From Adele to Billie Eilish, test your knowledge of the music that defined the 2010s.
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The 2010s witnessed the most dramatic transformation in music consumption since the invention of recorded sound. Streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music replaced physical media and downloads, fundamentally altering how artists built audiences and how hits were measured. The album as a cultural event survived through surprise drops from Beyoncé and visual albums that blurred the line between music and cinema.
Hip-hop and R&B overtook rock as the dominant genre in America, with Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Cardi B reshaping the mainstream. Kendrick's DAMN. became the first non-classical, non-jazz work to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, while Drake pioneered the streaming era with billions of plays. Pop evolved through Taylor Swift's genre pivots, Ed Sheeran's acoustic stadium anthems, and Adele's record-shattering vocal performances.
The decade ended with a new generation taking over: Billie Eilish won all four major Grammy categories at age 18, Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' broke the record for longest-running #1 single, and BTS brought K-pop to the top of the American charts. Latin music went global with 'Despacito' becoming the most-viewed YouTube video, proving that language was no barrier to worldwide success.
