Music

~Intro~

Do you like to listen to music? The latest songs of 2020 / 2019? Well, have you ever wanted to know the background of music? Because I do! And so do other people! Music goes way back. Music was probably before Einstein! But you wouldn't know! There are lots of facts about music that you never knew!

~Facts about music~

Music dates back since the beginning of man, it dates back when humans began carving musical instruments out of bone ivory in Europe. (Source; Earth - Did early humans, or even animals invent music? - BBC) And history says that music was used to communicate before language even existed! Music can also help you learn! It isn't considered a distraction if you use the right type of music. It helps get rid of stress while working or studying and can help during a test to beat pre-test anxiety. It eases a student's nerves during long study sessions or big exams.

~Music Genres~

Music of different kinds has so many different backgrounds and stories. Music is written based on other people's opinions, personal experiences, or other peoples experiences. People like to write in many different music genres, considering there are 1,264 different ones. The most popular genres right now are Hip-Hop / Rap, Rock, and R&B (Short for rhythm and blues)

~Most Popular~

The most popular music artists of 2019 - 2020 are Selena Gomez, Post Malone, Billie Eillish, Lizzo, Justin Beiber, Harry Styles, BTS, Khalid, Halsey, and Ed Sheeren. The most popular music video of 2019 is “Old Town Road” by Lil NasX with 424M views. Along with “Shake It Off” By Taylor Swift with 2.8B views. But, her song “You Need To Calm Down” broke her silence on politics. The song “You Need to Calm Down” hitting 178M views is about haters and the LGBTQ Community.

~Grammy Awards of 2020!~

A Grammy award, or Grammy, Is an award given by the Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the music industry. There were quite a lot of grammy awards for 2020. The categories were record of the year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, and more. For Record of the year, these lucky people, Bon Iver, Billie Eillish, Arianna Grande, H.E.R, Khalid, Lizzo, Post Malone, and Lil Nas X (Featuring Billy Ray Cirus) all won a grammy award for Record of the year. The Winner for Record of the year was Billie Eillish, with the song “Bad Guy” hitting 96M views in a year! Billie Eillish is 18 years old, born December 18th, 2001. It turns out, Billie Eillish won five Grammy Awards! Wow!