Nowadays, music is freer than ever, we can listen to it anywhere and at any moment. Freedom in music is also its variety. There are so many music styles out there that everyone can find his/her favourite type of music.
Next, we'll see examples of different music styles that are successful in the English-speaking countries nowadays. The importance of both the UK and the USA in the music industry is really huge. The reputation of British singers is known worldwide and this country is always looked at to know which is the latest music trend. As for the USA, music industry has a big power there, just as big as Hollywood film industry. For this reason, many American singers succeed all over the world, just like films do. The music power of these two countries has become so big that many other bands or singers who are not native English-speakers decide to sing in English in order to reach fans from the whole world and succeed internationally. Examples of these are ABBA (Swedish), Shakira (Colombian) or Enrique Iglesias (Spanish).
But, who's being successful in the English-speaking countries right now? Some of them you know for sure, but some others are not so well-known internationally.
Here's a list with different styles, singers/bands, their countries of origin and links to their music videos. Enjoy them!
- Pop: Katy Perry (USA)
- Rock: U2 (Ireland)
- Hip hop: Jay-Z (USA)
- Dance: Calvin Harris feat. Dua Lipa (UK)
- Country: Blake Shelton (USA)
- R&B: Rihanna (Barbados)
- Indie: The Killers (USA)
- Punk: Sum 41 (Canada)
- Grunge: Pearl Jam (USA)
- Soul: Amy Winehouse (UK)
- Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald (USA)
- Blues: Norah Jones (USA)
- Swing: Michael Bublé (Canada)
- Folk: The Corrs (Ireland)
- Gospel: David G (Nigeria)
Well, which were your favourite music styles? Do you think our music tastes here in Spain are similar to the ones in the English-speaking countries? You can make any comments on our Google Classroom group.
See you in class!
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