Skip Navigation
Spencer Kornhaber

Spencer Kornhaber - Spencer Kornhaber is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he edits the Entertainment channel.
More

Before coming to The Atlantic, he worked as an editor for AOL's Patch.com and as a staff writer at Village Voice Media's OC Weekly. He has also written for Spin, The AV Club, RollingStone.com, Field & Stream, and The Orange County Register.

5 Music Trends From 2011 (So Far)

By Spencer Kornhaber
Jul 6 2011, 11:41 AM ET Comment

Girls rule, rap goes evil, sax returns: A snapshot of the last six months in pop

nickiminaj super bass.jpg

Cash Money Records Inc.

More so than movies, music gets evaluated by calendar year: December's top-10-list-making flurry is akin to Oscar season when it comes to summing up The State of the Art Form. So it makes sense that July, midway point on the calendar, would be time to talk about how the year in music is shaping up.

Below are the five broad trends—generously defined— that come to mind when thinking about what's been happening over radio, music blog, and iPods in 2011. A lot, of course, has been left out—so let the end-of-year arguing begin, six months early.



Presented by

More at The Atlantic

Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are
Lost Moral Perspective: The Absurd Way Partisans Assess 2012 Coverage Hey Voters: The Kill List Is What Matters
The Crowded, Competitive World of Animal Acting Why Would You Want to Manage an Animal Actor?
We Should Be in a Race for Prevention, Not Cures Why We Should Be in a Race for Prevention, Not Cures
Under Obama, Men Killed by Drones Are Presumed to Be Terrorists Why Are So Few Civilians Killed by Drones?

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register.
blog comments powered by Disqus

Just In

View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

The Unreal World

May 31, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)