By the mid-2010s, the style of vocals popular in indie pop have become immensely widespread among pop instrumentalists as they are commonly used by younger artists, like Selena Gomez, Lana Del Rey, Lorde and Birdy.
Traditional instruments, such as the mandolin, dulcimer, ukulele, bongos, banjo, and accordion, have been 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 Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Adele, P!nk, Shawn Mendes, Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5, had achieved a No.1 single during this 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, and XXXTentacion 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 due to the releases of Britney Spears' Blackout and Kanye West's "Stronger"; 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 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 disk jockeys, like David Guetta and Calvin Harris, also influencing the work of female solo acts like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, 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.[citation needed] 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 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 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.
Throughout the 2010s, different movements in music and the music industry has been formed because of the rise of social media such as YouTube, Tik-Tok, and Soundcloud. Some new, sometimes unique, genres of music have been introduced such as lo-fi hip-hop, vaporwave, and bedroom pop. 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 emerged 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. The distinction of bedroom pop is that the lyrics are written completely by the artists, without editors glossing and cleaning them up, which is rare in mainstream pop.[3][4] Some of these genres elements have been influenced into more mainstream pop music by the latter end of the 2010s decade and are continuing into the 2020s.
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, benefitting from high visibility on Social Media and Video sharing sites like YouTube, began to capitalize on their viral power and monetize netizen fanbases overseas conducting sell-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.
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 the United States due to the success of music festivals, such as The Sound of Q-dance and Defqon 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 had 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 to 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”, “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.
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- Q: A song that features your favorite artist of the 2010s?
- A: Raising Hell - Kesha feat Big Freedia
- Q: Your 2 favorite pop songs from the 2010s?
- A: Blank Space - Taylor Swift
- A: Cake by the Ocean - DNCE
- Q: Your favorite 2 songs from 2012?
- A: Wide Awake - Katy Perry
- A: We Are Young - Fun. feat Janelle Monáe
- Q: A song from 3 of your favorite Hip-Hop artists of the 2010s?
- A: Throw It Back - Missy Elliot
- A: Starships - Nicki Minaj
- A: Hood Rat Sh*t - Megan Thee Stallion
- Q: A song from 2 of your favorite R&B artists of the 2010s?
- A: Formation - Beyonce
- A: Pray For Me - The Weekend & Kendrick Lamar
- Q: The catchiest song of 2017?
- A: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
- Q: A song you wouldn't want to listen to again that came out in 2018?
- A: Supplies - Justin Timberlake
- Q: Your favorite movie soundtrack of the 2010s?
- A: Burlesque
- Q: Favorite theme song from a TV show?
- A: Simply The Best - Noah Reid (From the TV show Schitt's Creek) Not the theme song of the series, but if you're a fan of the show, you'll know what I'm talking about.
- Q: A song that reminds you of 2019?
- A: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
- Q: A song that features your favorite artist of the 2010s?
- A: Adele/ Someone Like you- https://pandora.app.link/I2nWiCdCW7
- Q: Your 2 favorite pop songs from the 2010s?
- A: Adele/ Hello- https://pandora.app.link/HRPdPDhCW7
- A: Pink/ Just Give Me A Reason- https://pandora.app.link/LkuO3BnCW7
- Q: Your favorite 2 songs from 2012?
- A: Adele/ Set Fire To The Rain- https://pandora.app.link/D3bIIYuCW7
- A: Jason Mraz/ I Won't Give Up-https://pandora.app.link/ndrRIcCCW7
- Q: A song from 3 of your favorite Hip-Hop artists of the 2010s?
- A: Grimes/ Oblivion-https://pandora.app.link/2DnPeEKCW7
- A:Sky Ferreira/ Everything Is Embarrassing- https://pandora.app.link/0xNKAKUCW7
- A: Bob Iver/ Holocene-https://pandora.app.link/HmQ9oP1CW7
- Q: A song from 2 of your favorite R&B artists of the 2010s?
- A: Lorde/ Royals-https://pandora.app.link/zgNpN75CW7
- A: Rihanna/ Needed Me- https://pandora.app.link/EuhNRybDW7
- Q: The catchiest song of 2017?
- A: Perfect/ Ed Sheeran-https://pandora.app.link/7S9fwvgDW7
- Q: A song you wouldn't want to listen to again that came out in 2018?
- A: I Like It/ Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Blavin-https://pandora.app.link/ETcDKlrDW7
- Q: Your favorite movie soundtrack of the 2010s?
- A: Mission Impossible-Fallout/ Fallout-https://pandora.app.link/S8PnEdCDW7
- Q: Favorite theme song from a TV show?
- A: Grey's Anatomy/ 10,000 Miles/Lily Kershaw-https://pandora.app.link/UWI0MaKDW7
- Q: A song that reminds you of 2019?
A: Dua Lipa/ Don't Start Now-https://pandora.app.link/GqdJp3WDW7 .
A great music challenge to say the least. Great job once again Pandora. Oh, and TannerPandora, I did my best to try and match your dance. But you know what they say about white guy's and dance. It is much to be desired. Best wishes to you all. Stay safe.
