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This article describes trends in popular music in the 2010s. In North America, Europe and Oceania the second wave synthpop, electronic music, alternative music or indie music, dance music, EDM and hip hop music genres have been popular. Country music still remains popular in rural areas of the United States and Canada. ==Musical trends in mainstream pop== The melismatic vocals popular in the 1990s and 2000s in pop and R&B music lost favor by mid- to late 2009, with vocally lower-key artists such as Adele, Rihanna, and Katy Perry starting to outsell new releases by perennial melismatic favorites Mariah Carey, and Christina Aguilera. The saxophone has been used in multiple top 40 songs in the decade. "The Edge of Glory" from Lady Gaga's 2011 album, ''Born This Way'' is credited with popularizing the use of saxophone in the early decade. Saxophone solos were common in pop from the 1950s to the early 1990s, but declined later in the 1990s. Whistling has also become more common in hit songs, especially around 2011. Traditional instruments, such as the mandolin, dulcimer, ukulele, banjo, and accordion, are being utilized more often, especially in indie rock and with singer songwriters such as Mumford and Sons, Weekend Players, Phillip Phillips, and The Lumineers, along with country artists such as Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band. After several years of stagnation due to the decline of nu metal and post-grunge, rock has made a comeback in North America with the rise of the indie music that was for the most part underground in the 25 years predating 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Is Rock Really Dead? UG Investigates )〕 However, the opposite has been witnessed in Europe, including the UK, where guitar music sales have generally been in a declining state. Electronic music is becoming more popular; some 2010s successes include Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Swedish House Mafia, Headhunterz, Wildstylez, Da Tweekaz, Years & Years, Clean Bandit, Major Lazer, Chvrches, Knife Party, Avicii, Alesso, Owl City, Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Eric Prydz, ShockOne, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, David Guetta and Lights. Remixing songs is also a mainstream trend in electronic music. In some places in North America, more traditional instrumentations by artists such as Fun, Mumford and Sons, Phillip Phillips, and Scotty McCreery have returned, along with a modest comeback of hip hop-inspired music. The genres of Europop Eurodance music have also achieved a notable commercial success, mostly due to the release of Lady Gaga's debut album, ''The Fame'' (2008) and its follow-up EP, ''The Fame Monster'' (2009), which experimented heavily with europop and German house pop, which brought a new style to pop music formerly considered unmixable with dance music and traditional pop. Europop and Eurodance were used more extensively in the early 2010s as a result of the success of DJs such as David Guetta and Calvin Harris. The songs "S&M" and "Only Girl (In the World)" by Barbadian singer Rihanna are strongly influenced by Eurodance music. Both songs peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, a large number of songs by American artists featured quintessential Eurodance elements (especially synthesizer and strong beats during the chorus, mixed with rapping or vocals for verses). Examples are Chris Brown, Usher, Jennifer Lopez at others that traditionally attributed to more established American genres such as R&B, soul and pop. Teen pop has made a significant comeback with the likes of One Direction, The Wanted, Big Time Rush, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Scotty McCreery, Taylor Swift, Cher Lloyd, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. While throughout the 2000s, after the teen pop boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s, this genre has been almost exclusively associated with Disney and Nickelodeon executives; many teen pop artists outside of Disney and other companies have been created in the 2010s. Social networking and video sharing sites such as YouTube is the place of discovery for numerous emerging teen pop singers, such as Justin Bieber. Since 2011, boy bands and girl groups have returned to mainstream popularity for the first time since the early 2000s, the most popular being British group One Direction. Other groups started to catch on after the success of Big Time Rush and One Direction in 2013 and 2014, with emerging artists such as Little Mix. Older boy groups such as New Kids on The Block, Boyz II Men and 98 Degrees have also returned in an effort to re-establish preceding successes along with girl groups such as SWV. The Backstreet Boys maintained their success into their third decade. Europop and Eurodance music have also seen commercial success early in the decade. Dubstep and drumstep has become a popular genre in the early 2010s on both sides of the Atlantic, especially in its native United Kingdom; in the UK, other electronic genres such as grime and trap have also been growing in popularity. Drumstep still continues its success in popularity, while the Hardstyle scene becomes popular in Australia and United States with the success of music festivals such as The Sound of Q-dance and Defqon 1. In Asia, popular music continues to be influenced by Western pop music. As with the past several decades, J-Pop and K-Pop continue to be successful in the Far East; in J-Pop, image songs and the influence of anime on popular music have grown since the end of the last decade. K-pop's popularity continues to increase around the world, with acts such as Wonder Girls and Girls' Generation being the most successful artists of the genre. In India, Indian pop, rock and filmi music continue to be popular.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CNN says, "South Korea's K-Pop takes off in the West" )〕 In Latin America, Latin pop still remains the main genre. Tropical music, Reggaeton and Moombahton are also popular genres, whilst pop rock is still successful. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010s in music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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