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.
Taylor Swift Beyoncé Frank Ocean Jay-Z Tool Bon Iver Carrie Underwood Katy Perry Eric Church Billie Eilish Kacey Musgraves Vampire Weekend Kamasi Washington Bruno Mars The War on Drugs Eminem Kanye West Radiohead The National David Bowie Harry Styles Florence and The Machine LCD Soundsystem The Black Keys Ed Sheeran Childish Gambino Sufjan Stevens Robyn Nicki Minaj One Direction Cardi B Post Malone Justin Timberlake Imagine Dragons Lady Gaga Courtney Barnett St. Vincent Twenty One Pilots MGMT Rihanna Muse Arcade Fire Daft Punk Pink D'Angelo Swans Kesha Chris Stapleton Lizzo Alabama Shakes Queens of the Stone Age Foo Fighters Janelle Monáe Coldplay Dua Lipa Gorillaz Lana Del Rey Drake Ariana Grande Solange Beck The Weeknd Sam Smith Tyler, The Creator Mumford & Sons Mitski Maroon 5 Grimes Tame Impala Carly Rae Jepsen Adele Angel Olsen Kelly Clarkson Run the Jewels Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Father John Misty Jack White Nick Cave Arctic Monkeys Lorde Kendrick Lamar Brandi Carlile Sleater-Kinney Weezer TV on the Radio Gary Clark Jr. Sia Jason Isbell Nine Inch Nails
Of the 89 artists listed above, 7% have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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The Defining Albums of the 2010s
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
Caribou - Swim (2010)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
Robyn - Body Talk (2010)
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (2010)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)
The National - High Violet (2010)
The Black Keys - Brothers (2010)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (2010)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
The Weeknd - House of Balloons (2011)
Adele - 21 (2011)
The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions (2011)
Eric Church - Chief (2011)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... (2012)
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (2012)
Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (2012)
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (2012)
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
The 1975 - The 1975 (2013)
Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)
Disclosure - Settle (2013)
Brandy Clark - 12 Stories (2013)
Miley Cyrus - Bangerz (2013)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)
Beyoncé - Beyoncé (2013)
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
Tame Impala - Currents (2015)
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (2015)
Adele - 25 (2015)
Jamie xx - In Colour (2015)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings (2016)
Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
Rihanna - ANTI (2016)
Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016)
Kendrick Lamar - Damn. (2017)
Lorde - Melodrama (2017)
SZA - Ctrl (2017)
Migos - Culture (2017)
Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (2017)
Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)
Playboi Carti - Die Lit (2018)
Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (2018)
Bad Bunny - X 100pre (2018)
Rosalía - El Mal Querer (2018)
Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)
Lana Del Rey - Norman F***ing Rockwell! (2019)
Burna Boy - African Giant (2019)
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The Defining Songs of the 2010s
Adele - Rolling In The Deep (2010)
Robyn - Dancing On My Own (2010)
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (2010)
Lorde - Royals (2011)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (2011)
Eric Church - Springsteen (2011)
Taylor Swift - All Too Well (2012)
Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (2012)
Daft Punk - Get Lucky (2013)
Taylor Swift - Blank Space (2014)
Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (2014)
Drake - Hotline Bling (2015)
Kendrick Lamar - Alright (2015)
Childish Gambino - Redbone (2016)
Beyoncé - Formation (2016)
Solange - Cranes in the Sky (2016)
Lizzo - Truth Hurts (2017)
Harry Styles - Sign of the Times (2017)
Cardi B - I Like It (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2018)
Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (2019)
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