Genres of music in the 2000’s changes again. The most popular genres are rock, rap, pop, country, and EDM. Some of the most popular artists include Taylor Swift, Eminem, Coldplay, Radiohead, Kanye West, Drake, etc. During this time Albums become a huge thing, Artists release albums of songs instead of 1 song at a time.
This album cover above is a cover for 17 songs. Now, current musicians have a lot of tools to succeed; they have recording studios, autotune, they have technology to tune the song beat or voice, etc.
Music now also has the help of Social media to boost popularity by advertising their music on social media and using the song as a background on some videos.
So far in the 2000’s The Beatles and Eminem are the most selling artists of this century so far. The Beatles are a band with a wide range of music of rock and roll, pop, folk, country, and experimental music. While Eminem is a well known rapper and hip-hop artist from early 2000’s who was a huge hit.