| 2010 in music |
| By location |
| Canada – Europe – Great Britain – Ireland – Sweden – Japan – New Zealand – United States |
| By genre |
| Alternative, country, electropop, heavy metal, hip-hop, opera |
| By topic |
| List of albums released in 2010 List of albums by Japanese artists released in 2010 |
The electro-pop and dance-pop genres are the dominating genres of the year 2010 in the United States so far with artists like Lady Gaga, Kesha, The Black Eyed Peas, Taio Cruz, Usher, and Katy Perry topping the charts. The electro-pop and dance-pop genres have replaced Hip Hop and R&B as the dominating genres in American pop music.
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While the years 2008 and 2009 brought about a large change in American pop music by changing from the then mainstream hip hop and R&B to electro-pop and dance-pop, 2010 is staying true to this by having artists such as Kesha top the charts with her number 1 song "Tik Tok" through the first 2 months of the year. Artists such as Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Jason Derülo, and British singer Taio Cruz also bear special mention with chart topping songs such as Gaga's number 2 song, "Bad Romance", number 3 song, "Telephone" featuring R&B pop artist Beyonce, David Guetta's number 5 hit, "Sexy Bitch", Jason Derülo's number 5 hit, "In My Head", and Taio Cruz's Number 1 hit, "Break Your Heart" featuring Ludacris. The Black Eyed Peas also continued their huge popularity in the year 2010 with their number 1 song, "Imma Be" and the top 9 electropop single "Rock Your Body". Along with these hits, others such as number 1 hit "California Gurls" by Katy Perry featuring rapper Snoop Dogg, (number 3 song) "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz, (number 6 song) "I Like It" by Enrique Iglesias, number 5 song "Alejandro" by Lady Gaga, number 1 hit "OMG" by Usher, number 7 song "Blah Blah Blah" and number 4 song "Your Love Is My Drug" by Kesha, number 8 song "Bulletproof" by British singer La Roux and then number 6 song "Cooler Than Me" by Mike Posner have been huge electropop hits in the year 2010 throughout the United States. As of now, electro-pop is the mainstream genre of the year and decade, in the United States. Billboard mentions: "While dance music has periodically conquered the American pop charts, its current incursion may be its deepest since the disco heyday of the '70s."