2010 in electro pop music
The electro-pop and dance-pop genres are the dominating genres of the year 2010 so far with artists like Lady GaGa, Kesha, and Black Eyed PEAS topping the charts. The electro-pop and dance-pop genres have replaced Hip Hop and R&B as the dominating genres in American pop music.
Rising mainstream popularity
While the years 2008 and 2009 brought AbOUT a large change in American pop music by changing from the then mainstream hip hop and R&B to electro-pop and dance-pop, 2010 is staying true to this by having artists such as Kesha top the charts with her number 1 song "Tik Tok" through the first 2 months of the year. Artists such as Lady Gaga and David Guetta also bear special mention with chart topping songs such as Gaga's number 2 song, "Bad Romance" and David Guetta's number 5 hit, "Sexy [...]". The Black Eyed Peas also continued their huge popularity in the year 2010 with their number 1 song, "Imma Be". As of now, electro-pop is the mainstream genre of the year and decade. Billboard mentions: "While dance music has periodically conquered the American pop charts, its current incursion May Be its deepest since the disco heyday of the '70s."
January
- Owl City's tour with Lights (musician) and Deas Vail begins, on January 21.
Unspecified
- Analog Rebellion to release a 2003-2009 best of set, and a New album.
- Keane to tour forests around the world, and release a new EP.
- Goldfrapp helped produce the early 2010 Christina Aguilera album.
- Lady Gaga is expected to air out her third album studio sometime in late 2010.
See also
- 2009 in electro pop music
- 2010s in electro pop music