Music history of the United States in the 2010s

Music history of the United States in the 2010s
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Popular music of the United States in the 2010s

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Pop

Lady Gaga is considered one of the most successful American female pop artists of the early 2010s.
Justin Bieber is one of the most successful emerging American male pop and R&B artists in the early 2010s

Electropop, dance pop, synthpop and electrohop, along with other forms of dance/electronica music that originated in the 1980s, have become very popular throughout the US in the early 2010s, due to such acts as LIGHTS, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Adam Lambert, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Mike Posner, Usher, Britney Spears, Timbaland, 3OH!3, Kelis, Far East Movement, Chris Brown, and The Black Eyed Peas. Dubstep is becoming very popular with pop artists such as Britney Spears and Rihanna.

Melisma pop artists/divas such as Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, and Whitney Houston, extremely popular in the 1990s and somewhat popular in the 2000s, with artists such as Beyoncé, declined by the early 2010s in favor of more low-key pop singers.[1]

Teen pop artists, especially artists that are produced by Disney executives, are widely popular in the 2010s so far, though this fad dates back to about 2006 and it is yet to be seen if it will last beyond 2011. Artists such as Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Miranda Cosgrove, Eva, Clique Girlz, Demi Lovato, Willow Smith, and The Jonas Brothers have been popular among the current generation of youth.

Pure pop music comes back after about a ten year hiatus in late 2009, especially after the death of Michael Jackson, and this trend continues well into 2010. While most of the 2000s decade was dominated by hip-hop and rock music, pop music sales rose 5% in 2009, which did not happen since 2004 and was not prominent since 2000;[2] This includes artists such as Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, and Katy Perry.

Contemporary R&B

Rihanna is considered one of the most successful female R&B and pop artists of the early 2010s.
Bruno Mars is one of the most successful emerging American male R&B and pop artists in the early 2010s

R&B is not as important in the early 2010s as it was from the late 1980s to mid 2000s, when New Jack Swing and neo-R&B were fixtures in pop music. Slow jams have largely been replaced by dance numbers and pop ballads performed by artists such as Bruno Mars.

Some of the most successful contemporary R&B artists in the 2000s, such as Usher, Alicia Keys and Beyoncé, continued their success during the early 2010s.

R&B begins to get a more dance influence to it and many artists that were traditionally R&B artists start to change to more of a dance flavor. This is notable in artists such as Ne-Yo, Usher, Chris Brown and Rihanna with songs such as "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" by Usher, "Club Can't Handle Me" by Flo-Rida/David Guetta, "Only Girl (In the World)" by Rihanna, "Yeah 3x" by Chris Brown, and "Beautiful Monster" by Ne-Yo.

A slight soul revival takes place with artists such as Cee Lo Green and Adele.

Rock

Although the rock genre is not as prominent in the Top 40 as in recent decades, it still maintains some popularity on rock only stations.Although the rock genre is not as prominent in the Top 40 as in recent decades, it still maintains some popularity on rock only stations.[3][4][5]

The most successful hard rock album to be released in the 2010s thus far is Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns.[6]

Punk rock/pop punk music has decreased in mainstream popularity since the late 2000s, though a number of acts such as Social Distortion, Bad Religion, NOFX, Paramore, Green Day, The Offspring, Rancid, MxPx, AFI, Rise Against and Pennywise have continued to enjoy some success, while emo, popular between about 2002 and 2008, has declined in popularity and relevance compared to its mid to late 2000s peak.[citation needed]

2011 has a large number of new rock albums as well as comebacks on the way with bands such as Sublime with Rome, Soundgarden (who will release their first album since their 13 year breakup from 1997 to 2010), System of a Down (who will embark on their first tour since their 4 year hiatus from 2006 to 2010[7]), R.E.M., the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Tool, Foo Fighters, Limp Bizkit, The Strokes and Blink-182 (who will release their first album since their indefinite hiatus from 2005 to 2009).

Synthpop and New Wave has seen a large revival such as the second wave, artists such as Passion Pit, Owl City and Lights enter the mainstream.[8]

Hip hop

B.o.B is one of the most successful emerging American male rap artists in the early 2010s

Hip Hop music has moved out of its "bling phase" due to economic recession, and has seen a sharp decline in the mainstream.[9]

Hip hop music was the only genre to have a sales increase in 2010.[10]

In 2010 Eminem, who was the best-selling music act of the previous decade, set an early record on the US Billboard Charts with two #1 singles and the fastest selling album of the decade so far.[11] This has Eminem starting the new decade in a similar way he did the previous one.

Kanye West and Lil Wayne also released albums in the early 2010s that were highly successful, with Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.

Alternative hip hop has been the most popular form of hip hop in the mainstream during the early 2010s with acts such B.o.B, who has already had a number-one album and number-one single plus two other top ten singles in the Billboard Hot 100.

Electronic music

Adam Young, the sole member of Owl City, one of the most successful emerging American synthpop artists in the early 2010s

Electronic and dance music dominates the music through U.S. and North America in the early years of 2010s, replacing hip-hop and R&B music as the dominate style of music. The start of the 2010s has many musical influences from the 1970s Disco, and the 1980s Hi-NRG, Spacesynth, Italo and New Wave music, and influences from the 1990s and 2000s Eurodance, Techno, House, Trip Hop, Europop, Garage and Trance music (this last breaking into mainstream in late 2010 in the USA). Trance can be incorporated into electropop songs, which it is called the new Electrance music genre. Examples of trance melodies are Rihanna's song "Only Girl" and Jennifer Lopez's single "On the Floor" (ft. Pitpull).

Synthpop artists such as Lights, Owl City, and The Ready Set have already had mainstream success.

Industrial or formally electro-industrial music is starting to breakout into mainstream, more notable is in the emerged with dance and electropop music on early 2011. It came out because of the reflex that has with the early 2010 Dubstep popularity. Some examples are Britney Spear's "Hold It Against Me" which debuted on #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and Ke$ha's song "Blow". Lady Gaga's new album Born This Way is set to have electro-industrial beats on tracks and particular songs.

Country

Taylor Swift is considered one of the most successful American female country pop artists of the early 2010s.

As music sales continue to slip,[12] country music has seen only slight decline in sales.[12] This has been attributed both to the faithfulness of country fans and to a rise in popularity of the genre, such as the immense popularity of Taylor Swift in 2009-2010 and the popularity of Lady Antebellum and the Zac Brown Band on Top 40 radio. Carrie Underwood remains a big main stay for the genre. Country music also becomes increasingly popular in the later part of 2010, with artists such as Zac Brown Band, Billy Currington, and many other artists. Miranda Lambert gains major popularity with her third studio album Revolution.

See also

  • 2010s in music

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2010/12/30/gaudy-melisma-style-passe.html?sid=101
  2. ^ Alexandra Topping (2010-05-09). "Going Gaga: Rock music sales take back seat to pop | Music". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/may/09/lady-gaga-cheryl-cole-lily-allen. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  3. ^ "'Nevermind,' never again?". CNN. 2011-09-23. http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/showbiz/music/nirvana-nevermind/index.html. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  4. ^ McCormick, Neil (2009-08-05). "La Roux, Lady Gaga, Mika, Little Boots: the 80s are back". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5978573/La-Roux-Lady-Gaga-Mika-Little-Boots-the-80s-are-back.html. 
  5. ^ Topping, Alexandra (2011-01-11). "RIP rock'n'roll? Professor of pop reads the last rites". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/10/rock-n-roll-read-last-rites. Retrieved 2011-11-07. 
  6. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/top-hard-rock-albums?year=2010
  7. ^ "System Of A Down Announce North American Dates With Gogol Bordello". ChartAttack. 2011-03-01. http://www.chartattack.com/news/2011/mar/01/system-of-a-down-announce-north-american-dates-with-gogol-bordello. Retrieved 2011-03-05. 
  8. ^ "Of the second wave synthpop/new wave style musicians who do you prefer? - MacTaylor Clan". Fanpop. http://www.fanpop.com/spots/mactaylor-clan/picks/show/383458/second-wave-synthpop-new-wave-style-musicians-who-prefer. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  9. ^ Sutter, John (2009-1-29). "Will recession dull hip-hop's bling?". CNN. http://articles.cnn.com/2009-01-29/entertainment/hiphop.bling.recession_1_hip-hop-bling-rappers?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ. Retrieved 2011-11-10. 
  10. ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.13611/title.eminem-drake-nicki-minaj-head-hip-hops-huge-sales-year
  11. ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.13566/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-1-2-2011
  12. ^ a b [1][dead link]

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