Music of Detroit

View of stage at Hart Plaza looking north toward downtown during the Detroit Jazz Festival
Facade of Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan, is a major center in the United States for the creation and performance of music, and is best known for three developments: Motown, early punk rock (or proto-punk), and techno.[1]

The Metro Detroit area has a rich musical history spanning the past century, beginning with the revival of the world-renowned Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1918. The major genres represented in Detroit music include classical, blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, rock, pop, punk, soul, electronic music, and hip hop. The greater Detroit area has been the birthplace and/or primary venue for numerous platinum-selling artists, whose total album sales, according to one estimate, had surpassed 40 million units by 2000.[2][3] The success of Detroit-based rappers quadrupled that figure in the first decade of the 2000s.[4][5]

  1. ^ "How Detroit Is Monetizing Techno". Forbes.com. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Gavrilovich, Peter & Bill McGraw (2000). The Detroit Almanac. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 0-937247-34-0.
  3. ^ Gavrilovich, Peter & Bill McGraw (2006). The Detroit Almanac, 2nd edition. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 978-0-937247-48-8.
  4. ^ Jesaro, May (September 11, 2014). "Eminem's 'Rap God' Breaks Guinness World Record; Has 'Most Words in a Hit Record' With Roughly 4 Words Per Second". The Standard. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Paul Grein (December 11, 2013). "A Britney Spears Bummer: New Album Fizzles". Yahoo Music.

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