Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry . These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training . As a kind of popular art , it stands in contrast to art music . Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music , although since the beginning of the recording industry , it is also disseminated through recordings . Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences.
216-451: This article is an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 2010s . 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. Traditional instruments , such as
432-624: 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
648-455: A Catholic sacrament ". McCaffrey added: "All we see is how troubled this girl is now, especially with her family, losing her kids, with her career on a downward slide. And now she's put out this album and this is her tactic to promote it?" Gil Kaufman of MTV said that the images were reminiscent of Madonna 's music video for " Like a Prayer " (1989). After days of media speculation, it was confirmed on September 6, 2007, that Spears would open
864-488: A breathy lower register. "Get Back" is an uptempo dance track with a dark musical tone described as "spooky-sassy". In June 2007, Spears posted a message on her official website asking for assistance with a title for her fifth studio album. Among the options were OMG Is Like Lindsay Lohan Like Okay Like , What If the Joke Is on You , Down Boy , Integrity and Dignity . On October 6, Jive Records announced through
1080-526: A down-tempo dance beat and consists of over-the-top vocal distortions , causing a split sound effect and making it difficult to discern which voice is Spears'. It talks about fame and is written as a biography retelling her mishaps, while she sings in a nearly spoken manner. The third track " Radar " is an electropop and Eurodisco song which features distorted synthesizers emulating sonar pulses, that received comparisons to those of Soft Cell 's " Tainted Love " (1981). In its lyrics, Spears lets
1296-488: A military drumroll and features Spears singing about needing a new lover. On "Hot as Ice", she sings in a higher register: "I'm just a girl with the ability to drive a man crazy / Make him call me 'mama', make him my new baby." "Ooh Ooh Baby" contains a flamenco guitar and blends the beat from Gary Glitter 's " Rock and Roll " (1972) and the melody of the Turtles ' " Happy Together " (1967). In its lyrics, she sings to
1512-553: A Butterfly became a cultural touchstone addressing issues of racial identity and empowerment. 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
1728-466: 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
1944-459: A Plan)" the centerpiece of Blackout , and branded the album "superb modern pop, which could probably only have been released by this star at this moment. Britney as walking catastrophe makes for great car-crash copy and her record can fit into that if you want it to." Ewing also compared the relationship between Spears and the album with American television series Twin Peaks , saying that what made
2160-530: A chance to gain popularity. In contrast to Western popular music, genres of music that originated outside of the West are often categorized as world music . This label turns otherwise popular styles of music into an exotic and unknown category . The Western concept of 'World Music' homogenizes many different genres of popular music under one accessible term for Western audiences. New media technology has led urban music styles to filter into distant rural areas across
2376-479: A cross and fishnet stockings, sitting on the priest's lap, while in the second one she leans suggestively against the confessional with the priest sitting on the other side of the partition. After the album was released, the Catholic League 's director of communications Kiera McCaffrey stated that the group considered the photos a "cheap publicity stunt" to promote the album and condemned Spears for "mocking
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#17327979660122592-661: 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 . During
2808-533: A culture regarding music. Popular music in Indonesia is often categorized as hybrid forms of Western rock to genres that originated in Indonesia and are indigenous in style. The genre of music Dangdut is a genre of popular music specifically found in Indonesia . Dangdut formed from two other genres of popular music: indo pop and underground music coming together to create a new fusion genre. Dangdut takes
3024-415: A departure from Spears' previous highly-choreographed music videos. The video received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who panned Spears' pole dancing as well as the lack of storyline. " Piece of Me " was released as the second single from Blackout on November 27, 2007. Critics gave the song positive reviews, praising its production and defiant lyrics, while citing it as one of the highlights from
3240-527: A drop in the use of major keys and a rise in the use of minor keys since the 1960s; 85% of songs were in a major key in that decade, while only around 40% of songs are in a major key now. The subject matter and lyrics of popular music have also undergone major change, becoming sadder as well as more antisocial and self-centered since the 1960s. There has also been an increasing trend of songs' emotional content, key, and tempo not following common associations; for example, fast songs with sad subject matters or in
3456-454: 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
3672-438: A fuck, which is why it sounds perfect for grim times like these. Especially since America in 2017 is less sane or stable than Britney was in 2007. If our girl could emerge from the wreckage with an album like Blackout , there's hope for us all — Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone When Blackout was released, Spears' behavior in public began to clash with her image. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stated that Spears
3888-618: A good example for us - they show great respect for themselves and their arts. Wherever they are, they wear their native dress and their music is known throughout the world. This is the right way." She discussed this to explain why Egypt and the Arab world needed to take pride in the popular music styles originating in their culture so the styles were not lost in the modernization. Local musicians learned Western instrumental styles to create their own popular styles including their native languages and indigenous musical features. Communities in throughout
4104-503: A larger number of music lovers to hear the new popular piano tunes. By the early 1900s, the big trends in popular music were the increasing popularity of vaudeville theaters and dance halls and a new invention—the gramophone player . The record industry grew very rapidly; "By 1920 there were almost 80 record companies in Britain, and almost 200 in the USA". The availability of records enabled
4320-451: A larger percentage of the population to hear the top singers and bands. Radio broadcasting of music, which began in the early 1920s, helped to spread popular songs to a huge audience, enabling a much larger proportion of the population to hear songs performed by professional singers and music ensembles, including individuals from lower income groups who previously would not have been able to afford concert tickets. Radio broadcasting increased
4536-434: A level of stability within societies to characterize historical periods, distribution of music, and the patterns of influence and continuity within the popular styles of music. Anahid Kassabian separated popular music into four categories: A society's popular music reflects the ideals that are prevalent at the time it is performed or published. David Riesman states that the youth audiences of popular music fit into either
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#17327979660124752-500: A little bit more urban ." — Spears comparing Blackout with Circus . Danja stated that Spears' objective was to make Blackout a fun, danceable album with uptempo , high-energy music, saying: "She wanted to stay away from being personal. It's fun, it's basic and there's nothing wrong with that. It's about feeling good, celebrating womanhood." The result was a primarily dance-pop , electropop , techno and avant-disco album with R&B elements. The album opens with
4968-698: A little more in and just having fun and messing around really." Spears began recording with them at the Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas in August, while she was eight months pregnant with Jayden James. Recording continued at Spears' house in Los Angeles, three weeks after she gave birth. Hilson commented that "She gave 150 percent. [...] I don't know any other mother that would do that." Danja added that despite all
5184-424: A lover: "Touch me and I come alive / I can feel you on my lips / I can feel you deep inside". Kara DioGuardi said she was inspired by the relationship between Spears and her first son in the studio, saying: "I would look at the two of them, the way they looked at each other and the way she would hold the baby. It kind of struck me as interesting. At times it'd be about a kid at times about a lover." "Perfect Lover" has
5400-525: 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. Thrash metal was not as popular in the 2010s as it was during the 1980s and early-to-mid-1990s, when
5616-527: A majority group or a subculture . The majority group listens to the commercially produced styles while the subcultures find a minority style to transmit their own values. This allows youth to choose what music they identify with, which gives them power as consumers to control the market of popular music. Music critic Robert Christgau coined the term "semipopular music" in 1970, to describe records that seemed accessible for popular consumption but proved unsuccessful commercially. "I recognized that something else
5832-404: A minor key, or slow songs with happier content or in a major key. There are multiple possible explanations for many of these changes. One reason for the brevity of songs in the past was the physical capability of records . Vinyl record singles, which were heavily favored for radio play, only had room for about three minutes of music, physically limiting the possible length of popular songs. With
6048-531: A more globalized culture. The second reason is that the Chinese television and music industry since the 1980s has broadcast television shows from their neighboring Asian societies and the West. The third reason is the impact of the internet and smartphones on the accessibility of streaming music. In 2015, students in China accounted for 30.2% of China's internet population and the third and fifth most popular uses of
6264-425: A pianist to reproduce popular songs and pieces. In addition to the influence of sheet music, another factor was the increasing availability during the late 18th and early 19th century of public popular music performances in "pleasure gardens and dance halls , popular theatres and concert rooms". The early popular music performers worked hand-in-hand with the sheet music industry to promote popular sheet music. One of
6480-410: A piece. From the 1960s through the mid-2000s, albums collecting songs were the dominant form for recording and consuming English-language popular music, in a period known as the album era . In the 2000s, with songs and pieces available as digital sound files, it has become easier for music to spread from one country or region to another. Some popular music forms have become global, while others have
6696-599: A popular underground subculture through the Middle East . Just like their Western counterparts, Middle Eastern metal followers expressed their feelings of alienation. But their thoughts came from war and social restrictions on youth. In interviews of Iranian teenagers between 1990 and 2004, the youth overall preferred Western popular music, even though it was banned by the government. Iranian underground rock bands are composed of members who are young, urban-minded, educated, relatively well-off, and global beings. Iranian rock
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6912-512: A potential hit – makes more sense than ever. Especially if a star can keep sonically up-to-date in a fast-moving market." Reviewers noted the use of Auto-Tune in Spears' voice. Ewing said that Blackout serves as a reminder of how instantly recognizable Spears' vocals are, saying that "treated or untreated: her thin Southern huskiness is one of the defining sounds of 00s pop." He noted that
7128-403: A pregnant Spears. DioGuardi said that Spears "worked really hard" and called her "unstoppable". In September, Rotem told MTV News that he and Spears were trying to innovate the current sound of radio at the time, exemplifying Nelly Furtado 's " Promiscuous ". On November 8, the day after she filed for divorce from Federline, Spears recorded " Radar " with Ezekiel Lewis and Patrick M. Smith of
7344-606: A press release announcing that Long Road Out of Eden had sold 711,000 copies. At night, it was announced through an article on Billboard.biz that after an agreement with Nielsen SoundScan, Billboard would allow exclusive albums only available through one retailer to appear on the charts, effective that same week. Hence, Long Road Out of Eden topped the Billboard 200, while Blackout debuted at number two, with first-week sales of 290,000 copies. It became Spears' first studio album not to debut at number one. The album, however, set
7560-413: A press release that the album would be titled Blackout , referring to "blocking out negativity and embracing life fully." Its album cover and booklet images were photographed by Ellen von Unwerth . Jive revealed the cover alongside the album's track listing on October 12. It features Spears sporting black hair and wearing a pink dress, and a white fedora; the rear cover of the physical CD pressings shows
7776-458: A propulsive, clattery belly-dance beat, against which Spears sings lyrics such as "Tick-tock / Tick-tock / Come and get me while I'm hot". Standard edition of Blackout closes with "Why Should I Be Sad", a midtempo song directed to her ex-husband Kevin Federline. "Everybody" samples Eurythmics ' " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) " (1983) and features Spears singing about the dancefloor in
7992-427: A record company's singing star could be cross-promoted by the conglomerate's television talk shows and magazine arms. The "introduction of digital equipment (mixing desks, synthesizers, samplers, sequencers)" in the 1980s resulted in what Grove Dictionary of Music dubbed the creation of "new sound worlds", as well as facilitating DIY music production by amateur musicians and "tiny independent record labels ". In
8208-518: 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
8424-422: A return of the verse in one last A section (AABA). Verse-chorus form or ABA form may be combined with AABA form, in compound AABA forms. Variations such as a1 and a2 can also be used. The repetition of one chord progression may mark off the only section in a simple verse form such as the twelve bar blues. "The most significant feature of the emergent popular music industry of the late 18th and early 19th centuries
8640-440: A song or piece becomes known to listeners mainly from hearing the music (in contrast with classical music , in which many musicians learn pieces from sheet music); its appeal to diverse listeners, its treatment as a marketplace commodity in a capitalist context, and other factors. Sales of 'recordings' or sheet music are one measure. Middleton and Manuel note that this definition has problems because multiple listens or plays of
8856-465: A statement on March 20, saying that she "successfully complet[ed] their program." In May, she produced a series of promotional concerts at House of Blues venues across the United States, titled The M+M's Tour . "It's definitely Britney, but the next level. With songs like ' Toxic ', she was very innovative, and we're trying to top it. Push it to the next thing. The album wouldn't come out in
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9072-569: A step forward for Britney following 2003's surprisingly strong In the Zone , for which she received a writing credit on a majority of the songs (as opposed to a scant three here)." Andy Battaglia of The A.V. Club said the album "counts both as a significant event and as a disquieting aberration that couldn't be more mysteriously manufactured or bizarrely ill-timed" in which "every song counts as markedly progressive and strange." Alexis Petridis from The Guardian called it "a bold, exciting album:
9288-420: A surprise appearance at the Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM to premiere a rough mix of a new midtempo track "Mona Lisa". Spears had recorded the song live with her band while on tour, and dedicated it to all the "legends and icons out there". The lyrics lament the fall of Mona Lisa , calling her "unforgettable" and "unpredictable", and cautions listeners not to have a "breakdown". She also revealed she wanted
9504-606: A wan attempt to lip-synch her new single". Vinay Menon of the Toronto Star commented Spears "looked hopelessly dazed. She was wearing the expression of somebody who had been deposited at the Palms Casino Resort by a tornado, one that promptly twisted away, taking her clothing and sense of purpose. [...] [She was] lumbering, in slow motion, as if somebody had poured cement into her streetwalker boots". David Willis of BBC stated her performance would "go down in
9720-486: A while anyhow, since it's at the very beginning. When it comes time to promote the album, she'll be in a different headspace where that's going to be the main thing. But right now, she's happy juggling music and motherhood." — J. R. Rotem talks about working with Spears in May 2006. Spears was the executive producer of Blackout , and the album remains her sole album to be executive produced by her. Earnest recording of
9936-476: A wide appeal within the culture of their origin. Through the mixture of musical genres, new popular music forms are created to reflect the ideals of a global culture. The examples of Africa , Indonesia , and the Middle East show how Western pop music styles can blend with local musical traditions to create new hybrid styles. Some sort of popular music has existed for as long as there has been an urban middle class to consume it. What distinguishes it above all
10152-431: A wider range of people. Although due to the significance and strong position of culture in traditional African music, African popular music tends to stay within the roots of traditional African Popular Music. The genre of music, Maskanda , is popular in its culture of origin, South Africa. Although maskanda is a traditional music genre by definition, the people who listen to it influence the ideals that are brought forth in
10368-515: A woman ... Blackout was the signal that this transition had reached its climax. Yet rather than emerging as a Stepford pop princess, the Britney that appeared was disruptive and peddling demented pop music." The Independent ranked Blackout number three on their list of the 20 most underrated albums ever, with Roisin O'Connor crediting the "icy beats and glitchy synths" of "Piece of Me" for inspiring "generations of future-leaning pop stars in
10584-491: Is a cross-bred concentration of fashionable modes." In his mind, a liking "for the nasty, brutish, and short intensifies a common semipopular tendency in which lyrical and conceptual sophistication are applauded while musical sophistication— jazz chops or classical design or avant-garde innovation—is left to the specialists." American folk singer Pete Seeger defined pop music as "professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music". Form in popular music
10800-412: Is a niche genre of music. In South India, Carnatic is a niche genre of music people enjoy listening to. Music genre popularity changes greatly over time. This can be influenced by a number of factors such as current trends or even historical events. In the 19th and 20th century, Classical music was far more popular than it is in modern times. This can be attributed to a wide variety of changes, including
11016-574: 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
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#173279796601211232-461: Is about "two people, a girl and a guy, [...] and the girl is saying, 'You're a little cold. Let me warm things up and break the ice .'" After the chorus, the bridge begins with Spears saying "I like this part", mimicking Janet Jackson on " Nasty " (1986). The album's fifth track "Heaven on Earth" is a Eurodisco love song with new wave influences. It was inspired by Donna Summer 's " I Feel Love " (1977), with three vocal lines taking place over
11448-667: Is described by the traits that these band members possess. The youth who take part in underground music in the Middle East are aware of the social constraints of their countries, but they are not optimistic about social change. Iranian rock bands have taken up an internationalist position to express their rebellion from the discourses in their national governments. 44. HeadphonesAddict. "20+ Music Genre Statistics: Most Popular Music Genres (2022)". HeadphonesAddict , 8 July 2022, https://headphonesaddict.com/music-genre-statistics/. Blackout (Britney Spears album) Blackout
11664-439: Is most often sectional , the most common sections being verse , chorus or refrain , and bridge . Other common forms include thirty-two-bar form , chorus form , and twelve-bar blues . Popular music songs are rarely composed using different music for each stanza of the lyrics (songs composed in this fashion are said to be " through-composed "). The verse and chorus are considered the primary elements. Each verse usually has
11880-470: 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
12096-503: Is popular in Indonesia is punk rock . This genre was shaped in Indonesia by the local interpretations of the media from the larger global punk movement. Jeremy Wallach argues that while Green Day was seen as the " death of punk ," in Indonesia they were seen catalyst for a larger punk movement. Punk in Indonesia calls on the English-speaking world to embrace the global sects of the punk subculture and become open-minded to
12312-432: Is pure, juicy, plastic get-naked." Retrospective critical reviews, however, have praised Blackout and noted its strong influence on the music of the late 2000s and early 2010s. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone described it as "one of the most influential albums in modern pop". In a retrospective review published in 2017, Alim Kheraj of Dazed called the album "one of the most inventive pop records in recent history",
12528-436: 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. 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
12744-703: Is the aesthetic level it is aimed at. The cultural elite has always endowed music with an exalted if not self-important religious or aesthetic status, while for the rural folk , it has been practical and unselfconscious, an accompaniment to fieldwork or to the festivals that provide periodic escape from toil. But since Rome and Alexandria , professional entertainers have diverted and edified city dwellers with songs, marches, and dances, whose pretensions fell somewhere in between." — Robert Christgau , in Collier's Encyclopedia (1984) Scholars have classified music as "popular" based on various factors, including whether
12960-455: Is the fifth studio album by American singer Britney Spears . It was released on October 25, 2007, by Jive Records . Its production and release occurred as Spears' personal struggles were highly publicized and overshadowed her professional projects. She executive-produced the album, working with producers Danja , Bloodshy & Avant , Sean Garrett , and the Neptunes , among others; it is
13176-513: The Billboard 200 . On November 6, 2007, Billboard announced that even though the Eagles 's first-week sales of Long Road Out of Eden had handily surpassed Spears, they would not debut atop the chart because of rules forbidding albums exclusively sold at one retail outlet– Walmart in this case–from entering the Billboard 200. During the afternoon of the same day, Walmart issued
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#173279796601213392-466: The 1960s . One major change is that popular music has gotten slower; the average BPM of popular songs from the 1960s was 116, while the average of the 2000s was 100BPM. Additionally, songs getting radio play in the 1960s were, on average, only about three minutes long. In contrast, most of the songs in the Billboard Top 5 in 2018 were between 3:21 and 3:40 minutes long. There has also been
13608-540: The 2007 MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino 's Pearl Theatre in Las Vegas on September 9. It was also announced that she was going to perform "Gimme More", with a magic act from illusionist Criss Angel in some parts of the performance. However, the bit is thought to have been rejected by the show's organizers at the last minute. The performance began with Spears singing the first lines of Elvis Presley 's 1958 song " Trouble ". "Gimme More" began, and
13824-575: The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and won all of them– Video of the Year , Best Female Video and Best Pop Video –marking Spears' first MTV Video Music Award wins ever. " Break the Ice " was released as the third and final single from Blackout on March 3, 2008. It received acclaim from critics, some of whom called it an album highlight. The song reached the top ten in Canada, Finland and Ireland, peaking within
14040-624: 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
14256-466: 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
14472-533: 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 . In 2017 hip-hop surpassed rock as
14688-421: The Billboard Hot 100. Its accompanying music video, directed by Wayne Isham , portrayed Spears' life at the time and showed her with her friends disguising themselves in order to confuse the paparazzi . Isham's concept was to have Spears confidently parodying her situation. It received mixed reviews from critics, most of whom argued her body was digitally altered. The video was nominated in three categories at
14904-587: The Canadian Albums Chart with sales of 29,000 units, becoming her first number-one album there since Britney (2001). It was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for shipments of 100,000 copies. In Mexico, the album debuted at number 18, peaking at number two in its third week. In Australia and New Zealand, the album debuted at numbers three and eight, respectively. It
15120-561: 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
15336-484: The " Bible of Pop" for its impact on the music industry, and is considered one of the most influential albums of all time. English singer and songwriter Sam Smith wrote on their Instagram page, "One of the greatest fucking albums of all time. No arguments". Tom Ewing of Pitchfork noted that after "Freakshow" leaked online, a dubstep forum thread on the song hit seven pages in twenty-four hours, generating mixed reactions and exemplifying that "it still seems [that] when
15552-571: The 1970s, the trend towards consolidation in the recording industry continued to the point that the "... dominance was in the hands of five huge transnational organizations, three American-owned ( WEA , RCA , CBS ) and two European-owned companies ( EMI , Polygram )". In the 1990s, the consolidation trend took a new turn: inter-media consolidation. This trend saw music recording companies being consolidated with film, television, magazines, and other media companies, an approach which facilitated cross-marketing promotion between subsidiaries. For example,
15768-689: The 1980s with two U.S. top 5 albums, The Next Day (2013) and Blackstar (2016), the latter being released shortly before his death. 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
15984-445: The 1990s, the availability of sound recording software and effects units software meant that an amateur indie band could record an album—which required a fully equipped recording studio in previous decades—using little more than a laptop and a good quality microphone . That said, the audio quality of modern recording studios still outstrips what an amateur can produce. There are many genres of music worldwide, over 300. Leading for
16200-439: 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,
16416-1303: 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 . With
16632-604: 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 . 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
16848-547: The 2010s, artists crossbred trap with dubstep to create trap EDM . It also influenced Latin trap music. Popular music The original application of the term is to music of the 1880s Tin Pan Alley period in the United States . Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to
17064-423: 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
17280-577: 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
17496-455: The Arab world place high value on their indigenous musical identities while assimilating to new musical styles from neighboring countries or mass media. Through the 1980s and 1990s, popular music has been seen as a problem for the Iranian government because of the non-religious meanings within the music and the bodily movements of dancing or headbanging. During this time period, metal became
17712-655: The Clutch at the Sony Music Studios in New York City. Lewis had wanted to work with her for a long time and was motivated to produce something for her that was going to "help her project become a great project to come back with". Smith stated that the team tried to create a record "for the Britney Spears that we know and love" and that it did not "touch on anything that was really dealing with all
17928-417: 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. The decade had seen
18144-606: The European education system that the early nationalistic leaders grew up in. Not all African political songs were based on Western styles. For example, in South Africa, the political songs during the Anti-Apartheid Movement were based on traditional tribal styles along with hybrid forms of imported genres. Activists used protest and freedom songs to persuade individuals to take action, become educated with
18360-478: The Ice ", "Get Naked (I Got a Plan)", "Hot as Ice", "Perfect Lover", "Outta This World" and "Get Back". Danja explained that the creative process was not difficult at first since he was "left to do pretty much whatever I wanted to", and "if she felt it, she was gonna ride with it. If she didn't, you'd see it in her face." Hilson wrote "Gimme More" with Spears in mind after Danja played her the instrumental , saying: "I just started singing, 'Give me, Give me' and added
18576-810: 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. We can't ignore the influence had on some of these rappers success, Lil Uzi Vert , XXXTentacion , Playboi Carti , Juice WRLD , Trippie Redd , and more gained massive followings through Soundcloud, creating a new pipeline for underground artists to achieve success, while still remaining underground . 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
18792-827: The Lizard Wizard , Portugal. The Man , Thee Oh Sees , Pond , Temples , MGMT , Allah-Las , Ty Segall , Samsara Blues Experiment and The Black Angels . 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
19008-461: 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 had not been as prominent in
19224-873: 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. 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
19440-582: The Seventies (1981): "In popular music, embracing the '70s meant both an elitist withdrawal from the messy concert and counterculture scene and a profiteering pursuit of the lowest common denominator in FM radio and album rock ... In the '70s the powerful took over, as rock industrialists capitalized on the national mood to reduce potent music to an often reactionary species of entertainment—and to transmute rock's popular base from audience to market." In
19656-466: The US Billboard Hot 100 , becoming her highest-peaking single on the chart since " ...Baby One More Time " (1998), and reached the top ten in additional 16 countries. " Piece of Me " peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, but replicated the international commercial success of its predecessor. Its accompanying music video won Spears her first MTV Video Music Award , winning Video of
19872-696: 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
20088-555: The US during the late 19th century was in New York's ' Tin Pan Alley ' district. The Tin Pan Alley music publishers developed a new method for promoting sheet music: incessant promotion of new songs. One of the technological innovations that helped to spread popular music around the turn of the century was player pianos . A player piano could be used to record a skilled pianist's rendition of a piano piece. This recorded performance could be "played back" on another player piano. This allowed
20304-496: 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 ". English-Irish pop boyband One Direction and Canadian singer Shawn Mendes were some of
20520-507: The Year , Best Female Video and Best Pop Video in 2008 . " Break the Ice " did not fare as well as its predecessors, peaking at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. Originally intended as the fourth single, " Radar " was later included on Spears' following studio album Circus and was released as its fourth and final single in June 2009. Unlike her previous albums, Spears did not heavily promote Blackout ; her only televised appearance for
20736-405: The ability of songwriters, singers and bandleaders to become nationally known. Another factor which helped to disseminate popular music was the introduction of "talking pictures"— sound films —in the late 1920s, which also included music and songs. In the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s, there was a move towards consolidation in the recording industry, which led several major companies to dominate
20952-408: The album "feels fresher than ever 15 years on". In the United States, Blackout sold 124,000 copies during its first day of availability according to Nielsen SoundScan . Jessica Letkemann of Billboard compared the sales favorably to those of the previous week's number-one album Carnival Ride by Carrie Underwood , which sold 49,000 copies, estimating that Blackout would possibly debut atop
21168-448: The album "is a masterclass in autotune and vocal treatment as a studio instrument, disrupting and jamming the songs as much as it helps them." While reviewing Spears' demo of " Telephone ", Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone compared it to "Piece of Me", "proving yet again how much impact Britney has had on the sonics of current pop. People love to make fun of Britney, and why not, but if 'Telephone' proves anything, it's that Blackout may be
21384-399: The album "is the first time in her career that she's voiced any real thoughts about her life" and that "she's gonna crank the best pop booty jams until a social worker cuts off her supply of hits." Slant Magazine writer Sal Cinquemani unfavorably compared the album to In the Zone , saying that although Blackout "scores well, and its hotness quotient is remarkably high, [it] isn't much of
21600-561: The album "may be more a tribute to the skills of the A-list producers who guided her through the disc than to any of her own talents. But at least she was smart enough to accept that guidance." In his consumer guide for MSN Music , critic Robert Christgau gave the album a B+ and said that "From 'Gimme More' ' s 'It's Britney bitch' hiya to 'Piece of Me' ' s single-of-the-year sonics, from 'Ooh Ooh Baby' ' s 'feel you deep inside' to 'Perfect Lover' ' s 'touch me there', this album
21816-407: The album as " state-of-the-art dance-pop, a testament to skills of the producers and perhaps even Britney being somehow cognizant enough to realize she should hire the best, even if she's not at her best." Dennis Lim of Blender deemed it "her most consistent [album], a seamlessly entertaining collection of bright, brash electropop." Margeaux Watson of Entertainment Weekly commented that while
22032-656: The album began in 2006, according to a Spears representative. Spears first met J.R. Rotem in Las Vegas in March, and enlisted him to work on the album after listening to Rihanna 's " SOS ". They wrote and recorded four songs together, including " Everybody ", which was originally offered to Rihanna and the Cheetah Girls . In July, she started working with Danja , who contacted songwriters such as Keri Hilson , Jim Beanz and Corté Ellis to work with him. The team wrote seven tracks for Spears – " Gimme More ", " Break
22248-496: The album itself. On November 27, 2007, MTV launched the contest "Britney Spears Wants a Piece of You", in which fans could direct a separate video for "Piece of Me", using footage of interviews and performances from Spears. Using the MTV Video Remixer, fans could mix and create a mashup of the footage. The winning video premiered on Total Request Live on December 20, and MTV, Jive Records, and Spears herself picked
22464-493: The album was a universally panned performance of "Gimme More" at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards . However, a number of its songs were performed on her subsequent tour the Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009) and later on her concert residency Britney: Piece of Me (2013–2017). In retrospect, the album has been deemed a career highlight for Spears and has been praised for its significant impact on
22680-509: The album was considered to be finished, they were persuaded by LaBarbera Whites to work on a new track. Winnberg commented that it had always been "an unwritten rule " to not write songs about Spears' personal life, since " Sweet Dreams My LA Ex ", an answer song to Justin Timberlake 's " Cry Me a River ", was rejected by Jive Records. However, the duo wrote " Piece of Me " with Klas Åhlund anyway, as an answer to Spears' critics, and sent it to Spears, who "loved it". Winnberg stated: "We knew that
22896-412: The album was not poetry, "there is something delightfully escapist about Blackout , a perfectly serviceable dance album abundant in the kind of bouncy electro elements that buttressed her hottest hits." A reviewer for NME said that the heavily-processed vocals made Spears sound robotic, adding that "it could really do with a few more human touches." Pitchfork ' s Tom Ewing called "Get Naked (I Got
23112-460: The album was the world's 32nd best-selling album of 2007. By the end of 2008, Blackout had sold 3.1 million copies worldwide. A punk masterpiece, [ Blackout ] is an avant-disco concept album about getting famous, not giving a fuck, getting divorced, not giving a fuck, getting publicly mocked and despised and humiliated. It's an album about dancing on tables in a cloud of glitter and Cheeto dust. But mostly it's an album about not giving
23328-674: The album. Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 15 on their list of the 100 best songs of 2007. It peaked at number one in Ireland and within the top ten in Australia, Austria, Canada, the Commonwealth of Independent States , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, New Zealand, Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it became Spears' fourth Dance Club Songs number-one single, and peaked at number 18 on
23544-442: The album. Zomba representatives alleged the posts had taken place over the course of the previous three months, and requested real and punitive damages as well as legal costs . On June 30, 2009, the parties submitted a stipulation to dismiss the case, pursuant to an undisclosed settlement agreement. The following month, The District Court judge dismissed the case with prejudice . Unlike Spears' previous studio albums, Blackout
23760-401: The beat. Nicole Morier commented that the song was written from a very dark place, saying: "I was thinking of someone and thinking they were so perfect and that I have all these imperfections. [...] I think what's touching about it is that it's from the perspective of someone who feels like they really need this person just to feel safe and feel good." At the time of its release, Spears named
23976-407: 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 . Some Albums like Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp
24192-496: 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
24408-485: The camera panned out to reveal Spears wearing a black, jewel-encrusted bikini and black boots. She was accompanied by male and female dancers dressed in black outfits. Several pole dancers danced in smaller stages around the audience. The performance was universally panned by critics. Jeff Leeds of The New York Times said that "no one was prepared for Sunday night's fiasco, in which a listless Ms. Spears teetered through her dance steps and mouthed only occasional words in
24624-767: The chart for 28 weeks. It was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 300,000 copies. The album debuted at the summit in Ireland and on the European Top 100 Albums . Across Europe, it reached the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI),
24840-817: 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
25056-429: The contemporary United States, one of the most popular forms of music is rap. DJ Kool Herc, is famously known for creating hip-hop itself in the 1970s. With the technique he created when mixing two identical records back and forth, he was able to make unique-sounding sounds that later gave birth to rap itself. In modern times, rap is used to bring awareness to a problem such as: racism, sexism. It developed communities in
25272-431: The dancers and having fun. That feeling of being on the stage, knowing it's your best – I love that. I needed a break. I needed to be hungry again." When asked about her next album, she said she had been experimenting in her home studio with live musicians, stripping down her sound and playing the piano . Spears wanted the album to represent her Louisiana roots, explaining that she grew up listening to blues . "When I
25488-521: 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
25704-403: 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
25920-433: 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
26136-403: The difference in songs' subject matter and emotional content, popular music since the late 1960s has increasingly been used to promote social change and political agendas. Artists since that time have often focused their music on current events and subjects relevant to the current generations. Another theory is that globalization makes audiences' tastes more diverse, so different ideas in music have
26352-572: The divorce, her partying and public behavior drew attention from the worldwide media. Spears' maternal aunt Sandra Bridges Covington, with whom she had been very close, died of ovarian cancer in January. In February, Spears suffered from a nervous breakdown and shaved her head, which caused intense media scrutiny. Consequently, she ended with two separate stints at Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu, California . Her manager Larry Rudolph released
26568-445: The dress in blue. The cover received negative critical response. The album's booklet contains photographs of empty chairs with ripped tabloid pages and still images from the music video for "Gimme More". It does not include a thank-you list, unlike her previous albums' booklets. The centerfold photographs for Blackout feature Spears and a priest posing suggestively inside a confessional . The first image shows Spears, who wears
26784-879: 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
27000-538: 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
27216-445: 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
27432-425: 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
27648-427: The early popular music performers to attain widespread popularity was a Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind , who toured the US in the mid-19th century. In addition to living room amateur music-making during the 19th century, more people began getting involved in music during this era by participating in amateur choirs, joining brass bands or playing in amateur orchestras. The center of the music publishing industry in
27864-401: The ensuing 2010s decade of pop music , being credited for bringing the electropop and avant-disco genres to mainstream prominence. Blackout has been listed among the best albums of all time by multiple publications. In November 2003, while promoting her fourth studio album In the Zone , Spears told Entertainment Weekly that she was already writing songs for her fifth studio album and
28080-431: The excess that's splashed all over the tabloids", while noting that the album had a coherence that the public Spears lacked. "When she dropped Blackout in 2007, the music industry scoffed, but then proceeded to spend the next few years imitating it to death, to the point where everything on pop radio sounded like Blackout ," said Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone . Blackout has been referred by music critics and fans as
28296-417: The fast-growing genre's ability to communicate, educate, empower, and entertain. Artists who would have started in traditional music genres, like maskanda, became hip hop artists to provide a stronger career path for themselves. These rappers compare themselves to the traditional artists like the griot and oral storyteller, who both had a role in reflecting on the internal dynamics of the larger society. In
28512-705: 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
28728-628: 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
28944-434: 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. Throughout the 2010s, different movements in music and
29160-419: 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
29376-472: The globe. The rural areas, in turn, are able to give feedback to the urban centers about the new styles of music. Urbanization, modernization, exposure to foreign music and mass media have contributed to hybrid urban pop styles. The hybrid styles have also found a space within Western popular music through the expressions of their national culture. Recipient cultures borrow elements from host cultures and alter
29592-511: The history books as being one of the worst to grace the MTV Awards ". Blackout was set to be released on November 13. However, Jive Records announced on October 10 that the release date would be moved up two weeks, to October 30, due to unauthorized leaks . The following day, Zomba Label Group filed a lawsuit against Perez Hilton , claiming he illegally obtained and posted on his gossip blog at least ten songs and unfinished demos of
29808-691: The internet were respectively, internet music and internet video use. The youths described being able to connect to the emotions and language of the Chinese music, but also enjoyed the melodies found within Anglo-American music. The students also believed that listening to the English music would improve their English language skills. Modernization of music in the Arab world involved borrowing inspiration from Turkish music and Western musical styles. The late Egyptian singer, Umm Kulthum , stated, "We must respect ourselves and our art. The Indians have set
30024-456: The invention of CDs in 1982, and more recently with streaming , music can be as long or short as both writers and listeners wish. However, songs have shortened again, partially due to the ubiquity of streaming. The average song length in 2018 was 3 minutes and 30 seconds, 20 seconds shorter than the average in 2014. The most probable cause of this is that artists are now paid per individual stream, and longer songs could mean fewer streams. As for
30240-456: The latter and the results were "largely fantastic." Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times said: "The electronic beats and bass lines are as thick as Ms. Spears's voice is thin, and as the album title suggests, the general mood is bracingly unapologetic." Sanneh added that Spears had a spectral presence on the album, explaining that when compared to her previous records, "[she] cuts a startlingly low profile on Blackout [...] Even when she
30456-451: The lead single " Gimme More ", a dance-pop and electropop song. The song opens with a spoken intro in which Spears says the line "It's Britney, bitch". While the lyrics appear to be about dance and sex, they are actually about the media's fascination with her private life, as noted in the lines "Cameras are flashin' while we're dirty dancin' / They keep watchin', keep watchin'". The next track and second single " Piece of Me " runs through
30672-405: 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
30888-487: The mainstream borrows underground music , [it] brings it into the wider pop vocabulary." He also attributed the quality of every track of Blackout to economic reasons, since one of the main causes album sales began to suffer during the digital era is due to the " unbundling " of albums in online stores – making it easier for consumers to buy some tracks rather than the entire album. Ewing explained that "The Revolver blueprint for pop albums – every track good, every track
31104-512: 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
31320-518: The meaning and context found in the host culture. Many Western styles, in turn, have become international styles through multinational recording studios. Popular African music styles have stemmed from traditional entertainment genres, rather than evolving from music used with certain traditional ceremonies like weddings, births, or funerals. African popular music as a whole has been influenced by European countries, African-American and Afro-Latin music, and region-specific styles that became popular across
31536-422: 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
31752-460: The most influential pop album of the past five years." In June 2012, Blackout was added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's musical library and archive. Calling it a "mutant pop classic", Dazed named Blackout as one of the most influential albums of the last decade for the way it suffused hip hop, pop, R&B and EDM , and further said "Spears once lamented that she wasn't a girl but not yet
31968-497: 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
32184-497: 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
32400-431: The most popular genres worldwide, pop music takes the first spot. In countries like the United States, rock, rap and hip-hop, blues and R&B have a long history of taking the leading spots. The most popular genres of music rank differently throughout the world. However, there are also very niche genres of music. For example, in Canada the most popular niche genre of music is video game soundtracks. In Sweden, black metal
32616-408: The most popular music genre in terms of consumption. 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. Mumble rap is a rap subgenre that originated on
32832-410: 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 . Although the fusion genre
33048-413: 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
33264-603: The music. A popular maskandi artist, Phuzekhemisi, had to lessen the political influence within his music to be ready for the public sphere. His music producer, West Nkosi, was looking for the commercial success in Phuzekhemisi's music rather than starting a political controversy. Political songs have been an important category of African popular music in many societies. During the continent's struggle against colonial rule, nationalistic songs boosted citizens' morale. These songs were based on Western marches and hymns reflecting
33480-439: The noisy instrumentation from underground music, but makes it easier to listen to, like indo pop. Dangdut attempts to form many popular music genres like rock, pop, and traditional music to create a new sound that lines up with the consumers' tastes. This genre has formed into a larger social movement that includes clothing, youth culture, the resurgence of Islam, and the capitalist entertainment industry. Another music scene that
33696-684: 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
33912-620: The only album on which Spears is credited as the executive producer. The final result was primarily a dance-pop and electropop record with Euro disco and dubstep influences, with lyrical themes revolving around love, fame, media scrutiny, sex, and clubbing. Blackout was originally slated for November 13, 2007, but was rush-released after leaking online . Initial reviews were polarized: some critics described it as Spears' most progressive and consistent album to date, while others dismissed it due to her controversial public image. The album charted at number one in Canada and Ireland while reaching
34128-800: 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 . Teenage Dream , Katy Perry's sophomore album, released on August 24, 2010 spawned 5 consecutive number-one singles. It
34344-618: 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 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
34560-558: 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. The genres of Europop and Eurodance have also achieved notable commercial success, evidenced by Swedish producer Max Martin's ubiquity in
34776-432: 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 music
34992-414: The problems in her personal life, "As far as her work ethic, I haven't seen anybody come in like that and do what you go to do." Regarding the sound of the album, he deemed it as bigger, more mature and "a new Britney", explaining: "I come from hip-hop , so it's underlined with [it], but I throw it down." Kara DioGuardi , who also worked on "Heaven on Earth", co-produced and co-wrote "Ooh Ooh Baby" with
35208-402: The producers who worked on Blackout but didn't make the album were Scott Storch , Dr. Luke and Ne-Yo . " Circus is a little bit lighter than Blackout . I think a lot of the songs I did at that time, I was going through a really dark phase in my life, so a lot of the songs reflect that. [...] But they're two totally different vibes. Blackout is a little bit more darker and edgier, and
35424-403: The public, who merely buy or reject what music is being produced. He claims that the listeners in the scenario would not have been able to make the choice of their favorite music, which negates the previous conception of popular music. Moreover, "understandings of popular music have changed with time". Middleton argues that if research were to be done on the field of popular music, there would be
35640-455: The question is whether anyone will be able to hear its contents over the deafening roar of tittle-tattle." He elaborated that when faced with a public image in freefall, an artist has two options: making music "that harks back to your golden, pre-tailspin days" to "underlin[e] your complete normality" or "to throw caution to the wind: given your waning fortunes, what's the harm in taking a few musical risks?" Petridis commented that Spears opted for
35856-593: The record for the highest first-week digital sales for a female artist at the time. Following the release of Circus in December 2008, Blackout re-entered the chart at number 198, with sales of 4,600 copies; it has spent a total of 34 weeks on the chart. As of March 2015, the album has sold one million copies in the country, and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in October 2023. In Canada, Blackout debuted atop
36072-897: The record industry. In the 1950s and 1960s, the new invention of television began to play an increasingly important role in disseminating new popular music. Variety shows regularly showcased popular singers and bands. In the 1960s, the development of new technologies in recording, such as multitrack recorders gave sound engineers and record producers an increasingly important role in popular music. By using multitrack recording techniques, sound engineers could create new sounds and sound effects that were not possible using traditional "live" recording techniques, such as singers performing their own backup vocals or having lead guitarists play rhythm guitars behind their guitar solo . The next decade saw moves away from these sensibilities, as Robert Christgau noted in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of
36288-525: The record that "forevermore proved that [Spears'] career was way more than just an 'inept pantomime'[.]" Kheraj also said that the album "was the result of a hazardous moment in pop culture history that saw a serendipitous and symbiotic relationship between an artist eroding her past and producers forging their future that payed [sic] off." Publications such as Billboard , The Fader , Nylon and Vice have regarded Blackout as Spears' best effort to date. In 2022, Elise Soutar of PopMatters noted
36504-469: 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 artist David Bowie experienced his most commercially successful period since
36720-485: 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
36936-515: 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 &
37152-497: The rise of technology. In America during the 1980s, rock music was at its peak and then slowly lost its top spot as pop music began to climb the charts. Since the early 2000s, pop music has charted number one in American music charts, but since 2017, RnB and Hip Hop have taken that spot. In addition to many changes in specific sounds and technologies used, there has been a shift in the content and key elements of popular music since
37368-455: 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. 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
37584-404: The same melody (possibly with some slight modifications), but the lyrics change for most verses. The chorus (or "refrain") usually has a melodic phrase and a key lyrical line which is repeated. Pop songs may have an introduction and coda ("tag"), but these elements are not essential to the identity of most songs. Pop songs that use verses and choruses often have a bridge, a section which connects
37800-430: The same song or piece are not counted. Evaluating appeal based on size of audience (mass appeal) or whether audience is of a certain social class is another way to define popular music, but this, too, has problems in that social categories of people cannot be applied accurately to musical styles. Manuel states that one criticism of popular music is that it is produced by large media conglomerates and passively consumed by
38016-447: The same to them. The things I've been doing for work lately have been so much fun, because it's not like work to me anymore. I've been even more 'hands on' in my management and the business side of things, and I feel more in control than ever. A representative for Jive Records stated that although Spears was working in the studio, "no album is scheduled at the moment" and "there are no plans to service 'Mona Lisa' to radio." "Mona Lisa"
38232-854: 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
38448-422: The show "so great wasn't the central good-girl-gone-bad story, it was the strangeness that story liberated. And Britney's off-disc life is both distraction from and enabler for this extraordinary album". Mike Schiller of PopMatters was more critical, saying: "Right down to its utterly garish cover, Blackout is utterly disposable and ultimately forgettable." Melissa Maerz from Rolling Stone explained that
38664-426: The solo may be improvised based on the chord progression . A solo usually features a single instrumental performer (e.g., a guitarist or a harmonica player) or less commonly, more than one instrumentalist (e.g., a trumpeter and a sax player). Thirty-two-bar form uses four sections, most often eight measures long each (4×8=32), two verses or A sections, a contrasting B section (the bridge or "middle-eight") and
38880-428: The song broke all the rules we had, [...] When she came to the studio, she was extremely psyched, had learned the lyrics by heart in the car, and recorded the song on half an hour." Before the album's release, LaBarbera Whites told MTV News that the album "shows a lot of growth as a performer. [...] She was very involved in the songs and how they turned out. It's her magic that turns these songs into what they are." Among
39096-413: The song her favorite from Blackout . "Get Naked (I Got a Plan)" is an uptempo track about sex. It is a duet between Spears and Danja, who sings the chorus with his voice distorted to sound like a decaying moan. Spears contributes a series of gasps, sighs and chants and her voice is also distorted. "Freakshow" is built around the "wobbler" effect of dubstep . Spears sings about dancing and being in
39312-646: The song that transformed her career. T-Pain , who co-wrote "Hot as Ice", was in the studio with Spears in February 2007, and stated that one of the three songs they recorded was finished in only an hour. He said that he "thought she was going to be sitting on the couch eating Doritos or nachos or something [...] but she came in, shook my hand, gave me a hug and went right in the booth. She got in there and put it down." Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, known as Bloodshy & Avant , co-wrote and co-produced "Radar", "Freakshow" and "Toy Soldier" in late 2006. When
39528-529: The song to be the lead single from her upcoming album, tentatively titled The Original Doll , and hoped to release it "probably before summertime [2005], or maybe a little sooner than that." In January, Spears posted another letter on her website, saying: I think I should rephrase myself from my previous letters when I was talking about taking a 'break'. What I meant was I am taking a break from being told what to do. ... It's cool when you look at someone and don't know whether they are at work or play since it's all
39744-485: The spotlight in lyrics such as "Make them other chicks so mad / I'm 'bout to shake my ass / Snatch that boy so fast". During the bridge, her vocals are pitched down low, making her sound masculine. Nearly a decade after the release of Blackout , Spears stated "Freakshow" was one of her favorite non-single tracks, describing it as "sassy". The eighth track "Toy Soldier" is an upbeat dance-pop song reminiscent of Destiny's Child 's song " Lose My Breath " (2004), showcasing
39960-502: 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
40176-595: The struggle, and empower others to be politically conscious. These songs reflected the nuances between the different classes involved in the liberation struggle. One of the genres people of Africa use for political expression is Hip hop . Although hip hop in Africa is based on the North American template, it has been remade to produce new meanings for African young people. This allows the genre to be both locally and globally influential. African youth are shaped by
40392-415: The stuff that she was dealing with." Both commented that although Spears arrived late to the recording sessions, she caught them off guard with her efficiency and professionalism, with Lewis adding: "It was absolutely nuts, and she took directions very well. [...] I don't know what I was expecting because we went in to cut that record the day after she filed divorce from Kevin [Federline]." "Heaven on Earth"
40608-406: The subject know he is on her radar, while she lists the qualities the man has. The fourth track and third single " Break the Ice " opens with Spears singing the lines "It's been a while / I know I shouldn't have kept you waiting / But I'm here now". The song features a choir , with Keri Hilson providing backing vocals , causing the song to sound almost like a duet . Hilson explained the song
40824-433: The tastes of a large segment of the population, whereas pop music usually refers to a specific musical genre within popular music. Popular music songs and pieces typically have easily singable melodies . The song structure of popular music commonly involves repetition of sections, with the verse and chorus or refrain repeating throughout the song and the bridge providing a contrasting and transitional section within
41040-460: The time, after her number-one debut single " ...Baby One More Time " (1998). It also peaked atop the Canadian Hot 100 and within the top five in Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Its Jake Sarfaty-directed accompanying music video premiered on October 5. It displayed Spears as a stripper and introduced
41256-482: The top 40 in most other countries. In the US, the song peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100, but became Spears' third consecutive Dance Club Songs number-one single. An accompanying music video, directed by Robert Hales , was released on March 12. The anime video was based on the superheroine character of Spears' 2004 music video for " Toxic ", and portrays her destroying a highly secured laboratory with several clones , including one of herself. " Radar "
41472-481: The top five in the Australia, Brazil, France, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Scotland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Blackout later received platinum certifications from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It won Best Album at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards . By the end of 2008, it had sold 3.1 million copies worldwide. Blackout produced three singles. " Gimme More " peaked at number three on
41688-416: 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
41904-606: The transnational genre. In a 2015 study involving young students in Shanghai , youths stated they enjoyed listening to both Chinese, other Asian nationalities, and Anglo-American popular music. There are three ways that young people of China were able to access global music. The first reason was a policy change since the late 1970s where the country was opened up to the rest of the world instead of being self-contained. This created more opportunities for Chinese people to interact with people outside of their country of origin to create
42120-446: The verse and chorus at one or more points in the song. The verse and chorus are usually repeated throughout a song, while the bridge, intro, and coda (also called an "outro") tend to be used only once. Some pop songs may have a solo section, particularly in rock or blues -influenced pop. During the solo section, one or more instruments play a melodic line which may be the melody used by the singer, or, in blues- or jazz-influenced pop,
42336-434: The winner. The winner also received a Haier Ibiza Rhapsody device along with a one-year subscription to Rhapsody , as well as Spears' entire discography released in the United States. " Gimme More " was released as the lead single from Blackout on August 31, 2007, to critical acclaim. It peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 , becoming her fifth top-ten entry and also her second highest-peaking single at
42552-476: 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,
42768-731: 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
42984-506: 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 . On 17 July 2017, Forbes reported that hip-hop / R&B (which Nielsen SoundScan classifies as
43200-517: Was also hoping to start her own record label in 2004. Henrik Jonback later confirmed that he had written songs with her during the European leg of the Onyx Hotel Tour (2004), "in the bus and in her hotel room between the concerts." Following her marriage with Kevin Federline in October 2004, Spears announced through a letter on her official website that she was going to "take some time off to enjoy life." However, on December 30, she made
43416-439: Was an artist that always relied on her "carefully sculpted sexpot-next-door persona", but for Blackout "those images [we]re replaced by images of Britney beating cars up with umbrellas, wiping her greasy fingers on designer dresses, and nodding off on-stage, each new disaster stripping away any residual sexiness in her public image." Erlewine added that the album served as a soundtrack "for Britney's hazy, drunken days, reflecting
43632-441: Was being marketed as a clean-cut ex- Mouseketeer , and even when she was touring the country with a microphone that functioned largely as a prop, something about her was intense." Peter Robinson of The Observer stated that Spears "delivered the best album of her career, raising the bar for modern pop music with an incendiary mix of Timbaland 's Shock Value and her own back catalogue." The Phoenix ' s Ellee Dean said
43848-696: Was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). In Japan, the album peaked at number four on the Oricon Albums Chart , being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). In the United Kingdom, Blackout debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with sales of 42,000 units, behind Long Road Out of Eden , and stayed on
44064-450: Was going on—the distribution system appeared to be faltering, FM and all", he later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), citing that records like The Velvet Underground and The Gilded Palace of Sin (by Flying Burrito Brothers ) possessed populist qualities yet failed to impact the record charts . "Just as semiclassical music is a systematic dilution of highbrow preferences, semipopular music
44280-425: 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
44496-546: Was later included as a bonus track on Circus and released as the fourth and final single from the album on June 22, 2009, peaking at number 88 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Upon its release, Blackout received mixed to positive reviews from music critics . On music review aggregator Metacritic , the album holds a score of 61 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 24 reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine , senior editor of AllMusic , described
44712-502: Was little, I would listen to myself [...] But the record label signs you, and you're just thankful to get a hit song. You can't really show off your voice and where you came from. I would like to try to have more influences of that sound. Not that I'm going to be like frickin' Tina Turner . But you never know", she stated. She also said that she hoped the album would reinvigorate the current pop scene, adding that "It's been boring. Nothing's been wow to me." On May 9, Spears announced she
44928-441: 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
45144-420: Was not heavily promoted through magazine interviews, talk show appearances or televised performances besides the performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, and was not accompanied by a tour either. Spears gave her only interview to promote the album to Ryan Seacrest on his radio show on KIIS-FM . During the seven-minute interview, Seacrest focused on asking questions about Spears' personal struggles than on
45360-558: Was originally planned to be released as the third single from Blackout , according to Ezekiel Lewis of the Clutch . "Break the Ice" was released instead and "Radar" was chosen as the fourth single. It had already charted in the CIS, New Zealand and Sweden prior to its official release, even reaching the top ten in Sweden. However, the release was pushed back when Spears began recording new material for her sixth studio album Circus (2008). It
45576-500: Was pregnant with her second child. A few days later, producers such as J. R. Rotem and Sean Garrett told MTV News they were working with Spears. On September 12, Spears gave birth to her second son Jayden James. She filed for divorce from Federline on November 7, citing irreconcilable differences ; the divorce was finalized in July 2007, when the two reached a global settlement and agreed to share joint custody of their sons. During
45792-454: Was released on the bonus CD included with the DVD of Britney and Kevin: Chaotic (2005), in a re-recorded version with altered lyrics. Spears gave birth to her first son Sean Preston on September 14. In an interview with People in February 2006, Spears explained that she was anxious to resume her career, commenting she missed "traveling [...] the road, seeing different places and being with
46008-489: Was the extent of its focus on the commodity form of sheet music". The availability of inexpensive, widely available sheet music versions of popular songs and instrumental music pieces made it possible for music to be disseminated to a wide audience of amateur, middle-class music-makers, who could play and sing popular music at home. Amateur music-making in the 19th century often centred around the piano , as this instrument could play melodies , chords and basslines, thus enabling
46224-655: 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
46440-590: 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. In Latin America , Latin pop had remained
46656-514: Was written by Nicole Morier , Nick Huntington and Michael McGroarty, the latter two known as Freescha . Although Morier had been writing songs with Greg Kurstin and other artists, she felt she "hadn't really found [her] niche" until she wrote "Heaven on Earth", which she described as "a very honest song". After she played the song to her publisher, they met with Spears and her A&R executive Teresa LaBarbera Whites who also worked with Beyonce, both loved it. Morier described "Heaven on Earth" as
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