Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
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The Defining Artists of the 2010s
The following artists released some of the best music of the 2010s. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
Run the Jewels Katy Perry Twenty One Pilots Tyler, The Creator Solange Billie Eilish Gorillaz Taylor Swift Sleater-Kinney Vampire Weekend Harry Styles Cardi B Janelle Monáe Sam Smith Drake Childish Gambino D'Angelo Father John Misty Robyn Bruno Mars David Bowie Radiohead Lorde Ariana Grande Rihanna Pink The National Sufjan Stevens Jay-Z Carrie Underwood TV on the Radio St. Vincent Dua Lipa Tool Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Brandi Carlile Angel Olsen Tame Impala Jason Isbell Alabama Shakes Chris Stapleton Gary Clark Jr. Eric Church Lady Gaga Sia Jack White Kendrick Lamar Mumford & Sons Post Malone Carly Rae Jepsen Lizzo The Weeknd Mitski Ed Sheeran Frank Ocean Grimes Queens of the Stone Age Adele The Black Keys The War on Drugs Justin Timberlake Glen Campbell Kamasi Washington Maroon 5 Beck Foo Fighters Nicki Minaj Swans Florence and The Machine Nine Inch Nails Arctic Monkeys One Direction Beyoncé Lana Del Rey Arcade Fire Coldplay LCD Soundsystem Kanye West Courtney Barnett Bon Iver Imagine Dragons Kacey Musgraves Eminem Muse Nick Cave Daft Punk Weezer
Of the 87 artists listed above, 7% have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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The Defining Albums of the 2010s
The Black Keys - Brothers (2010)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
The National - High Violet (2010)
Robyn - Body Talk (2010)
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (2010)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (2010)
Caribou - Swim (2010)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Adele - 21 (2011)
The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions (2011)
The Weeknd - House of Balloons (2011)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (2012)
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (2012)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (2012)
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... (2012)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Brandy Clark - 12 Stories (2013)
Miley Cyrus - Bangerz (2013)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
Beyoncé - Beyoncé (2013)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
The 1975 - The 1975 (2013)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
Adele - 25 (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Jamie xx - In Colour (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016)
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings (2016)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
Rihanna - ANTI (2016)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn. (2017)
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (2017)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer (2018)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy (2018)
Rosalía - El Mal Querer (2018)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Bad Bunny - X 100pre (2018)
Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (2018)
Burna Boy - African Giant (2019)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F***ing Rockwell! (2019)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)
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The Defining Songs of the 2010s
Adele - Rolling In The Deep (2010)
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (2010)
Robyn - Dancing On My Own (2010)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Eric Church - Springsteen (2011)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (2011)
Lorde - Royals (2011)
Tegan and Sara - Closer (2012)
Jason Isbell - Elephant (2012)
Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (2012)
Taylor Swift - All Too Well (2012)
Daft Punk - Get Lucky (2013)
Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (2014)
Taylor Swift - Blank Space (2014)
Tyler, the Creator - See You Again (2015)
Drake - Hotline Bling (2015)
Beyoncé - Sorry (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - Alright (2015)
Childish Gambino - Redbone (2016)
Solange - Cranes in the Sky (2016)
Beyoncé - Formation (2016)
Beck - Colors (2017)
Lizzo - Truth Hurts (2017)
Harry Styles - Sign of the Times (2017)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2018)
Cardi B - I Like It (2018)
Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (2019)
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