[[Elvis Presley]] og [[Chuck Berry]] var i midt 1950'erne iblandt pionererne indenfor [[rock and roll]]. I 1960'erne, [[Bob Dylan]] dukkede frem med sammen med [[folkemusikkens genoplivning i USA]] og blev en af USA's mest berømte sangskrivere, imens [[James Brown]] ledede udviklingen af [[funk]]. Amerikanske kreationer i nyere tid omfatter [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[house music]]. Amerikanske popstjerner såsom Presley, [[Michael Jackson]] og [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] er blevet til globale berømtheder.<ref name="autogenerated2001" /> Det samme er sket for nutidige musikalske kunstnere som [[Taylor Swift]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Katy Perry]] og [[Beyoncé]] såvel som [[hiphop]] kunstnere såsom [[Jay Z]], [[Eminem]] og [[Kanye West]].<ref>* {{cite web|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/09/24/taylor-swift-teen-idol-biggest-pop-artist-world/72744548/|title=Taylor Swift: Teen idol to 'biggest pop artist in the world'|date=24. september 2015|work=The Tennessean}}
* {{cite web|last1=Lynch|first1=Gerald|title=Britney Spears is the most searched for celebrity of the decade|url=http://www.techdigest.tv/2009/12/britney_spears_1.html|website=Tech Digest|access-date=12. oktober 2015}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2015/jun/30/katy-perry-worlds-richest-famous-woman-taylor-swift-forbes-left-shark|title=Katy Perry: now the world's richest (famous) woman|work=the Guardian|access-date=25. oktober 2015}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/t-magazine/beyonce-the-woman-on-top-of-the-world.html?_r=0|title=Beyoncé: The Woman on Top of the World|last=Rosen|first=Jody|publisher=The New York Times}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/episode/hecame_heconquered.shtml|title=BBC – Imagine – Jay-Z: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=25. oktober 2015}}*{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/introducing-the-king-of-hip-hop-20110815|title=Introducing the King of Hip-Hop|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=25. oktober 2015|archive-date=13. november 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113025425/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/introducing-the-king-of-hip-hop-20110815|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/25/kanye-west-glastonbury-festival-2015-worlds-biggest-pop-star|title=The enigma of Kanye West – and how the world's biggest pop star ended up being its most reviled, too|author=Ben Westhoff|work=the Guardian}}</ref> Rockbands såsom [[Metallica]],[[The Eagles]] og [[Aerosmith]] er blandt de mest indbringende bands og sangere på verdensplan.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hartman|first1=Graham|title=Metallica's 'Black album' is Top-Selling Disc of last 20 years|url=http://loudwire.com/metallica-black-album-top-selling-disc-last-20-years/|website=Loudwire|access-date=12. oktober 2015|date=5. januar 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Vorel|first1=Jim|title=Eagles tribute band landing at Kirkland|url=http://herald-review.com/entertainment/local/eagles-tribute-band-landing-at-kirkland/article_a8dcd506-08d0-11e2-82ac-001a4bcf887a.html|access-date=12. oktober 2015|agency=Herald & Review|date=27. september 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Aerosmith will rock Salinas with July concert|url=http://www.ksbw.com/news/central-california/salinas/aerosmith-will-rock-salinas-with-july-concert/31042330|access-date=12. oktober 2015|date=2. februar 2015}}</ref>
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