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- Since the 2010s, rock has lost its position as the pre-eminent popular music genre in world culture, but remains commercially successful. The increased influence of hip-hop and electronic dance music can be seen in rock music, notably in the techno-pop scene of the early 2010s and the pop-punk-hip-hop revival of the 2020s.
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Jan 13, 2021 · According to a recent report by MRC Data (formerly Nielsen Music), R&B/hip-hop remains the most popular genre of music in the US. In 2020, R&B/hip-hop accounted for 28.2% of the Total Volume of...
Apr 3, 2022 · Rock music is still the most popular music in America — just not among young people. While it is the clear favorite among Americans overall, adults under the age of 30 rank it third, behind...
- What Happened to Rock Music?
- Rock's Demographic Problem
- Limited View of Women
- Is Rock Too Serious?
- Can Rock Music Make A Comeback?
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When The Beatles arrived in America in early 1964, it ushered in a period of dominance for rock music. Bands like the Rolling Stones, The Who, Grateful Dead, CCR, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin all ruled the earth, spearheaded of course by the Fab Four. The decline of rock began in the 1970s, with the rise of disco. Howeve...
When modern rock music is being purchased by younger people, it is mainly by young, white males. Girls and women 40 and under mainly purchase pop music. Despite the success of some later female rockers like 10,000 Maniacs and Alanis Morissette, modern rock doesn't attract as many female buyers. In 2006, the website smartgirl.com surveyed girls arou...
The early fan bases of rock stars like Elvis Presley and The Beatles were heavily female. However, rock stars themselves were largely male. Female rocker Janis Joplin felt that she had to become one of the boys to succeed in rock. Joan Jett also had a very masculine image. Like rap music today, rock was often criticized for having misogynistic lyri...
Alternative radio plays a lot of modern rock songs that are often very serious and somber. Rock music wasn't always so serious. Some of it was fun. Queen's "We Will Rock You," Joan Jett's "I Love Rock n' Roll," and The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" and "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" (which was about a picture preschooler Julian Lennon drew), were up...
Can the kind of guitar-driven rock that was popular in the past make a comeback? I doubt it will ever be as popular as hip-hop, but if there is a resurgence, it's important that new rock bands aren't simply nostalgia acts. It has to be rock music made by and for young people, not The Beatles 5.0 or The Clash 3.0. If the music industry can get out o...
Bobby Denhamon April 19, 2020: I'm trying the strokes album now, does it count as rock music? Umar Tahiron March 11, 2020: The history of music is not complete without Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden and many more. Mostly genres of Rock Music like Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Grunge and Metal Core shows the energy and they are symb...
Dec 11, 2023 · Rock acts young and old helped the genre stay alive in 2023. Take a look at 10 of the genre's most prominent trends, from early aughts revivals to long-awaited reunions. Jon O'Brien. | GRAMMYs / Dec 11, 2023 - 09:32 am.
Jun 1, 2021 · We see, though, that rock’s popularity starts to decline past the 90s. It doesn’t decrease incredibly quickly, as a rock acts like Nirvana were still very much at the forefront of music.
During the 2010s, rock music declined from its position as the major popular music genre, now sharing with electronic dance and hip hop, the latter of which had surpassed it as the most consumed musical genre in the United States by 2017.
Jan 3, 2018 · USA TODAY. 0:00. 0:50. Rock is no longer the top dog in music. For the first time ever, R&B/hip-hop has surpassed rock to become the biggest music genre in the U.S. in terms of total...
