2010s Bangers
This 2013 song by Lorde critiques wealth and luxury.
What is Royals?
Gotye had his only major global hit with this breakup duet.
What is Somebody That I Used to Know?
This Toronto artist released the 2016 album Views.
Who is Drake?
This K-pop group released “Dynamite” in 2020.
Who is BTS?
This musical features the songs “Defying Gravity” and “Popular.”
What is Wicked?
This duo released “Closer,” the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 #1 of 2016.
Who are The Chainsmokers?
This 2007 artist created a dance track that became a viral craze involving a distinctive arm-swinging move and a “superman” jump, with it becoming the first song ever to hit one billion streams on MySpace.
Who is Soulja Boy?
This Canadian singer has a signature hit in “Call Me Maybe.”
Who is Carly Rae Jepsen?
This boy band, formed on The X Factor, released the album Made in the A.M. in 2015.
Who is One Direction?
This musical’s soundtrack includes “My Shot,” “Burn,” and “Wait For It.”
What is Hamilton?
This 2014 hit's beat, about accepting one's body, uses musical metaphors like "treble" and "bass".
What is All About That Bass?
This folk-rock song from the early 2010s is known for its stomping beat, shouted harmonies, and the lyric “I belong with you, you belong with me.”
What is Ho Hey?
This artist from Brampton released “Love Me Harder” with Ariana Grande.
Who is The Weeknd?
This Swedish pop group won Eurovision in 1974 with a song inspired by Napoleon.
Who is ABBA?
This Stephen Sondheim musical intertwines the stories of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (of beanstalk fame), and Rapunzel.
What is Into the Woods?
Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” became an anthem in 2015, featured on this album.
What is To Pimp a Butterfly?
This 2009 electronic track exploded in 2013 thanks to a YouTube meme that involved still shots suddenly cutting to chaotic dancing in costumes, helmets, or random props.
What is Harlem Shake?
This group’s 2012 hit “Rude” blends reggae with pop.
Who is MAGIC!?
This group of three brothers became global disco icons in the 1970s with their distinctive falsetto sound.
Who are the Bee Gees?
This musical features the song “One Day More” and is based on a Victor Hugo novel.
What is Les Misérables?
This 2012 song, built around a haunting piano loop and the line “And I’m hearing what you say but I just can’t make a sound,” is Eminem’s most viewed YouTube track of the decade.
What is Love the Way You Lie?
This 2011 anthem became the soundtrack of every graduation slideshow and high-school drama moment, with a soaring chorus that begins with the shouted word “Tonight!”
What is We Are Young?
This Canadian rock band became the first to top the Billboard Hot 100 in three decades.
Who are Nickelback?
This legendary rock band, formed in the 1970s, includes the iconic duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks and created the album Rumours, one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Who is Fleetwood Mac?
This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is based on T.S. Eliot’s poetry collection.
What is Cats?