Editing 1940s (section)

===Music===
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{{Main|1940s in music}}

* [[Bing Crosby]] was the bestselling pop artist of the 1940s. Crosby was the leading figure of the crooner sound as well as its most iconic, defining artist. By the 1940s, he was an entertainment superstar who mastered all of the major media formats of the day, movies, radio, and recorded music.[[File:Anibal Troilo 1971.png|thumb|[[Aníbal Troilo]], one of the most famous [[Bandoneon]] players in the Golden Age of Tango]]
* The most popular music style during the 1940s was [[swing music|swing]], which prevailed during World War II. In the later periods of the 1940s, less swing was prominent and crooners like [[Frank Sinatra]], along with genres such as bebop and the earliest traces of rock and roll, were the prevalent genre.
* [[Tango music|Tango]] remained popular worldwide and several of the most famous tangos were composed in this decade, such as ''[[Malena (song)|Malena]], [[:es:Garúa_(tango)|Garúa]], [[:es:Nada_(tango)|Nada]], [[:es:Naranjo_en_flor|Naranjo en flor]],'' and many others.