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80's to Now: Official Music Genre


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Each decade had a clear-cut official genre up to the 70's. But the 80's onward it gets tricky to decide.

 

80's: New Wave/Synth-pop, Hard Rock, Metal, and Hip Hop dominated.

90's: R&B, Grunge, Hard Rock, Alternative/Punk Rock, and Hip Hop dominated

2000's: Pop, Dance-pop, Rock, and Hip Hop dominated

2010's (so far): EDM, Hip Hop, Pop, and Indie/Alternative have dominated

 

So if you had to choose, which of these would be declared the official genre of its decade? Explain why.

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LaLuna
5 minutes ago, lilmonster93 said:

Each decade had a clear-cut official genre up to the 70's. But the 80's onward it gets tricky to decide.

 

80's: New Wave/Synth-pop, Hard Rock, Metal, and Hip Hop dominated.

90's: R&B, Grunge, Hard Rock, Alternative/Punk Rock, and Hip Hop dominated

2000's: Pop, Dance-pop, Rock, and Hip Hop dominated

2010's (so far): EDM, Hip Hop, Pop, and Indie/Alternative have dominated

 

 

That was true for the early 90s with Nirvana and all the other grunge bands. But in the late 90s pop definitely dominated. Just think of all the boy/girl bands that emerged during that time. 

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1970-1980

Disco

1980-1990

Synth-Dance

1990-2001

Hip/Hop

2001-2012 Electro-House

2012-2014

Trap

2014-2017

Indie/Trap-Dance

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Id say edm for this decade. Its influence has crossed over to pop, r&b, and rap. Even some alt/rock musicians incorporate edm elements. 

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49 minutes ago, Scathach said:

That was true for the early 90s with Nirvana and all the other grunge bands. But in the late 90s pop definitely dominated. Just think of all the boy/girl bands that emerged during that time. 

I debated including Pop in 90s, because it's reign really started the last 2 years of the 90s. While Grunge was early to mid 90s.

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