Top 4 Music Genre Most Played on the Radio

Music is life as a famous saying goes. Everyone would always want to listen to music and get updated with the latest songs. People usually listen to the radio to hear random songs that they may discover that they like. 

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Almost all music genres are played on the radio. However, when people listen closely to the songs played on the radio, they will notice that a lot of songs in a specific genre is always played every day for years. Here are the top 4 music genre that is most played on the radio.

R&B/Hip-hop

RnB/Hip-hop has just recently become the number one most played genre on the radio. This may have been caused by the rise of many rap songs and rap artist that are really catchy and have controversial messages. R&B songs are more popular with the youth of this era which pretty much dominates the world audience of the music world.

Rock

The Rock music genre has been the number one most played on the radio since the year 1991. However, there in this year, 2017, its reign as the number one had been overthrown by R&B/Hip-hop. There had been fewer musicians engaging in rock music. There are also rock musicians who had transferred to making music of another genre. 

Pop

Pop music had always been loved by many people all over the world. Some music industry experts even went far to say that if an artist wants his song to be known worldwide, he is most likely to adapt songs in the pop genre. Most of the famous singers nowadays are Pop artists. Especially with the help of computers and the rise of Electro-Pop, the Pop genre had further shot into fame. However, it is not enough to surpass Rock and R&B/Hip-hop. 

Country

To the likes of lots of Americans, it is good to know that Country Music is still around and popular. Country Music is most popular to its originating country which is the United States of America. Many artists are still creating Country songs and are still hitting up the mainstream music industry.

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Because of the contribution of radio, these music genres are also in the top most popular music genre not only in the United States but also around the globe. With also the help of the Internet, billions of people also hear the songs of these music genres.