Most Popular Music Styles 1910 - 2019

Timeline history of the most popular music genres and styles from 1910 to 2019. Historical popularity is based on worldwide vinyl and CD records release frequencies for specific genre adjusted to recent years music charts. Numbers are relative to each other to reflect popularity change throughout the years (it's not a percentage). I've tried to use sub-genres in most cases to present as much as possible diversity.
Hat tip to Denis Safiullin, who alerted me to this idea.
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Data source: Discogs, Billboard, Spotify

[@SuperBruno666]

It’d be nice if the background music style changed according to the number one in the graphic

[@SilverstreamMusic]

It would be a chaotic mess in certain years

[@JoshTorresDJ]

It’s what I was thinking as well. I’ll make it my next project during low season. I think a mix would be awesome as music changes genres.

[@id_emotion]

@@JoshTorresDJ Would work well if the video was made longer which would mean that there would be more time for different music changes

[@id_emotion]

Acc maybe it could work with current duration

[@dheejhayjunior485]

It would be laborious

[@noahbard.mp4]

1969: I’m sure all these genres will still be popular next year! 1970: DID SOMEONE SAY DISCO

[@sarahgroves1063]

Stu

[@maltemejlsing513]

Hahahahahaha. This is funny 😁

[@khhnator]

DISCO DISCO GOOD!

[@Papasanchez440]

BURN BABY BURN!

[@Nathangec1978]

That's weird actually because Disco wasn't even around by 1970 and wasn't a mainstream force until 1974.

[@billymurray1687]

Nice job splitting up rock into about 10 different genres

[@Mercenary-1914]

i was wondering same thing, but they split up jazz, I am also trying to figure out how Soul and R&B are different. I wish they overlayed the hottest song on the bar of each category.

[@timtimzollabim5743]

Lol. I think there might be more than ten different genres.

[@Raghav_Sachdeva]

and

[@theatticaddict]

@@Mercenary-1914 Soul can be loud and upbeat, but usually R&B has a sad/negative feeling to it.

[@jabaltariq4606]

@@theatticaddict It i the first time am hearing that. How would you classify country music?

[@andrewwilliams8500]

I was thinking a little more rock in the 70s, heavy metal 80s, grunge in the 90s but they got the hip-hop right in the late 90s into the 2000s.

[@marks2807]

Someone pointed out to me this was worldwide, and not just the USA. Then this made more sense. House was so popular in Latin America in the 90s for example that it overtook basically the rest of the world music wise.

[@Dmitry-ert]

​@@marks2807 That is make sense. Imho almost everyone in exUSSR and Russia below 25 y.o. listen rock/hard rock at late 80x (and many of them listen metal of course). I'm from late 80x and there is no chance to find a man who don't like for example Queen this time. But we all not count cause we don't really pay any license. Only Pirate Yarrrr!!!!

[@randomanton]

I thought 80s was pop. Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper many others? No?

[@robloxgamerdean903]

The 70s was accurate I believe. Disco was huge in the 70s

[@_IronLion_]

Watching these videos is like watching a horse race.

[@csbcsb4458]

...'400 to go and opera has tailed off badly and gone straight to the back of the field'

[@bens2229]

Funny because I’m at a horse race

[@daintyvani5804]

Yes

[@MetalHeart8787]

yeah a race where the Horses are retarded & or Doped up

[@ArticTheGoat]

I became the 1k like

[@kasino4083]

Rip Boogie Woogie 1940 Q4 - 1941 Q3

[@djvskakdgsjxgdoe]

F

[@Sarah-by3fb]

F

[@PersonMan1]

F

[@youguessedit995]

F

[@santosl9553]

F

[@steelerwik]

If you include all types of rock music into one like Classic ,punk ,hard, heavy metal, pop rock, indie,alternative,etc, rock music is the most popular by far over the years since 1954.

[@franklinbruce7121]

HOUSE music would STILL be #1 since 1990 ...... HOUSE, Electro, Techno, Tech House, Deep House, etc ......

[@George_Kush]

Idk, what if you merged all the electronic music together ?

[@flybeep1661]

Metal is metal, it's not rock music. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know shit about metal.

[@WilddogAB]

@@flybeep1661 he's trying soooo hard

[@cgopie1]

I dunno.....I just don't feel that The Beatles and Marylin Manson should be in the same genre.

[@joellima4250]

It's fascinating how Disco rised and felt so quickly.

[@juliemnm8273]

It was from 1973 to early 80's, not so bad.

[@Nathangec1978]

And actually it happened more quickly than the video suggests. It would only appear in that list from 1974 to 1981, and would only be at the top from late 1977 to mid 1979

[@daredevil6145]

Ended with Off the Wall, I think

[@PeaceNinja007]

rose🌹and fell

[@Nathangec1978]

@@daredevil6145 by the time Off The Wall was at the top (latter months of 1979), the disco genre as a whole was already falling off the charts, but it was still struggling to the point of having some songs that managed to become hits between the end of 1979 and 1982, especially in the clubs, where it was still strong.

[@KhushiSharma-ci2kf]

Its interesting to see how country music becomes popular during the wars

[@300subscriberswithoutanyvideos]

America........ Wait what

[@KhushiSharma-ci2kf]

And hindustani was popular whenever a new popular movement started in india against the the British

[@Dudndbdjdn]

Country music more merican. I think that people became patriots durimg wars amd tjats why they listem to ir

[@somethingwithbungalows]

_country roads... take me home... West Virginia..._

[@buyeth2047]

Which is scary because it's creeping back up!

[@joeyvanaalst1978]

1915 Opera: nobody can stop me Country: hold my yee haw

[@haxemoriginale]

1915 Opera: nobody can stop me Rap: hold my gold chain

[@immablackstar5780]

I steal it uwu

[@haxemoriginale]

@XD张景荣 I agree with you, rap in the 90s was another story, the evolution of the genre has brought an unpleasant commercialization of the genre, but mostly the experimentation of the genre by so many artistic currents, has made that the movement could be divided into many different categories among them. I know very well that the opera and the rap were not born the same year, but in a few years compared to those of the country, it created three times the positive emotions and works of art. Sorry for my awful english ahah

[@evagelinadicante9840]

@@haxemoriginale yeah but 80s hip hop is where it all starded like like run dmc public enemy nwa etc

[@evagelinadicante9840]

@XD张景荣 80s hip hop rap is also good

[@PraiseRap]

Soul rebranded and came back on the charts as R&B. Dance rebranded and came back on the charts as techno and dance. I am suprised Reggae never top the chart.

[@ttamcc.4674]

i didnt know that about soul im glad you mentioned that

[@silvershadow8405]

But R&B always existed since the 1940s

[@qolspony]

Soul new sound attracted more listeners away from R&B as R&B did to Jazz. R&B was also affected by the new sound of Rock N Roll.

[@jghgiroot6735]

@@silvershadow8405 That's actually "rythm and blues"-the derivative of blues and jazz that gave birth to rock, soul, disco, and basically all of modern pop music. 90s R&B (which is just called r&b, not rythm and blues) was a derivative of soul. The person that made this video probably doesn't understand this.

[@aidan2849]

Don’t worry Afrobeats will be here in another 10 years 😅

[@phpsoftwareengineering]

I found it amazing how the further the timeline moved toward current day, the less movement there was on the chart. It looks like we went from a lot of innovation to a lot less innovation over time.

[@yavoralexandrov4367]

This is a really interesting observation! Perhaps it has to do with mass marketing and the internet - maybe they make whatever's hot stay hot for longer

[@rodrigomunoz3451]

maybe the phonographic technology/industry had to do with that. It made genres "set in stone" and their languages a cliché in which a new generation is 'culturized'. So maybe new we're seeing more actualizations and fusions of those languages rather than born of radically new ones.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

I wonder if a lot of it has to do with streaming music. Instead of record labels and MTV looking for the latest thing, we get music apps that make recommendations based on previous likes.

[@PM-vv3uc]

Top comment! So true - I really think there is a lack of great new musical art like we didn't see new genres at all the last ten years to be honest. Or maybe we already have seen every music possible.

[@stardroplet9499]

Agree

[@smilesthenarrator]

*The 70’s hav entered the chat* Disco: Hello there

[@lukewalker3905]

A quality Star Wars meme.

[@d.viajes3882]

The 70's: exists Disco: Hello!!

[@misterbuklau4053]

80s: Exists Disco: Imma head out

[@eandnshowidkimsomethingels7581]

*the Beatles exist* Pop Rock: Oh! Hello there!

[@koolkitty108]

60s exist: *SOUL!*

[@sandygehrmann6309]

The 30s be like: "Ya like jazz?"

[@ThePumaboii]

Lol damn you beat me to it 😂😂😂

[@joshcreekmore6336]

I was thinking that In my head

[@1blackice1]

70s: "Nah, but we got DISCO!"

[@strangeke7750]

Was thinking exactly the same thing when Jazz popped up

[@juliocrivero71]

'40: "ya *dont* like jazz?"

[@andrewjay2340]

I love how they split Rock and Roll into about ten different categories, and then still include Rock and Roll

[@melregissings]

Rock and roll was an offshoot of R&B too

[@andrewjay2340]

@@melregissings Other way around

[@timprescott4634]

Seriously. I mean “classic rock” apparently entered the equation in 1966!🙄

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

@@andrewjay2340 Um, no. Watch the video again. Joe Turner was on the radio long before Elvis.

[@itsjustgalaxy]

Rock and Roll refers to the early and late 50's stuff, which is completely different from the other Rock genres listed. Rock and Rock and Roll are different genres entirely, so Rock and Roll being on there as a standalone genre is still correct.

[@orereo2328]

For all the confused people: House is the most popular electronic music. House is a massive genre with all sorts of subgenres, but together just imagine the most popular DJs: Avicii, Alesso, Sam Feldt, DJ Snake, etc. The reason why you don't recognize it is because the media labels it just as EDM or Dance-Pop.

[@frazebean5117]

David Guetta and Calvin Harris too. Those guys are massive and are everywhere on the radio but the majority don't know it's house

[@amysylvester7289]

First Places by Decade: 🥇 1910s: Opera 🎼 1920s: Country 🪕 1930s: Jazz 🎷 1940s: Country 🪕 1950s: Rock & Roll 🎸 1960s: Soul 🎤 1970s: Disco 🕺 1980s: Techno Pop 🎹 1990s: House 🤖 2000s: House 🤖 2010s: Hip-Hop / Rap 🎧 Sorry that some of these emojis don’t fit very well with the music style. I tried.

[@strechemall]

They all fit perfectly lol. Especially for those who dont kno what house music is. I always tell people "you've heard it plenty of times, you just dont know" lol.

[@amysylvester7289]

My Aura Is Clean It Brought Me Here Aww thank you!

[@imanberliyeva]

2000s should be R&B

[@imanberliyeva]

I don't understand why House was so popular in 2000s I remember that R&B was very popular

[@ErfBoy]

this is basically the answers for the homework my teacher handed in

[@slyrixz__1537]

2:45 1955: I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet but your kids are gonna love it

[@NWOLFF9719]

Omg I can belive it exactly what I was thinking

[@Daszuhorer]

Yo back to the future

[@slyrixz__1537]

@@Daszuhorer yep my favourite movie

[@highguy0678]

Ayyyyyyyy Mcfly!!!

[@juicemanone6]

Hey I get that reference

[@Adymus]

Note from a electronic music geek: The "Electro" of the 80's and the "Electro" of the 00's and onward are actually not the same genre. The 80's electro (example Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock) has breakbeat rhythms, and is related to Hip-hop and Electro Funk (ex: George Clinton's style of funk music), whereas the "new electro" of the mid 00's and the present is a genre that uses four on the floor rhythms and is essentially a sub-genre of house music. It's just house with grittier synths.

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

Same applies on Techno. There's a techno in the early 90's was what we heard in Mortal Kombat. Or Paragliders, L.S.G etc. Then it got influenced by trance and house. The late 90's techno is more like house, like Mauro Picotto and others. I still prefer the old style techno tho.

[@larryalexander900]

How could there have been classic rock in the 60"s?!

[@gigatrihard8607]

There is a lot bullshit going on here. No metal at all while actually it was pretty popular in the '80s tho that depend how hard you were slicing it into subgenres.

[@Mike-mc3sh]

I noticed that too and it didn't make sense initially but if you rewatch, the first rock genre is "rock and roll." As the rock and roll numbers go down the classic rock gains numbers so it was just a shift to from rock and roll to classic rock. Classic rock is meaningless though since rock from 90s and early 2000s is now considered "classic" and they are played on the classical rock radio stations.

[@Mike-mc3sh]

@@gigatrihard8607 I think they put metal in the hard rock category.

[@flybeep1661]

@@Mike-mc3sh Which is total nonsense. The second half was dominated by thrash metal, so they are saying thrash metal is hard rock then? Bullshit.

[@WilddogAB]

@@Mike-mc3sh naw metal is just not popular, it's fringe.

[@re-pm8zr]

Country: *rises again and again* Others: "how many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?"

[@RazorEdge2006]

Country in 2019: I'm back in the Old Town Road.

[@RunCMD97]

You just judge it on the new pop sounds it has lately. As with Jazz it's a true American art form and it's older stuff has the soul that is noticably lacking in modern day country.

[@seantankosic-kelly1456]

Did you notice the demand for country rises mainly in times of war.

[@AntonTimofeev1988]

​@@seantankosic-kelly1456 yeah, I've got the same observation

[@josuakullen4690]

@@RunCMD97 This is so true... Kristofferson, Nelson, The Hag, Cash, those were the real Country

[@aycaramba9540]

METAL: "I am not gonna be ignoooooored by you!!!"

[@Weallsuckequally]

Bro I mean the metal revolution in the 80s

[@antondzajajurca7797]

This chart is correct. Metal is right where it supposed to be - Not on charts :D (I am a metalhead ;D)

[@Jamcad01]

@@Weallsuckequally probably included under hard rock

[@TheSubzeto]

Where's my goregrind smh

[@archertam]

GRUNGE: ME TOO!

[@btetschner]

It would have been hard to learn around 1920 because country music was so popular. Awesome video, very interesting how the music landscape has changed over time. Thank you for the video.

[@brentspiegel1]

More music industry stuff would be awesome. Maybe showing the distribution of sales between Labels, Producers, Artists and Distributors over time. Data might be hard to find tho.

[@randompineapple]

Why am I announcing everything in my head like I’m a referee

[@poppyr837]

RandomPineapple wow I just realised I’m doing exactly this

[@maxfinn7643]

a referee? you mean commentator

[@daveriley6310]

I announce it to myself like a horse racing broadcaster.

[@cayden3904]

Omg wtf me too

[@mangomasher7254]

I thought I was the only weird one omg

[@alyssarichter4371]

1954: Elvis enters Rock n roll: comes flying in to the top

[@linexi]

||-//

[@egosirius]

And Johnny Cash!

[@sagethemage7]

Thanks to black folk with rock and blues pay y’all dues

[@lucas07700]

Not only Elvis. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, etc.

[@littlejimmyscumbag2551]

kahlil garcia there’s no dues to be paid unless you wanna pay dues to the instruments you’re using and musical structures and language you’re using. In which case I believe you’re behind on your taxes.

"Nobody listens to Techno" -Eminem 2002

@I use Debian btw The whole hip-hop, rap genre is built off of other music. Its all sampling. No originality. Why would i listen to a dude rap about drugs on top of a classic beat? Stupid

[@Avescondor12]

@ If you think rap is just drug music, you aren't listening in the right places.

@@Avescondor12 Oh well, most of it is just people flexing their wealth and commiting drugs and felonies, or how they are so good compared to other rappers. The ones who tell stories are so miniscule in comparison to others.

[@mangogaming149]

@ You are probably talking about modern shitty mumble rap. You should try some older songs from 1980-1995

[@Hypersync2]

@ As someone who likes rap, it pains me to say that as far as the mainstream goes, you're right. All the real talent is buried under the trash artists.

[@folkbunnyband11]

Thank you for the video though. It's so interesting seeing the evolution of music. 👍

[@acivoj86]

Yeah, let's split Rock in 10 music styles so it's impossible to see ho big it was from 60's to 00's

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

Like ACTUALLY

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

Honestly the only necessary genres of rock and roll to show would be punk rock and heavy metal but nah they gotta throw every subgenre in there

[@peterc3619]

Same for edm. If techno, house and electro are placed under one proper category named edm, it would be at the top of the list.

[@naywahn]

3:27 Soul = Funk = R&B WTF?!

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

@@naywahn disco came from funk, funk came from soul, etc

[@Domtendo]

2019: Autotune

[@justme-id7rw]

LISTEN TO MOROCCAN HIP-HOP

[@giiio]

Hey Domi c:

[@Nothing_serious]

Lmao baseless accusations.

[@holypython4418]

2030: Ai Musik

[@samyrandome425]

Autotune is beautiful

[@timprescott4634]

The PERFECT illustration of how jacked up music “categorization” is… Oh, and am I the only one who was hoping for a Chanson resurgence?🤣

[@MichouThe]

We have to thank afro americans with their great influence and creation of the genres

[@joemiller9931]

but it was the white man who turned it into Rock 'N' Roll!!

[@vaxrei]

Viewers: Holy crap country came out of nowhere! Jazz: Hold my trumpet.

[@trainradioable]

Blame Garth Brooks.

[@vdel7418]

Ya like Jazz?

[@connorlewis2517]

* Louis Armstrong entered the chat *

[@daceasyrepair3611]

@ZZZ XXX000 The Marihuana Tax Act

[@tonnibudiardjo3016]

Original dixieland jazz band was king of jazz all the time, i bet there is no great jazz bands like them anymore.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

I find the lack of metal or grunge appearing at all strange. Surely by the early 90s both should be on that list.

[@jvorhees6781]

Ikr, I think they lumped everything together with pop rock and alternative

[@loloncarrillo3403]

I guess that falls under the category of "Hard rock"

[@R_Marinho]

Pretty sure grunge fell into alternative rock. Nü metal too, while the rest probably fell into hard rock.

[@whatthefuck1852]

@@jvorhees6781 and punk, at least thrash metal should be there

[@valec9186]

@@whatthefuck1852 thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal so if there is no metal what makes you think that there should be thrash metal

[@iasimov5960]

Remember when you'd ask someone what kind of music they liked and the standard reply was "Anything but rap"?

[@notamoron2246]

Remember when (c)rap was anything other than sh1t? No, me either.

[@fatboysunited7255]

@@notamoron2246 on a scale of 1 to 10 how red is your neck? probably crimson I imagine

[@notamoron2246]

@@fatboysunited7255 I'm a music lover. You know, people with talent and musical instruments. And you can go f@ck yourself.

[@oscwib767]

@@notamoron2246 how circular is your family tree?

[@notamoron2246]

@@oscwib767 How miniscule is your appreciation for music? I don't eat dog sh1t instead of chocolate, and I can't listen to crap instead of music.

[@FD-nz7qv]

Can't believe house music was more popular than hip hop and alternative rock in the 90's and early 00's.

[@Ubp125]

House is a kind of music that everyone loves but don’t know what is it

[@qolspony]

Early 90s.

[@wingedhussar5528]

Of course it was. It was practically all that was played in the clubs in the 90s and early 2000s.

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

@@Ubp125 House Music puts me to sleep

[@pepsiq11965]

Really? What country are you from?

[@joaopedroferreirarodrigues4062]

*All modern music* : Ha Country, you're still here after all? *Country almost a century old* : _Do not cite deep magic to me witch, I was there when it was created._

[@joaofarias9986]

Is this a narnia reference?

[@d0m2288]

I appreciate this humor.

[@joaopedroferreirarodrigues4062]

@@d0m2288 I appreciate thy kindness.

[@joaopedroferreirarodrigues4062]

@@joaofarias9986 It has become a meme

[@joaofarias9986]

@@joaopedroferreirarodrigues4062 First time i've seen it

[@Those2Guyss]

Country: we are impenetrable Jazz: Hold my saxophone

[@fadelpratama3635]

Also Jazz: Where am i now? XD

[@kingzilla36]

Also jazz: "look here kid you gonna be a star" while looking at hiphop/rap

[@notevennelson]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dude

[@horeckilarion3310]

Jazz a bit later: ight imma bouta head out

[@keemmaanz1985]

You've heed your last haw

[@camradrip3730]

Pop Rock, Indie Rock, alternative rock, classic, and so on. Look like they just split it into groups.

[@flybeep1661]

They did so too with the other genres as well. House and Techno are all EDM subgenres.But they didn't for others like Folk and Country and sometimes mixed them up with Jazz and bebop (jazz subgenre), and cool jazz (jazz subgenre) in the same chart.

[@theexpensivechampagneguide]

"A broad term, the word "chanson" literally means "song" in French and can thus less commonly refers to a variety of (usually secular) French genres throughout history."

[@robyn1900]

1:44 Me to people in 1934: "ya like jazz."

[@D1scoDude]

KingRamen ????

[@lesshome5856]

Rap: *shows up on screen* Other genres: Why do I hear Mom's Spaghetti

[@s.s5933]

Lol.

[@flipphoneuser4220]

* Spaghetti noises *

[@traubenwilli5561]

Leel

[@jiahaowang62]

Knees weak

[@lebumjames5299]

Arms are heavy

[@TheIrieman15]

The influence African Americans have had on world music is enormous. Gospel, blues, jazz, rock n roll, R&B. soul, disco, pop, hip hop.....

[@steelerwik]

And also the influence of white people !!!!

[@erikpetersen-chinguacousys1943]

I love what you're doing here. Just love it! Keep it up.

[@MrSoulRaiver]

“Ah, shit, here we go again” Country 2019.

[@MrSoulRaiver]

@Dopamine Great.

[@mmcc7404]

We need more dubstep

[@saloni22815]

Country is good

[@keshavbhola2236]

Old Town road bruh

[@thpeacemaker]

Mainstream modern country is garbage

[@gaviriak]

You have to specify "in the US" NOT WORLDWIDE.

[@user-bi5pc3qs8y]

Russia too, except in Soviet period

[@indahf.freztiyana824]

@@user-bi5pc3qs8y in Soviet Russia, Music Listens To You... xD

[@evanprice2737]

This cant be US, metal would have appeared at some point in the 80s

[@diegoalfaz]

Evan Price This video is clearly about the US. Metal was probably labelled as Hard Rock and/or Punk.

[@brianbaratheon]

No he doesn't.

[@gachaheart2.0]

bruh classical is so underrated it sounds beautiful, feels beautiful, just perfect music

[@midnight19488]

one like for the underrated comment as well :)

[@drw_predator]

"Classical is the reason why we have what we have or ever had until today people alway forget where everything came from these days they just doing some twerking to trap or drill" - These are the words from a fellow New School Rapper and he also still listen to Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart , Ludwig, Vivaldi, Chopin, Wagner , John Williams Hans Zimmer, Bryan Tyler , Junkie XL, Audiomachines , Two Steps from Hell, many countless

[@GnomeHats]

@@drw_predator that’s really interesting! Which rapper is that?

[@drw_predator]

@@GnomeHats Me !!

[@drw_predator]

@atl amapichtli I get it being funny is everything these days ...hmmm even though you mean it as a joke it's not funny because we need to respect it, achoos respect over been funny, and now jokes with classical, we should be types of the media for that we can listen to these things even after centuries

[@brunopastorini1248]

Wow didn't expect punk to be the second most popular music style of 2012. Interesting how post-punk was much more popular than the 'original' punk of the mid 1970's

[@brothersnippy1373]

Gee... I didn't realize "House" music dominated the music scene for 20 years. I must have missed that.

[@theYguy300]

The thing is it didn't.

[@kuanmoney3089]

House is pretty much disco

[@snowpillars2776]

@@kuanmoney3089 it pretty much isn't

[@nichelovek]

AJ Harper, no, it did, but not in Murica, lol Don’t judge the world by Oklahoma ruler😁

[@annatorey7236]

What is house music anyway?

[@chipichipichapachapacala]

Remember when Shady said in 2002: "Nobody listen to Techno.."

[@abdallah.b]

Me to😂😂

[@kindadim1059]

In response to 'Who is this?', it's Eminem's old ass

[@galzeidman]

that's exactly what i thought towards the end of the video.

[@kindadim1059]

@SatiricalShawn bruh wut

[@WessGrumble]

@@christianstainazfischer uhm.... what???

[@benkizer9509]

I went down a rabbit hole watching all of these. Not sure why, but I find them soothing.

[@twanrobbin2666]

This list is even crazier when you think about the specific artists that impacted it.

[@MirinkaiserVODs]

"The rise and fall of disco in one minute."

[@csbaca1]

More like 10 years... all of the 70s

[@MirinkaiserVODs]

@@csbaca1 I was referencing the video length. (3:40 to 4:45 to be exact. A little bit over a minute.)

[@user-mm5uv2gg8b]

@@csbaca1 yeah I'm sure people listened to a genre for literally one minute, you mug. 😂

[@csbaca1]

@@user-mm5uv2gg8b I was being facetious 😂🤣

[@AlterEconomy]

Thanksfully

[@laszlosandor3281]

This list: No metal in the 80s Me: *Cries in Master of Puppets*

[@DASPRiD]

I assume the problem might be that metal is split into so many genres that no single genre had enough market share to make it into the list. Would maybe have been a good idea to summarize them all just under "metal" to get them in.

[@sohibconner6926]

@@DASPRiD there is different genres of metal but in the end they All count as "metal" its the most type of music that release much albums every year so far

[@MrJohnnyAOA]

I thought Djent would be on top.

[@lgl8118]

Metal is Hard Rock in the 80s and Alternative Rock in the 90s.

[@multimeter2859]

Ikr?!

[@toddanthonyy]

Fortunate enough to have lived listening to some of the best gospel, jazz, classic rock, disco, funk, soul and r&b music ever recorded. (60's, 70's, 80's and 90's) 📻 😎

[@lanzibangli1259]

1) dont separate genres into subgenres 2) combine edm 3) combine rock

[@nonmagicmike723]

Damn, the Great Depression really jazzed it up.

[@scofieldvictoria]

Gotta have something that isn’t depressing

[@Salmiyaguy1]

yep, thank Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.

[@prod.jimmyhd]

@@Salmiyaguy1 The US government killed Billie Holiday. RIP to a legend, she unfortunately lived in fascist America.

[@user-ul5vi8om3j]

1910-1915: Opera 1915-1933: Country 1934-1945: Jazz 1945-1953: Country *(again)* 1953-1955: R&B 1956-1960: Rock'n Roll 1961-1973: Soul and Pop Rock 1974-1981: Disco and Pop Rock 1982-1988: Techno-pop *and Pop Rock* 1989-2008: House 2009-now: Hip-Hop/Rap

[@shuriwitwicky6646]

天 what is house?

[@Simplyeverlasting87]

Shuri Witwicky checkout Rhythm of the night by Corona and you’ll see, it’s like dance music

[@robr9105]

@@shuriwitwicky6646 boots n pants! its the best genre to dance to

[@user-ue2lx6py9j]

@@danielherculano8600 haha ok daniel

[@mix3k818]

Pre-1910: Classical I sincerely hope Hip-Hop uses less Trap in the 2020's. Literally anything would be more inventive than the oversaturated instrumentals of Trap. Also, in Poland, Pop Rock had over a decade of its hay days delayed, so we had a crapton of rock girls in the period of 2005-2015.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

When opera, marches, and military are in your top five, you know we're not in Kansas anymore.

[@dijone11mus1]

There’s no way techno is that popular. Unless you’re talking about edm, eltronica, house, techno etc all included into techno. I actually don’t know anyone that listens to actual techno anymore. Mostly everyone edm or a different type of dubstep.

[@ryanh.2078]

So I guess the Alternative boom that I remeber in the 90s never happend...

[@karenkta7926]

I was wondering about grunge....

[@ryanh.2078]

@@karenkta7926 I know right!

[@metalrockstarizer89]

And the fall of hair metal.

[@poopsniffer4436]

I’m sooo confused, what is house, techno, or grunge? lol

[@jvy012896]

@Alrimate house and techno are twins. They sound exactly alike to first time listeners.

[@peternieuwkoop1048]

When you're staring intently at the bottom to see if any metal genres show up...

[@jeroenb1821]

Ik hoopte op hetzelfde, maar verwachtte dit al.😒

[@gasmaskedbassist1538]

I feel like metal's supposed to be alt rock or punk

[@gasmaskedbassist1538]

@I_Said_ OU812 don't need to tell me, I love metal. I'm mearly making a guess

[@itswillyo5]

Ya grunge definitely ran the 90s hard to believe it's not on there. That and metal in the mid to late 80s as well as nu-metal/nu-rock "rap metal" in the late 90s early 2000s. Crazy. Country was huge for such a long time

[@ykitskanyenorth847]

Or rather waiting for the 80's

[@AdamEmond]

How come I don't see whatever the hell Mumford and Sons was? Hahah

[@bossfan49]

Indie Rock

[@Matt_Mosley1983]

Because SHIT could easily listed as number 1 😁

[@AustinSimard]

Feel good folk pop I guess?

[@aiju21]

Opera lover ❤️

[@yhinte26]

Eminem: 'its over nobody listens to Techno' Techno 2k19: Hold my beer B)

[@bs6630]

yhinte26 i was singing that hahaha

[@-thedarkducky-7677]

Same😂

[@Gergo421]

More like hold my molly bro 😂

[@nicop.4850]

Pretty sure he meant edm in general and not techno

[@varioush]

Nico P. Its a bar from Eminem’s “Without Me”

[@IllumiNatetheOracle]

Weird how R&B is ranked so high in the later 2010s, but no mention in the 90s? R&B was experiencing a PEAK in the 90s, this is how Hip Hop crossed over through R&B.

[@TheIrieman15]

I was thinking the same. The swing beat era and R&B dominated the charts.

[@sarsippius2005]

I was expecting rap to be higher in the early 90s

[@Hehehe-hf7rq]

Nope. It was even near non existent outside of the US. This chart pretty fares well with the global scene

[@whiteipod2000]

@@Hehehe-hf7rq so you’re saying country. A very distinct American genre was popular worldwide?

[@alchemelixor5508]

@@whiteipod2000 John Denvers albums were hugely popular outside the US

[@MrBlaDiBla68]

This clip is my life. :-) Thank you.

[@merazkhan5444]

Top 10 Music Genres Ranked: 1st: Dubstep 🤖 2nd: Electro ⚡ 3rd: Trance 🎇 4th: House 🏠 5th: Pop 👩‍🎤 6th: Rock 🎸 7th: Hip Hop 🤙 8th: Disco 💃 9th: Funk 📻 10th: Jazz 🎷

[@SirRunsChannel]

Everyone: the 70s Me: what’s house music?

[@ghoul2164]

Any pop song with electronic sounds is pretty much house music

[@calfman3333]

GHOUL So... 96% of everything these days?

[@rosy4896]

Same question hahahah good thing i found the answers

[@laurentd5557]

yeah, to me house music was only a 90's thing. corona Hadaway etc though it died in the 2000's

[@goodfella2400]

Absolute crap would be the answer.

[@Joker-hq1ks]

The wars is happening Country: -Ah, shit here we go again

[@calvo_6969]

@_@

[@yerosai3302]

is -singular are -plural

[@dickmartino9933]

Disco: suddenly a lot of single women around with no kids Date: 1970s. Hmm wonder why?

[@txaggievet]

Ummmmm in 1967, there was no such thing as Classic Rock, that term did not come around until the 80s

[@KontauriC07]

Pretty much 2008-2015 were dominated by pure pop. All we heard back then were Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, JB, Rihanna, etc. How were they categorised?

[@yie3013]

what type of music do you listen to? me: musical music

[@DJsupasmash2ndChannel]

"Musical" probably refers to stuff like The Sound Of Music, or whatever Broadway musicals were around at that particular time.

[@coolfred9083]

I was like, wait what makes music, musical, that all other types of music don't have?

[@jikkebouma5512]

It prob meant like anything Goes or funny girl or whatever kinds of Broadway musicals were around at that time

[@raygoss4371]

Hmm the floor here is made out of floor

[@AqierDesigns]

techno, jazz & classical.

[@michaelsuder3956]

Out of all of the graphs they have done, this one seems like it is actually wrong

[@gymclasshero1006]

Yes

[@fable_enthusiast]

Only in the last years, cuz there isn't pop

[@jamalwalker]

@@fable_enthusiast you do no that pop isn't music its whatever is popular right now hip hop is the most popular so its pop music Michael jackson king of pop for his time was disco you get it.

[@isaiahwillis6115]

@@jamalwalker Even though you're correct, one could argue that pop music, over the decades, has built and sustained a particular singularity in its craftsmanship that's so identifiable and categorical that the songs which share these patterns (3 verse-chorus form structure, bubblegum premise/tone, the beloved "I-V-vi-IV" chord progression, elementary yet catchy hooks, etc.) are automatically labeled as such regardless of whether they're actually popular or not. Though pop is still just short for popular music at the end of the day, pop music seemed to have developed into something much more than that a long time ago.

[@jamalwalker]

@@isaiahwillis6115 I feel like fans of each genre did that on there own to discredit artist they don't like

[@akingdom4mypeople343]

You missed REGGAE not once did I see the popular west Indian music of REGGAE or SKA in your listing so please include as this phenomena took hold of England from the 50's till the 90's being replaced by LOVERS ROCK and then DANCEHALL.

[@politicamenteincorreto5462]

1790s - Classical Music 1910s - Opera 1920s - Country 1930s - Jazz 1940s - Country 1950s - Rock & Roll 1960s - Soul 1970s - Disco 1980s - Techno-pop and Pop Rock 1990s - House 2000s - House and Hip-Hop/Rap 2010s - Hip-Hop/Rap and Techno 2020s - Kpop and Trap (rip music)

[@PS987654321PS]

They cut Rock music up 12 different ways.

[@stejac133]

well because that's how rock music really is honestly. listen to elvis, pink floyd, and black flag. more differences than similarities tbh but their all the same base genre.

[@PS987654321PS]

Well, I respectfully disagree. I believe there are far more similarities than differences. All three of the bands you mentioned are all clearly Rock music in substance, style and soul. Why the ad nauseam slicing, dicing? Rock, more or less, became atomized from mid 70s onwards only and often later than that did the tedious classifications start. Jeez there was a time when it was either soft rock or hard rock. Now even elements of soft rock is oddly called yacht rock. Wtf? Probably for bullshit marketing reasons in order to make more money and also to control unified culture by creating infinitesimal subcultures, sub genres. Which is NOT what a Rock is about.

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

Not Stephen you could say the same about rap and hip hop

[@stuartkane2786]

@@zazzazoozay2914 made it better too. Wouldnt of have the biggest bands ever. Like black sabbath, rolling stones and the Beatles

[@gabaduran3333]

@@zazzazoozay2914 thanks to that Rock n roll was known for the world

[@NorninTGK]

I just came here to see Disco live and die.

[@DogZy9]

Disco never died, it lives on in nu-disco form!

[@AndreyFlik]

@@DogZy9 it's 2 another genres

[@DogZy9]

Obvious statement as yours was not my point.

[@RazorEdge2006]

And then disco comes back as "house".

[@Nathangec1978]

Me too. But the time spam in this video is longer than it actually lasted. Disco should enter the list in 1973, reach the top in 1978, fall quickly in 1981 and vanish from the list in 1982.

[@raggeragnar]

Silently respect the genres you don’t like , but loudly promote the ones you prefer. No point or dignity in shaming someones taste. Better to make anyone curious about yours. It’s slower but honourable and longer lasting when it takes.

[@Catseye189]

4:46 cute owl! So much talent represented here through the years. :D

[@fym6185]

6:17 Country: Yall thought I was gone huh.

[@Bruh-py8xs]

Rock and Roll: I guess I have too do all the work from here

[@mortalyouth2032]

Grunge: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@ShowginTV]

I think that fit under the alternative rock category probably

[@dougdapug1235]

Brett Kavanaugh 90s alt rock. Like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.

[@JoseFuentesLopez]

Surprissely hair metal or metal didn't appear.

[@supgin1616]

i thought you were dead abbachio

[@justadogwhousesmoderntech43]

I don't like That styles

[@redfloyd69]

It's amazing how many people don't bother reading the description before commenting. The city you live in isn't the entire world and neither is the US. And your sub 100 friends isn't the global population.

[@dicerosautismambient4894]

I thought that R&B music would have been more popular in the 1970s and 80s but am suprise that it got popular in the 2000s-2010s

[@jtrax4044]

It gets to 1997 and i'm thinking, "ok, that's now". And then I remember THAT WAS 22 YEARS AGO!!!

[@padrodi]

Oh man, at that time there was downtempo, a fucking good genre that needs to be on the trend again

[@venomkiler1]

Happens to me with 2009

[@davidmsirois]

you must be 40 like me lol :)

[@BennyBooForever24]

Everyone is talking about the rise of R&B and I'm still trying to figure out what military music is

[@alexandercolefield9523]

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[@koolkitty108]

They’re kind of like marches. Think John Philip Sousa or Gustav Holst. At least that’s what I’m assuming they are

[@user-wc6pw8oh6v]

What the funk is r&b? Tell me about any r&b artists not necessarily modern I just can't understand that the music genre I never heard is that popular

[@ramizureikat3793]

Military music is very common in Arab countries

[@chardonnayloadholt9264]

Somethin'123 r&b stands for rhythm and blues and is my favorite genre 😊

[@baddboo8866]

I love these videos

[@tavintesinclair]

I find it very hard to believe that house music had that type of longevity of mainstream appeal.

[@mattpillitteri9751]

Nobody: Not a soul: 1930's: Ya like Jazz?

[@mrchristian0457]

Matt Pillitteri You aren’t funny, Mr copy everyone else. I’ve seen like 4 of these comments.

[@jasmijnraaij2987]

Not a 'soul' ha ha

[@mattpillitteri9751]

@@mrchristian0457 I bet you're quite the comedian then?

[@hallamalla98]

"Punk" the fourth most popular genre in 2019? Uuhm, what? Where do you hear Punk? Or what do you consider Punk?

[@chrisjiles12]

Punk rap

[@mightymorphinmonty7618]

BeardedButtCrack Punk rock

[@td_8346]

I’m guessing people like billy eilish?

[@hallamalla98]

Punk for me is Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedy's, Black Flag and Bad Brains. Also bands like Sum 41, Blink 182, Green Day and Fall Out Boy, all though they are Pop Punk, I get that you might say just Punk. But when do you hear bands like any of those I mentioned in popular music culture? Most bands popular in the Rock scene today are bands like Foo Fighters, Rammstein and 5FDP (and other metalcore bands), some bands like Royal Blood and Greta Van Fleet do get alot of recognition too, but I not hear alot of Punk, only in the Underground and Indie/Local scenes.

[@michaelurgelles937]

Agree. I was left curious seeing punk there. There are no notable "hardcore punk/punk rock" artists until like the late 2000s. All I know today are pop-punk groups which are neither popular to make it to the 4th place.

[@DJMoeejito]

That was so dope! Theres and rise and fall to it. Like Newton said, “What goes up, must come down”

[@DirtySmovePeace]

Thanks for the Information, pleas a Update for the 1970s to the 2020s

[@ivyboo1541]

Who else was waiting for something metal to come

[@tripp8714]

Anti Fetish It’s possible they classified it as hard rock

[@tjarkscrfzed8529]

I think "something metal" didn't appear because most artists in metal do not release their records under the genre name "metal", it's always the specific genre, like thrash, death, black, doom, speed etc. I think in summary metal would appear, but not with it's million subgenres..

[@balazs919]

@@tjarkscrfzed8529 You're kinda right, but at the same time the chart had Alt Rock and Indie Rock in it, so they could have included it somehow idk

[@jr.9792]

I don't understand how there was no metal/hard rock but there was boogie-woogie😂

[@LukaszVT40k]

I think "new wave" (start of 1980s) was new wave metal (Iron Maiden, Metallica et al). Could be wrong.

[@charlescalvinhasthegreates5026]

Stil no Hardbass? *sad gopnik noises*

[@user-yu7ju6ht8i]

It's not fair! `crying gopnic sounds`

[@Xxx_HA7N6ATOP_228_xxX]

Sad sooka blyad sound:(

[@HVLLOWS1999]

TRUE

[@HVLLOWS1999]

2011 was closest year. We need to bring it back

[@user-zg6xo6zw5p]

Понятно нахуй

[@latitudepost]

Out of all these music genres since the 1910s it seems that country has had the most longevity

[@lordofthemound3890]

It depends on how you define “Country.”

[@Nextraker]

Emo will make its comeback 💪

[@freddymarsuc904]

It was never a phase mom !

[@Zeroshiki]

@@freddymarsuc904 Ughhh, lol I don't even want the emo memories to come back. 💀

[@elias7748]

I’d rather have opera or jazz.

[@vinceruland9236]

God no!!!

[@Meg-nc4su]

country : when you think it's dead, it comes back

[@danejurus69]

Unfortunately.

[@justintaylor9584]

Country is the wave 🤠

[@Joe_Okey]

@@danejurus69 No, FORTUNATELY. Just like you wouldn't have today's music without Elvis' influence, you also wouldn't have today's music without Hank Williams Sr.'s influence as well. What is unfortunate is that the current Hip Hop/Rap (which is garbage compared to what it used to be) is holding steady at number one. "Old Town Road (especially the Billy Ray Cyrus remix) showed that Country and Rap can actually co-exist together quite beautifully if done right.

[@8ballmaniacsuperstar304]

Where's metal in the 80s

[@merksmovies25]

maybe hard rock

[@merksmovies25]

i think that's what metallica was classified as on this list

[@verbulent_flow6229]

The data was based on record sales, not live performances. Usually, Metal is a genre that is preferably heard live.

[@spartansquid5931]

@@merksmovies25 Yeah but this list was pretty specific with the genres, they probably wouldn't label Metallica as the Thrash genre, but you'd think they'd specify Metal.

[@milojanke4024]

Maybe the genre New Wave? Because of New Waves of Brithish Heavy metal?

[@TonyMark25]

1955 - Elvis has entered the chat. There's a direct correlation between Elvis' rise and rock and roll. He's the one who popularized it all.

[@gabaduran3333]

That was Elvis no doubt

[@KarlBonner1982]

I like how the background music builds up as jazz is taking over in the early '30s