Modern Pop
Who is currently the most streamed artist on Spotify with 112 million listeners a month?
The Weeknd
John, Paul, George, and ______ are members of the Beatles
Ringo
Name three Elvis songs
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One Direction, Little Mix, and Fifth Harmony all rose to fame due to this talent show
The X Factor
What is currently the most streamed genre on Spotify?
Hip-Hop
What two Harry Styles songs currently have over 2 billion Spotify streams?
"Watermelon Sugar" and "As It Was"
Who was the lead singer of Nirvana, whose untimely death resulted at the end of Nirvana?
Kurt Cobain
“Hotel California” was a hit for which American band?
The Eagles
Who is known for interrupting Taylor Swift’s Best Female Music Video award speech at the 2009 VMAs?
Kanye West
Music with origins in folk that often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos and acoustic guitars, and harmonicas
Country
The Puerto Rican singer and rapper born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio in 1994 is better known by what stage name?
Bad Bunny
Beyonce rose to stardom as part of which girl band?
Destiny's Child
His alter egos include Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and Major Tom
David Bowie
This 1960s social movement originated on college campuses and gained popularity due to their anti-war campaigns that were often expressed through music
Hippie Movement
Music produced not associated with major commercial record labels, possibly including a do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing (ex: The 1975)
Who was the first artist born in the 2000s to have a number-one album in the United States?
Billie Eilish
This 6-minute long classic sing-along song was the best-selling single in the 1970s
Bohemian Rhapsody
This band's song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" reached #1 on both US and UK charts in 1965
The Rolling Stones
At the 2015 Grammys, Taylor Swift’s “1989” controversially beat which Kendrick Lamar album for Album of the Year?
"To Pimp A Butterfly"
Dance music containing elements of funk, soul, pop, and salsa that achieved popularity during the mid-1970s to the early 1980s (ex: Abba)
Disco
Better Oblivion Community Center and boygenius include this singer-songwriter behind the 2020 album Punisher
Phoebe Bridgers
This 1990s girl group the highest-selling girl group of all time
The Spice Girls
Money, Us and Them, and Time were popular songs from which Pink Floyd album?
Dark Side of the Moon
What 1980s/90s pop musician was recognized by Guinness World Records as the "best-selling female recording artist of all time"
Madonna
One of the world’s top music genres combining gospel, blues, and jazz influences (ex: Aretha Franklin)
Rhythm & Blues (R&B)