Music Genres and Audience

Country

Country has a great audience and following from Southern American as this is where the genre was founded. A band called 'The Soggy Bottom Boys' is a small yet very successful group as they have been in the media a lot since their song's success from the film 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'. The song , "Man of Constant Sorrow", was the archer of the film as the song is key to the film's story line. Another successful artist form the country genre is that of Josh Turner who has always found a top 50 spot in the US Country charts. The genre is usually described as to be performed by males but the great Dolly Parton has had the most US Country number 1s and has recieved 46 Grammy nominations winning 7 times.

Rap

The target audience for the rap genre is mainly depicted to be for African-American males who show some form of aggression when listening to this music. The rap genre was cultivated in the 90s by the 'N.W.A', an all black group who consisted of Arabian Prince, DJ Yella,Dr Dre, Easy-E, Ice Cube and MC Ren.  They started their group as a form of no-violent protest against the brutal and racist police force of the time. Their new genre spread quick and was an instant success to the lower class population. Their catchy "F**k the Police" was banned by the authorities which later led them to being arrested during the middle of one of their concerts for performing the act. Many other artist have come form this genre to be as successful like Tupac and Snoop Dogg who Dr. Dre discovered. However, the genre is not only for the black males as Eminem (a white male) as become a huge name/ brand within the genre as well as Nicki Minaj who is an African-American female.

Pop

The Pop genre is the most popular in modern day even though it originated in Western world during the 1950s and 1960s and derived from rock and roll. The term "pop music" literally means "popular music" for example Taylor Swift is very popular amongst the generation of today. Pop is a genre which borrows elements form other genres like dance as in many pop music videos the performers are dancing. Not all pop artist are able to stay in this genre however as their music and style eventually becomes boring and too old for the modern listeners. An example of this is Sir Elton John who performed pop music during the 1970s to early 2000s, this is one of the longest spans of pop music however he was faded into more rock and blues.