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Musicians #-A
- μ-Ziq
- 2AM
- 2 Chainz
- 2NE1
- 2PM
- 3 Doors Down
- 3 Inches of Blood
- 3OH!3
- 3Pac
- 5 Seconds of Summer
- 11 Acorn Lane
- 21 Savage
- Twenty Fourk Goldn
- Thirty Seconds to Mars
- 36 Crazyfists
- 50 Cent
- 65daysofstatic
- The 77s
- 100 gecs
- 311
- The 1975
- 10,000 Maniacs
- 12012
- A Pink
- AAA
- abingdon boys school
- Abiotic
- Abney Park
- Abnormality
- Abominable Putridity
- Aborted
- Farrah Abraham
- 2012 - My Teenage Dream Ended
- The Absence
- Abysmal Dawn
- AC/DC
- The Acacia Strain
- Accept
- Ace of Base
- L'Acéphale
- Acid Mothers Temple
- Acrania
- Bryan Adams
- Ryan Adams
- 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 Skyfall, the first James Bond song to win such an award.
- 2011 - 21
- Adema
- The Adicts
- Trace Adkins
- The Adventures of Duane & BrandO
- Ęon
- Aerosmith
- The Afghan Whigs
- AFI
- Afrojack
- Afroman
- Against Me!
- Agalloch
- The Agonist
- Christina Aguilera
- a-ha: Split in 2010, reunited in 2015.
- Jhené Aiko
- Air
- Air Supply
- Airbourne
- AJJ
- AJR
- AKB48
- Akfamilyhome has created music covers in the 2010s.
- Akon
- Alabama
- Alarm MM+
- Albatraoz
- Alcest
- Jason Aldean
- Alesana
- 2010 - The Emptiness
- Alesso
- Alestorm
- The Algorithm
- Ali Project
- Alice in Chains
- Alien Ant Farm
- Alkaline Trio
- The All-American Rejects
- All Shall Perish
- All That Remains
- All Time Low
- Gary Allan
- Allegaeon
- Jimmie Allen
- Lily Allen
- Allie X
- Allstar Weekend
- Herb Alpert
- Alphabeat
- Alphaville
- Alstroemeria Records
- Alt-J
- Alter Bridge
- Alterbeast
- Aly & A.J.
- Amaranthe
- Amateur Transplants
- America
- American Football
- American Murder Song
- Amerie
- Amniote
- Chino Amobi
- Morissette Amon
- Amon Amarth
- Amon Düül II
- Vanessa Amorosi
- Amorphis
- Tori Amos
- Namie Amuro
- An Cafe
- Anaal Nathrakh
- Anal Cunt
- Analog Rebellion
- Anamanaguchi
- Anarchy Club
- Anastacia
- Anathema
- Anberlin
- Ancient Bards
- And One
- Bill Anderson
- Laurie Anderson
- Angela
- Angels & Airwaves
- Angelspit
- Angelus Apatrida
- Angra
- Animal Collective
- Animals as Leaders
- Paul Anka
- Annihilator
- Adam Ant
- Marc Anthony
- Anthrax
- Anti-Flag
- The Antlers
- Anohni and the Johnsons
- Die Antwoord
- AOA
- Steve Aoki
- Aphex Twin: While most well-known for his work in The '90s, he has become active again after a long period of not releasing any new music.
- 2014 - Syro
- Apocalyptica
- Apollo 440
- Fiona Apple
- Aqua
- The Aquabats!
- Arashi
- L'arc-en-Ciel
- Arca
- Arcade Fire
- 2010 - The Suburbs
- Arch-Enemy
- Architecture In Helsinki
- Archive
- Archspire
- David Archuleta
- Arctic Monkeys
- 2013 - AM
- Arcturus
- Area 11
- Ariya - Russian Heavy Metal band
- Arkaik
- AronChupa
- The Arrogant Worms
- Arsis
- Art of Dying
- Die Ärzte
- As I Lay Dying
- A$AP Rocky
- Ash
- Ash Borer
- Ken Ashcorp
- Ashnikko
- Asia
- Asian Kung-Fu Generation
- Asking Alexandria
- ASP
- Rick Astley
- Astro
- Astronoid
- At the Drive-In
- At the Gates
- ATEEZ
- Atheist
- Nicole Atkins
- Atmosphere
- Attila (Metalcore)
- Augie March
- Aural Vampire
- Aurora
- Auryn
- The Austin Lounge Lizards
- Autechre
- Autopsy
- Emilie Autumn
- The Avalanches
- 2016 - Wildflower
- Avantasia
- Avenged Sevenfold
- 2016 - The Stage
- Avenue Beat released their debut EP in 2019.
- Aviators
- Avicii
- Awkwafina
- AWOLNATION
- Axe Murder Boyz
- Axel Rudi Pell
- The Axis of Awesome
- The Axis of Perdition
- Ayane
- Eva Ayllón
- Ayria
- Iggy Azalea: Australian-American white female rapper whose popularity fell as fast as it rose.
- Charles Aznavour
Musicians B-C
- B2ST
- B.A.P
- Bo B
- B'z
- Baby Alice
- The Baby Stompers
- Babyface
- BABYMETAL
- Burt Bacharach
- Backstreet Boys
- Bad Brains
- Bad Bunny
- Bad History
- Bad Religion
- Erykah Badu
- Joan Baez
- Adrian Baker
- Dan Balan
- Kelsea Ballerini
- J Balvin
- Bananarama
- Band-Maid
- The Band Perry
- Banda XXI
- The Bangles
- Banks
- Tony Banks
- The Banzai Predicament
- Barbatos
- Sara Bareilles
- Barenaked Ladies
- Travis Barker
- Gary Barlow
- Barón Rojo
- Shirley Bassey
- Basshunter
- Bastille: British pop rock band. Their first album, Bad Blood, released in 2013.
- Bat for Lashes
- Battle Beast
- Beast in Black: Founded after Anton Kabanen left Battle Beast.
- Battles
- Baustelle
- beabadoobee
- The Beach Boys: Released The Smile Sessions in 2011 before releasing a new studio album shortly afterwards.
- Beach House
- The Beards
- Beartooth
- Beastie Boys: Disbanded after MCA's death in 2012.
- Beck
- Jeff Beck
- Behemoth
- Ibon Belandia
- Bell Biv DeVoe: Made a successful comeback with Three Stripes in 2017.
- Bell Witch
- Belle and Sebastian
- Belly
- Belphegor
- Ben&Ben
- Beneath The Massacre
- Benighted
- Mitch Benn
- Dierks Bentley
- Bernard M
- Geoff Berner
- Chuck Berry: Had a final studio album in 2017, died the same year.
- Nick Bertke
- Better Than Ezra
- Between the Buried and Me
- Beyoncé
- 2013 - Beyoncé (2013)
- 2016 - Lemonade (2016)
- Beyond Creation
- Bi-2: A Russian Alternative Rock band that was originally formed in 1988 but only became popular in the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s and continues to be one of Russia's most popular rock bands well into the 2010s.
- Justin Bieber: 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. In late 2015, after not having any big hit for about two years, he released his record-breaking album "Purpose", which gave him nearly as much success as all of his previous music combined.
- Biffy Clyro
- Big & Rich
- Big Bad Bosses
- Big Bang
- Big Big Train
- Big Country
- Big Data
- Big Hoodoo
- Big Pun
- Big Red Machine
- Big Sean
- Big Time Rush
- BIGMAMA
- Billy Talent
- Andrew Bird
- Birdeatsbaby
- The Birthday Massacre
- BiS
- Bitter Ruin
- Björk
- Andy Black
- Clint Black
- Rebecca Black
- 2011 - "Friday"
- The Black Angels
- Blank Banshee
- The Black Crowes
- Black Crown Initiate
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- The Black Eyed Peas released The Beginning in 2010.
- Black Flag
- Black Gryph0n
- The Black Keys scored their first radio hit in 2010.
- 2010 - Brothers
- Black Kids
- Black Label Society
- Black Light Burns
- Black Midi
- Black Sabbath: Released a final studio album with the return of frontman Ozzy Osbourne in 2013, folded later in the decade after years of touring.
- Black Tide
- Black Tongue
- Black Veil Brides
- Blackbear
- Blackmill
- BLACKPINK
- Michelle Blades
- 2015 - Ataraxia
- 2016 - Polylust
- 2017 - Premature Love Songs
- 2019 - Visitor
- James Blake
- Lola Blanc
- Blancmange
- Blanks
- Carsie Blanton
- Blaze Ya Dead Homie
- Lydia Grace Blezard
- Mary J. Blige
- Blind Channel
- Blind Guardian
- Blink182
- Bliss N Eso
- Blixty Slycat
- Bloc Party
- Block B
- The Blockheads
- Blondie
- Blood Ceremony
- Blood on the Dance Floor
- Blood Red Shoes
- Blood Red Throne
- Blood Stain Child
- Bloodbath
- Bloodhound Gang
- Blue Man Group
- Blue October
- Blue Stahli
- Blues Traveler
- The Bluetones
- James Blunt
- Blur
- Blut aus Nord
- Blutengel
- bo en
- Boa Korea
- Boards of Canada: Released Tomorrow's Harvest in 2013, their first album in eight years.
- 2013 - Tomorrow's Harvest
- The Body
- Body Count
- Eric Bogle
- Bohren & der Club of Gore
- Michael Bolton
- Bomb the Music Industry!
- Bon Iver won the Best New Artist award at the 2012 Grammys.
- Bon Jovi
- Joe Bonamassa, a blues guitarist who has reliably put out multiple albums yearly since the 2000s.
- 2014 - Live In Amsterdam, a live cover album with singer Beth Hart.
- Bond
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
- Boondox
- Boris
- Bosse-de-Nage
- Boston
- BotanicSage
- Andreas Bourani
- David Bowie released his last two studio albums in this decade, before his passing in 2016. These albums are generally considered an extension of an artistic silver age that began in the 1990's.
- 2013 - The Next Day
- 2016 - ★
- Bowling for Soup
- Michael Guy Bowman
- Boyce Avenue
- Boys Like Girls
- The Boyz
- Boyz II Men
- Billy Bragg
- Glenn Branca
- Michelle Branch
- Brand New
- Brand Of Sacrifice
- Brandy
- Toni Braxton
- Breaking Benjamin returned after a hiatus during the first half of the decade following Benjamin's illness though most of the members have been replaced. Their 5th album was released in 2015 and their sixth is scheduled to be released in 2018.
- The Breeders
- brentalfloss
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Lee Brice
- Phoebe Bridgers - Singer from Los Angeles who began her music career in 2014 and released her debut album in 2017 to critical acclaim.
- Bright Eyes: released their last album in 2011 before going on a nine-year hiatus.
- Sarah Brightman
- Bring Me the Horizon
- British Sea Power
- Broadcast
- The Brobecks
- Tricia Brock
- BROCKHAMPTON
- Broken Hope
- Broken Social Scene
- brokeNCYDE
- Garth Brooks
- Brooks & Dunn
- Brotha Lynch Hung
- Brothers Osborne
- Arthur Brown
- Blanco Brown
- Bobby Brown
- Chris Brown broke out in one of the 2000s most popular acts, but he was 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.
- Danny Brown
- Havana Brown
- Kane Brown
- Zac Brown Band
- Jackson Browne
- Carpenter Brut released his first EP in 2012 and has been active throughout the decade since.
- Luke Bryan
- Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown
- BT
- BTOB
- BTS debuted in 2013, gradually gaining success locally and internationally over the years (notably 2015-2016, with hits like "I NEED U", "Dope", "Fire" and "Blood, Sweat and Tears") and breaking into the US mainstream in 2017 and 2018 with the LOVE YOURSELF album series (singles: "DNA", "Mic Drop", "Fake Love", "IDOL").
- 2017-2018 LOVE YOURSELF Series
- Michael Bublé
- BUCK-TICK
- Buckethead
- Madds Buckley
- Jimmy Buffett
- Jake Bugg
- Built To Spill
- Dan Bull
- Bull of Heaven
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Burial
- Alexandra Burke
- Burning Witches
- Kandi Burruss
- Brian Burton
- Burzum
- Kate Bush
- 2011 - 50 Words for Snow
- Busta Rhymes
- Busted
- BUTAOTOME
- Butcher Babies
- Buzzcocks
- Tracy Byrd
- David Byrne: Has been consistently active since the 80s and rose to mainstream prominence as a solo artist in 2004 (following the breakup of Talking Heads in 1991), but has become an even more visible figure since then. His 2012 album Love This Giant (a collaboration with St. Vincent) seems to be his best-received in quite some time, and his 2018 album American Utopia is one of his biggest mainstream successes to date (it also fared quite well critically).
- 2012 - Love This Giant (with St. Vincent)
- 2018 - American Utopia
- Melanie C
- C418
- Cage
- Cage the Elephant first broke through in 2009 but all but one of their hits peaked in the 2010s.
- The Cab
- Camila Cabello
- 2017 - "Havana"
- Colbie Caillat
- Cairokee
- Cake
- Eric Calderone
- John Cale
- Calexico
- Caligula's Horse
- Zach Callison
- Camellia
- Dove Cameron
- Camper Van Beethoven
- Los Campesinos!
- Candiria
- Candlemass
- Cane Hill
- Cannibal Corpse
- Canon Blue
- Rob Cantor
- 2014 - ""Shia LaBeouf" Live"
- Lewis Capaldi became a big-time Soul singer right at the tail end of the decade with "Someone You Loved".
- Caparezza
- Capercaille
- Capital Cities
- Capsule
- Captain Jack
- Car Seat Headrest
- Alessia Cara
- Irene Cara released her last album, Irene Cara Presents Hot Caramel in 2011.
- Carach Angren
- Caravan
- Caravan Palace
- Carcass
- Cardi B
- Mariah Carey
- Belinda Carlisle
- Wendy Carlos
- Wintersmith
- Vanessa Carlton
- Carnifex
- Sabrina Carpenter
- The Cars, a 1970s and '80s band, reunited after 22 years and released a new album, Move Like This, in 2011. Vocalist Ric Ocasek died in 2019.
- Sofia Carson
- Aaron Carter
- Cascada
- Neko Case
- The Cat Empire
- Cat Power
- 猫 シ Corp (Cat System Corp)
- 2016 - News At 11
- Cathedral
- Cattle Decapitation
- Nick Cave
- Cavetown
- Louis Chedid released two albums during that decade: On Ne Dit Jamais Assez Aux Gens qu'on les Aime, Deux Fois L'infini, CHEDID (with his sons Mathieu and Joseph, and his daughter Anna) and Tout ce qu'on veut dans la Vie.
- Cellar Darling
- Celldweller
- Celtic Thunder
- Celtic Woman
- Central Cee
- Cephalic Carnage
- Cevio AI
- CG5
- The Chainsmokers
- Chairlift
- The Chalkeaters
- Chameleon Circuit
- Chamillionaire
- Jose Mari Chan
- Chance the Rapper
- Charli XCX
- 2017 - Number 1 Angel
- 2017 - Pop 2
- 2019 - Charli
- Charming Disaster
- Chas & Dave
- The Chasm
- Cheap Trick
- Cheer Up, Charlie Daniels
- Richard Cheese
- Chelsea Grin
- The Chemical Brothers
- Cher
- Cheryl
- Kenny Chesney
- Mark Chesnutt
- Chevelle is one of the few hard rock/metal bands to keep their popularity in the decade, and 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.
- Chic
- Chicago
- The Chicks
- Chief Keef
- Childbirth—supergroup, formed in 2013.
- Childish Gambino
- 2016 - "Awaken, My Love!"
- 2018 - "This Is America"
- Children of Bodom
- Chimaira
- Chiodos
- chipspeech
- Chloe x Halle
- Alex Christensen
- Christine and the Queens
- Chrome
- Chthonic
- Chumbawamba
- Chungha
- The Church
- Charlotte Church
- Eric Church
- CHVRCHES
- Ciara
- Cibo Matto (ended their hiatus in 2011 and released their third album in 2014.)
- Gabriella Cilmi
- Cimorelli
- Circle Takes the Square
- Circuit Freq
- City and Colour
- City Girls
- Civil War: Swedish Power Metal band spun off from Sabaton in 2012 and has released three full-length albums to date.
- The Civil Wars
- Clamavi de Profundis
- Clan of Xymox
- CLANNAD
- Eric Clapton
- ClariS
- Clarence Clarity
- Petula Clark
- Kelly Clarkson got her biggest hit ever in 2012's "Stronger".
- Clazziquai Project
- CLC
- Clean Bandit
- Johnny Clegg
- Benjamin Clementine
- The Click Five
- George Clinton
- clipping.
- Clutch
- CN Blue made their official Korean debut in 2010 and official Japan debut in 2011, both much more successful than their previous Japanese indie debut.
- CNCO
- Coal Chamber
- Cobalt
- Cobra Starship
- Bruce Cockburn
- Jarvis Cocker
- Joe Cocker
- CocoRosie
- Code Orange
- The Cog Is Dead
- Cognitive
- Coheed and Cambria
- Leonard Cohen: Died in 2016, nineteen days after releasing his fourteenth and final studio album, You Want It Darker.
- Cold
- Cold Cave
- Cold Chisel
- Coldplay
- J. Cole
- Lloyd Cole
- Paula Cole
- Collective Soul
- Bootsy Collins
- Phil Collins
- Colter Wall
- Luke Combs
- Common
- Communion: Born Alvaro Vega, he was first known for scatological parody music under the stage name "The Cacaman" in the late 2000s, but following a religious epiphany he reinvented himself as a Catholic rapper and evangelist.
- Conception
- Stompin' Tom Connors
- Conquer Divide
- Converge
- Coolio
- Alice Cooper
- Imani Coppola
- Cormorant
- Chris Cornell
- Cornershop
- The Correspondents
- The Corrs
- Ferry Corsten
- Elvis Costello released several albums in this decade.
- Jonathan Coulton
- David Crowder Band
- Counting Crows
- Covenant
- Covet
- Cowboy Troy
- Cradle of Filth
- The Cranberries
- The Crane Wives
- Crash Test Dummies
- Craxy
- Crayon Pop
- CrazyCod: Started in 2018.
- Creature Feature
- David Crosby
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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- Jalan Crossland
- Sheryl Crow
- Crowbar
- Crowded House
- Crush 40
- The Cruxshadows
- Cryoshell
- Crystal Castles
- Crystal Lake
- The Crystalline Effect
- Crystalyne
- Cult Leader
- Cult of Luna
- Culture Club
- CupcakKe
- The Cult
- Current 93
- Billy Currington
- Custard
- Cut Copy
- Cynic
- Cypecore
- Cypress Hill
- Billy Ray Cyrus: Notably featured as a guest vocal in Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road".
- Miley Cyrus is known this decade for her transition into an adult artist with 2013's Bangerz, her infamous performance at the VMAs that same year, and the controversial music video of her song "Wrecking Ball".
- Noah Cyrus
- Cytotoxin
Musicians D-E
- D
- D-A-D
- D'Angelo
- 2014 - Black Messiah
- D.O.A.
- D:Ream
- Da Yoopers
- Daši Freyr
- Daddy DJ
- Daddy Yankee
- Daft Punk finally broke into the mainstream with their single "Get Lucky" from their acclaimed disco album Random Access Memories.
- 2013 - Random Access Memories
- Daisy Dares You
- Dal Shabet
- Heather Dale
- Dälek
- Dali Van Gogh
- Dalriada
- The Damned (Band)
- Dan + Shay
- Dance Gavin Dance
- The Dandy Warhols
- Daniel Amos
- Danielson
- Danzig
- Darin
- Dark Ages
- The Dark Element: Founded in 2016, debut album released in 2017.
- Dark Lotus
- Dark Sarah: Founded 2012, debut album released 2015.
- Dark Tranquillity
- The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
- The Darkness
- Darkthrone
- Darude
- Das Racist
- Dashboard Confessional
- Daughters
- 2018 - You Won't Get What You Want
- Daughtry
- Robert Davi
- Kimya Dawson
- A Day to Remember scored their biggest rock hit in 2011.
- DAY6
- Day26
- Daya
- Dave Days
- Days N' Daze
- Chris de Burgh
- De La Soul
- Deacon Blue
- Dead By April
- Dead Can Dance
- The Dead Milkmen
- Dead Sara released their debut album Dead Sara in 2012.
- The Dead Weather
- DEADLOCK
- deadmau5
- Deafheaven formed at the beginning of the decade, and have since garnered massive critical acclaim.
- 2013 - Sunbather
- Dean
- Ester Dean
- The Dear Hunter
- Death Angel
- Death Cab for Cutie released You Are A Tourist (number one on the alternative charts) in 2011, as well as their Grammy-nominated Codes and Keys.
- Death From Above 1979
- Death Grips
- Death In June
- Deathgaze
- Deathspell Omega
- 2019 - The Furnaces of Palingenesia - dystopian Concept Album that represented a lyrical Genre Shift from the band's usual dark theological poetry, instead being a dark condemnation of fascism presented as a villainous, self-contradictory manifesto from a fascist, inspired by Nineteen Eighty-Four and Jonathan Littell's novel The Kindly Ones
- Debauchery
- Decapitated
- The Decemberists
- Decrepit Birth
- Deeds of Flesh
- Deep Purple
- Deerhoof
- Deerhunter
- Def Leppard
- Defeated Sanity
- Deftones
- Deicide
- Del Amitri
- Lana Del Rey: First got attention with her song "Video Games" in 2011.
- 2012 - Born to Die
- 2019 - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
- Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
- Delain
- Delerium
- Delta Rae
- Deltron 3030
- Mac DeMarco
- Demon Hunter
- Jonah Dempcy
- Kyle Dennis
- Depeche Mode
- Jason Derulo became popular with the hit song "Whatcha Say" in 2009 and has maintained the 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.
- Descendents
- Desecravity
- Despised Icon
- Dessa
- Destiny's Child
- Destruction
- Detsorgsekalf
- dEUS
- Device
- Devin Millar
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Devo
- DeVotchKa
- Devourment
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- Toshimitsu Deyama
- Diablo Swing Orchestra
- Diafrix
- Marina Diamandis
- 2012 - Electra Heart: A "musical"/"opera"-like Concept Album, her most notable and famed record by far.
- Neil Diamond
- Diamond Head
- Diamond Rio
- Diaura
- Joe Diffie
- Ani DiFranco
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Dimmu Borgir
- The Dingees
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Ronnie James Dio: Died in 2010.
- Céline Dion
- Dir en grey
- Discharge!
- Disciple
- Disclosure
- Disentomb
- La Dispute
- Disturbed
- 2010 - Asylum
- 2015 - Immortalized
- DIVA
- The Divine Comedy
- DJ Earworm
- DJ Khaled
- DJ Quik
- DJ Rozwell
- DJ Shadow
- DNCE
- Does It Offend You, Yeah?
- Dog Fashion Disco
- Doja Cat
- Dokken
- Thomas Dolby
- Doll Skin
- Nicole Dollanganger
- Pino Donaggio
- Donovan
- Jason Donovan
- The Doobie Brothers
- Dope
- Dorothy: Debuted a self-titled EP in 2014 and a studio album, ROCKISDEAD, in 2016, while touring with Halestorm and Lita Ford.
- Dorso
- Dos Gringos
- Double Experience
- The Doubleclicks
- Rob Dougan
- Down
- Dr. Carmilla
- Dr. Dre
- DragonForce
- Dragonheart
- Dragonland
- Drake broke out in 2009 and continued to incredible success throughout the 2010's decade. Never being anywhere outside of the top 3 rappers of any given year, he became the most prominent Hip-Hop artist of the 2010's 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.
- The Dreadnoughts
- Dream Catcher
- Dream Theater
- 2016 - The Astonishing
- Driftless Pony Club
- DROELOE
- Dropkick Murphys
- Drowning Pool
- Drudkh
- The Dubliners
- Hilary Duff
- Duffy
- Duran Duran
- James Durbin
- DVSR
- Dying Fetus
- Bob Dylan is still writing music, and released Tempest in 2012 to critical acclaim.
- Andrew E.
- E-40
- E-Girls
- E.S. Posthumus
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Earl Sweatshirt:
- 2013 - Doris
- 2015 - I Dont Like Shit, I Dont Go Outside
- 2018 - Some Rap Songs
- Justin Townes Earle
- Steve Earle
- Earth
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Echo & the Bunnymen
- Echosmith
- Edguy
- Editors
- Todd Edwards
- Eels
- Efterklang
- Ego Likeness
- Billie Eilish
- Einstürzende Neubauten
- El-P
- Elbow
- Brett Eldredge
- Dorian Electra
- Electric Light Orchestra: Released their first studio album in fourteen years and became a regular touring fixture since.
- Electric Six
- Electric Wizard
- Elio e le Storie Tese
- Missy Elliott
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- Eluveitie
- ELYSION
- Emigrate
- Emily Pukis and the Vagrants
- Eminem: His seventh studio album, Recovery, was one of the best selling albums of 2010.
- Emmure
- Empire of the Sun
- En Vogue
- Enfold Darkness
- Enforcer
- Enigma
- Brian Eno
- Ensiferum
- Enslaved
- Enter Shikari
- Enterprise Earth
- Entertainment for the Braindead
- Entheos
- Enya
- Epica
- Epidemia
- Epik High
- Era
- Erasure
- Erra
- Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
- Escape the Fate
- Escort
- Esham
- Gloria Estefan
- Estelle
- ETHS
- Europe
- Jackie Evancho
- Evanescence made a highly anticipated comeback in 2011 with a self-titled album.
- Faith Evans
- Sara Evans
- Eve
- Eve 6
- Evelyn Evelyn
- Everclear
- Evergrey
- Everything Everything
- Evile
- Evillious Chronicles
- Excision
- Exhumed
- EXID
- existtrace
- Exmortus
- EXO
- Exodus (Band)
- Exotype
- Explosions In The Sky
- Eyehategod
Musicians F-G
- The Faceless
- Paloma Faith
- Failure
- Fair to Midland
- Fairport Convention
- Faith No More released the album Sol Invictus which is their first since 1997.
- Marianne Faithfull
- FAKE TYPE.
- The Fall
- The Fall of Troy
- Fall Out Boy
- Falling in Reverse
- Falling Up
- Órla Fallon
- Fallujah
- Agnetha Fältskog released a solo album, called A, in 2013.
- Die Fantastischen Vier
- Farin Urlaub Racing Team
- Mylene Farmer
- Fascinating Aļda
- Father John Misty
- Fear
- Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
- Fear Factory
- Feed Me
- Feeder
- Feist
- Corey Feldman
- 2016 - Angelic 2 The Core
- Fell Voices
- FEMM
- Sam Fender
- Fergie
- James Ferraro
- Sky Ferreira
- Fifth Harmony
- Filter
- Finch
- Finntroll
- First Aid Kit
- Samantha Fish released her first non-self-published album in 2011.
- Fishbone
- Fisherman's Friends
- Fit For An Autopsy
- Five Finger Death Punch: Continue as one of the most popular metal bands in the 2010s.
- Five Iron Frenzy
- FKA twigs
- Flaming Lips
- The Flashbulb
- Fleet Foxes
- Fleetwood Mac
- Fleshgod Apocalypse
- Flo Rida
- Flogging Molly
- Florence + the Machine became popular in the U.S. after "Dog Days are Over" won a Video Music Award from MTV.
- Liana Flores
- Florida Georgia Line
- Florrie
- The Flower Kings
- Der Fluch des Drachen
- Flying Lotus (also went by Captain Murphy in 2012)
- Flyleaf
- Foals
- Ben Folds and his Five (okay, trio), reunited in 2012 and released "The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind".
- Luis Fonsi
- Fontaines DC
- Foo Fighters
- Forbidden
- Lita Ford
- Forever The Sickest Kids
- Fort Minor, released an EP under his real name Mike Shinoda in the wake of Linkin Park bandmate Chester Bennington's passing.
- 2018 - Post Traumatic
- Foster the People had an unlikely pop hit late in 2011 with "Pumped Up Kicks".
- 2014 - "Best Friend"
- Fountains of Wayne
- The Four Freshmen
- Toby Fox
- Foxes
- Jamie Foxx
- John Foxx
- Foxy Shazam
- Fozzy
- Fraktus
- Peter Frampton
- Franco De Vita
- Aretha Franklin
- Kirk Franklin
- Franz Ferdinand
- The Fratellis
- The Fray
- Freelance Whales
- Kinky Friedman
- Robert Fripp
- Froggy Fresh
- From Ashes to New
- Front 242
- The Front Bottoms
- Front Line Assembly
- Frozen Crown
- John Frusciante
- FT Island made their successful official Japanese debut in 2010 and continue with their success in Korea in this time.
- Rie fu
- Fucked Up
- The Fugs
- fun. had two of the biggest hits of 2012 with "We Are Young" and "Some Nights".
- Fun Lovin' Criminals
- Funeral for a Friend
- Funker Vogt
- Nelly Furtado
- Hannah Fury
- Futret
- Future
- f(x)
- G-Eazy
- Peter Gabriel, despite releasing no new albums this decade, still remained active as an artist.
- Gacharic Spin
- GACKT
- Gaelic Storm
- Galantis
- Diamanda Galįs
- Galneryus
- Gama Bomb
- The Game (Rapper)
- GaMetal
- Gamma Ray
- Gang of Four
- Gang Starr
- Garbage
- Garfunkel and Oates
- Leif Garrett released two singles during this decade - "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.
- The Gaslight Anthem
- The Gathering
- The Gazette
- Lisa Germano
- The Get Up Kids
- Geto Boys
- GFRIEND
- Ghost (Band)
- Ghost Lights
- Ghoul
- (G)I-DLE
- Terri Gibbs
- Tyrese Gibson
- Gigan
- Brantley Gilbert
- Joćo Gilberto
- Vince Gill
- Gin Blossoms
- girl in red
- Girl Talk
- Girls Aloud
- Girl's Day
- Girls' Generation
- Girlschool
- Giulietta
- Glass Animals
- Glassjaw
- Glee
- GloRilla
- Gloryhammer
- gmcfosho
- Go_A
- Gob
- Goblin
- God Dethroned
- Godflesh
- Godsmack
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Released 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! in 2012, their first album in ten years. This followed up by Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress in 2015 and Luciferian Towers in 2017.
- Gogol Bordello
- Gojira
- Die Goldenen Zitronen
- Goldfrapp
- Goldie
- Selena Gomez had her first hit with 2010's "Naturally".
- Gong
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Matthew Good
- Good Kid
- Good Charlotte
- Delta Goodrem
- Gorgoroth
- Gorguts
- Gorillaz:
- 2010 - Plastic Beach
- 2017 - Humanz
- 2018 - The Now Now
- Gorod
- GOT7
- Gotye is best known for his 2012 smash "Somebody That I Used to Know", which incidentally has also been his only major hit so far.
- Ellie Goulding
- 2012 - Halcyon
- Leslie Grace
- Grace & Tony
- Andy Grammer
- Grandaddy
- Ariana Grande had the most top ten hits of any artist in 2014 with "Problem", "Break Free", "Bang Bang" and "Love Me Harder".
- 2018 - Sweetener
- 2019 - thank u, next
- Grandson
- GRANRODEO
- Amy Grant
- John Grant
- Grave
- Grave Digger
- David Gray
- Great Big Sea
- The Great Luke Ski
- Greek Fire
- Cee Lo Green
- Green Day
- 2016 - Revolution Radio
- The Gregory Brothers
- Greta Van Fleet: Formed in 2012, debut EP in 2017, debut full-length album in 2018. Controversial among music listeners and analysts due to their copious similarities to Led Zeppelin.
- Grimes
- Christina Grimmie: Went on The Voice, released music, and built a small but fervent fan base before her tragic death in 2016.
- Parry Gripp
- Grizzly Bear
- Josh Groban
- Dave Grohl
- Groove Coverage
- Grottomatic
- Grouplove
- Grupa Operacyjna
- Gryphon
- Guano Apes
- Gucci Mane
- Hildur Gušnadóttir
- The Guess Who
- Madeline Harper Guest
- David Guetta
- Gugudan
- Guided by Voices
- Günther (Singer)
- Mickey Guyton
- GWAR
- GYARI
- Gym Class Heroes
Musicians H-J
- H.E.R.
- HA:TFELT
- Steve Hackett
- Hacktivist
- Diana Haddad
- Haddaway
- Hadouken
- Nina Hagen
- Merle Haggard
- Haim
- Haken
- Halcali
- Halestorm: Self-titled debut album in 2009, made their first headlining tour in 2010 and started to really take off when their 2012 single "Here's to Us" was featured on Glee. They ultimately became the first female-fronted group to win the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 2013.
- halfalive
- Half Man Half Biscuit
- Todric Hall
- 2016 - Straight Outta Oz
- Johnny Hallyday: Died in 2017. Was still churning out chart-topping albums and selling out stadiums in his homeland of France almost to the end.
- Halsey
- Ayumi Hamasaki
- HammerFall
- Hammers of Misfortune
- Herbie Hancock
- The Handsome Family
- Lisa Hannigan
- Kai Hansen - Although he had been involved in many bands since the 80s, in 2016 he released his first solo album.
- Hanson
- Hardwell
- Hanzel Und Gretyl
- The Happy Fits
- Hard Fi
- Hardline
- Franēoise Hardy
- Jack Harlow
- Calvin Harris finally became popular outside the United Kingdom after producing Rihanna's "We Found Love".
- Corey Hart
- PJ Harvey
- David Hasselhoff
- 2017 - "Guardians Inferno"
- Hatari
- Hate Eternal
- Hatebreed
- Juliana Hatfield
- The Haunted
- Have A Nice Life
- Havok
- A Hawk and a Hacksaw
- Hawkwind
- Hawthorne Heights
- Hayden
- Darren Hayes
- Hunter Hayes
- Walker Hayes
- HEALTH
- Imogen Heap
- Heart
- Heaven Shall Burn
- The Heavy
- Heavy D
- Tim Hecker
- Hed PE
- Heilung
- Hella
- Hello! Project
- Hello Saferide
- Helloween
- Helmet
- Helstar
- Ty Herndon
- LO Hess
- Hevisaurus
- Hexode
- Hey! Say! JUMP
- Hey Ocean!
- Hey Violet
- M.J. Hibbett and the Validators
- 2011 - Dinosaur Planet
- Hideous Divinity
- Missy Higgins
- Faith Hill
- Ally Hills
- 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 Younger and Hipper spinoff.
- HIM
- Unknown Hinson
- Hiragana Keyakiszaka46
- Susumu Hirasawa
- His Name Is Alive
- The Hives
- HKT48
- Hobo Johnson and the Lovemakers
- The Hold Steady
- Hole
- Holland
- Peter Hollens
- Hollywood Undead
- Julia Holter
- Honey Popcorn
- Hoobastank
- The Hoosiers
- Hooverphonic
- Hopsin
- Trevor Horn
- The Horrors
- Haruomi Hosono
- Hot Dad
- Hot Hot Heat
- Hour of Penance
- Marques Houston
- How to Destroy Angels
- Hozier
- The HU
- Jennifer Hudson
- Ashlyne Huff
- The Human League
- Human Nature
- Hungry Lucy
- Sam Hunt
- Hurt
- Hurts
- Jenny Hval
- Hyde
- Caleb Hyles
- Dev Hynes. Debuted solo project, Blood Orange, in 2011.
- 2018 - Negro Swan
- Hyoyeon
- Hype Williams
- Hypnosis Mic
- Hypocrisy
- HyunA
- iann dior
- I built the sky
- I Don't Know How But They Found Me
- I Fight Dragons: Their first full album, KABOOM!, released on 2011.
- iamamiwhoami
- IAMX
- Ibeyi
- IC3PEAK
- Ice Cube
- Ice Nine Kills
- 2018 - The Silver Scream
- Iced Earth
- Icon for Hire: Active 2007-present. Released first EPs in 2007, became more known after their album Scripted back in 2011.
- Icona Pop scored a viral hit in 2013 with "I Love It".
- IDLES
- Billy Idol
- Enrique Iglesias
- Igorrr
- Ihsahn
- IKON
- Ill Nino
- Illdisposed
- iLoveMakonnen
- Natalie Imbruglia
- Imagine Dragons
- Immolation
- Immortal
- In Extremo
- In Flames
- In This Moment
- Inanimate Existence
- Incubus
- India.Arie
- Inna
- Lola Indigo
- Indigo Girls
- Infant Annihilator
- Inferi
- INFINITE
- Information Society
- Ingested
- Inkubus Sukkubus
- Insane Clown Posse
- Insane Poetry
- Insomnium
- Internal Suffering
- Interpol
- INXS
- I.O.I
- Ricardo Iorio
- IOSYS
- Irene & Seulgi
- IRIS (UK)
- Iron and Wine
- Iron Maiden
- Iron Savior
- IRONBUNNY
- I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism In Your Year Book
- Jason Isbell
- Takeo Ischi
- The Isley Brothers
- Issues
- ItaloBrothers
- Kanako Itou
- ITZY
- IU
- IV of Spades
- IZ*ONE
- J.B.O.
- Jack's Mannequin
- Alan Jackson
- Janet Jackson
- Joe Jackson
- Michael Jackson - Died the year before the decade began, but posthumous album releases started coming out in 2010.
- Samantha Jade
- Jag Panzer
- Jaga Jazzist
- JakProgresso
- JAM Project
- Jamala
- Luke James
- Jessie James
- Jamiroquai
- Jandek
- Jane's Addiction
- Floor Jansen
- Japanese Breakfast
- 2016 - Psychopomp
- 2017 - Soft Sounds From Another Planet
- Al Jardine
- 2010 - A Postcard From California
- Jean-Michel Jarre
- Jars of Clay
- Cosmo Jarvis
- Jawbreaker: Broke up in 1996, but reunited earlier in 2017; they headlined Riot Fest in September of that year.
- Jay-Z
- Megan Jean and the KFB
- Jedi Mind Tricks
- Katherine Jenkins
- Carly Rae Jepsen: Became popular outside of Canada with one of the biggest hit song of 2012, "Call Me Maybe".
- Jessie J
- Jesu
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Joan Jett
- Jewel
- Jhariah
- Jim's Big Ego
- Jimmy Eat World
- Jinjer
- Job for a Cowboy
- Jodeci
- Vargskelethor/Joel Varg Johansson (of Vinesauce fame)
- 2018 - Super Ghostbusters
- Rogga Johansson
- Elton John
- Jack Johnson
- BA Johnston
- Daniel Johnston
- Joji
- JoJo
- The Jonas Brothers
- Jax Jones
- Lucie Jones
- Quincy Jones
- Tom Jones
- Jónsi
- JORN
- Jerry Joseph
- Journey
- Vance Joy
- Joy Electric
- Joywave
- JPEGMAFIA
- JT Music
- Judas Priest
- Cledus T. Judd
- Wynonna Judd
- Judicator
- Juice WRLD
- Julien-K
- Jungle Rot
- Junho: though he debuted as part of 2PM in 2008, he only debuted as a solo artist in 2013
- Juniel
- Jupiter, formed in 2013, is The Band Minus the Face version of Versailles, featuring the instrumentalists of the latter band accompanied by a then-unknown vocalist. Still known for invoking Viewer Gender Confusion among metal fans.
- Justice
- Victoria Justice
- Jute Gyte
Musicians K-L
- K391
- K.A.A.N
- K/DA
- K. Flay
- K.I.Z
- Kagrra
- Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird
- Kaiser Chiefs
- The Kaisers
- Kaizers Orchestra
- Kalafina
- Kalush
- Kamelot
- 2012 - Silverthorn
- Kamen Rider Girls
- Kamikazee: Took a hiatus in 2015 but has sporadically performed since 2017.
- Kana
- Kanjani 8
- Kansas
- KARA
- KARD
- Karmin
- Kasabian
- Kataklysm
- Katalepsy
- Katatonia
- Miliyah Kato
- Kavinsky
- Mami Kawada
- Kaya
- Kayo Dot
- Keane
- Kehlani
- KEiiNO
- Toby Keith
- Keldian
- Kelela
- R. Kelly, whose career came crashing down in the late 2010s due to several sexual abuse accusations made against him, especially after the documentary Surviving R. Kelly was released.
- Kent
- The Kentucky Headhunters
- Kerbera
- Kerli
- Kero Kero Bonito
- Nik Kershaw
- Sammy Kershaw
- 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).
- Keyakizaka46
- Alicia Keys
- Khalid
- Wiz Khalifa
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts
- Kid Crusher
- Kid Cudi
- The Kid LAROI started releasing music in the 2010s, but found far greater success in the 2020s.
- Kid Rock
- Kidz Bop
- Kids See Ghosts
- Kiesza
- The Killers
- Killing Joke
- Natalia Kills
- Killswitch Engage
- Kimbra
- B.B. King: Died in 2015.
- Carole King
- King Black Acid
- King Charles
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- King Missile IV
- Kings of Leon
- Leyland Kirby
- Kirby Krackle
- 2010 - "Up, Up, Down, Down"
- Kisaki
- Kilo Kish
- KISS
- 2012 - Monster
- Kitchens of Distinction
- Hayley Kiyoko
- Los Kjarkas
- KMFDM
- The Knife
- Knife Party
- Gladys Knight
- Knorkator
- Koda Kumi
- Koenjihyakkei
- Kongos
- Kontrust
- Kool Keith
- Kool Moe Dee
- Korn
- Korpiklaani
- Kosheen
- Kottonmouth Kings
- Ed Kowalczyk
- Krallice
- Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Lenny Kravitz
- Kreator
- Krewella
- Krisiun
- Kronos
- KRS-One
- Khruangbin
- Die Krupps
- Kula Shaker
- Kumisolo
- Kunt and the Gang
- Maon Kurosaki
- Kuroyume
- Kvelertak
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
- L7
- La Roux
- Patti LaBelle. One album released in 2017.
- Lacuna Coil
- Lady A
- Lady Gaga finally topped the Billboard 200 in 2011 with "Born This Way".
- 2010 - "Telephone"
- Lady Lamb
- LADYBABY (LADYBABY)
- Ladytron
- Natalia Lafourcade
- Lagwagon
- Lahannya
- Laibach
- Jon Lajoie
- Kendrick Lamar
- 2012 - good kid, m.A.A.d city
- 2015 - To Pimp a Butterfly
- Lamb of God
- Adam Lambert
- Mary Lambert
- Miranda Lambert
- Zara Larsson
- Lascaille's Shroud
- The Last Shadow Puppets put out their second album, Everything You've Come to Expect, in 2016.
- The Last Ten Seconds Of Life
- Cyndi Lauper
- Bettye LaVette, an industry veteran, rode the late-2000's retro-soul boom to late-career fame with a series of cover albums.
- Avril Lavigne
- Tracy Lawrence
- The Lawrence Arms
- LCD Soundsystem
- The Leather Nun
- Leaves' Eyes
- Lecrae
- Christopher Lee
- Ricki Lee
- Steve Lee
- L33tStr33t Boys
- Left At London
- Leftöver Crack
- John Legend
- Legion Of The Damned
- Lemon Demon
- 2014-2017 - Mouth Albums (Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, and Mouth Moods)
- Leningrad
- Leningrad Cowboys
- Leprous
- Les Friction
- Less Than Jake
- Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain
- Tendon Levey: reclusive outsider/avant-pop artist who recorded 70 albums between 2007 and 2011.
- Leviathan
- Elen Levon
- Jenny Lewis
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Leona Lewis
- LFO: Group members Devin Lima and Brad Fischetti reunited in 2017 with a new single "Perfect 10" and plans to continue LFO as a duo after the death of group member Rich Cronin. Unfortunately, Devin would develop stage four adrenal cancer and pass away in 2018, leaving Brad as the only surviving member, and end the band for good.
- The Libertines
- Lifehouse
- Lich King
- Life In Yellow
- Lifelover
- Lifeseeker
- Lightning Bolt. Released two albums in this decade.
- Lights
- Lil Aaron
- Lil B
- Lil Dicky
- Lil Durk
- Lil Jon
- Lil' Kim
- Lil Nas X
- Lil Peep
- Lil Pump
- Lil Skies
- Lil Ugly Mane
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Lil Wayne
- Lil Yachty
- Lim Kim
- Limp Bizkit:
- 2011 - Gold Cobra
- Maggie Lindemann
- Lingua Ignota
- Linkin Park: Continued their success this decade with four albums. Tragically, singer Chester Bennington would commit suicide in 2017.
- Dua Lipa
- Liquid Stranger
- Listie
- Lit
- Little Big
- Little Big Town
- Little Boots
- Little Mix won the British X Factor competition in 2011.
- Little Shannon Dudley
- little xs for eyes
- Liturgy
- Live
- Living Colour
- The Living Tombstone
- Lizzo
- LL Cool J
- Cher Lloyd appeared on the British X Factor competition in 2010 and broke through internationally in 2012.
- LMFAO scored their first major hit in 2011 with "Party Rock Anthem".
- Lisa Loeb
- Logic
- The Lonely Island
- Lonestar
- The Longest Johns
- Jeff Loomis
- LOONA
- Loop
- Jennifer Lopez
- Lord Huron
- Lords of Acid
- Lorde achieved massive, unexpected popularity in 2013 with her song "Royals" which was a criticism of modern pop music, becoming one of the only New Zealanders to achieve popularity outside their country. This happened when she was only 16.
- 2013 - The Love Club
- 2013 - Pure Heroine
- Lordi
- Lorna Shore
- Lost Dogs
- Lostprophets' career came crashing down in 2013 when frontman Ian Watkins was ousted as a sexual predator.
- Pixie Lott
- Loudness
- Demi Lovato had their biggest hit in 2012 with "Give Your Heart a Break".
- Mike Love
- 2017 - Unleash The Love
- 2018 - Reason For The Season
- 2019 - 12 Sides Of Summer
- Lovebites
- Lovelyz
- Loverboy
- Lyle Lovett
- Low
- Nick Lowe
- Lower Dens
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen
- 2013 - Ayreon (released the final record in this eight part series which started in 1995. Lucassen would return to the project with 2017's The Source.)
- 2016 - The Theater Equation
- 2012 - Lost in the New Real (his second solo album since 1994)
- 2013 - Ayreon (released the final record in this eight part series which started in 1995. Lucassen would return to the project with 2017's The Source.)
- Clara Luciani
- Kelsi Luck
- Lucybell
- Ludacris
- Ludo
- Luhan
- Luna Sea reunited and started their first world tour in 2010.
- Lupe Fiasco
- Luscious Jackson
- Les Luthiers
- Nick Lutsko
- Lynch
- Stephen Lynch
- Vera Lynn
Musicians M
- M.I.A.
- M&D
- M83
- Macabre
- Machigerita
- Machinae Supremacy
- Machine Girl
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Machine Head
- Craig Mack - 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.
- Macklemore: Notable hits: "Thrift Shop", "Can't Hold Us", "Same Love"
- Maddie & Tae
- Madeon
- Madness
- Madonna - the Queen of Pop has released three new studio albums in this decade:
- 2012 - MDNA
- 2015 - Rebel Heart
- 2019 - Madame X
- She has also extensively toured to promote the first two albums, with a third all-theater tour (the Madame X Tour) scheduled to begin in September 2019.
- Magazine
- Magma
- The Magnetic Fields
- Mägo de Oz
- Mahmood
- Majestica: Active in the early part of the decade as ReinXeed, reformed after a hiatus (due to band leader Tommy Johansson joining Sabaton) in 2019.
- Major Lazer
- 2013 - "Bubble Butt"
- 2015 - Peace Is The Mission
- Make Them Suffer
- Makeup and Vanity Set
- Malignancy
- Dave Malloy
- 2014 - Ghost Quartet
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Post Malone
- Mamamoo
- A Man Called Adam
- Man Man
- Man or Astro-man?
- Man With a Mission
- Manafest
- Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards
- Manel
- Måneskin
- Manic Street Preachers
- Manilla Road
- Barry Manilow
- Mannheim Steamroller
- Manowar
- Marilyn Manson
- Marduk
- Marianas Trench had their share of success in the 2000s, but they reached their peak popularity in this decade.
- Marillion
- Robin Mark
- Biz Markie
- Petra Marklund
- Laura Marling released her critically acclaimed albums "I Speak Because I Can" and "A Creature I Don't Know" in this decade.
- Marmozets
- When Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine became a judge on The Voice, it helped his band experience more success than ever before. Multiple articles and publications brand them as the most successful band of the century.
- 2014 - "Animals"
- 2018 - "Girls Like You"
- Johnny Marr
- After Bruno Mars was featured on B.o.B.'s hit "Nothin' on You," in 2010, he started a massively successful solo career.
- Mars Argo
- The Mars Volta
- Marshmello
- Martha And The Muffins
- Max Martin
- Ricky Martin
- Melanie Martinez released her first full-length album in 2015 after appearing on The Voice three years earlier.
- Richard Marx
- Mashrou' Leila
- MXXN
- Massive Attack
- Masterplan
- Reece Mastin
- Mastodon
- Matchbox Twenty
- Johnny Mathis
- Matmos
- Seiko Matsuda
- Yumi Matsutoya
- Kathy Mattea
- Dave Matthews Band
- Jessica Mauboy
- Maxļmo Park
- Maximum the Hormone
- Brian May
- Imelda May hit the big time around 2010, and carried on from there.
- Edward Maya
- MaYaN
- Mayday
- Mayday Parade
- Mayhem
- Mazzy Star
- MBLAQ
- MC Frontalot
- MC Lars
- Martina McBride
- Jesse Mc Cartney
- Paul McCartney
- Neal McCoy
- Bear McCreary
- Otis McDonald
- Reba McEntire
- Brian McFadden
- Mc Fly
- Tim McGraw
- Nellie McKay
- Loreena McKennitt
- Sarah McLachlan
- John McLaughlin, a long-running jazz guitarist, continues working with his current band, The 4th Dimension.
- 2014 - The Boston Record
- James McMurtry
- Brian McNeill
- Kat McSnatch
- MDC
- Meat Loaf
- Meat Puppets
- The Meatmen
- The Mechanisms
- Mechina
- Meg and Dia
- Mega Colossus
- Mega Ran
- Megadeth
- Megan Thee Stallion
- The Megas
- John Mellencamp
- Melt-Banana
- Melvins
- The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing
- The Men They Couldn't Hang
- Men Without Hats
- Maria Mena
- Shawn Mendes
- Bridgit Mendler
- Mental Cruelty
- The Mentors
- The Menzingers
- Mercury Rev
- Merzbow
- Meshuggah
- Jeremy Messersmith
- Jo Dee Messina
- Metal Church
- Metallica: Released the critical disaster Lulu in 2011 in collaboration with Lou Reed before coming back in a big way in 2016 with Hardwired... to Self-Destruct.
- Pat Metheny
- Metric
- Mew
- mewithoutYou
- MF DOOM
- Mgła
- MGMT
- Ingrid Michaelson
- Francesca Michielin
- Midnight
- The Midnight
- The Midnight Beast
- Midnight Syndicate
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Migos
- Miike Snow
- 2016 - "Genghis Khan"
- Mika
- Mikazukibigwave
- Mike + the Mechanics
- Miguel would release his first album in 2010, and release three more albums this decade.
- Meek Mill
- Mac Miller
- Steve Miller Band
- Flo Milli
- Millionaires
- Ronnie Milsap
- Tom Milsom
- Nicki Minaj was 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.
- Tim Minchin
- mind.in.a.box
- Mindless Behavior
- Mindless Self Indulgence
- Mineral
- Ministry
- Kylie Minogue
- Miracle of Sound
- Lin-Manuel Miranda: Puerto Rican composer, lyricist and actor, most well known for the Broadway musical Hamilton.
- 2015 - Hamilton (premiere)
- 2016 - The Hamilton Mixtape
- 2017-8 - The Hamildrops
- Mischief Brew
- Misery Index
- The Misfits
- miss A
- Missing Persons
- The Mission
- Mission of Burma
- Anaļs Mitchell
- 2010 - Hadestown
- Mitski
- Mamoru Miyano
- Miyavi
- Mnemic
- MŲ
- Moby
- Mdou Moctar
- Modest Mouse
- MOD SUN
- Mogwai
- Molchat Doma
- Molotov
- Momoiro Clover Z
- MOMOLAND
- Janelle Monįe finally had a monster hit on her hands when she provided guest vocals on fun.'s "We Are Young". Towards the end of the decade, she would release the album Dirty Computer which proved to be her breakout album.
- Momus
- Victoria Monét
- Monetochka
- Monica
- The Monkees: Two studio albums with posthumous contributions from Davy Jones.
- Mono
- The Monolith Deathcult
- Monsta X
- Monster Magnet
- Montgomery Gentry
- Moonsorrow
- Moonspell
- Justin Moore
- Morbid Angel
- Lorrie Morgan
- Moron Police
- Alanis Morissette
- Giorgio Moroder
- Moron Police, a Norwegian Progressive Metal band.
- Maren Morris
- Morrissey
- Neal Morse
- Mortification
- Mortiis
- Mos Def
- Mother Feather: Self-titled debut album came out in 2016.
- Mother Mother
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Motionless in White
- Motörhead: Disbanded after Lemmy Kilmeister's death in 2015.
- the Mountain Goats
- Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer
- Mr. Big
- Mr. Bungle
- Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire
- Jason Mraz
- MS MR
- Mudhoney
- Christian Muenzner
- Mumford & Sons 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. Despite their success, they've been subject to criticism, as all of their songs seem to have a similar form.
- Münchener Freiheit
- Municipal Waste
- Murder by Death
- Peter Murphy
- Muse
- Kacey Musgraves
- Mushroomhead
- Ayami Muto
- Mutya Keisha Siobhan - otherwise known as the "original Sugababes" - have released critically acclaimed tracks during this decade.
- My Bloody Valentine released their first album in 22 years, resulting in standing ovations from fans.
- My Brightest Diamond
- My Chemical Romance
- My Dying Bride
- My Life Story
- My Vitriol
- Mża
- Meg Myers
- Myrath
- Myrkur
- Mystery Jets
- Mystery Skulls
- MYTH & ROID
Musicians N-P
- Nada Surf
- Marissa Nadler
- Naglfar
- Nails
- May Nakabayashi
- Anna Nalick
- Namgar
- Nanabun no nijyuuni
- Nanowar of Steel
- Napalm Death
- Nas
- Rico Nasty
- Natas
- NateWantsToBattle
- The National
- NCT and its subgroup WayV
- Ne Obliviscaris
- Despite having his biggest hits in the 2000s, Ne-Yo managed a #6 hit in 2012 with "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)".
- Neck Deep
- Necro
- Necronomidol
- Necrophobic
- Needtobreathe
- Negativland
- Negicco
- Negură Bunget
- The Neighbourhood
- Nelly
- Willie Nelson
- Nemesea
- Nena
- Neonfly
- Neon Indian
- Neon Trees
- Nephew
- Nerf Herder
- Nero found unexpected success in 2011, with their debut album Welcome Reality, which received universal acclaim from fans and critics.
- Michael Nesmith
- Netta
- Neuraxis
- Neurosis
- Never Shout Never
- Nevermore
- New Found Glory
- New Kids on the Block
- New Order: Reunited in 2011 following a hiatus/de-facto breakup in 2007 caused by Creative Differences with and the departure of bassist Peter Hook. Released their two most recent albums during the first half of this decade and promptly spent the remainder of it touring.
- 2015 - Music Complete
- New Politics
- The New Pornographers
- New Yesterday
- Randy Newman
- NEWS
- Joanna Newsom
- Olivia Newton-John
- Newsboys
- NF
- NGT48
- Nickel Creek
- Nickelback
- Nicco
- Stevie Nicks
- Britt Nicole
- Night Ranger
- Nightwish
- Nile
- Nine Inch Nails
- 2013 - Hesitation Marks
- Ninja Sex Party
- Nipsey Hussle
- Nits
- NMB48
- Noah: Indonesian rock band. Known as Peterpan in 2000s. Changed their name to Noah and released their first album under that name in 2012.
- No Devotion
- No Doubt
- Ian Noe
- NOFX
- Nogizaka46
- Noisia
- Nokturnal Mortum
- Noisestorm
- Normani
- Northward: Conceptualized and written in 2008, but Floor Jansen and Jørn Viggo Lofstad didn't have time to record any of it until Nightwish took a break in 2017. The album came out October 2018.
- Northlane
- Novembers Doom
- NOW That's What I Call Music! has released albums throughout the 2010's.
- Now United
- Nox Arcana
- NS Yoon-G
- NU'EST
- Ted Nugent
- Gary Numan
- Numberock
- Julia Nunes
- Nurse with Wound
- Finneas O'Connell
- Sinéad O'Connor
- Natalia O'Shea
- The Oak Ridge Boys
- Oathean
- Conor Oberst
- Obituary
- Obscura
- The Ocean
- Frank Ocean
- Oceano
- ODESZA
- Of Mice and Men
- Of Monsters and Men
- Of Montreal
- OFWGKTA released music on the tail-end of the 2000s, but released their more popular works during the 2010s.
- Ogre You Asshole
- The Oh Hellos
- The Offspring
- Ok Go
- Oh My Girl
- Okkervil River
- Old 97's
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Old Dominion
- Mike Oldfield: Released his last two albums in 2014 and 2017 before retiring the following year (though he didn't announce his retirement until 2023).
- Anette Olzon: Best known for fronting Alyson Avenue and Nightwish in the 2000s, released her first solo record Shine in 2014.
- Omega
- OMFG
- Omnium Gatherum
- One Direction may have finished third on The X Factor in 2010, but they had the last laugh when they became highly successful worldwide with 5 top 10 debuts and counting.
- One OK Rock peaked throughout the first half of the decade.
- OneRepublic
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- The Ones
- ONEUS
- Yoko Ono
- Oomph!
- Opeth
- Opposition started in mid-2018 and created 13 albums during the last two years of the decade.
- Rita Ora
- Orange Caramel
- Orbital
- Orden Ogan
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
- Origami Angel
- 2019 - Somewhere City
- Origin
- Riz Ortolani composed his final film score in 2010.
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Oscillator X
- Otava Yo
- Otep
- Our Lady Peace
- The Outfield
- Outrage
- Overkill
- Jake Owen
- Owl City may have peaked in 2009 with "Fireflies," but proved he was no one-hit wonder when his duet with Carly Rae Jepsen, "Good Time", also went top 10.
- P.O.D.
- Pain of Salvation
- Brad Paisley
- A Pale Horse Named Death
- Pale Waves
- Palette-Swap Ninjas
- Owen Pallett
- Nerina Pallot
- Amanda Palmer
- Panda Bear
- Panic! at the Disco
- Panopticon
- Pansy Division
- Papa Roach
- Parachute Express: They disbanded in 2011.
- Parade of Lights
- Paradise Lost
- Paramore
- Parenthetical Girls
- Sarina Paris
- Van Dyke Parks
- Parkway Drive
- Parokya ni Edgar
- Dolly Parton
- Pakito
- PassCode
- Passenger of Shit
- Passion Pit
- Pat the Bunny
- Pathology
- Pato Fu
- patten
- Mike Patton
- Paul and Storm
- PC Music
- Peace
- Peaches
- Charlie Peacock
- Pearl Jam 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), bringing an end to an era they helped begin.
- Orville Peck
- Peepeepo
- the peggies
- Pendulum
- Pentagon
- Pentagram
- Pentakill
- Pentatonix
- Pepe Deluxé
- 2012 - Queen of the Wave
- Pere Ubu
- Ednaldo Pereira
- A Perfect Circle
- Perfume continued their success in the 2010s with successful albums and high-charting singles like "Laser Beam" and "Spring of Life".
- Perfume Genius
- Periphery
- Alexander Perls
- Christina Perri
- Katy Perry is 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 - "California Gurls"
- Perturbator
- Pestilence
- Pet Shop Boys
- Petra
- Kim Petras
- Tom Petty died in 2017.
- Liz Phair
- Phish
- The Piano Guys
- Pierce the Veil
- Pig Destroyer
- Pig with the Face of a Boy
- The Pillows
- The Pine Box Boys
- 2016 - The Feast of Three Arms
- Pinguini Tattici Nucleari
- P!nk scored a chart-topping album in 2012 with "The Truth About Love".
- Pink Floyd: Reunited for one last album— their first since 1994's The Division Bell— in 2013-2014.
- 2014 - The Endless River
- Pink Martini
- Pinn Panelle
- The Pipettes
- Pitbull, an icon of Latin pop, Pitbull broke out with Calle Ocho in 2008 and continued his streak of impressively popular club Pop Rap into the present.
- Pixies
- A Place to Bury Strangers
- Placebo
- Joel Plaskett
- The Plastic E-Gulls
- Rachel Platten
- Playboi Carti
- 2018 - Die Lit
- Pleaserock
- Plumb
- Poets of the Fall
- Caroline Polachek
- Karine Polwart
- Polyphia
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Polysics
- Iggy Pop
- The Pop Group
- Pop Will Eat Itself
- Poppy
- Portal
- The Posies
- Possessed
- The Postal Service
- Postmodern Jukebox
- Powerman 5000
- Powerwolf
- Daniel Powter
- Poxy Boggards
- Prefab Sprout
- The Presets
- The Presidents of the United States of America
- Pretenders
- Pretty And Nice
- Pretty Maids
- The Pretty Reckless
- The Pretty Things
- Charley Pride
- Primal Fear
- Primal Scream
- Primordial
- Primus
- Prince: Died in 2016.
- Prince Poppycock
- Pristin
- The Proclaimers
- Procol Harum
- The Prodigy: Vocalist and dancer Keith Flint died in 2019.
- Prof
- Professor Elemental
- Professor Green
- The Project Hate MCMXCIX
- Project.R
- Protest the Hero
- The Protomen
- Proyecto Eskhata
- Prozzak
- Kitty Pryde
- Eric Prydz
- Psapp
- PSY, an established Korean musician, became famous in a way that is inextricable from 2012 — off of YouTube. Because Billboard started counting streams from that site in that year, "Gangnam Style" peaked at number 2 behind Maroon 5.
- 2012 - "Gangnam Style"
- Psycho le Cému
- Psychostick
- Psycroptic
- Public Enemy
- Public Image Ltd.
- Public Service Broadcasting
- Puddle of Mudd
- Puddles Pity Party
- Puffy AmiYumi
- The Puppini Sisters
- Purity Ring
- Push Baby - formerly Rixton
- Charlie Puth
- Puya
- PVRIS
- Pyrrhon
Musicians Q-R
- Qbomb
- Suzi Quatro
- Queen: Performing with Adam Lambert as frontman. In 2018, Bohemian Rhapsody, a biopic about Freddie Mercury and Queen's classic years (starting from their early 1970s origins to their performance at Live Aid in 1985), was released and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor (Rami Malek as Freddie).
- Queen Bee
- Queen Latifah
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Queensr’che
- Quiet Riot
- Zia Quizon
- R.I.O.
- R3hab
- Rabbit Junk
- Trevor Rabin
- The Radiators
- Radical Face
- Radio Tapok: Started recording covers in 2016, then broke out with a Colbert Bump from Sabaton in 2019.
- Radioactive Chicken Heads
- Radiohead
- 2011 - The King of Limbs
- 2016 - A Moon Shaped Pool
- RADWIMPS: Japanese rock band. Did the soundtracks for Makoto Shinkai's Your Name (2016) and Weathering With You (2019)
- Gerry Rafferty: Died in 2011.
- Rage (Band)
- Rain
- Raised By Owls
- Bonnie Raitt
- Rammstein
- Rancid
- Ranko Ukulele
- Raptile
- Rare Americans
- Rascal Flatts
- The Rasmus
- Rasputina
- Rata Blanca
- Ratboys
- Ratt
- The Raveonettes
- Collin Raye
- The Ready Set
- Red
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Red Velvet
- Red Vox
- RedHook
- Lou Reed
- Reel Big Fish
- Malinda Kathleen Reese
- Refused
- Regal Pinion
- The Reign of Kindo
- Relient K
- R.E.M.: Put out their last album and disbanded in 2011. Unlike most band breakups, it occurred amicably as members Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Millsnote felt that they achieved everything they ever wanted to as a band, and wanted to end R.E.M. on good terms.
- 2011 - Collapse into Now
- Remo Drive
- Renaissance
- La Renga
- The Replacements
- The Residents: Still going strong in this decade too.
- Restart
- Restless Heart
- Manuel Reuter
- ReVamp: Founded late 2009, released two albums in 2010 and 2013, disbanded in 2016 due to lead singer Floor Jansen's commitment to Nightwish.
- Graeme Revell
- Revenge
- The Reverend Horton Heat
- Revocation
- Bebe Rexha
- Rezz
- Rhapsody of Fire
- Thomas Rhett
- Damien Rice
- Cliff Richard
- Lionel Richie
- Jonathan Richman
- Ride
- 2017 - Weather Diaries (their first studio album since Tarantula in 1996.)
- Right Said Fred
- 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 - "We Found Love"
- Riki
- LeAnn Rimes
- The Rippingtons
- Rise Against
- Rivers of Nihil
- Porter Robinson
- Robyn
- Josh Roehl
- Kenny Rogers
- Rag'n'Bone Man
- Rogue Traders
- The Rolling Stones
- Henry Rollins
- Rolo Tomassi
- Daniel Romano
- Max Romeo
- RoomieOfficial
- The Roop
- Root Five
- The Roots
- 2011 - Undun
- Rosa De Saron
- Rosalķa
- Rose With Teeth
- Jeff Rosenstock
- Rick Ross
- R.I.O. (group)
- Rotting Christ
- David Rovics
- Kelly Rowland
- Roxette
- Royal Blood: Formed in 2011 and released their first album in 2014.
- Rubberbandits
- Rucka Rucka Ali
- Darius Rucker
- Jordan Rudess
- Ruelle (started in about 2010)
- Rufus Rex
- 2011 - Dead Beat
- The Ruins Of Beverast
- Run the Jewels
- Todd Rundgren
- Running Wild: Reformed in 2011 after disbanding 2 years earlier.
- Kate Rusby
- Rush: Disbanded in 2018.
- 2012 - Clockwork Angels
- Russkaja
- Russya
- The Rutles
- Alexander Rybak
Musicians S
- Leticia Sabater
- 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). All three subsequent albums made it to the top half of the Billboard 200, with 2019's The Great War peaking at #42 and topping the Heavy Metal and foreign albums charts.
- Sade
- Saga
- Saint Etienne
- Saint Vitus
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Sakanaction
- Sakura Gakuin
- Saliva
- Saltatio Mortis
- Salvatore Ganacci
- Sam And The Womp
- San Holo
- Emeli Sande
- Molly Sandén
- Sanguisugabogg
- Santana
- Santigold
- Sarah
- Ximena Sarińana
- Peter Sarstedt
- Jacob Sartorius
- sasakure.UK
- Satan
- Joe Satriani
- The Saturdays
- Satyricon
- Saurom
- Savant
- Saves the Day
- Savlonic
- Les Savy Fav
- Rina Sawayama
- Saxon
- Say Anything...
- Scandal
- Scar Symmetry
- Scarlett Belle
- Schaffer The Darklord
- Schandmaul
- Nicole Scherzinger
- Peter Schilling
- Schnuffel
- ScHoolboy Q
- Schoolly D
- Markus Schulz
- Klaus Schulze
- Schwarz Stein
- Scissor Sisters
- Scooter
- Scorpions
- Jill Scott
- Travis Scott
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Screaming Females
- Screeching Weasel
- The Script
- Cristina Scuccia
- Season Of Ghosts
- Sea Wolf: 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).
- Seal
- Guy Sebastian
- Second Person
- Neil Sedaka
- Seether
- Bob Seger
- Senhit
- The Senseless
- Senses Fail
- Septicflesh
- Sepultura
- Seraph
- Serenity
- Rachel Sermanni
- serpentwithfeet. Debuted in 2016 with the EP blisters.
- 2018 - soil
- Seven Kingdoms
- Sevendust
- SEVENTEEN
- Severe Torture
- Sexcrement
- SF9
- Shadow Of Intent
- Shadows Fall
- Shakira
- Ravi Shankar. Died in 2012.
- Paul Shapera
- Bree Sharp
- Ed Sheeran
- Cosmo Sheldrake
- Shellac
- Blake Shelton
- Shenandoah
- Zach Sherwin
- Laura Shigihara
- Shiina Ringo
- Akiko Shikata
- Shinedown
- SHINee
- Shining
- Shining (Norway)
- Shining Wizado
- The Shins
- Shiv-r
- Shonen Knife
- Short Stack
- Shorthand Phonetics
- Shut Up Sidney
- Sia
- Sick Puppies
- Kuba Sienkiewicz
- Sigh
- Signs Of The Swarm
- Sigrid
- Sigur Rós
- SiIvaGunner
- SikTh
- Silver Mt. Zion
- Silverstein
- Silversun Pickups
- Diggy Simmons
- Juliet Simms
- Paul Simon
- Simple Minds are still going since 1977 and still popular in Europe.
- Simple Plan
- Sincere Engineer
- Singapore Sling
- Sirenia
- Sirusho
- Sistar
- [SiTH] Clan: First demo released 2011. First full album released 2013.
- Troye Sivan
- Six Feet Under
- Sixpence None the Richer
- Sixx:A.M.
- Skagos
- SKE48
- Skeleton Staff
- Skeletonwitch
- Skelteria
- Skid Row
- Skillet
- Skindred
- Skinless
- Skinny Puppy
- 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"?
- Skunk Anansie
- Skyclad
- Daniel Skye
- SKYND
- Slapshock
- Slash
- Slaughter To Prevail
- Slayer: Disbanded in 2019.
- Slayyyter
- Sleater-Kinney
- Sleep
- Sleeping at Last
- Sleeping With Sirens
- SleepResearch_Facility
- Sleigh Bells
- Slipknot: Returned in 2014 after a long hiatus following the death of bassist Paul Gray in 2010 as well as Creative Differences within the band itself, which led to the departure of drummer Joey Jordison in 2013, to great success.
- 2014 - .5: The Gray Chapter
- Sloan
- Slon In Sadez
- Slough Feg
- Slowdive: After breaking up in 1995, they reunited in 2014 and released their fourth album, Slowdive, to great success and critical acclaim.
- Brendon Small, the man behind Metalocalypse
- 2012 - Brendon Small's Galaktikon
- Smash Mouth
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Smile.dk
- Smile Empty Soul
- Patti Smith
- Sam Smith
- Smoking Popes
- Salvador Sobral
- Smooth McGroove
- Snoop Dogg
- Snow Patrol
- Jill Sobule
- Social Distortion
- Soccer Mommy
- 2016 - for young hearts
- 2017 - Collection
- 2018 - Clean
- Sodagreen
- Sodom
- Soft Machine
- Soilwork
- Solange
- 2016 - A Seat At The Table
- Indio Solari
- Solstice
- Son Volt
- Sonata Arctica
- Sonic Syndicate
- Sonique
- Sonohara
- Wilbur Soot
- SOPHIE: One of the Trope Makers of the bubblegum bass subgenre of electronic music. Passed away in 2021.
- Sopor Ęternus & the Ensemble of Shadows
- Soul Asylum
- Soulfly
- Soulja Boy
- Soulwax
- Sound Horizon
- Soundgarden: Reformed in 2011 and released King Animal in 2012. However, frontman Chris Cornell committed suicide in May 2017.
- Space: reformed in 2011 following a six-year break up.
- Sparklehorse
- Sparks
- Spawn of Possession
- Britney Spears
- The Specials
- Ronnie Spector
- Regina Spektor
- Sphere
- Spin Doctors
- The Spin Room
- Spiritbox
- Spiritualized
- Spock's Beard
- Sponge
- Spoon
- Spose
- Rick Springfield
- Bruce Springsteen
- Squarepusher
- Squeeze
- St. Vincent
- 2012 - Love This Giant (with David Byrne)
- De Staat
- Staind
- Chris Stapleton
- Starbomb
- Starflyer 59
- Starstylers
- Stars
- Ringo Starr
- Starset
- Starship
- Status Quo
- Jack Stauber
- Steam Powered Giraffe
- Steel Panther
- Steeleye Span
- 2013 - Wintersmith
- Gwen Stefani
- Steps
- Stereolab
- Stereophonics
- Cat Stevens
- Ray Stevens
- Sufjan Stevens
- 2010 - The Age of Adz
- 2015 - Carrie & Lowell
- Rod Stewart
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Sting
- Lindsey Stirling
- Stolen City
- Joss Stone
- Stone Sour
- 2012/13 - House of Gold & Bones
- Stormlord
- Stormzy
- Story Untold
- Stone Temple Pilots: 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 Chester Bennington as frontman from 2013 to 2015, before Jeff Gutt became their new frontman in 2017.
- The Stooges
- Stooshe
- George Strait
- The Stranglers
- Stratovarius
- Strawberry Song Orchestra
- Stray Cats
- Stray Kids
- Stream of Passion
- Streetlight Manifesto
- The Streets
- Barbra Streisand
- Luca Stricagnoli
- The String Cheese Incident
- The Strokes
- Stromae
- Stryper
- STU48
- Stuck in the Sound
- Studio Killers
- Stupeflip
- 2011 - The Hypnoflip Invasion
- 2011 - The Terror Maxi
- 2012 - Terrora
- 2017 - Stup Virus
- The Stupendium
- Harry Styles: Began his solo career during this decade; his 2019 studio album Fine Line also notably became the Billboard 200's first No. 1 album of The New '20s (owing in part to its late release date of December 13).
- Styx
- Su Han
- SubRosa (Utah)
- Subway to Sally
- Suede
- Suffocation
- Sugababes
- Sugar Ray
- The Sugarhill Gang
- Sugarland
- Sugawara Sayuri
- Suho
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Suicide Silence
- $UICIDEBOY$
- Jazmine Sullivan
- Sum 41
- Summoning
- Moses Sumney
- Sumo Cyco - Formed in 2011
- Sun Kil Moon
- Ųystein Sunde
- Sunmi
- Sunn O)))
- Sunscreem
- Super Junior
- SuperM
- Superchunk
- SuRie
- Bill Sutton
- Svartidauši
- 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 two-hour-long albums — The Seer (2012), To Be Kind (2014) and The Glowing Man (2016) — before breaking up again for another two years. They finished the decade reuniting again and releasing Leaving Meaning in 2019.
- 2012 - The Seer
- 2014 - To Be Kind
- Swedish House Mafia
- Matthew Sweet
- Sweet California
- Taylor Swift: One of, or arguably THE biggest artists of the decade. 2010's saw Taylor Swift gradually transition from a country-pop singer to a full fledged pure pop star.
- Cole Swindell
- Switchfoot
- Sybreed
- Nathan Sykes
- Sylosis
- David Sylvian
- Symphony X
- System Divide
- System of a Down: Reunited in 2010/2011 after going on hiatus in 2006. They played several world tours throughout the decade but did not release any new material due to Creative Differences between Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian. Eventually released two new songs at the beginning of the next decade for charity in the event of the Nagorno-Karabakh war.
- SZA
Musicians T
- T.I.
- T.M.Revolution
- T-Pain
- Taake
- Taeyeon
- Yukihiro Takahashi: Released his final studio albums in this decade.
- Take That (Band)
- Mariya Takeuchi
- Taking Back Sunday
- Connie Talbot
- Tally Hall
- Nami Tamaki
- Tame Impala
- Hirokazu Tanaka
- Tangerine Dream
- Tankard
- Tankcsapda
- T-ara
- Tarot
- Taxi (Band)
- James Taylor
- Taylor Girlz
- TD Cruze
- The Tea Party
- Tears for Fears: Released their first new songs since 2004 on a Greatest Hits Album in 2017.
- TechN9ne
- Teenage Bottlerocket
- Teenage Fanclub
- Teenagers in Tokyo
- Tegan & Sara
- The Temptations
- Tenacious D
- Vienna Teng
- Tennis
- Tequilajazzz
- Bryn Terfel
- Tesla
- Tesseract
- Testament
- Thalia
- Thank You Scientist
- That Handsome Devil
- Theocracy
- Theory of a Deadman
- Therapy
- Therion
- These New Puritans
- They Might Be Giants
- 2011 - Join Us
- 2013 - Nanobots
- 2018 - I Like Fun
- Robin Thicke 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.
- Third Eye Blind
- J.G. Thirlwell
- Rob Thomas
- Richard Thompson
- Thor
- Thousand Foot Krutch
- Daniel Thrasher
- Thrawsunblat
- Three Days Grace
- Thrice: Announced an indefinite hiatus in 2012, reformed in 2015 and released their highest-charting album to date, To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere, the next year. (Also released a followup, Palms, in 2018.)
- Through The Eyes Of The Dead
- Throwing Muses
- Thundercat
- Thursday
- Thy Art Is Murder
- Tiamat
- Yann Tiersen
- Tiėsto
- Tiga
- The Tiger Lillies
- Tila Tequila
- Pam Tillis
- Justin Timberlake
- 2013 - "Mirrors"
- Tinashe
- Tinie Tempah
- Aaron Tippin
- Title Fight
- Titus Andronicus
- 2010 - The Monitor
- TIX
- TLC would release a Self-Titled Album in 2017, their first without deceased member Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes.
- TNT
- Toad the Wet Sprocket
- Tocotronic
- Toehider
- Tofie
- Tokio Hotel
- Tokyo Girls' Style
- Tom Tom Club
- Tomahawk
- Tommy Tutone
- Tonedeff
- Tones And I had a smash hit in 2019 with "Dance Monkey".
- Tonetta
- Tony T
- Too $hort
- tool
- Torae
- Die Toten Hosen
- Toto
- Touché Amoré
- Touhou Project
- Touhou ZUN's Music Collection: "Unknown Flower, Mesmerizing Journey", "Trojan Green Asteroid", "Neo-traditionalism of Japan", "Dr. Latency's Freak Report", "Dateless Bar 'Old Adam'"
- Tourniquet
- Allen Toussaint
- Tove Lo
- Devin Townsend
- 2014 - Dark Matters
- Toxic Holocaust
- Toy Dolls
- The Tragically Hip
- Train
- Meghan Trainor
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- Trans-X
- Transatlantic
- Trap Them
- Michael Trapson: Real name Dean Anthony Morrow Jr., he originally started making original music under the name "OG Cano", before finding viral success as a Trap Music-styled Michael Jackson impersonator, complete with trap-styled parodies of Jackson's catalogue.
- Travis
- Randy Travis
- TRAX
- Oliver Tree
- Trevor Whatevr
- Trey Songz
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Tribulation
- Triple Q
- Tripod
- Trippie Redd
- Tristania
- Trivium
- Trombone Shorty
- 2010 - Backatown
- Trophy Scars
- Trout Fishing In America
- TSOL
- Anna Tsuchiya
- Tub Ring
- S. J. Tucker
- Tanya Tucker
- KT Tunstall: Though her biggest hits came from her first album in 2004, she has released 3 albums in the '10s so far.
- Tupper Ware Remix Party
- 2019 - "Starlight Brigade"
- Turbonegro
- Turisas
- Frank Turner
- Turnpike Troubadours
- TurretBot
- Tarja Turunen
- TV on the Radio
- Shania Twain
- Twenty One Pilots
- TWICE
- Twin Temple
- Twin Of Twins
- Twiztid
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Two Steps from Hell
- TXT
- Bonnie Tyler
- Tyler, the Creator
- 2019 - IGOR
Musicians U-Z
- U2
- 2014 - Songs of Innocence
- 2017 - Songs of Experience
- UB40
- Įlex Ubago
- Uffie
- UFO
- Ugly Kid Joe
- U-KISS
- Ulcerate
- Ultravox
- Ulver
- Umphrey's McGee
- The Unchained
- Uncle Bonsai
- Uncle Kracker
- Underoath
- Carrie Underwood
- Underworld
- Unearth
- Unextraordinary Gentlemen
- Unfathomable Ruination
- Univers Zero
- UNKLE
- Unleash the Archers
- Unleashed
- Unlocking the Truth
- Keith Urban
- Midge Ure
- Uriah Heep
- While Usher 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.
- U.S. Girls
- The Used
- Hikaru Utada
- Utah Saints
- V6
- Vaadat Charigim
- The Vaccines
- Vader
- Steve Vai
- Vale of Pnath
- Vampire Weekend
- The Vamps
- Armin Van Buuren
- van Canto
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Sharon Van Etten
- Van Halen: Reunited with David Lee Roth after a hiatus in the past decade.
- Vangelis
- Vaniru
- Vanilla Ice
- Giorgio Vanni
- Suzanne Vega
- Vektor
- Vektroid
- Venetian Snares
- Vengaboys
- Venom
- Verdena
- VERIVERY
- Vernian Process
- Versailles
- The Veronicas
- Vertical Horizon
- Veruca Salt
- Diana Vickers
- Maļa Vidal
- Jack Vidgen
- The Vincent Black Shadow
- The Vines
- Violent Femmes
- Tessa Violet
- Virgin Black
- Visage
- Visigoth
- Vision Divine
- Vitas
- Pabllo Vittar
- VIXX
- VNV Nation
- Voivod
- Volbeat
- Voltaire
- Volumes
- Vulfpeck
- Vulvodynia
- Vylet Pony
- W-inds.
- Andrew W.K.
- W&W
- Wagakki Band
- Bunny Wailer
- Rufus Wainwright
- Tom Waits
- 2011 - Bad As Me
- Waka Flocka Flame
- Rick Wakeman
- Kanon Wakeshima
- Waking the Cadaver
- Walk Off the Earth
- Walk the Moon
- Alan Walker
- Clay Walker
- Scott Walker
- Stan Walker
- The Walkmen
- The Wallflowers
- Wang Chung
- Wanna One
- The Wanted 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.
- War (Band)
- The War On Drugs
- Warbringer
- ZZ Ward
- Wardruna
- Steve Wariner
- The Warning
- Warrant
- Dionne Warwick
- Morgan Wallen
- Adam WarRock
- Kamasi Washington
- 2015 - The Epic
- WASP
- Watain
- Watashi No Koko
- Watchtower
- Waterparks
- Roger Waters: Began the Wall Live tour in 2010, the highest-grossing of all time by a solo artist, and released a solo studio album in 2017.
- Jody Watley
- Watsky
- WayV
- Jeff Wayne
- We Are The In Crowd
- Chris Webby
- Wedlock
- The Weeknd was an R&B singer on YouTube before achieving unexpected mainstream success in 2015 with three of the biggest hits of that year: "Earned It," "Can't Feel My Face," and "The Hills".
- The Weepies
- Weeping Birth
- Weezer
- 2010 - Hurley
- 2019 - Weezer (The Teal Album)
- Wendy & Lisa
- Kanye West
- 2010 - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- 2013 - Yeezus
- 2016 - The Life of Pablo
- Hayley Westenra
- Westlife
- Weyes Blood
- Wheatus
- Jack White
- Laura White
- Alissa White-Gluz
- White Lies
- White Wizzard
- Whitechapel
- Whitesnake
- The Who
- The Wiggles
- Gin Wigmore
- Wilco
- David Wilcox
- Wild Beasts
- Kim Wilde
- The Wildhearts
- will.i.am
- Don Williams
- Hank Williams Jr.
- Hank Williams III
- Lucinda Williams
- Michelle Williams
- Nikki Williams
- Pharrell Williams
- Robbie Williams
- Mark Wills
- Brian Wilson
- 2010 - Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
- 2011 - In The Key Of Disney
- 2015 - No Pier Pressure
- Steven Wilson founded Porcupine Tree in the '90s, but became even more successful as a solo artist in the 2010s, with such albums as The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories), Hand. Cannot. Erase. and To the Bone receiving significant acclaim.
- The Winery Dogs
- Winger
- Wings Of An Angel
- Winner
- Wintersun
- Wir sind Helden
- Wire
- Within Temptation
- WJSN (Cosmic Girls)
- Patrick Wolf
- Wolf Alice
- Chelsea Wolfe
- Wolfmother
- Wolves in the Throne Room
- Lee Ann Womack
- The Wombats
- Women
- Wonder Girls
- The Wonder Years
- Chris Wood
- Woods Of Ypres
- The Word Alive
- The World/Inferno Friendship Society
- The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
- Wormed
- Woven Hand
- Chely Wright
- Kris Wu
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Conchita Wurst
- bill wurtz
- The Wurzels
- Wussy
- Wuthering Heights
- X Japan reunited in 2007 and is arguably more popular globally in The New '10s than before...
- The solo career of Yoshiki Hayashi
- The solo career of Sugizo
- X1
- Xera
- Xiu Xiu
- Xscape (Group) would reunite in the latter half of the decade and release a few singles.
- The xx
- XXXTentacion: Had a very short career before his murder in June of 2018. Despite having only six years in the music industry and being mainstream for only one and a half years, he managed to garner a worldwide fanbase and intense media scrutiny following (and perhaps because of) his death.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- 2011 - Alpocalypse
- 2014 - Mandatory Fun
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Trisha Yearwood
- Yeasayer
- Yelle
- Yello
- Yellow Magic Orchestra: Haven't put out any new studio releases since 2009, but remained active as an on-again off-again live act.
- Yellowcard
- Yes
- Ylvis
- Yo La Tengo
- Dwight Yoakam
- YOASOBI
- Kenshi Yonezu: He started out by releasing Vocaloid songs under the stage name Hachi (ハチ) in 2009; he debuted under his real name in 2012.
- Chris Young
- Jonathan Young
- Neil Young
- Tiffany Young
- Young Jeezy
- Young the Giant
- Young Thug
- Yousei Teikoku
- Yubin
- YUNGBLUD
- Z.Tao
- Brian Zaharias
- Geir Zahl
- Zao
- Zapp & Roger
- Zeal & Ardor
- Zebrahead (Band)
- Zedd
- Bertine Zetlitz
- Roy Zimmerman
- Rob Zombie
- Zombiekrig
- The Zombies
- Zombina and the Skeletones
- Louie Zong
- John Zorn
- Zoviet France
- Zucchero
- Zug Izland
- ZZ Top
- Various artists
- 2019 - His Story: The Musical
