Phillips, and The Lumineers, along with country players, such as Chris Stapleton and Zac Brown Band.

Adult contemporary music had been successful on the charts. Pop acts like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Adele, P!nk, Shawn Mendes, Kelly Clarkson, and Maroon 5 had achieved a No. 1 single during the decade. Artists like Sara Bareilles, Jason Mraz, Michael Bublé, Charlie Puth, Colbie Caillat, Christina Perri, CeeLo Green, and Shawn Mendes all incorporated soul, pop rock, and folk into their music.

Throughout the 2010s, hip hop music grew as a genre. In 2017, with the increase in streaming services influence over the Billboard Hot 100 rap music became the most popular genre in the US in its 4th decade of growth, surpassing Rock and Pop music. Artists like Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Future, Chance the Rapper, Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, J. Cole, Gucci Mane, Migos, Young Thug, Lil B, Tyler, The Creator, ASAP Rocky, 21 Savage, Cardi B, Big Sean, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, XXXTentacion and Juice WRLD all rose to prominence in this decade. In the decade, movements like Trap music, Cloud rap, Drill music, and Emo hip hop became mainstream. The 2010s are also notable for the increasing prominence of rap producers; examples being Young Chop, Lex Luger, Sonny Digital, DJ Mustard, Metro Boomin, Southside, DJ Khaled and Pi'erre Bourne .

Progressive and experimental rock have started to become widespread, mainly in the second half of the decade. Artists, such as Nothing More, Highly Suspect, Twelve Foot Ninja, Dead Letter Circus, and Marmozets, and DIY ethic bands, including Bad Omens, Sylar, Æges, and Silver Snakes, have enjoyed success through concerts and streaming services.

EDM had become more mainstream mostly due to the release of Britney Spears' Blackout (2007); some 2010s successes include David Guetta, Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Swedish House Mafia, Headhunterz, Wildstylez, Da Tweekaz, Clean Bandit, Major Lazer, DVBBS, Avicii, Alesso, Owl City, The Chainsmokers, Calvin Harris, DJ Snake, Diplo, ShockOne, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Blasterjaxx, Martin Garrix, Marshmello, Alan Walker and Zedd. The prominence of novel EDM genres in the pop sphere like Future Bass and Trap (EDM) resulted in newer styles and innovations within the dance-pop sound, though house genres like Future House, Tropical house, and Electro House remained the most common regardless. The latter was especially popular in the early part of the decade continuing from the late 2000s. Reggaetón and Dancehall were other major influences for many dance-pop hits.

Robyn, the Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ.

The genres of Europop and Eurodance have also achieved notable commercial success, evidenced by Swedish producer Max Martin's ubiquity in the decade's most successful pop albums. Katy Perry's Teenage Dream (2010) drew heavily from this style and became the first album by a female artist in history to release five number one U.S. singles. Europop and electronica were used more extensively in the early 2010s as a result of the success of Lady Gaga and disk jockeys, like David Guetta and Calvin Harris, also influencing the work of female solo acts like Rihanna, Robyn, and Kesha. Some of the best-selling songs of the decade, including "Only Girl (In the World)" and "S&M" by Rihanna, were strongly influenced by Eurodance. In 2012, a large number of songs by American instrumentalists featured quintessential Eurodance elements, especially synthesizer and strong beats during the chorus mixed with rapping or vocals for verses. Flo Rida, Pitbull, LMFAO, and The Black Eyed Peas were popular hip-house acts from the early half of the 2010s.

Teen pop had made a significant comeback throughout the decade, with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. Like their predecessors, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake, who rose to fame in the late 90s and early 2000s, most of these stars were exclusively associated or with Disney Channel and Nickelodeon at the genesis of careers. An exception is Canadian artist Justin Bieber who rose to fame through YouTube and social media. Throughout the 2010s, they have expanded control over their careers and come of age with their music to varying degrees of success, and many teen pop musicians outside the former companies have continued to launch promising careers throughout the 2010s.

Justin Timberlake performing on his 20/20 Experience Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina

Maroon 5 performing live in 2016

Throughout the 2010s, different movements in music and the music industry have been formed because of the rise of social media such as YouTube, TikTok, and SoundCloud. Some new, sometimes unique, genres of music have been introduced such as vaporwave, whilst other previously “underground” genres such as lofi hip hop and bedroom pop received increased mainstream exposure. Vaporwave music is one of the first genres of music that had an "aesthetic", which was influenced heavily by elements from the 1980s and 1990s. Bedroom pop grew in popularity in the mid to late 2010s on platforms such as YouTube with amateur artists rising to fame making pop music from their bedroom using inexpensive music creation equipment and software such as GarageBand. A distinct feature of bedroom pop is that the lyrics are written completely by the artists, without editors cleaning them up, which is rare in mainstream pop. Some of these genres' elements influenced more mainstream pop music by the latter end of the 2010s, continuing into the 2020s.

In the 2010s, British girl group Little Mix was cited for helping the girl band renaissance in the UK during the late 00s and into the early 10s. They are also recognized as one of the most successful girl groups from that decade.

Since 2011, boy bands and girl groups have returned to mainstream popularity for the first time after the early 2000s, with the most popular examples being British-Irish boy band One Direction and American boy band Big Time Rush. A new generation of successful girl groups was ushered in by acts such as Little Mix and Fifth Harmony. In addition to this, K-Pop groups, benefiting from high visibility on social media and video sharing sites like YouTube, began to capitalize on their viral power and monetize overseas markets by conducting sold-out tours in Western markets during the mid-2010s. Korean acts such as BigBang, Exo, and BTS sold out US tours with little to no promotion or support from mainstream media sources like TV & Radio Airplay.

Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias recorded a remix version of the album track "Dirty Dancer" was released as the fourth English single and became his ninth Hot Dance Club Play chart topper, tying with Prince and Michael Jackson as the male with the most No. 1 dance singles.

In Latin America, Latin pop had remained the main subgenre. Tropical, reggaeton, moombahton, soca have also been popular genres while pop rock continues to be successful. In December 2016, Billboard magazine named Enrique Iglesias the 14th most successful and top male dance club artist of all time. "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee becomes the highest-certified song of all-time in the United States after receiving a 13× platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America for units of over 13 million sales plus track-equivalent streams.

Soundtracks from films have topped the charts this decade as well, with number 1 singles from Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams, along with top 10 entries by The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, and others.

Dubstep and drumstep became widespread subgenres in the early 2010s on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, especially in its native United Kingdom. There, other electronic subgenres, like grime, footwork and trap, have also been growing in popularity. Drumstep had continued its success while hardstyle had become mainstream in Australia and United States due to the success of music festivals, such as The Sound of Q-dance and Defqon 1. Grime experienced a resurgence beginning in 2014, initiated by the success of Meridian Dan's "German Whip" featuring Big H and Jme.

In Asia, popular music continued to be influenced by Western pop music. As with the past several decades, C-pop, J-pop and K-pop had continued to be successful in the Far East. In J-pop, image songs and the influence of anime on widespread music have grown since the late 2000s. K-pop's popularity continued to increase around the world throughout the decade and found wider recognition in Western markets. Media entertainment brand, Billboard, responsible for tabulating the Billboard Hot 100 and 200, inaugurated its own K-Pop chart and column presented weekly, on its Billboard.com site. The Billboard K-Town column, launched in 2013, continues to report on K-pop music; artists, concerts, chart information and news events. In 2015, the US iTunes store added a K-Pop genre category. Major streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify both added K-pop categories to their repertoire to cater demand. In 2018, some K-pop artists from the Republic of Korea like Red Velvet even made a performance at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In India, Indian pop, rock, and filmi have continued to be mainstream. In the United Arab Emirates, Arabic pop, Arabic hip hop, rock and metal have continued in popularity.

Artists like Ed Sheeran, Adele, Ellie Goulding, Sam Smith, Jessie J, and Emeli Sandé from the U.K. started to become highly successful and gained popularity from crossover hits in the U.S. Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You", and "Perfect" and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", "Someone Like You", and "Set Fire to the Rain" all reached the No.1 spot of the Billboard Hot 100 in this decade. Taio Cruz had also garnered successful hits. "Dynamite" and "Break Your Heart" were successful singles with the latter reaching the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100.

North America

Pop

Some of the most successful North American pop artists of the decade include Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande; Swift was named the Artist of the Decade by the American Music Awards.

Pop music had remained significantly popular due to dance-pop, electropop and synth-pop in this decade. Artists like Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Kesha, Selena Gomez, Adele and Lady Gaga were very popular and chart-topping pop songs this decade include Kesha's "Tik Tok", Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me", Mars's "Just the Way You Are", Perry's "Firework", Gaga's "Born This Way", Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", Rihanna's "We Found Love", Swift's "Shake It Off", Bieber's "Sorry", Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe", Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You", Grande's "Thank U, Next", Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy", and Gomez's "Lose You to Love Me".

Kesha performing on the American television program Today in 2012

English-Irish pop boyband One Direction and Canadian singer Shawn Mendes were some of the other acts that dominated the pop charts in the US this decade. Jonas Brothers made a comeback in 2019 and dominated the charts. Also from this decade were critically acclaimed works from Beyoncé, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West among others. New pop artists that emerged in that decade were Mike Posner, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Meghan Trainor, Bebe Rexha, Tori Kelly, Alessia Cara, Charlie Puth, Shawn Mendes, Omi, Kiiara, Jon Bellion, Julia Michaels, Rachel Platten, Maggie Rogers, Hailee Steinfeld, Lauv, Daya, Camila Cabello, Bazzi, Alec Benjamin, Billie Eilish, and Ava Max.

John Mayer

Teenage Dream, Katy Perry's sophomore album, released on August 24, 2010 spawned 5 consecutive number-one singles. It was the second album in history, to produce 5 number-one singles, the first by a woman to achieve this milestone. Those number-one singles were "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)".

Rihanna earned the most #1 singles in the decade (nine), spending 41 weeks at the top of the chart, followed by Katy Perry with 8 #1 singles at a 26-week reign and Bruno Mars with 7 #1 singles leading 32 weeks. Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift both had five #1 singles this decade, Bieber spending 23 weeks at #1 and Swift with 18 weeks. Adele followed with four #1 singles at her name spending 24 weeks at the top. Kesha earned three #1 singles in this decade, spending 13 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Among all those songs who reached #1 singles this decade "Tik Tok", "Rolling in the Deep", "Just the Way You Are", "Poker Face", "Shake It Off", and "Dark Horse" were some of the best-selling singles in the digital era.

Taylor Swift and Adele had some of the biggest-selling albums of the 2010s, being the only two artists to have sold more than a million copies of an album in a week, multiple times. Swift became the first artist in history to have four albums debut on the Billboard 200 with each selling over 1 million copies; they are: Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017); with Lover (2019), Swift became the first female artist to debut six albums on the chart, each opening with more than 500,000 copies. The American Music Awards crowned Swift as the Artist of the Decade, while Billboard named her the Woman of the Decade.

In this decade, Swift and Beyoncé became the only two female acts in history to achieve six consecutive number-one debuts on the Billboard 200 chart; Swift did it with Fearless (2008), Speak Now, Red, 1989, Reputation and Lover, while Beyoncé with Dangerously in Love (2003), B'Day (2006), I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), 4 (2011), Beyoncé (2013) and Lemonade (2016).

Madonna became the first artist to achieve 50 number-one songs on any Billboard chart, in the Dance Club Songs chart, pulling ahead of runner-up, George Strait, who has 44 number-one songs on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Ariana Grande became the first solo artist to occupy the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 with "7 Rings" at number one, her third single "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" debuting at number two, and her lead single "Thank U, Next" rose to number three, and the overall second artist to do so since the Beatles did in 1964 when they occupied the top five spots.

Comebacks were also made in the pop industry with acts such as the Backstreet Boys whose album DNA topped the Billboard Charts the week it was released.

Rock

Main article: List of years in rock music

Imagine Dragons were an instant success after the release of their debut album, Night Visions.

Rock had remained popular in the 2010s, despite having declined in chart presence since the late 2000s alongside changes in radio format. These changes were driven by the decline in compact discs and the rise of downloads in the music industry, which prompted a focus on top 40 music. Rock had also moved from hard rock and heavy metal, which had dominated since the mid-1980s. Mainstream rock since the early 2010s had become softer and more refined because of indie rock. Rock was reportedly still the most widely consumed genre in the United States during 2014 and 2015. The decade had also seen the return of successful rock artists from the past, including AC/DC, David Bowie, Metallica, Stone Temple Pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden, Blink-182, Radiohead, Green Day, and Alice in Chains. All of these acts had albums debut within the top 5. In particular, English rock instrumentalist David Bowie experienced his most commercially successful period since the 1980s with two U.S. top 5 albums, The Next Day (2013) and Blackstar (2016), the latter being released shortly before his death.

Alternative rock

Foo Fighters performing live in 2007

Although its subgenre, indie rock, was in the spotlight during the 2010s, successful alternative rock artists in this decade were Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park, Muse, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Kasabian, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Kongos, Cage The Elephant, Evanescence, Metric, Nickelback, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Gorillaz, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Three Days Grace, The War On Drugs, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Queens Of The Stone Age, Panic! at the Disco, Kaleo, Hozier, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Royal Blood, Twenty One Pilots, Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Death from Above 1979, Paramore, Biffy Clyro, Bring Me the Horizon and Nothing But Thieves. All of these bands had had albums debut in the top 5. With Fall Out Boy scoring 3 number 1 albums in a row on the Billboard 200 album chart in 2013, 2015, and 2018.

Psychedelic rock

The decade had seen the revival of psychedelic rock as a popular subgenre for the first time since the 1970s. Bands of the decade had introduced synths and electronic sounds into the genre for the first time. Techniques seen in other genres such as Shoegaze were also employed to create walls of sound and distortion. Popular acts of the genre in the decade had been Animal Collective, Tame Impala, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Mac DeMarco, The War on Drugs, Ariel Pink, Connan Mockasin, Homeshake, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Portugal. The Man, Thee Oh Sees, Pond, Temples, MGMT, Allah-Las, Ty Segall, Samsara Blues Experiment and The Black Angels.

Progressive and experimental rock

Tool's live performances in 2006 included an elaborate light show using 10,000 Days artwork by painter Alex Grey as a backdrop.

A huge renaissance in progressive rock occurred in the 2010s. One of the key forms of progressive music in the early 2010s was djent. It was influenced by mathematically driven metal from the previous decade, particularly Meshuggah. Guitarists such as Misha Mansoor, Justin Lowe, and Tosin Abasi made use of seven-string, eight-string, and nine-string guitars and mainly relied on polyrhythms, palm-muting, and syncopated guitar riffs, as well as melodic guitar solos. Some of the most popular and influential djent bands were Periphery, After the Burial, Animals as Leaders, Tesseract and Born of Osiris. Djent's popularity led to more bands including more mathematical elements in their music with it eventually leading to elements in mainstream pop music.

Another form of progressive rock in this decade was post-progressive, which drew influences from bands such as Radiohead and Porcupine Tree from the 2000s. This genre relies far more on simple melodic patterns combined with complex structure, texture and harmonies to create deep, emotionally driven, musical journeys in an effort to return the genre to its roots and make it relevant in the decade. Some newer progressive rock bands that were considered a part of this renaissance were Haken, Leprous, Riverside, Public Service Broadcasting, and iamthemorning. In addition, the 2010s also saw the return of some older artists including Opeth, Devin Townsend, Anathema, Pain of Salvation and Steven Wilson, who had a mainstream breakthrough with his studio albums Hand. Cannot. Erase. and To the Bone. In 2019, Tool experienced a major comeback with their first studio album in 13 years, Fear Inoculum.

In the later part of the decade, this revival led to progressive rock crossing over with an indie-and-metal approach which became popular. Many of these bands are diverse in sound, and are influenced by genres like post-hardcore, math rock, and post-rock music. Artists making successful albums were part of this genre, like Nothing More, Being as an Ocean, Circa Survive, Highly Suspect, Dredg, The Color Morale, Twelve Foot Ninja, The Mars Volta, Hands Like Houses, Code Orange, Sleepwave, Dayshell, Sworn in, Dead Letter Circus, Thank You Scientist, Turbowolf, Letlive, Marmozets, Black Map, Biffy Clyro, Night Verses, Thrice, The Word Alive, Dance Gavin Dance, Shining, Mutoid Man, Arcane Roots and A Perfect Circle.

Pop punk and punk rock

Fall Out Boy

Good Charlotte performing in 2011

With a few exceptions (including Green Day, The Offspring, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Blink-182 and Panic! at the Disco), pop punk had heavily decreased in mainstream popularity during the 2010s and had not been enjoying popular success as it once did in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Emo, which had gained heavy widespread success between 2004 and 2008, had heavily declined in popularity by the early 2010s with the 2013 Breakup of My Chemical Romance being a likely factor of that. Early 1990s punk rock bands, like Bad Religion, NOFX, and Pennywise, had not had mainstream success since the 1990s or 2000s but still enjoyed heavy touring. Second wave pop punk acts, such as Good Charlotte, Sum 41, Simple Plan, and New Found Glory had heavily declined in popularity. However, DIY ethic punk rock had seen somewhat of a cult resurgence with bands, including Martha, The Spook School, Neck Deep, The Story So Far, and Joanna Gruesome, growing in popularity and being played on radio stations, like BBC Radio 6 Music. Garage punk bands such as Wavves, FIDLAR, PUP, Best Coast, The Growlers, Bass Drum of Death, The Garden, Ty Segall, Cherry Glazerr, and Thee Oh Sees had gained popularity, especially in Southern California. Many of these garage punk bands had signed to Burger Records, who are known for their DIY style ethos and releasing albums on cassette tape.

Hard rock and heavy metal

Some of the most successful North American hard rock and heavy metal bands of the decade were Metallica, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch and Slipknot.

During the 2010s, popular hard rock and heavy metal bands, such as Five Finger Death Punch, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, Asking Alexandria, Breaking Benjamin, Slipknot, Shinedown, Bring Me the Horizon, A Day to Remember, Royal Blood, Ghost, Halestorm, Volbeat, Papa Roach, Chevelle, Black Veil Brides, Nothing More, Parkway Drive, Periphery, and Seether, had released successful albums. With many newer hard rock and heavy metal acts from this decade getting more success (especially with the streaming service success of progressive and experimental rock and metal music), the decade had also seen the return of older hard rock and heavy metal acts; some of which include bands that were previously on hiatus, or had not achieved mainstream popularity in years, like Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Deftones, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Testament, Exodus, Rush, Iron Maiden, Faith No More, Dream Theater and Metal Church. Guns N' Roses also experienced a major comeback during the mid-to-late 2010s with the Not in This Lifetime... Tour, which saw a reunion of three-fifths of their classic lineup (Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan), all of whom last performed live together in 1993, and went on to become one of the highest-grossing tours of the decade.

Nickelback in May 2006

Thrash metal was not as popular in the 2010s as it was during the 1980s and early-to-mid-1990s, when the genre declined in popularity, due to the rising success of grunge and alternative music. However, the decade had seen several veteran thrash metal bands continue to maintain considerable popularity in the United States, particularly on the Billboard 200 chart. Each of "the big four" of the genre (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) released albums that debuted on the top five or top ten on the Billboard 200, while other veteran thrash acts – including Testament, Overkill, Exodus, Metal Church and Death Angel – had achieved more greater success on the same chart. Newer bands associated with the "thrash metal revival movement" had also gained popularity throughout the 2010s, including Bonded by Blood, Evile, Gama Bomb, Havok, Municipal Waste, Power Trip, Suicidal Angels, Vektor and Warbringer.

The decade had also seen the revival of alternative metal, with two veteran Seattle acts Soundgarden and Alice in Chains cracking the top five on the Billboard 200 with their respective albums King Animal (2012) and The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013); the latter's follow-up album Rainier Fog (2018) was also successful, debuting at number twelve on the Billboard 200, and at number one on Billboard's Top Rock Albums, Alternative Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts. In addition, some of the most successful alternative metal bands that were broken up in the 1990s or 2000s, such as Primus, Jane's Addiction, Faith No More, Helmet and Biohazard, released comeback albums in the 2010s. Other popular new "classic rock" themed hard rock bands had gained popularity later in the mid to late 2010s such as Greta Van Fleet, The Struts, and The Record Company.

Pop rock

Maroon 5 performing in Hong Kong in May 2011

Although the fusion genre was not as popular as it was during the 1990s and early-to-mid-2000s, major pop rock acts in this decade included The Script, Train, OneRepublic, Maroon 5, DNCE, Pink, Adam Lambert, Kelly Clarkson, 5 Seconds of Summer, Lady Gaga with the soundtrack of A Star Is Born and Avril Lavigne, while acts like The Fray and Daughtry had new lesser hits. Breakthrough acts included American Authors, Bastille, and Walk the Moon. Pop-punk-rooted acts Panic! at the Disco and Paramore had pop rock hits. Pop artists who rose in the 2010s who drew significantly on pop rock or rock included Alessia Cara, Billie Eilish, Halsey, and Lorde. Taylor Swift collaborated with alternative rock artists in the late 2010s and would enter the alternative rock charts in 2020.

Contemporary R&B and soul

Rihanna had the most number-one singles during the 2010s.

Contemporary R&B had not been as prominent in the early 2010s as it was from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s when new jack swing was a fixture in popular music. Slow jams had largely been replaced by dance numbers and pop ballads. Contemporary R&B had begun to influence hipster musicians, creating a new genre called alternative R&B. New players had emerged from this subgenre, like The Weeknd, Solange, Blood Orange, SZA, The Internet, Steve Lacy, Kali Uchis, Syd, How to Dress Well, Kilo Kish, Sampha, Lion Babe, Jhene Aiko, Normani, Frank Ocean, Ravyn Lenae, Kehlani, Tinashe, Sabrina Claudio, Jason Derulo, H.E.R., Tory Lanez, Gallant, Daniel Caesar, King, Moses Sumney, Kelela, dvsn, Jorja Smith, PartyNextDoor, Jeremih, Khalid, Bryson Tiller, Summer Walker, Giveon, and Ella Mai.

A few top mainstream contemporary R&B artists of the 2010s were Rihanna, Chris Brown, The Weeknd, Beyoncé, Trey Songz, Usher, Miguel, Bruno Mars, Khalid, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke. There was also a slight revival of soul during the early 2010s, with instrumentalists, such as CeeLo Green, Janelle Monáe, and Adele.

Canadian singer The Weeknd, 2018

Due to the domination of electro and dance-pop, contemporary R&B had partially become more influenced by dance and electropop, and many musicians that were typically contemporary R&B artists had started to release pop. This is notable in players, including Ne-Yo, Usher, Chris Brown, and Rihanna with songs, like "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" and "Forever Now," "Scream" and "OMG," "Don't Wake Me Up" and "Turn Up The Music," and "We Found Love" and "Where Have You Been." A form of R&B, dancehall, also became popular on the charts in the mid to late 2010s with songs such as "Lean On" by Major Lazer, "One Dance" by Drake, and Work by Rihanna.

There was also a resurgence of contemporary R&B acts from the 1990s and 2000s to achieve commercial success during the 2010s, such as Monica, Kelly Rowland, Brandy, Maxwell, D'Angelo, and Janet Jackson.

While some contemporary R&B artists transitioned to a more dance and electropop sound, many artists still achieved success while still remaining true to contemporary R&B. Songs, including "Everything to Me" by Monica, "Refill" by Elle Varner, "Thinking Bout You" by Frank Ocean, "Motivation" by Kelly Rowland, "Put It Down" by Brandy, and "No Sleeep" by Janet Jackson, are notable for being contemporary R&B and popular hits while still obtaining an authentic contemporary R&B sound.

Beyoncé became the first artist in Billboard chart history to have her first six albums debut at number-one on the Billboard 200 chart in 2016. Additionally, Beyoncé also became the first artist to place 12 tracks from one album within the Hot 100 simultaneously. Continuing her success from the 90s and 2000s, Beyoncé received the Billboard Millennium Award at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards, the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, the Fashion Icon Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2016, and a Peabody Award for her universally acclaimed sixth studio album Lemonade in 2017. In 2016, Beyoncé surpassed Madonna as the most-awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards (24 wins). In 2018, her Coachella performance made history as the most watched live-streamed performance of all time, and was also called "historic" and dubbed the single best performance of all time by many newspapers.

The late 2010s had seen a resurgence of mainstream popularity in R&B, with albums such as 24K Magic by Bruno Mars, Heartbreak on a Full Moon by Chris Brown and songs such as "Redbone" by Childish Gambino and "Boo’d Up" by Ella Mai.

Hip hop

Drake was declared the Artist of the Decade of the 2010s by Billboard.

On 17 July 2017, Forbes reported that hip-hop/R&B (which Nielsen SoundScan classifies as the same genre) had recently usurped rock as the most consumed musical genre, becoming the most popular genre in music for the first time in U.S. history.

American rapper Kendrick Lamar

A number of hip hop labels had also grown influential during this decade, among which had been Grand Hustle Records, GOOD Music, Cash Money Records, Roc Nation, Maybach Music Group, Top Dawg Entertainment, and Def Jam Recordings. Hip hop acts that were introduced to mainstream in the beginning of the decade included Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Kid Cudi, Big Sean, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Young Thug, ASAP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, Tyler, The Creator, Azealia Banks, Future, Schoolboy Q, Wale, YG, 2 Chainz, Waka Flocka Flame, French Montana, Macklemore, Machine Gun Kelly, Chief Keef, and A$AP Ferg. Hip hop acts that were introduced to mainstream during mid-late part of the decade included Migos, Fetty Wap, Ty Dolla Sign, Travis Scott, Post Malone, NF, G-Eazy, Logic, Lizzo, Lil Pump, Playboi Carti, Youngboy Never Broke Again, Yo Gotti, Cardi B, 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, Rae Sremmurd, Mac Miller, Brockhampton, B.o.B, Kodak Black, XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD, Ugly God, Childish Gambino, Rich the Kid, Gunna, 6ix9ine, Blueface, BlocBoy JB, Lil Xan, NLE Choppa, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, YBN Cordae, YBN Nahmir, Anderson Paak, Trippie Redd and more. Hip hop acts that started in previous decades, but continue to have commercial success in this decade include Kanye West, Eminem, Jay Z, Sean Paul, Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Jeezy and Pusha T. Hip hop acts that had never charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but still retain a strong fan base within the hip hop community at large have been Earl Sweatshirt, Princess Nokia, Joey Bada$$, Denzel Curry, Maxo Kream, Vince Staples, Divine Council, Isaiah Rashad, Action Bronson, and SpaceGhostPurrp. Hip hop acts that had gained fame via the social medium Vine were T-Wayne, iLoveMakonnen, Silento, Bobby Shmurda, Desiigner and iLoveMemphis.

Experimental hip hop artists such as Death Grips, JPEGMafia, and Clipping. have incorporated elements of experimental rock and industrial music into their sound, gaining notoriety in underground music circles and online. Kanye West's album Yeezus has been compared to this sound.

American rapper Playboi Carti

Mumble rap

Mumble rap is a rap subgenre that originated on the online audio distribution platform SoundCloud. Most successful "SoundCloud rappers" might not release all their music on the platform, opting instead for streaming services Apple Music and Spotify but are still categorized as "SoundCloud rappers" or "Internet"/"Underground rappers" due to their aesthetics, sonics and collaborations with other rappers and producers in the scene. It is characterized as simplistic, bass-heavy beats, often with hazy, lo-fi or shimmering-sounding melodies or samples, paired with lyrics that ping-pong between braggadocio and nihilism, with lots of sex and odes to heavy narcotics. The subgenre began to start seeing mainstream popularity in the mid 2010s and takes sonic and aesthetic inspiration from the trap, drill, Cloud Rap, and internet rap scenes that began in the late 2000s and early 2010s on websites such as DatPiff and rap blogs with artists such as Gucci Mane, Lil B, Young Thug, Max B, Lil Ugly Mane, A$AP Mob, SpaceGhostPurrp and Chief Keef. The subgenre was met with some criticism for having less emphasis on lyricism, and the problematic nature of the artists to arise from it. Influential SoundCloud rappers include Kodak Black, Yung Bans, Lil Pump, Nav, Lil Uzi Vert, Travis Scott, Uno The Activist, Lil Yachty, Smokepurpp, ThouxanBanFauni, XXXTentacion, 21 Savage, 6ix9ine, Trippie Redd, Denzel Curry, Lucki, Warhol.SS, Maxo Kream, Young Nudy, Ugly God, Playboi Carti, Bones and $uicideboy$.

Trap

Trap music is a style of Southern hip hop and gangsta rap that was developed in the late 1990s to early 2000s in the Southern United States. It is typified by double or triple-time sub-divided hi-hats, heavy, sub-bass layered kick drums from the Roland TR-808 drum machine, layered synthesizers and an overall dark, ominous or bleak atmosphere and lyrical content. The term "trap" referred to places where drug deals take place. In the 2010s, artists crossbred trap with dubstep to create trap EDM. It also influenced Latin trap music.

Prominent rappers of the trap music subgenre during the 2010s include Gucci Mane, Future, 2 Chainz, Migos, Young Thug, 21 Savage, Kodak Black, Cardi B, Nasty C and Lil Baby, among several others. Trap music during the 2010s also helped record producers rise to prominence such as Mike Will Made It, Lex Luger, Southside, Metro Boomin, London on da Track, Murda Beatz, and more.

Trap metal

Trap metal (not to be confused with Nu Metal) is a fusion genre that started in the 2010s, combining elements of trap music and heavy metal, as well as elements of other genres, like industrial and nu metal. It is characterized by distorted beats, hip hop flows, harsh vocals, and down tuned heavy metal guitars. British rapper Scarlxrd is often associated with the genre and is considered a pioneer of trap metal. WQHT described OG Maco's 2014 eponymous EP as being a part of the genre's early development. Other artists associated with trap metal include Dropout Kings, Bone Crew, Ghostemane, ZillaKami, Fever 333, Ho99o9, City Morgue, Kid Bookie, Rico Nasty, Kim Dracula, Backxwash, Denzel Curry, and $uicideboy$, as well as the early careers of XXXTentacion, 6ix9ine and Ski Mask the Slump God.

American rapper and singer XXXTentacion

Emo Rap

Emo rap is a fusion genre of hip hop and emo. Originating in the SoundCloud rap scene in the mid-2010s, the genre fuses characteristics of hip hop music, such as beats and rapping, with the lyrical themes, instrumentals, and vocals commonly found in emo music. XXXTentacion, Juice Wrld, and Lil Peep are some of the most notable musicians in the genre.What we can learn from the deaths of Juice WRLD, Lil Peep and XXXTentacion Emo rap departs from the "traditional" tones found in modern mainstream hip hop in favor of more emotional and personal lyrical content, described by the Wall Street Journal as "giving their elders the finger." Lyrics tend to focus on topics such as depression, loneliness, anxiety, drug abuse, nihilism, suicide, heartbreak, and self-medication. The genre is characterized by its combination of musical elements commonly found in conscious hip hop with indie rock instrumentals. Sampling often uses 2000s pop punk and emo songs.XXXTentacion, Lil Peep, and the Future of EmoThe sad new guard of emo rap Emo rap was pioneered by Bones, whose VHS-recorded music videos and dark production and aesthetic were so influential on the hip hop underground of the time that Dazed described him as the "underground rap king." In 2012, members of Thraxxhouse, a subgroup of Raider Klan, formed GothBoiClique (GBC), with the intention of drawing connections between the emo, trap, dark wave, black metal and indie rock scenes. GBC's style of emo rap influenced swathes of artists in the underground emo and hip hop scenes on SoundCloud, with Lil Lotus, Lil Peep and Lil Tracy, all citing the group as an influence and the latter-most two even eventually becoming members. During this time, a DIY ethos came to define the genre, to the extent that when Shinigami released his debut album Luna on Spotify, he was derided as a sellout, due to the streaming service's ability to monetize.Lil Tracy Will Not Be ErasedWicca Phase Springs Eternal: Occult Genre-Smasher Bred in Punk, Backed by Code Orange In November 2017, Lil Peep died of a Fentanyl overdose. Shortly afterwards, Lil Peep's debut studio album Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 and the lead single "Awful Things" charted on the Billboard charts. His death brought increased notability to the genre as a whole and particularly to artists such as Trippie Redd and Lil Aaron. In June 2018, XXXTentacion was murdered, and like Peep, his albums 17 and ? charted the following week, along with his hit song "SAD!" charting at 1st on the Billboard Hot 100. In September 2018, a posthumous collaboration between the two artists, "Falling Down" was released and became certified Platinum in the US. The same year, emo rap was the fastest-growing genre on Spotify in 2018. In December 2019, Juice WRLD died after suffering a seizure, induced by an overdose of oxycodone and codeine. He was known to most people for the songs "All Girls Are the Same" and "Lucid Dreams", the latter peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018 and returned to the chart in 2019 at number eight following his death.XXXTentacion Shot Dead at 20XXXTentacion Shot in the Neck During Murder, Seemingly Died Instantly

Alternative rap and Industrial Hip Hop

Alternative hip hop is a hip hop subgenre that spans a wide range of genres that are not often associated with mainstream hip hop. Artists such as Clipping, Moor Mother, Dälek, M.I.A., Odd Future, Death Grips, Freddie Gibbs, BROCKHAMPTON, JPEGMAFIA, Chance the Rapper and Earl Sweatshirt flooded with scene with critically acclaimed releases that are now hailed as modern classics. Death Grips' debut studio album, The Money Store, is their first step into the world of experimental hip hop. It's the follow-up to Exmilitary, their debut mixtape. The album was published on April 24, 2012, although it was leaked to YouTube on April 14, 2012. When The Money Store was first released, it earned a lot of positive press. "MC Ride, Andy Morin, and Zach Hill set out to produce an aggressive, stunning, ferocious racket and succeeded in spades," said music journalist Jim Carroll. Yeezus is the sixth studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West. It was released on June 18, 2013, through Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records. West gathered a number of artists and close collaborators for the production, including Mike Dean, Daft Punk, Noah Goldstein, Arca, Hudson Mohawke, and Travis Scott. The album also features guest vocals from Justin Vernon, Chief Keef, Kid Cudi, Assassin, King L, Charlie Wilson, and Frank Ocean. It draws from an array of genres, including industrial, acid house, electro, punk, and Chicago drill. West's unconventional use of samples is also contained, as on "Blood on the Leaves", which contains a sample from Nina Simone's 1965 rendition of "Strange Fruit". Yeezus received widespread acclaim from critics, many of whom named it among West's best work and commended its brash direction, though public response was divided. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 327,000 copies in the first week of release, while also topping the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Russia and the United Kingdom. It has since been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was named by several publications as one of the best albums of the 2010s, including Rolling Stone, who later included it at 269 on its 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Meme rap

The term "meme rap" was first used to describe the work of Lil B, who released an impressive 64 mix tapes over the course of his career, earning him a dedicated online cult following. Due to his erratic lyrical subject matter and his focus on internet culture, he became a pioneer of meme rap. following Lil B was a new wave of artists that were inspired by his comedic take on rap music such as Ugly God, Dbangz, Rich Brain, Pink Guy (Who would later become Joji), Bhad Bhabie, Yung Gravy and bbno$.

Jazzhop and Lofi Hip-Hop

Lo-fi hip-hop emerged in the underground beatmaking hip-hop scene of the 2000s but reached peak popularity throughout the 2010s, particularly after the release of the Roland SP-303 and Roland SP-404 samplers, both of which included a separate button for the "lo-fi" effect. YouTube started hosting live streams in 2013, resulting in 24-hour "radio stations" dedicated to the subgenre. Compilation videos also became popular, combining the music with visuals that could take the form of recorded pedestrian walks through major cities like Tokyo, looping visuals from cartoons such as The Simpsons or Internet memes.

Electronic

Grammy Award-winning Skrillex in 2011

While dance music had periodically conquered the American pop charts, its current incursion had most likely been its deepest since the disco heyday of the 1970s. Throughout the 2010s, various electronic dance subgenres had conquered the music scene, such as house, dubstep, drumstep, hardstyle, electro house, techno, trance, synth-pop, electropop, and trap. These genres have many musical influences from 1970s' disco, 1980s' hi-NRG, spacesynth, Italo disco, and new wave, and 1990s' and 2000s' Eurodance, techno, house, trip hop, Europop, garage rock, and trance. The rise of electronic dance had brought massive success to large festivals, raves, technoparades, algoraves, doofs, and teknivals that mostly take place in the United States and Europe though every year thousands of electronic focused music festivals are held throughout the world. These events are also well known for their long association with the use of recreational drugs, including MDMA, LSD, 2C-B, Ketamine, and Benzylpiperazine. The top mainstream disk jockeys in the 2010s were Tiesto, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Steve Aoki, Nicky Romero, Afrojack, Deadmau5, Diplo, Skrillex, Armin Van Buuren, Avicii, Zedd, Martin Garrix, Hardwell, The Chainsmokers, Marshmello, Major Lazer, Mark Ronson, DJ Snake, Slushii, and Disclosure.

Hyperpop

A loosely defined musical style and queer microgenre known as hyperpop was born in the UK in the early 2010s. Artists in this genre generally combine pop and avant-garde sensibilities while relying on themes found in electronic, hip hop, and dance music. It is distinguished by a maximalist or exaggerated take on popular music. Hyperpop typically uses elements like brash synth melodies, Auto-Tuned "earworm" vocals, excessive compression, and distortion, as well as surrealist or nostalgic allusions to 2000s Internet culture and the Web 2.0 era. Hyperpop reflects an exaggerated, eclectic, and self-referential approach to pop music. [4] Heavy processing of the voice, metallic, melodic percussion, pitch-shifted synths, catchy choruses, brief song lengths, and "shiny, cutesy aesthetics" contrasted with angst-filled lyrics are common characteristics. [4] Mark Richardson of The Wall Street Journal described the genre as escalating the "tropes of popular music that are "artificial," creating "a cartoonish wall of noise that embraces catchy rhythms and memorable hooks. As shimmering melodies and jumbled instrumentation combine, the music veers between the beautiful and the ugly."

Indie

Indie Folk

Indie Folk is an amalgamation of independent American music formed by the diverse traditions that comprise the musical ethos of the United States, particularly sounds that emerged from the Southern United States such as folk, gospel, blues and other external influences. Artists such as The Lumineers, Fleet Foxes, Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens became mainstream successes because of their organic instrumentation and roosty production style.

Bedroom Pop

Dreamy, nostalgic music produced from the homes of young, independent artists became hugely popular in the late 2010s, particularly online. The term "bedroom pop" was popularized by Spotify to describe indie pop music with lo-fi music production, dream pop inspired guitar tones, and vintage synthesizers. Mac DeMarco helped popularize this style, especially his 2012 studio album 2 which was not only a critical success but a commercial success laying the groundwork for various other dreamy lo-fi inspired indie acts. Clairo appeared on the scene with her smash hit songs "Pretty Girl", 4EVER and Flaming Hot Cheetos to wide spread acclaim and become an overnight sensation, she was particularly praised for her nostalgic synth pop sound and her dream-like lo-fi aesthetic. Other artists that were popular at the time include Rex Orange County, Still Woozy, Boy Pablo, Beabadoobee, Kenny Beats, Gus Dapperton, Dayglow, Cuco and Left at London. Bedroom pop allowed for the expression of unapologetically LGBTQ+ themes in the alternative music spheres, specifically Girl In Red and Cavetown.

Latin Indie Pop

Artists such as Kali Uchis, The Marias, Mon Laferte, Cuco, Omar Apollo and various other artists continued innovating the Indie landscape with there songwriting and iconic hazy Lo-fi production styles. Dream pop guitars, sychedelic synthesizers and the use of 80's drum machines were the go to production choices for many Latin artists in the late 2010's. Not only did these artists help create the Bedroom pop genre but they also changed the entire indie pop landscape in the United States.

Country

Taylor Swift was one of the most successful country artists of the 2010s. Her albums Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012) topped charts and opened with more than a million copies sold in their first weeks.

Country pop music duo Dan + Shay

Country had continued to maintain its popularity both as a radio format and in retail; this is attributed both to the faithfulness of country fans and to a rise in popularity of the genre. The most popular country acts during this decade were Taylor Swift, Zac Brown Band, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Florida Georgia Line, Brantley Gilbert, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, Rascal Flatts, Kacey Musgraves, Jake Owen, Dustin Lynch, Kip Moore, Little Big Town, Chris Young, Hunter Hayes, Cam, Sam Hunt, Lee Brice, Eli Young Band, Darius Rucker, Randy Houser, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris, Billy Currington, Tyler Farr, Brett Eldredge, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, Kane Brown, and Brett Young.

A large number of duos and vocal groups had begun to emerge on the charts during the 2010s, many of which feature close harmony in the lead vocals, a style that roots as far back as the 1940s and 1950s with acts, like The Shelton Brothers, Delmore Brothers, and Everly Brothers. It saw a resurgence in the 1980s with The Judds and The Bellamy Brothers although the more recent acts tend to not be related. Examples of successful duos were Florida Georgia Line, Love and Theft, Dan + Shay, The Howboy Catts, and Thompson Square. In addition to Lady Antebellum, bands, such as The Band Perry, Gloriana, Eli Young Band, and Zac Brown Band had come to occupy a large portion of the new, popular country players. Meanwhile, artists who began their careers as far back as the 1960s and 1970s had continued to be active, including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, Alabama, The Oak Ridge Boys, George Strait, and Reba McEntire.

In September 2016, "Forever Country," a medley of three classic country songs – "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "On the Road Again" and "I Will Always Love You"—was recorded to honor the 50th Annual Country Music Association Awards. A celebration of traditional country music and the genre's ongoing popularity, the song blended together 30 stars, ranging from newcomers to veteran to classic stars and acts of the genre. A similar medley, featuring many of the same stars that performed on "Forever Country" but with different songs, was performed at the CMA Awards. Both performances received widespread critical acclaim.

Hip hop's influence on country

Alan Jackson

Billy Ray Cyrus

Several popular country songs have taken influence from 21st-century hip hop, rock, and pop and have had themes of partying, attractive young women, blue jeans, Southern rock, and pickup trucks. These characteristics are typical in an unofficial subgenre known as bro-country. Instrumentalists embracing this trend were Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Brantley Gilbert, and several others, with songs, like "Cruise," "That's My Kind of Night," and Blake Shelton's "Boys 'Round Here" having been the most widespread songs in terms of sales and downloads. While many of the themes of bro-country songs -– in particular, women and alcohol –- have always been a part of country music (particularly since the rise of honky tonk styles in the 1940s), the new genre came under fire by listeners, music reviewers, and classic country musicians such as Alan Jackson and Gary Allan, and was satirized in the song "Girl in a Country Song" by the duo Maddie & Tae. The shifting styles also played a role in a brief feud between Shelton and country legend Ray Price in 2013, just months before Price's death, after Shelton remarked that "Nobody wants to listen to their grandpa's music" and that younger consumers weren't buying or downloading classic country music because the styles and sounds of songs from the past didn't appeal to them. Price –- who, unlike several of his peers, usually kept quiet in the debate on classic country vs. more modern music –- expressed his disapproval via his Facebook page, stating that it was their styles and success that helped make newer stars' careers possible and paved the way to modern country music. Shelton later retracted his statement, and Price accepted his apology.

In March 2019, the song "Old Town Road," a song performed by American rap artist Lil Nas X (born Montero Hill), began gaining popularity with country music fans, particularly after a remix of the song featuring vocals by Billy Ray Cyrus was released earlier in the year. The song combined elements of country rap, hip hop, Southern hip hop and trap, and used themes of horseback riding and culture clash with urban America in its lyrics. The song became the first to chart on all three of the major Billboard charts – Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Country Songs – in nearly 60 years, charting at No. 19 on the country chart. However, one week after its debut on the country chart, Billboard removed the song from the chart, disqualifying the song on the grounds that it did not fit the country genre. There was speculation that had the song remained on the chart, it would have reached No. 1 as of the chart dated April 6, 2019. Later in 2019, hip-hop music producer Blanco Brown recorded and released "The Git Up," which was called a "sequel" and "next viral country rap song".

The rise in use and influence of elements of hip-hop music and related styles in country music – as seen in both the "bro-country" and trap country movements – as well as issues related to Shelton's comments and continued popularity of country pop – once again sparked the longstanding debate over what defines "real" country music, an issue that has recurred since the 1970s.

Tragedy and deaths of classic stars

The decade had also seen death and tragedy in country. Mindy McCready, a rising star of the late 1990s whose personal problems soon overshadowed her music, committed suicide during early 2013. Glen Campbell, a vastly influential country guitarist and vocalist from the 1960s onward, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in late 2010 and consequently retired from show business in 2013; he died in 2017. Randy Travis, a neo-traditionalist star who helped revive the genre in the mid-to-late 1980s, had several run-ins with the law in 2012 and in 2013 suffered a massive stroke. Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry, one of the genre's most popular duos, was killed in a helicopter crash in 2017. Also in 2017, 58 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest festival event in Las Vegas, Nevada – where Jason Aldean was performing at the time gunfire broke out – were killed in a mass shooting; Aldean escaped the incident uninjured and a week later paid tribute to the victims on Saturday Night Live.

Prominent classic country players who had died during the decade, besides Glen Campbell, were Carl Smith, Jimmy Dean, Ferlin Husky, Kitty Wells, Patti Page, Jack Greene, Slim Whitman, George Jones, Ray Price, Little Jimmy Dickens, Lynn Anderson, Jim Ed Brown, Sonny James, Merle Haggard, Jean Shepard, Don Williams, Mel Tillis, Freddie Hart, Roy Clark, Dave Rowland (lead singer of the 1970s trio Dave and Sugar), Earl Thomas Conley and all three of the Glaser Brothers (Tompall in 2013, and brothers Jim and Chuck in 2019). Besides Mindy McCready and Troy Gentry, several performers from the late 1980s, 1990s and later who were popular with audiences also died: Kevin Sharp, Holly Dunn, Lari White and Daryle Singletary. Also, Glenn Frey, a member of Eagles, a rock band whose style has been vastly influential in country from the 1970s onward, died during the decade. Additionally, longtime radio personality Bob Kingsley, who presented many of the above-mentioned classic artists' songs during his tenures hosting the radio programs American Country Countdown and Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40, died in the fall of 2019, shortly after revealing his diagnosis of cancer.

Christian

TobyMac's 2012 album Eye on It became the third Christian album to ever debut at number 1 on the Billboard 200.

Christian music saw a rise in success during the early 2010s, with several artists debuting within the top 5 on the Billboard 200. In 2011, the Christian instrumentalists Casting Crowns and Red both debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, with their respective albums Come to the Well and Until We Have Faces. David Crowder Band also reached number 2 with Give Us Rest during 2012. Today's Christian Music reported that Passion: White Flag, a live album of the performances of various musicians at the 2012 Passion Conference, debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200. On 28 August 2012, the TobyMac album Eye on It debuted at number 1 on that chart, the first Christian album since 1997 and third overall to do so. The very next week, Christian hip hop artist Lecrae debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 with Gravity. Additionally, both the number 1 and 2 spots on the iTunes hip hop charts were taken by the deluxe and standard versions of the album. The commercial reception of Gravity was called "easily the biggest sales week ever for a Christian rap album." In January 2013, Chris Tomlin became the fourth Christian player to top the Billboard 200 with his seventh studio album Burning Lights. 73,000 units were sold in its debut week. Lecrae then topped the Billboard 200 during September 2014 with his album Anomaly, selling 88,000 units in its debut week. This not only established Lecrae as the fifth artist to top the chart, but it also marked the first time that an artist reached number 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Top Gospel charts. Following – and partially due to – Lecrae's peak on the Gospel chart, Billboard revised its standards for the chart, rendering most hip hop releases ineligible.

Casting Crowns

The success of TobyMac and Lecrae prompted an article in Time that examined the recent upsurge in crossover success of Christian instrumentalists. The magazine referred to Rod Riley of Word Entertainment as an indication that all of these successes could "be the tip of the iceberg." Riley had cited the increasing talent of Christian musicians and the ownership of all major Christian record labels by widespread parents as a reason for the success of Christian. According to Time, TobyMac and the rock band Skillet had been featured in NFL telecasts, TobyMac's music was also listed by Time as a factor in the rise of Christian. Producer Mark Joseph claimed in an article by Fox News that TobyMac reaching number 1 was just one more example of the mainstreaming of "'so-called Christian music that his [sic] happening all around us'". He further stated that "'the pop and rock charts are filled with artists who used to be in that industry like Katy Perry, Switchfoot and Joy Williams of The Civil Wars, but also by young devout performers who in the past might have gone into that industry, like Justin Bieber, Mumford & Sons, The Fray, Cold War Kids and Twenty One Pilots.'" Following Lecrae's performance on BET and appearance on Statik Selektah's Population Control, in Chad Horton, co-owner of the website Rapzilla, stated that "Christian hip hop" had-in the past two years-"pushed into the mainstream more than ever before," and citing part of its cause as better music quality presentation than "any other time before" in January 2012.

Europe

Pop

Contemporary R&B, as well as classic soul, had defined much of the UK's mainstream music in the early to mid-2010s. Notable artists who encompass this sound include Jessie J and Adele. As with previous decades, pop had enjoyed chart domination, with popular instrumentalists, such as Cher Lloyd, Birdy, Jessie Ware, James Blunt, Sam Smith, Rag'n'Bone Man, Calum Scott, Lily Allen, Clean Bandit, Rixton, Disclosure, La Roux, Shura, AlunaGeorge, James Blake, Róisín Murphy, Olly Murs, M.I.A., London Grammar, FKA Twigs, Echosmith, Jamie xx, The xx, Lukas Graham, Ed Sheeran, Rita Ora, Zayn Malik, Chvrches, Years & Years, Charli XCX, Ava Max, James Bay, Dua Lipa, Jay Sean, Paloma Faith, Emeli Sandé, Taio Cruz, Florence and the Machine, Cheryl Cole, The Saturdays, Ellie Goulding, Marina and the Diamonds, and Katy B. Teen pop boy bands-despite being unpopular for much of the 2000s-had returned to widespread popularity, with acts, including One Direction and The Wanted, having seen major commercial success worldwide. French singer Zaz was one of very few singers to have become internationally mainstream since Vanessa Paradis. The girlbands also had success, one of them being the winners of the eighth season of The X Factor, Little Mix, who are credited for helping the girl band renaissance in the UK during the late 00s and into the early 10s.

Legendary British band Take That remained very popular, alongside its former member Robbie Williams, who released successful albums and singles.

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  Ed Sheeran, a photograph from a concert at the V Festival held in 2014
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  Sam Smith, a photograph from the Lollapalooza concert held in 2015
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  The British boy band One Direction in their Up All Night Tour, 2012

Soul

Adele during this decade established herself as the best selling British female artist of all time. Her 21 (2011) and 25 (2015) became two of the best selling albums of the 2010s.

English singer-songwriter Adele, after releasing her debut album in 2008, rose to global superstardom with the release of her second studio album 21 (2011), which topped the charts in over 30 countries and became one of the biggest selling albums of all-time as well as the best selling album of the 21st century. Her third album 25 (2015), attained even further success, debuting at number one in 32 countries and became the fastest selling album of all-time.

Rock

Alternative rock had experienced a modest presence in the United Kingdom singles chart during the 2010s, mostly from artists originating in the previous decade, including Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz, Coldplay, The Wombats, Muse, Mumford & Sons, and Snow Patrol. Bands like Two Door Cinema Club, Foals, and Bombay Bicycle Club, which emerged in the late 2000s, had succeeded in the album chart. The genre had had a stronger presence album-wise, with acts such as The 1975, Bastille, alt-J, and The Vaccines enjoying success. Bastille had scored two number 2 singles on the UK chart, with their sound bordering on mainstream pop music in the charts. Royal Blood was the first band formed during the decade to win a Brit Award for the best British group in 2014, only one year after forming. Royal Blood's sound is similar to 2000s garage rock, and they received positive reviews upon the release of their debut album.

European rock had also seen the return of successful instrumentalists from the past. David Bowie-in particular had two UK number 1 albums—The Next Day and Blackstar. Upon its release, The Next Day (2013) became Bowie's most successful album in 30 years, followed by Blackstar (2016).

Muse

Acts, including Tribes, White Lies, The Maccabees, Miles Kane and Hard-Fi, had also witnessed success, mostly exclusive to the album chart.

Vetusta Morla

Heavy metal and hard rock had been seeing a relatively increased presence in the UK albums chart, thanks to releases by Bullet For My Valentine and Enter Shikari. Many new British heavy metal bands are seeing worldwide success after years of American dominance, primarily Bring Me the Horizon and Asking Alexandria, although the latter entirely moved to the U.S. in 2009. There was also a resurgence of the German metal scene from the 1980s to achieve commercial success during the 2010s, with bands like Accept and Kreator achieving their first number one albums on the German charts.

A grassroots punk scene continued in the UK, mainly built around the hub of the annual Rebellion Festival in Blackpool. The 2010s saw a particular profusion of younger female or female-fronted bands affiliated to the punk scene.

In northern Europe, especially Sweden, 1980s glam metal had seen something of a revival from acts like Hardcore Superstar, Crazy Lixx, Crashdïet, H.E.A.T, and Reckless Love. Sweden's Sabaton had also been successful, as had the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.

In eastern Europe, acts like Repetitor, Vizija, Bernays Propaganda, ZAA and Artan Lili become successful with their experimenting in the music.

Folk

Mumford & Sons were considered one of the most successful British bands of the early 2010s.

Folk witnessed a large growth during the early 2010s in the UK. The most widespread British folk musician was Mumford & Sons, who won a 2011 Brit Award for "Best Album" and had enjoyed commercial success in both Europe and North America. Another notable player and winner of "Best British Female" at the 2011 BRIT Awards was Laura Marling. Other successful acts were Ed Sheeran, George Ezra, Hozier, Jake Bugg, Johnny Flynn, Noah and the Whale, Bon Iver, Ben Howard, and Alessi's Ark.

Electronic

David Guetta (left) performing for BBC Radio 1 in 2007

Dubstep and drumstep started to become popular by 2010. This was particularly true in Britain, where it evolved from UK Garage, a genre that became widespread during the early 2000s. DJ Snake is known for having introduced trap into the mainstream in Europe during 2013. Eurodance-which has been consistently popular in Europe since the early 1990s-had become popular outside Europe, in a more modern style than the first wave into North America in the 1980s and early 1990s. The emergence and commercial success of Dutch house and the associated 'big room' house style had also brought electronic musicians from the continent to the global forefront. In the mid-2010s, further development of house subgenres had been seen in the creations of future house and tropical house, with European players being influential figures within both. Prominent European disk jockeys during this decade were Avicii, Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, Tiesto, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Afrojack, Kygo, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, David Guetta and Zedd.

2014 saw the beginning of a grime revival in the UK, initiated by the success of Meridian Dan's "German Whip" featuring Big H and Jme. The song reached number 13 in the UK Singles Charts. Two months after that, Skepta reached number 21 in the UK Singles Chart with his single "That's Not Me" featuring his brother Jme. Two months later, Lethal Bizzle released the single "Rari WorkOut" featuring Jme and Tempa T, which also charted, peaking at number 11 in the UK Singles Charts. A wave of new successful young grime MC's also began to emerge, such as Stormzy, AJ Tracey, Novelist, Jammz, and Lady Leshurr.

Oceania

Pop

Основная музыка австралийских исполнителей, как правило, находилась под влиянием радиовещания больше, чем в любой другой стране. Австралийская радиостанция Triple J сыграла большую роль в продвижении новой австралийской музыки, особенно посредством Triple J Hottest 100 , всемирного общественного опроса о любимой музыке каждого человека каждого года. В 2010 году австралийскими поп-инструменталистами, которые активно участвовали в обратном отсчете, были Birds of Tokyo , Pendulum , Washington и Triple J Unearthed группа Gypsy & The Cat . Австралийские группы, которые заняли первое место в обратном отсчете, были Ангус и Джулия Стоун , Little Red , Трой Сиван , Art vs. Science , Sia и The Jezabels . Корреляция между Triple J Hottest 100, чартом синглов ARIA и чартом синглов iTunes была совершенно очевидна. Песня номер один 2010 года, " Big Jet Plane ", достигла 6-го места в чарте синглов iTunes и 32-го места в чарте синглов ARIA, через неделю после объявления списка Hottest 100 26 января. В 2014 году Игги Азалия начали появляться в музыкальных чартах по всему миру, что вызвало тенденцию к появлению женщин-рэперов. Сиа стала одной из самых известных австралийских артисток с момента выпуска « Titanium », а позже добилась успеха благодаря своей сольной работе и вирусному музыкальному клипу « Chandelier ».

В 2011 году австралийскими музыкантами, которые активно участвовали в обратном отсчете «100 самых горячих», были Boy & Bear , Gotye , 360 , Architecture in Helsinki и Ball Park Music . Опять же, корреляция между Hottest 100 и ростом количества синглов в чартах синглов ARIA и iTunes на следующей неделе была сильной. Рэпер 360 и его песня "Boys Like You" вошли в Hottest 100 под номером 8, а на следующей неделе она поднялась на 2-е место в чарте синглов iTunes и на 3-е место в чарте синглов ARIA. Аналогичное движение включало в себя «Brother» Мэтта Корби, занявший 3-е место в обратном отсчете 100 самых горячих песен 2011 года, а также поднявшийся на третье место в чарте ARIA. Самой известной австралийской песней 2011 и начала 2012 года была песня Готье « Somebody That I Used To Know », которая достигла первого места в 11 странах, включая Австралию, Новую Зеландию, Германию, Австрию, Бельгию, Канаду, США и Великобританию. Песня также достигла первого места в рейтинге Triple J Hottest 100 за 2011 год , и в ней участвовала новозеландская поп-певица Кимбра , которая также трижды попадала в Triple J Hottest 100 в качестве сольного исполнителя.

5 Seconds of Summer Сингл " Youngblood " является четвертым по популярности австралийским синглом за десятилетие 2010-х годов и одиннадцатым самым продаваемым синглом в истории Австралии: за первые шесть месяцев после его выпуска по всему миру было продано более пяти миллионов копий. С выпуском " Youngblood " 5 Seconds of Summer стали первой австралийской группой за 13 лет, которая возглавила чарт ARIA на конец года и остается вторым по продолжительности пребыванием на первом месте в истории чарта ARIA. 5 Seconds of Summer стали второй австралийской группой в истории, чьи первые пять полноформатных студийных альбомов дебютировали под номером один в альбомном чарте ARIA .

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  Готье был одним из самых успешных австралийских художников начала 2010-х годов.
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  Сиа , фотография, сделанная во время тура We Are Born в 2011 году.
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  Лорд выиграла две премии «Грэмми» в 2014 году, в том числе «Песню года для членов королевской семьи» , и была одной из самых успешных новозеландских артистов десятилетия.

Электропоп

В австралийском электропопе доминировали использование синтезаторов и Auto-Tune, которые стали популярными благодаря новичкам, таким как Havana Brown , Elen Levon , Timomatic и Justice Crew , а также музыкантам 2000-х, таким как Брайан Макфадден , Зои Бадви , Натали Бассингтуэйт , Sneaky Sound System и The Potbelleez . Самыми успешными песнями этого поджанра стали « We Run the Night » Брауна. компании Timomatic. « Set It Off » от Justice Crew . « С пятницы по воскресенье » Макфадден « Просто скажи так » » Бадви и « Freefallin' .

Современный R&B

Современный R&B в Австралии не был так широко распространен в начале 2010-х, как в 2000-х; однако артисты, в том числе Гай Себастьян , Джессика Мобой и Стэн Уокер , продолжали создавать музыку, имевшую коммерческий успех. В 2010 году сингл Себастьяна « Who’s That Girl » при участии американского рэпера Eve достиг первого места в чарте синглов ARIA и стал его пятым синглом под номером 1 в Австралии. Это сделало его единственным австралийским музыкантом-мужчиной в истории австралийской музыки, пять синглов которого заняли первое место. Мобой выпустил множество коммерчески успешных синглов, входящих в топ-20, таких как « Saturday Night » с американским рэпером Ludacris , « What Happened to Us » с английским музыкантом Джеем Шоном и « Galaxy » с Уокером, все из которых получили платиновый статус. второй альбом Уокера под названием From the Inside Out В августе 2010 года вышел ; он дебютировал под номером 2 в чарте альбомов ARIA.

Австралийский рэпер Игги Азалия

Хардстайл

Хардстайл стал более популярным в Австралии благодаря таким мероприятиям, как « Defqon 1 », HSU, Powerhouse Events и «IQON» от Q-dance . Среди австралийских хардстайл-игроков были Code Black, Toneshifterz, Audiofreq, Kamikaze, Outbreak и Rebourne.

Гараж будущего и австралийский звук

Этот изменчивый и не до конца определенный поджанр появился в 2009 году. Художниками, охваченными им, были Flume , Hayden James , Ta-ku, Chet Faker и Emoh Вместо этого.

Металкор и хардкор-панк

После успеха австралийской металкор- группы Parkway Drive в конце 2000-х - начале 2010-х годов были сформированы такие группы, как Northlane , которые добились успеха в начале 2010-х, несмотря на глобальное снижение популярности металкора. В середине и конце 2010-х годов в Австралии наблюдался рост числа металкор- и хардкор-панк- групп в рамках возрождения хардкора, когда новые молодые группы, такие как Polaris , Thornhill и Alpha Wolf на сцену вышли . Лирические темы австралийского металкора часто включают такие темы, как социальная справедливость и экосоциализм . Австралийский металкор регулярно включает в себя аспекты EDM или дабстепа . Австралийскую металкор-сцену поддерживает общественная радиостанция Triple-J , тенденция, которой нет на большинстве других сцен, а также ежегодный объединенный сбор австралийского фестиваля хард-рока.

Латинская Америка и Карибский бассейн

Поп и реггетон

В 2017 году Глория Треви сотрудничала с мексиканской художницей Алехандрой Гусман над альбомом Versus.

Наталья Лафуркад

В Латинской Америке поп, поп-рок , El Pasito Duranguense и тропический стиль все еще были мейнстримом до начала 2010-х годов. Новый поджанр электро возник из реггетона и стал популярным в конце 2010 года. Это связано с тем, что электроника и танцевальная музыка широко распространены на ведущих рынках мира. Питбуль был главным представителем этого поджанра. Бачата , ставшая мейнстримом за последнее десятилетие, приобрела большую популярность благодаря римейкам классических песен, в том числе « Stand by Me » принца Ройса и « Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow » Лесли Грейс . Кроме того, такие артисты, как Ройс, а также бывший Aventura солист Ромео Сантос , пересекли разные рынки с бачатой, например, с Энрике Иглесиаса песней Loco , в которой участвует Сантос. Ройс и Сантос имели самые продаваемые латиноамериканские альбомы в 2011 и 2012 годах соответственно в Соединенных Штатах со своими дебютными альбомами - Prince Royce и Formula, Vol. 1 . Однако позже, в начале 2010-х годов, популярность сальсы пошла на убыль, хотя Марк Энтони стал международным хитом со своей песней сальсы « Vivir Mi Vida ».

В 2017 году Луиса Фонси песня с участием Дэдди Янки « Despacito » стала хитом, возглавив чарты 47 стран и став самым продолжительным синглом номер один Billboard . в истории С момента своего дебюта в 2003 году Наталья Лафуркад стала одной из самых успешных певиц на поп-рок-сцене Латинской Америки. Иностранные поп-исполнители добились успеха в Мексике. В мае 2013 года Кристина Агилера появилась на мексиканского певца Алехандро Фернандеса кавере « Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti » из его альбома Confidencias . 24 сентября 2015 года мексиканская певица и автор песен Карла Моррисон становится первой солисткой за 22 недели, вошедшей в топ-10 чарта Billboard Latin Digital Songs. « Hasta la Raíz » Натальи Лафуркад получила награду «Песня года» и «Запись года» на 16-й ежегодной церемонии вручения премии Latin Grammy . ¡Мексика пор Сиемпре! Мексиканский певец Луис Мигель получил награду за лучший региональный мексиканский музыкальный альбом на 61-й ежегодной премии Грэмми . « Me Niego » Рейка с участием Озуны и Висина получила награду «Песня года» и «Сотрудничество года» на Premio Lo Nuestro 2019 . « Mi Persona Favorita » Алехандро Санса и Камилы Кабелло получает награду «Запись года» на 20-й ежегодной церемонии вручения премии Latin Grammy Awards . Los Ángeles Azules с песней Натальи Лафуркад "Nunca Es Suficiente" вошла в десятку самых популярных песен латиноамериканской музыки в США в 2019 году.

В дополнение к успешному десятилетию Энрике Иглесиаса с его альбомами «Euphoria» и «Sex And Love», ветеран Латинской Америки Рики Мартин пользовался огромной популярностью благодаря своим альбомам «Musica + Alma + Sexo» и «A Quién Quiera Escuchar», а также неальбомным альбомам. синглы «Vida», «Mr. Put It Down» с участием Pitbull, «Vente Pa'Ca» с участием Малумы, «Fiebre» с участием Wisin и Yandel, а также «Cantalo» с участием Residente и Bad Bunny, который является ведущим синглом с его EP «Pausa» 2020 года.

Хип-хоп

Джей Бэлвин в 2018 году

Американский рэпер Ники Минаж стал чрезвычайно популярен в начале 2010-х годов. Дебютный студийный альбом Минаж Pink Friday (2010) занял первое место в Billboard 200 через месяц после его выпуска, продав 375 000 копий за первую неделю. Это была вторая по величине неделя продаж среди женщин-исполнителей хип-хопа после Лорин Хилл альбома « Неправильное воспитание Лорин Хилл» в 1998 году, который за первую неделю был продан тиражом 422 624 копий. Она стала первой сольной исполнительницей, семь синглов которой попали в Billboard Hot 100 одновременно . Ее седьмой сингл " Super Bass " был удостоен статуса Diamond от RIAA и стал одним из самых продаваемых синглов в США. Второй студийный альбом Минаж, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), возглавил международные чарты, а также вошел в десятку лучших синглов « Starships » и « Pound the Alarm ». , альбом стал одним из самых продаваемых альбомов 2012 года, По данным Nielsen SoundScan было продано 1 миллион копий по всему миру, а "Starships" стал одним из самых продаваемых синглов того года. Она была первой артисткой, включенной в Ежегодный список самых горячих MC MTV , а The New York Times предположила, что некоторые считают ее «самой влиятельной женщиной-рэпером всех времен».

Азия

К-поп

Основные статьи: корейская волна и K-pop

В начале 2010-х годов жанр K-pop начал заметно увеличивать свою популярность за пределами Азии, распространяясь в Восточной Европе, Латинской Америке, на Ближнем Востоке и на Западе в геометрической прогрессии по сравнению с предыдущим десятилетием. Интернет сыграл доминирующую роль в росте популярности K-pop, создав в Интернете разнообразные фан-сообщества, сравнивая его с субкультурой пользователей сети.

В Юго-Восточной Азии K-pop продолжал расширять свое присутствие в лексиконе азиатской популярной культуры, будучи известен как часть более широкого бренда экспортируемых корейских развлечений под названием Hallyu . За пределами Азии социальные сети и сайты для обмена видео, такие как YouTube , Facebook , Tumblr , Reddit и Twitter, оказали значительное влияние на распространение информации о корейской поп-музыке среди новой западной аудитории. Качественные музыкальные клипы, которыми можно поделиться, привлекательная мода и эффектная хореография в сочетании с музыкой, вдохновленной западными поп-тенденциями, помогли сделать K-pop интригующим онлайн-спектаклем. Этот жанр доказал, что может превратить вирусный успех в коммерческий успех в 2012 году, когда песня Psy " Gangnam Style " стала прорывным вирусным хитом, возглавив музыкальные чарты более чем 30 стран, включая Австралию, Канаду, Францию, Германию, Италию, Россию, Испанию. и Великобритании, а также №2 в США.

Глобализация позволила группам K-pop продолжить экспансию на западные рынки, особенно в США, посредством туров, онлайн-загрузок и потоковых сервисов, таких как Spotify и Apple Music , которые добавили больше K-pop в свои библиотеки в ответ на возросший спрос со стороны K-pop. -фанаты. Корейская женская группа 2NE1 и мужские группы Exo и BTS занимали верхнюю половину чарта альбомов Billboard 200 с альбомами на корейском языке в 2010-х годах, а BTS и корейская женская группа Blackpink дополнительно вошли в чарт песен Billboard Hot 100 США . Эти песни, хотя и были записаны на корейском языке, включали в свои тексты англоязычные фразы и сленговые термины и использовали в своих интересах популярные западные музыкальные тенденции того времени, такие как хип-хоп, R&B, EDM, тропический хаус, дип-хаус и трэп-музыку. Подобно поп-группам 1990-х годов, K-pop охватывает преимущественно молодежную аудиторию, несмотря на языковой барьер. Ведущими группами K-pop были Girls’ Generation , 2NE1 , Big Bang , Super Junior , Psy , Exo , BTS , Blackpink , Twice и Red Velvet . Несмотря на прогресс в распространении этого жанра, K-pop еще не полностью утвердился и укрепил корейский кроссовер «Восток-Запад» в мировой музыкальной индустрии, что является целью многих корейских развлекательных компаний.

Внутри страны молодые корейские инди-исполнители K-Indie, а также современные корейские городские исполнители приобрели большую известность, чем когда-либо прежде. Влияние североамериканской поп-культуры и хип-хопа оставалось заметным в молодых корейских артистах, когда K-Hip-hop и KR&B вышли из андеграунда и открыли для себя вновь обретенную коммерческую жизнеспособность на корейском телевидении и радио, а также на отечественных сервисах потоковой передачи музыки.

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  В 2010-х годах к-поп группа BTS побила множество рекордов в Южной Корее и остальном мире, выпустив хиты « DNA », « Fake Love » и « Idol », и получив огромную базу поклонников по всему миру.
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  Корейская женская группа Blackpink побила множество онлайн-рекордов в конце 2010-х годов и была названа «самой большой женской группой в мире».
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  Популярность K-Pop в течение десятилетия быстро росла, особенно после международного успеха хит-сингла Psy « Gangnam Style ». на песню Клип стал первым видео на YouTube, просмотр которого превысил один миллиард.

Джей-поп

См. также: Джей-поп

Японская группа AKB48 — одна из самых успешных исполнителей J-pop.

Скандал на аниме-фестивале Asia 2010 в Сингапуре

В 2010 году известная японская айдол - группа AKB48 была занесена в Книгу рекордов Гиннеса как «крупнейшая поп-группа в мире».

В 2010 году японский бойз-бенд Arashi выпустил свой альбом Boku no Miteiru Fūkei , проданный тиражом в 1 миллион человек , который был назван самым продаваемым альбомом года в Японии.

Си-поп

См. также: C-pop , Mandopop , Cantopop и Hokkien pop.

Джей Чоу в 2013 году

Инди-поп и рок-музыка продолжали оказывать доминирующее влияние на радиостанции Тайваня и Гонконга. Джей Чоу по-прежнему оставался доминирующей силой в азиатской популярной музыке: его новый альбом The Era был номинирован на шесть премий Golden Melody Awards (из которых он выиграл три), а его главный сингл "Superman Can't Fly" занял второе место в Hit FM. чартах в том году.

бойз-бэнд TFBoys В 2013 году был основан из трёх человек. Они были известны своей музыкой и хореографией в стиле жевательной резинки, например, той, что можно увидеть в видеоклипе на их фирменную песню "Manual of Youth". SHE Участница Хебе Тьен выпустила свой первый сольный хит « A Little Happiness », который стал музыкальной темой тайваньского фильма «Наши времена» в 2015 году.

В то время как в Гонконге и Тайване доминировали поп-музыка и поп-рок, прямолинейный джаз , джаз-фьюжн и классическая музыка продолжали оставаться самыми популярными жанрами среди молодых сингапурских музыкантов, особенно групп. Юный Оркестр Музыкантов , получивший свое название от строки из стихотворения Артура О'Шонесси , был самым популярным молодежным оркестром в регионе в первой половине десятилетия и выпустил свой первый сольный альбом произведений Густав Малер в 2013 году.

Хип-хоп

Сон Тунг М-ТП

Сон Тонг M-TP был одной из самых успешных поп-звезд в Юго-Восточной Азии, его песни, такие как «Run Now» («Chạy ngay đi») и «Give It to Me» («Hãy trao cho anh») при участии Снуп Догга добились глобального успеха. Его музыка считается представителем V-pop .

Рэпер Шигга Шей был одним из самых успешных рэперов в Юго-Восточной Азии, став хитом благодаря своему рэп-римейку старой малайской народной песни.

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К концу 2000-х - началу 2010-х годов в Южной Африке начался великий этап экспериментов в области высокой музыки с жанрами, которые ранее не были очень заметны в стране, но при этом сохранили свою укоренившуюся музыку. Успех в чартах чемпионате мира по футболу 2010 года песни Waka Waka (На этот раз для Африки) на , в которой участвовала южноафриканская группа Freshlyground, привел к тому, что один из первых в стране хитов их собственного исполнителя возглавил чарты, подарив огромное количество вдохновения другим. местные инструменталисты. После успеха Die Antwoord стали одними из первых коллективов страны, получивших три альбома, которые вошли в топ-150 чарта Billboard 200 , что стало новым рекордом для музыкальной индустрии страны. Один из синглов группы, "Enter The Ninja", также занял топ-50 позиций в Великобритании и Австралии.

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Рэпер AKA также получил большое признание к 2013 году, прославившись своими хитами, возглавлявшими местные чарты, включая « Congratulate » и «All Eyes On Me». Страна представила свой первый официальный, международно признанный музыкальный чарт Mediaguide, позже переименованный в Entertainment Monitoring Africa . В настоящее время чарт опирается на трансляцию своих позиций в чартах, в отличие от других, которые также учитывают физические покупки, загрузки и потоки. Южноафриканский рэпер Эмти продолжал работать над своей музыкой на протяжении всего подросткового возраста. Он выпустил свой хит-сингл « Roll Up », который имел успех у критиков. В 2010 году Эмти сотрудничал с южноафриканским рэпером Maraza над песней «In It To Win It». O. Они появились в шоу HeadRush на канале В 2016 году он получил награду за лучший рэп-альбом на 22-й церемонии вручения наград South African Music Awards. Эмти сотрудничал с AKA, Wizkid, Nasty C , Fifi, Cooper, A-Reece и B3nchMArQ.

Афробиты

В то время как в течение десятилетия продолжался рост афробитов , он пустил свои корни в Гане и Нигерии, и этот жанр стал более узнаваемым за пределами Африки. Такие группы, как Wizkid и Davido, добились большого успеха. Wizkid стал артистом года на церемонии MTV Africa Music Awards в 2016 году и участвовал в написании песни Дрейка «One Dance». К июню 2016 года он получил в общей сложности 34 награды из 106 номинаций. Он также был лауреатом премии BET, двух премий MOBO, пяти премий The Headies Awards, двух премий Channel O Music Video Awards, шести премий Нигерии Entertainment, двух музыкальных премий Ганы, двух премий Dynamix All Youth Awards, двух премий City People Entertainment Awards и Премия будущего. Кроме того, он был трижды номинирован на премию MTV Europe Music Awards, а также четыре раза на World Music Awards. Давидо был лауреатом премии BET, премии Kora, премии Channel O Music Video Award, музыкальной премии Ганы, премии Нигерии за музыкальное видео, 2 наград MTV Africa Music Awards, 2 наград журнала African Muzik Magazine, 5 наград The ​​Headies Awards, 7 наград Нигерии. Entertainment Awards и 2 премии Dynamix All Youth Awards. Вместе они являются одними из самых продаваемых артистов в Нигерии.

В последние годы музыкальная индустрия Ганы добилась прогресса. В Гане было много современных музыкальных стилей из-за географического масштаба Африки, но они превратились в гораздо более современный стиль. Возникла конкуренция среди исполнителей ганской музыки. Один из этих стилей известен как «азонто». Рэпер Гуру выпустил ряд хитов, в том числе «Лапас Тойота».

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