Top Pop Music for 2011

The History Of Jazz Music Jazz is the music that makes you feel good. Jazz is the sound that makes you reflect on your life and what it means. The “History of Jazz Music” takes you back to your beginnings. Historically 1890 is the year jazz was born in New Orleans but a closer look [...]

A Brief History of Rock and Roll The history of Rock and Roll music began in the United States. Elements of most types of American music found its way into Rock and Roll including Jazz, Blues, Gospel, and Country. Both African-American and white American music went into what became Rock and Roll. Like the United [...]

History of Pop Music The phrase “pop music” was first coined around the middle of the 1920′s, it meant a piece of music had “popular” appeal. Numerous things that took place during the recordings of the 20′s could be seen as being the start of the modern day pop music industry, which includes rhythm and [...]

Popular Metal Artists Heavy metal is finally being allowed in the mainstream. Metal bands are selling out major concert arenas, are dominating the radios , and even have a station of on demand television. There are now several many popular metal artist. Many metal bands from the beginning of metal are still around today. Iron [...]

Top R&B for 2011 2011 was an amazing year for R&B as we saw acts, both old and new, top the charts with hits that will always be remembered. While the basic R&B pop formula was there, we also saw a wave of experimental, new grooves that broke the barriers and forced us to reconsider [...]

Popular R&B Artist R & B or rhythm and blues music first became known in the 1950’s. It began in the northern part of America like Chicago. Before long, other cities had caught the R&B fever. R&B is now considered one of the most influential music in the 20th century. This kind of music is [...]