Popular Culture – music from 2000-TODAY! By Ethan, Cooper, Alex, Emily and Olivia
Music has changed a lot since the time of the rock ‘n’ roll, now evolving into pop. Music is similar to things like fashion as it changes throughout the generations as different trends pass. Today, music is a large part of most people’s lives Pop is one of the most successful Australian musical exports. Introduction
iTunes, YouTube and other social medias have a large influence of how todays music evolves. For example, when a song reaches #1 on the iTunes charts, many people buy the song. This is compared to in the early 2000s when most of these medias were not around. iPOds, MP3s, phones have also had a huge influence Influences
Popular Aboriginal artist Pop artist There are not many Aboriginal pop singers in Australia – therefore meaning there is not many of her kind She was the first native Australian to sing at the EuroVision contest. She starred in the movie The Sapphires Started her career in 2004 at the Tamworth Country Music Festival Jessica Mauboy
Australian artist Delta Goodrems`s album, Innocent Eyes, it was the highest selling album in Australia from Sold 6 million albums worldwide – multi-platinum Stars as a judge in the reality TV show ‘The Voice.’ Delta Goodrem
Justice Crew Sheppard Other Australian Bands and Artists
It is not only Australian music artists who have been popular since the early 2000s. The boy band One Direction (British band) has been extremely popular in Australia as well. Another artist which was also popular is Taylor Swift (United States of America). Prior to the 2000s, many popular music groups were from overseas such as the Beatles and INXS. Overseas influence
Music has changed since the 1950s from rock ‘n’ roll to pop There have been many different influences which change the way music is produced such as iTunes and iPods. Singers like Jessica Mauboy and Delta Goodrem have made a significant contribution to the music world. Overseas influence has also played a huge part in Australia`s music industry. Overall