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===Music=== <!--Avoid favouritism by not mentioning specific artists; keep that to the main '2020s in music' article. Keep in mind that this subsection is merely a summary and not an advertising device or place to list your favourite groups or artists. This is mostly for long-term, observed trends and styles.--> {{Main|2020s in music}} By 2020, [[TikTok]], an [[Online video platform|online video service]], had become extremely popular as a music platform on social media.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/2020-04-22-tiktik-music-viral-drake-toosie-slide-roddy-ricch-old-town-road-24068571.html |title=How TikTok became 2020's most important music platform — from 'Old Town Road' to 'Toosie Slide' |website=Yahoo |date=2020-04-22 |access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref> Users on streaming platforms such as [[Spotify]], [[YouTube Music]], [[Deezer]], [[Amazon Music]], and [[Apple Music]] have increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Festivals such as [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]] were cancelled because of the virus. The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the touring business.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-09/music-business-streaming-covid-pandemic-nielsen-midyear-report |title=How the music business is faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=9 July 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2020/10/30/youtube-music-subscribers-2020/ |title=YouTube Says It Has 30 Million Premium and Music Subscribers |website=Digital Music News |first=Ashley |last=King |date=2020-10-30 |access-date=2020-10-30}}</ref> <!--NOTE:Please keep this list at or under 25 names for the time being. Only replace names as you/the wiki community sees fit, just don't add more than 25.--> [[Pop music|Pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[rock music]] including [[pop punk]] and [[shoegaze]], [[Eurodance]], [[indie music|indies]], [[K-pop]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Dance Music Waited Until 2020, of All Years, to Get Its Mojo Back |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/best-dance-disco-songs-2020.html |editor-first=Justin |editor-last=Curto |website=[[Vulture Magazine]] |date=22 December 2020}}</ref> [[Trance music|trance]], and [[synth-pop]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Steve |title=How Dua Lipa and The Weeknd are bringing the 80s back… again |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52109397 |newspaper=[[BBC News]] |date=1 April 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408020836/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52109397 |archive-date=8 April 2020}}</ref> all dominated the early part of the decade, with the most popular artists being [[Ariana Grande]], [[Lizzo]], [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], [[Kendrick Lamar]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Dua Lipa]], [[Ice Spice]], [[Charli XCX]], [[the Weeknd]], [[Justin Bieber]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[Chappell Roan]], [[Doja Cat]], [[Olivia Rodrigo]], [[Billie Eilish]], [[Playboi Carti]], [[Morgan Wallen]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Sabrina Carpenter]], and more.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/artist-100 |title=Artist 100 Chart |magazine=Billboard |date=10 July 2014}}</ref> The early 20s also saw the one-off return of [[the Beatles]] and [[the Rolling Stones]] with a new [[Now and Then (Beatles song)|song]] and [[Hackney Diamonds|album]], respectively, which topped out the charts immediately upon release.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=2023-11-13 |title=New Beatles, New Stones – Wait, What Year Is It? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/new-beatles-new-rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds-now-and-then-1234876194/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> 2022 saw a revival in [[Kate Bush|Kate Bush's]] song, [[Running Up That Hill]], due to it's appearance in the show ''[[Stranger Things]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” re-enters Billboard Hot 100 at No. 8 |url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/06/06/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-billboard-hot-100 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref> <!--'''Most popular''' {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:9%"| Award ! style="width:9%"| 2020 |- | rowspan=2| '''Billboard's best-performing single''' | |- | |} '''Award winners''' {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:9%"| Award ! style="width:9%"| 2020 |- | rowspan=2| '''Record of the Year Grammy Winners''' | |- | |}-->
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