History Sandbox / MusicOf20102012

* Music/SimpleMinds
* Music/SimplePlan
* Music/{{Sirenia}}
* Music/{{Sirusho}}
* Music/{{Sistar}}
* Music/SithClan
* Music/TroyeSivan
* Music/SixFeetUnder
* Music/SixpenceNoneTheRicher
* Music/SixxAM
* Music/{{Skagos}}
* Music/{{SKE48}}
* Music/SkeletonStaff
* Music/{{Skeletonwitch}}
* Music/{{Skelteria}}
* Music/SkidRow
* Music/{{Skillet}}
* Music/{{Skindred}}
* Music/SkinnyPuppy
* Music/{{Skrillex}}
* Music/SkunkAnansie
* Music/{{Slapshock}}
* Music/{{Slash|Musician}}
* Music/{{Sleep}}
* Music/SleepingAtLast
* Music/SleepingWithSirens
* Music/SleepResearchFacility
* Music/SleighBells
* Music/{{Sloan}}
* Music/SlonInSadez
* Music/SloughFeg
* Music/SmashMouth
* Music/TheSmashingPumpkins
* Music/SmileDK
* Music/SmileEmptySoul
* Music/PattiSmith
* Music/SamSmith
* Music/SmokingPopes
* Music/SmoothMcGroove
* Music/SnoopDogg
* Music/SnowPatrol
* Music/JillSobule
* Music/SocialDistortion
* Music/{{Sodagreen}}
* Music/{{Sodom}}
* Music/SofiTukker
* Music/{{Soilwork}}
* Music/IndioSolari
* Music/SonVolt
* Music/SonataArctica
* Music/SonicSyndicate
* Music/{{Sonique}}
* Music/SoporAeternusAndTheEnsembleOfShadows
* Music/SoulAsylum
* Music/{{Soulfly}}
* Music/SouljaBoy
* Music/SoundHorizon
* Music/{{Soundgarden}}
* Music/{{Space}}
* Music/{{Sparklehorse}}
* Music/SpawnOfPossession
* Music/BritneySpears
* Music/ReginaSpektor
* Music/{{Sphere}}
* Music/SpinDoctors
* Music/TheSpinRoom
* Music/{{Spiritualized}}
* Music/SpocksBeard
* Music/{{Sponge}}
* Music/{{Spoon}}
* Music/{{Spose}}
* Music/RickSpringfield
* Music/BruceSpringsteen
* Music/{{Squarepusher}}
* Music/{{Squeeze|Band}}
* Music/DeStaat
* Music/{{Staind}}
* Music/{{Starbomb}}
* Music/Starflyer59
* Music/RingoStarr
* Music/{{Stars|Canadian Band}}
* Music/{{Starset}}
* Music/{{Starship}}
* Music/{{Starstylers}}
* Music/StatusQuo
* Music/JackStauber
* Music/SteamPoweredGiraffe
* Music/SteelPanther
* Music/{{Steps}}
* Music/{{Stereolab}}
* Music/{{Stereophonics}}
* Music/RayStevens
* Music/RodStewart
* Music/StiffLittleFingers
* Music/{{Sting}}
* Music/LindseyStirling
* Music/JossStone
* Music/StoneTemplePilots
* Music/TheStooges
* Music/{{Stooshe}}
* Music/{{Stormlord}}
* Music/{{Stormzy}}
* Music/GeorgeStrait
* Music/TheStranglers
* Music/{{Stratovarius}}
* Music/StrawberrySongOrchestra
* Music/StreamOfPassion
* Music/StreetlightManifesto
* Music/TheStreets
* Music/BarbraStreisand
* Music/LucaStricagnoli
* Music/TheStringCheeseIncident
* Music/TheStrokes
* Music/{{Stromae}}
* Music/{{Stryper}}
* Music/StuckInTheSound
* Music/StudioKillers
* Music/{{SubRosa|Utah}}
* Music/SubwayToSally
* Music/{{Suede}}
* Music/{{Suffocation}}
* Music/{{Sugababes}}
* Music/{{Sugarland}}
* Music/{{Sugizo}}
* Music/SugawaraSayuri
* Music/{{Suho}}
* Music/SuicidalTendencies
* Music/SuicideSilence
* Music/JazmineSullivan
* Music/Sum41
* Music/{{Summoning}}
* Music/MosesSumney
* Music/SumoCyco
* Music/SunKilMoon
* Music/{{Sunmi}}
* Music/SunnO
* Music/SuperJunior
* Music/{{Superchunk}}
* Music/{{Svartidaudi}}
* Music/SwedishHouseMafia
* Music/MatthewSweet
* Music/SweetCalifornia
* Music/ColeSwindell
* Music/{{Switchfoot}}
* Music/{{Sybreed}}
* Music/{{Sylosis}}
* Music/DavidSylvian
* Music/SymphonyX
* Music/SystemDivide
* Music/{{SZA}}

[[folder:Musicians R]]
* Music/RabbitJunk
* Music/TrevorRabin
* Music/{{The Radiators|US}}
* Music/RadicalFace
* Music/{{Rage|Band}}
* Music/{{Rain|Singer}}
* Music/BonnieRaitt
* Music/{{Rammstein}}
* Music/{{Rancid}}
* Music/{{Raptile}}
* Music/RascalFlatts
* Music/TheRasmus
* Music/{{Rasputina}}
* Music/{{Ratboys}}
* Music/{{Ratt}}
* Music/TheRaveonettes
* Music/CollinRaye
* Music/TheReadySet
* Music/{{Red|Band}}
* Music/RedHotChiliPeppers
* Music/TheRedJumpsuitApparatus
* Music/LouReed
* Music/ReelBigFish
* Music/RegalPinion
* Music/{{R3hab}}
* Music/TheReignOfKindo
* [[Music/{{Majestica}} ReinXeed]]
* Music/RelientK
* Music/RemoDrive
* Music/{{Renaissance}}
* Music/LaRenga
* Music/TheReplacements
* Music/TheResidents
* Music/{{Restart}}
* Music/RestlessHeart
* Music/ManuelReuter
* Music/GraemeRevell
* Music/{{Revenge|Band}}
* Music/TheReverendHortonHeat
* Music/{{Revocation}}
* Music/RhapsodyOfFire
* Music/ThomasRhett
* Music/DamienRice
* Music/CliffRichard
* Music/LionelRichie
* Music/JonathanRichman
* Music/ReVamp
* Music/RightSaidFred
* Music/LeAnnRimes
* [[Music/RIOGroup R.I.O.]]
* Music/TheRippingtons
* Music/RiseAgainst
* Music/RiversOfNihil
* [[Music/PushBaby Rixton]]
* Music/PorterRobinson
* Music/{{Robyn}}
* Music/JoshRoehl
* Music/KennyRogers
* Music/RogueTraders
* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}
* Music/RoloTomassi
* Music/DanielRomano
[[/folder]]

* Music/CevioAI

* Music/MaxRomeo
* Music/RoomieOfficial
* Music/RootFive
* Music/RosaDeSaron
* Music/JeffRosenstock
* Music/RickRoss
* Music/RottingChrist
* Music/LaRoux
* Music/DavidRovics
* Music/KellyRowland
* Music/{{Roxette}}
* Music/RoyalBlood
* Music/{{Rubberbandits}}
* Music/RuckaRuckaAli
* Music/DariusRucker
* Music/JordanRudess
* Music/{{Rudimental}}
* Music/{{Ruelle}}
* Music/RufusRex
* Music/TheRuinsOfBeverast
* Music/RunTheJewels
* Music/ToddRundgren
* Music/RunningWild
* Music/KateRusby
* Music/{{Russkaja}}
* Music/{{Russya}}
* Music/TheRutles
* Music/AlexanderRybak

** Creator/AkiToyosaki
** Creator/HarukaTomatsu
** Creator/AyahiTakagaki
** Creator/MinakoKotobuki

[[folder:Musicians T]]
* Music/{{Taake}}
* Music/YukihiroTakahashi
* Music/TakeThatBand
* Music/MariyaTakeuchi
* Music/TakingBackSunday
* Music/ConnieTalbot
* Music/TallyHall
** Music/MiracleMusical
* Music/NamiTamaki
* Music/TameImpala
* Music/{{Tamia}}
* Music/TangerineDream
* Music/{{Tankard}}
* Music/{{Tankcsapda}}
* Music/{{Tara}}
* Music/{{Tarot}}
* Music/TaxiBand
* Creator/CoreyTaylor
* Music/TDCruze
* Music/TheTeaParty
* Music/TechN9ne
* Music/TeenageBottlerocket
* Music/TeenageFanclub
* Music/TeenagersInTokyo
* Music/TeganAndSara
* Music/TheTemptations
* Music/TenaciousD
* Music/ViennaTeng
* Music/TenggerCavalry
* Music/{{Tennis}}
* Music/BrynTerfel
* Music/{{Tesla}}
* Music/{{Tesseract}}
* Music/{{Testament}}
* Music/{{Thalia}}
* Music/ThankYouScientist
* Music/ThatHandsomeDevil
* Music/{{Theocracy}}
* Music/TheoryOfADeadman
* Music/{{Therapy}}
* Music/{{Therion}}
* Music/TheseNewPuritans
* Music/RobinThicke
* Music/JGThirlwell
* Music/ThirtySecondsToMars
* Music/RichardThompson
* Music/{{Thor}}
* Music/ThousandFootKrutch
* Music/{{Thrawsunblat}}
* Music/ThreeDaysGrace
* Music/{{Thrice}}
* Music/ThroughTheEyesOfTheDead
* Music/ThrowingMuses
* Music/{{Thundercat}}
* Music/{{Thursday}}
* Music/ThyArtIsMurder
* Music/{{TI}}
* Music/{{Tiamat}}
* Music/YannTiersen
* Music/{{Tiesto}}
* Music/{{Tiga}}
* Music/TheTigerLillies
* Music/TinieTempah
* Music/TilaTequila
* Music/{{Tinashe}}
* Music/PamTillis
* Music/AaronTippin
* Music/TitleFight
* Music/TMRevolution
* Music/{{TNT|Band}}
* Music/ToadTheWetSprocket
* Music/{{Tocotronic}}
* Music/{{Toehider}}
* Music/TokioHotel
* Music/TokyoGirlsStyle
* Music/TomTomClub
* Music/{{Tomahawk}}
* Music/{{Tonedeff}}
* Music/{{Tonetta}}
* Music/TonyT
[[/folder]]

* Music/TooShort
* Music/{{Torae}}
* Music/DieTotenHosen
* Music/{{Toto}}
* Music/ToucheAmore
* Music/TouhouZUNsMusicCollection
* Music/{{Tourniquet}}
* Music/AllenToussaint
* Music/ToveLo
* Music/ToxicHolocaust
* Music/ToyDolls
* Music/TPain
* Music/TheTragicallyHip
* Music/{{Train}}
* Music/{{Transatlantic}}
* Music/TransSiberianOrchestra
* Music/TransX
* Music/TrapThem
* Music/{{Travis}}
* Music/RandyTravis
* Music/{{TRAX}}
* Music/TrevorWhatevr
* Music/TreySongz
* Music/{{Tribulation}}
* Music/{{Tripod}}
* Music/{{Tristania}}
* Music/{{Trivium}}
* Music/TrophyScars
* Music/TroutFishingInAmerica
* Music/AnnaTsuchiya
* Music/TubRing
* Music/SJTucker
* Music/TuneYards
* Music/KTTunstall
* Music/{{Turbonegro}}
* Music/{{Turisas}}
* Music/FrankTurner
* Music/TurnpikeTroubadours
* Music/TarjaTurunen
* Music/TVOnTheRadio
* Music/TwinOfTwins
* Music/{{Twiztid}}
* Music/TwoDoorCinemaClub
* Music/TwoStepsFromHell
* Music/BonnieTyler

* Music/{{AAA}}
* Music/AbingdonBoysSchool

* Music/EvaAyllon
* Music/{{Ayria}}
* Music/IggyAzalea
* Music/CharlesAznavour

* Music/TupperWareRemixParty

[[folder:Musicians V]]
* Music/{{V6}}
* Music/VaadatCharigim
* Music/{{Vader}}
* Music/SteveVai
* Music/ValeOfPnath
* Music/VampireWeekend
* Music/TheVamps
* Music/ArminVanBuuren
* Music/VanCanto
* Music/VanDerGraafGenerator
* Music/SharonVanEtten
* Music/VanHalen
* Music/{{Vaniru}}
* Music/VanillaIce
* Music/GiorgioVanni
* Music/SuzanneVega
* Music/{{Vektor}}
* Music/{{Vektroid}}
* Music/VenetianSnares
* Music/{{Vengaboys}}
* Music/{{Venom|Band}}
* Music/{{Verdena}}
* Music/VernianProcess
* Music/{{Versailles}}
* Music/TheVeronicas
* Music/VerticalHorizon
* Music/DianaVickers
* Music/MaiaVidal
* Music/JackVidgen
* Music/TheVincentBlackShadow
* Music/TheVines
* Music/TessaViolet
* Music/{{Visage|Band}}
* Music/{{Visigoth}}
* Music/VisionDivine
* Music/{{Vitas}}
* Music/{{VIXX}}
* Music/VNVNation
* Music/{{Voivod}}
* Music/{{Volbeat}}
* Music/{{Voltaire}}
* Music/{{Volumes}}
* Music/{{Vulvodynia}}
* Music/VyletPony
[[/folder]]

* Music/TheWeeknd

[[folder:Musicians Q-R]]
* Music/SuziQuatro
* Music/QueenBee
* Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge
* Music/{{Queensryche}}
* Music/QuietRiot
* Music/ZiaQuizon

[[folder:Musicians U-W]]
* Music/{{UB40}}
* Music/AlexUbago
* Music/{{Uffie}}
* Music/{{UFO|Band}}
* Music/UglyKidJoe
* Music/UKiss
* Music/{{Ulcerate}}
* Music/{{Ultravox}}
* Music/{{Ulver}}
* Music/UmphreysMcgee
* Music/UncleBonsai
* Music/UncleKracker
* Music/{{Underoath}}
* Music/CarrieUnderwood
* Music/{{Underworld|Band}}
* Music/{{Unearth}}
* Music/UnextraordinaryGentlemen
* Music/UnfathomableRuination
* Music/UniversZero
* Music/{{UNKLE}}
* Music/UnleashTheArchers
* Music/{{Unleashed}}
* Music/KeithUrban
* Music/MidgeUre
* Music/UriahHeep
* Music/{{Usher}}
* Music/USGirls
* Music/TheUsed
* Music/HikaruUtada
* Music/UtahSaints

* Music/WAndW
* Music/WagakkiBand
* Music/BunnyWailer
* Music/RufusWainwright
* Music/WakaFlockaFlame
* Music/RickWakeman
* Music/KanonWakeshima
* Music/WakingTheCadaver
* Music/WalkOffTheEarth
* Music/WalkTheMoon
* Music/ClayWalker
* Music/ScottWalker
* Music/StanWalker
* Music/TheWalkmen
* Music/TheWallflowers
* Music/WangChung
* Music/TheWanted
* Music/WarBand
* Music/TheWarOnDrugs
* Music/{{Warbringer}}
* Music/ZZWard
* Music/{{Wardruna}}
* Music/SteveWariner
* Music/{{Warrant}}
* Music/DionneWarwick
* Music/AdamWarrock
* Music/{{Watain}}
* Music/WatashiNoKoko
* Music/{{Watchtower}}
* Music/{{Waterparks}}
* Music/RogerWaters
* Music/JodyWatley
* Music/{{Watsky}}
* Music/JeffWayne
* Music/WeAreTheInCrowd
* Music/ChrisWebby
* Music/{{Wedlock}}

* Music/TheWeepies
* Music/WendyAndLisa
* Music/HayleyWestenra
* Music/{{Westlife}}
* Music/{{Wheatus}}
* Music/JackWhite
* Music/LauraWhite
* Music/AlissaWhiteGluz
* Music/WhiteLies
* Music/WhiteWizzard
* Music/{{Whitechapel|Band}}
* Music/{{Whitesnake}}
* Music/TheWiggles
* Music/GinWigmore
* Music/{{Wilco}}
* Music/DavidWilcox
* Music/WildBeasts
* Music/KimWilde
* Music/WillIAm
* Music/DonWilliams
* Music/HankWilliamsJr
* Music/HankWilliamsIII
* Music/LucindaWilliams
* Music/MichelleWilliams
* Music/NikkiWilliams
* Music/PharrellWilliams
* Music/RobbieWilliams
* Music/MarkWills
* Music/{{Winds}}
* Music/TheWineryDogs
* Music/{{Winger}}
* Music/WingsOfAnAngel
* Music/{{Winner}}
* Music/{{Wintersun}}
* Music/WirSindHelden
* Music/{{Wire}}
* Music/WithinTemptation
* Music/{{WJSN}}
* Music/AndrewWK

[[/index]]

[[folder:Musicians #-A]]

[[folder:Musicians U-Z]]

* Music/PatrickWolf
* Music/WolfAlice
* Music/ChelseaWolfe
* Music/{{Wolfmother}}
* Music/WolvesInTheThroneRoom
* Music/LeeAnnWomack
* Music/TheWombats
* Music/{{Women}}
* Music/WonderGirls
* Music/TheWonderYears
* Music/ChrisWoodMusician
* Music/WoodsOfYpres
* Music/TheWordAlive
* Music/TheWorldInfernoFriendshipSociety
* Music/TheWorldIsABeautifulPlaceAndIAmNoLongerAfraidToDie
* Music/{{Wormed}}
* Music/WovenHand
* Music/ChelyWright
* Music/KrisWu
* Music/WuTangClan
* Music/ConchitaWurst
* WebVideo/BillWurtz
* Music/TheWurzels
* Music/{{Wussy}}
* Music/WutheringHeights
* Music/XJapan
* Music/{{Xera}}
* Music/XiuXiu
* Music/TheXX
* Music/XXXTentacion
* Music/{{Xzibit}}
* Music/YeahYeahYeahs
* Music/TrishaYearwood
* Music/{{Yeasayer}}
* Music/{{Yelawolf}}
* Music/{{Yelle}}
* Music/{{Yello}}
* Music/{{Yellowcard}}
* Music/{{Yes}}
* Music/{{Ylvis}}
* Music/YoLaTengo
* Music/DwightYoakam
* Music/KenshiYonezu
* Music/ChrisYoung
* Music/ChristopherYoung
* Music/JonathanYoung
* Music/NeilYoung
* Music/YoungJeezy
* Music/YoungTheGiant
* Music/YoungThug
* Music/YouseiTeikoku
* [[Music/CatStevens Yusuf]]
* Music/GeirZahl
* Music/ZealAndArdor
* Music/{{Zebrahead|Band}}
* Music/{{Zedd}}
* Music/BertineZetlitz
* Music/RoyZimmerman
* Music/RobZombie
* Music/{{Zombiekrig}}
* Music/TheZombies
* Music/ZombinaAndTheSkeletones
* Music/JohnZorn
* Music/ZovietFrance
* Music/{{Zucchero}}
* Music/ZugIzland
* Music/ZZTop

[-[[MusicOfThe1920s 1920-1929]] | [[MusicOfThe1930s 1930-1939]] | [[MusicOfThe1940s 1940-1949]] | [[MusicOfThe1950s 1950-1959]] | [[MusicOfThe1960s 1960-1969]] | [[MusicOfThe1970s 1970-1979]] | [[MusicOfThe1980s 1980-1989]]\\
[[MusicOfThe1990s 1990-1999]] | [[MusicOf20002004 2000-2004]] | [[MusicOf20052009 2005-2009]] | '''2010-2012''' | [[MusicOf20132016 2013-2016]] | [[MusicOf20172019 2017-2019]] | [[MusicOfThe2020s 2020-present]]-]]]]]

* Music/TheBeachBoys: Released ''[[Music/SmileTheBeachBoys The Smile Sessions]]'' in 2011 before releasing a new studio album shortly afterwards.

* Music/TheBlackEyedPeas: Released ''The Beginning'' in 2010.
* Music/TheBlackKeys: Scored their first radio hit in 2010.

* Music/DavidByrne: Has been consistently active since the 80s and rose to mainstream prominence as a solo artist in 2004 (following the breakup of Music/TalkingHeads in 1991), but has become an even more visible figure since then.

* Music/RobCantor

* Music/MileyCyrus

* Music/FosterThePeople: Had an unlikely pop hit late in 2011 with "Pumped Up Kicks".

* Music/{{Halestorm}}: Started to really take off when their 2012 single "Here's to Us" was featured on ''Series/{{Glee}}''. They ultimately became the first female-fronted group to win the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 2013.
* Music/IconaPop
* Music/MichaelJackson - Died the year before the decade began, but posthumous album releases started coming out in 2010.

* Music/{{Kesha}}: Had the first chart-topping song of the decade with her debut single "[=TiK ToK=]". She a major player in the Pop world until late 2013 when lawsuits and drama began to complicate her ability to output music (Which she later won against).

* Music/{{Lostprophets}}: Disbanded in 2013 when frontman Ian Watkins was ousted as a sexual predator.

* Music/Maroon5: Frontman Adam Levine became a judge on The Voice, helping his band experience more success than ever before. Multiple articles and publications brand them as the most successful band of the century.

* Music/JanelleMonae: Had a monster hit on her hands when she provided guest vocals on fun.'s "We Are Young".

* Music/ReVamp: Founded late 2009, released two albums in 2010 and 2013, disbanded in 2016 due to lead singer Floor Jansen's commitment to Music/{{Nightwish|Band}}.

* Music/SeaWolf
* Music/SithClan
* Creator/BrendonSmall: The man behind WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}

* Music/StoneTemplePilots: Recorded one album in 2010 before Scott Weiland was dropped from the group in 2013. Hopes of reconciliation ended with Weiland's death in December 2015.
* Music/{{Swans}}: Reunited in 2010 and released their first album in fourteen years, ''My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky''. They proceeded to release a trilogy of three [[EpicRocking two-hour-long albums]] -- ''The Seer'' (2012), ''To Be Kind'' (2014) and ''The Glowing Man'' (2016) -- before breaking up again for another two years.

* Music/TaylorSwift: One of, or arguably THE biggest artists of the decade. 2010s saw Taylor Swift gradually transition from a country-pop singer to a full fledged pure pop star.

* Music/RobinThicke

* Music/{{Yes}}

* Music/MuZiq
* Music/TwoAM
* Music/TwoChainz
* Music/TwoNEOne
* Music/TwoPM
* Music/ThreeDoorsDown
* Music/ThreeInchesOfBlood
* Music/ThreeOHThree
* Music/{{Threepac}}
* Music/FiveSecondsOfSummer
* Music/ElevenAcornLane
* Music/TwentyOneSavage
* Music/ThirtySixCrazyfists
* Music/FiftyCent
* Music/SixtyFiveDaysOfStatic
* Music/The77s
* Music/ThreeEleven
* Music/The1975
* Music/TenThousandManiacs
* Music/IchiNiZeroIchiNi

* Music/AetherRealm - ''One Chosen By the Gods''

* WebVideo/{{Akfamilyhome}} has created music covers in the 2010s.

* Music/AvengedSevenfold

* Music/{{Avicii}}

* Music/BeastieBoys: Disbanded after MCA's death in 2012.

* Music/JustinBieber: Most commonly Googled musician of the decade. Breaking out in 2010, he was originally somebody whose status as an artist never quite matched their status as a celebrity.

* Music/RebeccaBlack
** 2011 - "Music/{{Friday}}"

* Music/MichelleBlades

* Music/BonIver: Won the Best New Artist award at the 2012 Grammys.

* Music/BrightEyes: Released their last album in 2011 before going on a nine-year hiatus.

* Music/ChrisBrown: Broke out in one of the 2000s most popular acts, but made to alter his career around the turn of the decade after his assault on Rihanna caused him to be blacklisted from many radio stations and music retailers. He seamlessly shifted his focus from more pop leaning R&B songs aimed at Top 40 radio, to more R&B focused music, aimed at Urban radio listeners, allowing artists like Jason Derulo to rush to fill his place on the Top 40 stations and loosing little to no popularity in the process, remaining the decade's archtypical R&B singer.

* Music/CarpenterBrut: Released his first EP in 2012 and has been active throughout the decade since.

* Music/KateBush
** 2011 - ''Music/FiftyWordsForSnow''

* Creator/IreneCara: Released her last album, ''Irene Cara Presents Hot Caramel'' in 2011.

* Music/TheCars: Reunited after 22 years and released a new album, ''Move Like This'', in 2011. Vocalist Ric Ocasek died in 2019.

* Music/{{Chevelle}}: In 2012 "Face to the Floor" would be one of the last hard rock or metal-themed songs to chart in the top 10 on alternative.

* Music/ChildishGambino

* Music/{{CHVRCHES}}

* Music/{{Civil War|Band}}: Swedish PowerMetal band spun off from Music/{{Sabaton}} in 2012.

* Music/KellyClarkson: Got her biggest hit ever in 2012's "Stronger".

* Music/{{Daughters}}

* Music/ADayToRemember: Scored their biggest rock hit in 2011.

* Music/DeadSara: Released their debut album [[SelfTitledAlbum Dead Sara]] in 2012.

* Music/{{Deafheaven}}: Formed at the beginning of the decade, and have since garnered massive critical acclaim.

* Music/DeathspellOmega

* Music/LanaDelRey: First got attention with her song "Video Games" in 2011.
** 2012 - ''Music/BornToDie''

* Music/JasonDerulo: Was popular with 2009's "Whatcha Say" and maintained popularity throughout the 2010s. His R&B influenced Pop is often described as a substitute for Chris Brown's, as Derulo rose to prominence around the same time Chris Brown stopped trying to appeal to Pop audiences.

* Music/MarinaDiamandis
** 2012 - ''Music/ElectraHeart'': A "musical"/"opera"-like ConceptAlbum, her most notable and famed record by far.

* Music/RonnieJamesDio: Died in 2010.

* Music/{{Disturbed}}
** 2010 - ''Music/{{Asylum|DisturbedAlbum}}''

* Music/{{Drake}}: After his 2009 breakout, became the most prominent Hip-Hop artist of the decade. Being the most streamed artist of all time, he is arguably the most prominent artist of the decade from any genre. Drake's succeeded by appealing to fans of Hip-Hop, R&B, and Pop, and by never going a single year without putting out at least one substantial hit single.

* Music/DreamcatcherBand (Then known as MINX)

* Music/DreamTheater

* Music/BobDylan: Released ''Tempest'' in 2012 to critical acclaim.

* Music/EarlSweatshirt

* Music/{{Evanescence}}: Made a highly anticipated comeback in 2011 with a self-titled album.

* Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine: Became popular in the U.S. after "Dog Days are Over" won a Video Music Award from MTV.

* Music/FlyingLotus: Also went by Captain Murphy in 2012.

* Music/BenFolds: The Ben Folds Five reunited in 2012 and released ''The Sound of the Life of the Mind''.

* Music/FTIsland: Made their successful official Japanese debut in 2010 and continue with their success in Korea in this time.

* Music/{{Fun}}: Had two of the biggest hits of 2012 with "We Are Young" and "Some Nights".
** 2012 - Music/SomeNights

* Music/PeterGabriel: Despite releasing no new albums this decade, still remained active as an artist.

* Creator/LeifGarrett: Released two singles - "Everything" in 2010 and a cover of Neil Young's "Old Man" in 2012. There was talk that it would lead to a new album, but it never eventuated.

* Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor: Released '''Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!'' in 2012, their first album in ten years.

* Music/SelenaGomez: Had her first hit with 2010's "Naturally".

* Music/{{Gotye}}: Best known for his 2012 smash "Somebody That I Used to Know", which incidentally has also been his [[OneHitWonder only]] major hit so far.
* Music/EllieGoulding
** 2012 - ''Music/{{Halcyon}}''

* Music/GreenDay

* Music/{{Grimes}}
** 2012 - ''Music/{{Visions}}
* Music/ChristinaGrimmie: Went on Series/TheVoice, released music, and built a small but fervent fan base before her tragic death in 2016.

* Music/{{Gyari}}

* Music/CalvinHarris: Became popular outside the United Kingdom after producing Rihanna's "We Found Love".

* Creator/DavidHasselhoff

* M.J. Hibbett and the Validators
** 2011 - ''Music/DinosaurPlanet''

* Music/{{Hillsong}}: Built on success in late 2000s with more Christian worship hits, including their biggest, "Oceans (Where Feet May Fall)", which topped Christian charts for over a year. Also formed a new YoungerAndHipper spinoff.

* Music/IFightDragons: Their first full album, ''KABOOM!'', released on 2011.

* Music/IconForHire: Released first [=EP=]s in 2007, became more known after their album ''Scripted'' back in 2011.

* Music/InsaneClownPosse

* Music/JapaneseBreakfast
* Music/AlJardine
** 2010 - ''Music/APostcardFromCalifornia''

* Music/CarlyRaeJepsen: Became popular outside of Canada with one of the biggest hit song of 2012, "Call Me Maybe".

* Music/{{Jupiter}}: TheBandMinusTheFace version of Music/{{Versailles}}, featuring the instrumentalists of the latter band accompanied by a then-unknown vocalist.

* Music/{{Kamelot}}
** 2012 - ''Music/{{Silverthorn}}''

* Music/{{Kirby Krackle|Music}}
** 2010 - "Music/UpUpDownDown"

* Music/{{KISS}}
** 2012 - ''Music/{{Monster|KISSAlbum}}''

* Music/LadyGaga: Finally topped the Billboard 200 in 2011 with "Born This Way".
** 2010 - "Music/{{Telephone}}"

* Music/KendrickLamar
** 2012 - ''Music/GoodKidMAADCity''

* Bettye [=LaVette=]: Rode the late-2000's retro-soul boom to late-career fame with a series of cover albums.
** 2010 - ''Music/InterpretationsTheBritishRockSongbook''

* Creator/ChristopherLee
** 2010 - ''[[Music/{{Charlemagne}} Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross]]''

* Music/TendonLevey: Reclusive [[OutsiderMusic outsider]]/[[AvantGardeMusic avant-pop]] artist who recorded 70 albums between 2007 and 2011.

* Music/LimpBizkit
** 2011 - ''Music/GoldCobra''

* Music/LittleMix: Won the British X Factor competition in 2011.

* Music/CherLloyd: Appeared on the British X Factor competition in 2010 and broke through internationally in 2012.
* Music/{{LMFAO}}: Scored their first major hit in 2011 with "Party Rock Anthem".

* Music/DemiLovato: Had their biggest hit in 2012 with "Give Your Heart a Break".

* Music/LunaSea: Reunited and started their first world tour in 2010.

* Music/{{M83}}
** 2011 - Music/HurryUpWereDreaming

* Music/CraigMack: Dropped off the map after 1997, but surprised many with a mixtape release in 2012; which sadly turned out to be his last before sadly passing away in 2018.
* Music/{{Macklemore}}: Notable hits: "Thrift Shop", "Can't Hold Us", "Same Love"

* Music/MajorLazer

* Music/MarianasTrench: Had their share of success in the 2000s, but they reached their peak popularity in this decade.

* Music/LauraMarling: Released her critically acclaimed albums "I Speak Because I Can" and "A Creature I Don't Know".

* Music/BrunoMars: Started a massively successful solo career after being a guest for B.o.B.'s 2010 hit "Nothin' on You".

* Music/ImeldaMay: Hit the big time around 2010, and carried on from there.

* Music/{{Metallica}}: Released ''Lulu'' in 2011 in collaboration with Music/LouReed.

* Music/{{Miguel}}: Released his first album in 2010.
* Music/MiikeSnow

* Music/NickiMinaj: Already well-known thanks to her association with Lil Wayne, but finally broke through in 2010 with her album "Pink Friday". She went on to become one of the decades most prominent rap acts.

* Music/AnaisMitchell
** 2010 - ''Music/{{Hadestown}}''

* Music/MumfordAndSons: Released their first album at the end of 2009, but it didn't really catch on until a year later. After appearing at the Grammys, they became huge.

* Music/MutyaKeishaSiobhan: Otherwise known as the "original Sugababes", they released a series of tracks that eventually wound up released in 2022 under Music/{{Sugababes}}.
* Music/MyBloodyValentine: Released their first album in 22 years, resulting in standing ovations from fans.
* Music/MyChemicalRomance
** 2010 - ''Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys''

* Music/{{Nero}}: Found unexpected success in 2011, with their debut album ''Welcome Reality''.

* Music/NewOrder: Reunited in 2011 following a hiatus/de-facto breakup in 2007 caused by CreativeDifferences with and the departure of bassist Peter Hook.

* Music/JoannaNewsom

* Music/NeYo: Managed a #6 hit in 2012 with "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)".

* Music/{{Noah|Indonesia}}: An Indonesian rock band known as Peterpan in 2000s. Released their first album under Noah in 2012.

* Music/{{OFWGKTA}}: Started taking off during the 2010s.

* Music/OneDirection: Though finishing third on The X Factor in 2010, they became highly successful worldwide with many top 10 debuts in the US and UK.

* Music/RizOrtolani: Composed his final film score in 2010.

* Music/OwlCity: Proved he was no one-hit wonder when his duet with Carly Rae Jepsen, "Good Time", also went top 10.

* Music/PanicAtTheDisco

* Music/PepeDeluxe
** 2012 - ''Music/QueenOfTheWave''

* Music/{{Perfume}}: Continued their success in the 2010s with successful albums and high-charting singles like "Laser Beam" and "Spring of Life".

* Music/KatyPerry: Arguably the most successful artist of the decade, spending a record-breaking total of 69 weeks in a row on the Top 10 of the Hot 100, 8 number 1 singles in the decade, and 26 weeks at #1.
** 2010 - "Music/CaliforniaGurls"

* Music/TomPetty: Released two albums in this era before dying in 2017.

* Music/{{Pink}}: Scored a chart-topping album in 2012 with "The Truth About Love".

* Music/{{Pitbull}}: Broke out with Calle Ocho in 2008 and continued his streak of impressively popular club Pop Rap.

* Music/{{Primordial}}

* Music/{{PSY}}: Became famous in a way that is inextricable from 2012 -- off of Website/YouTube. Because Billboard started counting streams from that site in that year, "Gangnam Style" peaked at number 2 behind Maroon 5.
** 2012 - "Music/GangnamStyle"

* Music/{{Queen|Band}}: Performing with Music/AdamLambert as frontman. In 2018, ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'', a {{biopic}} about Music/FreddieMercury and Queen's classic years (starting from their early 1970s origins to their performance at UsefulNotes/LiveAid in 1985), was released and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor (Creator/RamiMalek as Freddie).

* Music/{{Radiohead}}
** 2011 - ''Music/TheKingOfLimbs''

* Music/{{REM}}: Put out their last album and disbanded in 2011. Unlike most band breakups, it occurred amicably as members Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills[[note]]longtime drummer Bill Berry left the group in 1997[[/note]] felt that they achieved everything they ever wanted to as a band, and wanted to end R.E.M. on ''good'' terms.
** 2011 - ''Music/CollapseIntoNow''

* Music/{{Rihanna}}: Listed by Billboard as the most successful artist of the 21st century, and one of the most succesful artists of the decade. 8 #1 hits and 32 weeks at #1.
** 2011 - "Music/WeFoundLove"

* Music/TheRoots
** 2011 - ''Music/{{Undun}}''

* Music/RunningWild: Reformed in 2011 after disbanding 2 years earlier.

* Music/{{Rush|Band}}: Disbanded in 2018.
** 2012 - ''Music/ClockworkAngels''

* Music/{{Sabaton}}: Started in 1999, but scored their first #1 hit and platinum certification in their native Sweden with 2012's ''Carolus Rex'' (certified quadruple platinum in 2018).

* Music/RaviShankar: Died in 2012.

* Music/EdSheeran

* Music/SingaporeSling

* Music/{{Skrillex}}: Broke into the mainstream in 2010 with "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites". Reached a new peak in popularity as part of "Jack U" when he collaborated with Justin Bieber to make "Where Are U Now"?

* Music/{{Solange}}

* Music/{{Soundgarden}}: Reformed in 2011 and released ''King Animal'' in 2012. However, frontman Music/ChrisCornell committed suicide in May 2017.
* Music/{{Space}}: reformed in 2011 following a six-year break up.

* Music/StVincent
** 2012 - ''Music/LoveThisGiant'' (with Music/DavidByrne)

* Music/SufjanStevens
** 2010 - ''Music/TheAgeOfAdz''

* Music/StoneSour
** 2012/13 - ''Music/HouseOfGoldAndBones''

* Music/{{Stupeflip}}
** 2011 - ''Music/TheHypnoflipInvasion''
** 2011 - ''Music/TheTerrorMaxi''
** 2012 - ''Music/{{Terrora}}''

* Music/SumoCyco: Formed in 2011

* Music/TenggerCavalry: Formed as Nature Ganganbaigal's solo project in 2010.

* Music/{{Thrice}}: Announced an indefinite hiatus in 2012.

* Music/TitusAndronicus
** 2010 - ''Music/TheMonitor''

* Trombone Shorty
** 2010 - ''Music/{{Backatown}}''

* Music/TwentyOnePilots

* Music/TylerTheCreator

* Music/{{Usher}}: While he hasn't quite lived up to the massive levels of success that he experienced in the 2000's, he has continued to rack up hits, and isn't afraid to collaborate with younger artists. He was one of the biggest artists of 2010 and continues to have hit songs almost every year.

* Music/VanHalen: Reunited with David Lee Roth after a hiatus in the past decade.

* Music/TomWaits
** 2011 - ''Music/BadAsMe''

* Music/TheWanted burst onto the UK scene in 2010, and set their sights internationally in 2012 with their song "Glad You Came"; unfortunately, their popularity was killed almost immediately afterwards by One Direction.

* Music/RogerWaters: Began the ''Wall Live'' tour in 2010, the highest-grossing of all time by a solo artist.

* Music/StevenWilson: Founded Music/PorcupineTree in the '90s, but became even more successful as a solo artist in the 2010s.

* Music/XJapan: Reunited in 2007 and is arguably more popular globally in TheNewTens than before...

* Music/KenshiYonezu: He started out by releasing Music/{{Vocaloid}} songs under the stage name Hachi (ハチ) in 2009; he debuted under his real name in 2012.

* Music/CharliXCX

* Alesana
** 2010 - ''Music/TheEmptiness''

* Music/ArcadeFire
** 2010 - ''Music/TheSuburbs''

* Music/TheBlackEyedPeas: Released ''The Beginning'' in 2010.

* Music/TheBlackKeys: Scored their first radio hit in 2010.
** 2010 - ''Music/{{Brothers|Album}}''
*** "Music/HowlinForYou"

* Music/RobCantor
** 2014 - "Music/ShiaLaBeoufLive"

* Music/CarachAngren
** 2010 - ''Music/DeathCameThroughAPhantomShip''

* Music/{{Coldplay}}
** 2011 - ''Music/MyloXyloto''
** 2014 - ''Music/GhostStoriesAlbum''

* Music/DAngelo
** 2014 - ''Music/BlackMessiah''

* Music/FosterThePeople: Had an unlikely pop hit late in 2011 with "Pumped Up Kicks".
** 2014 - "Music/{{Best Friend|2014}}"

* Music/{{Gorillaz}}:
** 2010 - ''Music/PlasticBeach''

* Music/ArianaGrande: Had the most top ten hits of any artist in 2014 with "Problem", "Break Free", "Bang Bang" and "Love Me Harder".

* Music/MichaelJackson - Died the year before the decade began, but posthumous album releases started coming out in 2010.
** 2010 - ''Music/{{Michael}}''
** 2014 - ''Music/{{Xscape|MichaelJacksonAlbum}}''

* Music/LinkinPark
** 2010 - ''Music/AThousandSuns''
** 2012 - ''Music/LivingThings''
** 2014 - ''Music/{{The Hunting Party|2014}}''

* Creator/DaveMalloy
** 2014 - ''Music/GhostQuartet''

* Music/Maroon5: Frontman Adam Levine became a judge on The Voice, helping his band experience more success than ever before. Multiple articles and publications brand them as the most successful band of the century.
** 2014 - "Music/{{Animals|2014}}"

* Music/JohnMcLaughlin: With the 4th Dimension.
** 2014 - ''Music/TheBostonRecord''

* Music/AnetteOlzon: Best known for fronting Music/AlysonAvenue and Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} in the 2000s, released her first solo record ''Shine'' in 2014.

* Music/RoyalBlood: Formed in 2011 and released their first album in 2014.

* Music/SeaWolf: Released their 7" single ''Turn The Dirt Over'' in 2010, followed by two albums: ''Old World Romance'' in 2012, and ''Song Spells No. 1: Cedarsmoke'' in 2014 (the latter of which was an unofficial, experimental album).

* Music/{{Swans}}: Reunited in 2010 and released their first album in fourteen years, ''My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky''. They proceeded to release a trilogy of three [[EpicRocking two-hour-long albums]] -- ''The Seer'' (2012), ''To Be Kind'' (2014) and ''The Glowing Man'' (2016) -- before breaking up again for another two years.
** 2012 - ''Music/{{The Seer|Album}}''
** 2014 - ''Music/ToBeKind''

* Music/TaylorSwift: One of, or arguably THE biggest artists of the decade. 2010s saw Taylor Swift gradually transition from a country-pop singer to a full fledged pure pop star.
** 2010 - ''Music/SpeakNow''
*** "Music/{{Mean}}"
** 2012 - ''Music/{{Red|2012}}''
*** "Music/AllTooWell"
** 2014 - ''Music/NineteenEightyNine''

* Music/DevinTownsend
** 2011 - ''Music/{{Deconstruction|2011}}''
** 2014 - ''Music/DarkMatters''

* Music/{{U2}}
** 2014 - ''Music/SongsOfInnocence''

* Music/{{Weezer}}
** 2010 - ''Music/{{Hurley}}''
** 2014 - ''Music/EverythingWillBeAlrightInTheEnd''

* Music/BrianWilson
** 2010 - ''Music/BrianWilsonReimaginesGershwin''
** 2011 - ''Music/InTheKeyOfDisney''

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic
** 2011 - ''Music/{{Alpocalypse}}''
** 2014 - ''Music/MandatoryFun''

* Music/{{Yes}}

* Music/{{Adele}} has been popular in the UK since 2007, and her song "Chasing Pavements" got some attention in 2009. However, she never ascended to superstardom until 2011, when she released her second album, "21". In 2013, she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song with the title theme of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', the first Film/JamesBond song to win such an award.
** 2011 - ''Music/TwentyOne''

* Music/AlienWeaponry: Founded in 2010. EP ''The Zego Sessions'' released in 2014.

* Music/AphexTwin: While most well-known for his work in TheNineties, he has become active again after a long period of not releasing any new music.
** 2014 - ''Music/{{Syro}}''

* Music/{{Buttress}}: Her 2014 album ''Behind Every Great Man''

* Music/DavidByrne: Has been consistently active since the 80s and rose to mainstream prominence as a solo artist in 2004 (following the breakup of Music/TalkingHeads in 1991), but has become an even more visible figure since then.
** 2012 - ''Music/LoveThisGiant'' (with Music/StVincent)

* Music/CiboMatto: Ended their hiatus in 2011 and released their third album in 2014.

* Music/MileyCyrus: Transitioned into an adult artist with 2013's ''Bangerz'' and the music video of her song "Wrecking Ball".

* Music/{{Halestorm}}: Started to really take off when their 2012 single "Here's to Us" was featured on ''Series/{{Glee}}''. They ultimately became the first female-fronted group to win the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 2013.

* Music/IconaPop: Scored a viral hit in 2013 with "I Love It".

* Music/{{Junho}}: Though he debuted as part of Music/TwoPM in 2008, he only debuted as a solo artist in 2013

* Music/{{Kesha}}: Had the first chart-topping song of the decade with her debut single "[=TiK ToK=]". She a major player in the Pop world until late 2013 when lawsuits and drama began to complicate her ability to output music (Which she later won against).

* Music/{{Lostprophets}}: Disbanded in 2013 when frontman Ian Watkins was ousted as a sexual predator.

* Music/PearlJam: Released ''Lightning Bolt'' in 2013 to critical acclaim and sales success. Their song "Sirens" holds the dubious distinction of being the final song by a hard rock band to crack the alternative chart's top 10 (it hit #4 in 2014), [[EndOfAnEra bringing an end to an era]] [[BookEnds they helped begin]].

* Music/PinkFloyd: Reunited for [[GrandFinale one last album]]-- their first since 1994's ''Music/TheDivisionBell''-- in 2013-2014.
** 2014 - ''Music/TheEndlessRiver''

* Music/{{ReVamp}}: Founded late 2009, released two albums in 2010 and 2013, disbanded in 2016 due to lead singer Floor Jansen's commitment to Music/{{Nightwish|Band}}.

* Music/SithClan: First demo released 2011. First full album released 2013.

* Music/{{Slipknot}}: Returned in 2014 after a long hiatus following the death of bassist Paul Gray in 2010 as well as CreativeDifferences within the band itself, which led to the departure of drummer Joey Jordison in 2013, to great success.
** 2014 - ''Music/PointFiveTheGrayChapter''

* Creator/BrendonSmall: The man behind WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}
** 2012 - ''Music/BrendonSmallsGalaktikon''

* Music/SteeleyeSpan
** 2013 - ''Music/{{Wintersmith}}''

* Music/StoneTemplePilots: Recorded one album in 2010 before Scott Weiland was dropped from the group in 2013. Hopes of reconciliation ended with Weiland's death in December 2015. Toured with [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]] as frontman from 2013 to 2015, before Jeff Gutt became their new frontman in 2017.

* Music/TheyMightBeGiants
** 2011 - ''Music/JoinUs''
** 2013 - ''Music/{{Nanobots}}''
* Music/RobinThicke finally broke through in the mainstream in 2013 with "Blurred Lines", but later fell back into the niche adult Urban Contemporary demographic after controversy and a public, messy divorce.

* Music/{{Dorothy}}: Debuted a [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled EP]] in 2014.

* Music/JustinTimberlake
** 2013 - "Music/{{Mirrors|JustinTimberlake}}"