How has pop music changed?

[Raikov 183]

Sometimes I hear people talk about how pop music now is DJ-dominated, or how the 2000s were RnB until (approximately) Gaga had an electronic hit, and I'm curious about how people divide the 21st century for pop music. I see it like this (please note I basically didn't pay attention to pop music from 2000-2010 so that's gonna be fuzzy):

2000-2004: Radioactive fallout from the 90s. Boy bands and teen singers are still a thing. Rap is hugely popular. Some dance music?

2004-2008: So much rap and R&B. Pop music is kind of eh, no real identity. Rock bands occasionally are popular.

2008-2012: ma pop girls. The Renaissance. So much pop music. Also EDM becomes a fad.

2012-2014: the dark age; forsaken by our pop girls. a ton of one hit indie wonders. trap DJ stuff starts getting on the radio. EDM as a fad is over but its influence lingers structure-wise and production-wise; it's been incorporated into the mainstream now. it feels like a male dominated period for some reason.

2014-2016: silver age but not really. pop girls kind of back. By now there's an established crop of new middling pop girls with varying degrees of success (Ariana, Meghan, Selena). EDM influence seeps in deeper with stuff like the chainsmokers.

2016-2017: yet another dark age. more nameless DJs with nameless features polluting the airways. boring male singers. but it's not too late to change!

Curious to see how you all divide it up  If you can list names of actual artists even better

[Easy 5,293]

Like your view.

but I think Bruno and Abel aren't that bad. So they deserve some credit in the age of lame Drake.

[PartySick 154,011]

I pretty much agree with all that really 

God knows I can't wait for tropical house to die

[Thomas P 18,479]

Pop girls only started to really lose traction in 2016, with Beyoncé and Rihanna being the only two to see major success, but other than that your list makes a lot of sense. Though I might starting to think 2017 may have promise.

[xoxo cupcakke 4,781]

Trap, trop house, and whatever specifc genre Closer is. Is it called Future Bass? If it is, that

Also, I agree with your 2000s analysis but I also feel as if pop hit its greatest peaks during the mid 80s, late 90s-early 00s, and late 00s. I don't think we're in a dark age, just a transitionary period right now into someone greater because there is not one specific pop girl that is on top

[gagagoogoose 30,952]

Pretty much everything you said in the OP.

Today's pop music is heavily dominated by men. And pop is declining and replaced with EDM and hip hop. Pop girls can only chart into the Top 3 with a featured rapper, male popstars, or DJs. Truly the dark ages of music.

You want receipts: Look at the current Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100.

[Impostor 4,114]

2000-2007: r&b and hip hop

2007-2011: edm and rap

2012-2014: trap and rap

2014-2016: tropical edm and rap

[Killa 17,043]

20's were exciting in the 20th century, let's hope the same happens in 21st century

but that came with the end of a war and was an economic boom

anyways you pretty much nailed it, though that's too focused on USA.

3 minutes ago, Impostor said:

2000-2007: r&b and hip hop

2007-2011: edm and rap

2012-2014: trap and rap

2014-2016: tropical edm and rap

i'm sure there was a period like 5 or 7 years ago in which rap/hip hop were almost as dead as rnb

it's been reborn

[venusfly 17,885]

Why do people on this site keep ranting about tropical music  it was a mini trend in the summer of 2015 and passed long ago. there's not been a tropical hit in ages

the problem with these threads is that its clear this site only looks to the charts to get music that they like, there's plenty of pop girls who make great pop music around and they're not even hard to find.

look at playlists like new pop revolution & left of center on Spotify.

[SamJ 8,008]

aren't we in the country age?

Train Ed Sheeran Gaga its all a bit folky to me

[SamJ 8,008]

There's a bit of everything every year imo

[Anderson123 37,619]

I think there's music for everyone. People don't have to listen to everything that is on the charts, there are a lot of artists and bands out there that make good music. Some other great thing is that many different genres get a chance at one point. EDM, Electropop, Indie Rock, Tropical house, Rap, R&B, etc. that's just the evolution of music. I think it'd be super boring if the same artists and genres kept being popular every year so it's nice to hear different stuff every once in a while.

[Modern Ecstacy 3,870]

Pretty accurate. Also wasn't dubstep like super popular during like 2011/2012? I remember Skrillex getting huge but then dubstep started to die down but then other forms of EDM became huge Example: Turn Down For what, Diplo, The Chainsmokers etc.

[Yuuri 21,636]

I agree with your points and I hope mid 2017-2019 will be about talent. With popular songs like Million Reasons, Sign Of The Times, and Water Under The Bridge will spark a talent revolution.

[gagasgrande 3,671]

34 minutes ago, Thomas P said:

Pop girls only started to really lose traction in 2016, with Beyoncé and Rihanna being the only two to see major success, but other than that your list makes a lot of sense. Though I might starting to think 2017 may have promise.

True, Ariana was pretty successful as well