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\nIn the late ’80s, Chicago house music and Detroit techno kick-started a new revolution in electronic dance music—and they soon transformed youth culture as well, launching the rave era. By the early ’90s, dance music began to fragment into myriad new sounds. There were wildly different strains of house and techno aimed at very different audiences, from smooth garage to austere minimal techno. Whole genres seemed to sprout in clubs every week, including the ecstatic and anthemic sound of trance, the funky and complex rhythms of drum ’n’ bass and the bouncy rock-friendly grooves of big beat. As the 21st century arrived, dance music continued to thrive in Europe but remained mostly underground elsewhere. That all changed with the rise of EDM, a slick and festival-friendly take on house and trance, and suddenly DJs like David Guetta and Avicii were scoring genuine pop hits. But whatever the style—dubstep, deep house or disco—the best dance music is still all about the kind of infectious rhythms that keep you moving and grooving.","short":"Melody, drops, and uncontainable energy."},"url":"https://music.apple.com/bw/curator/apple-music-dance/989074778","shortName":"Dance","editorialArtwork":{"subscriptionHero":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features115/v4/62/41/95/62419586-2514-3011-a533-9cecaa7b8344/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"171932","textColor2":"0e1517","textColor4":"1c223b","textColor1":"090b0f","bgColor":"6362ff","hasP3":false},"subscriptionCover":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features125/v4/7c/b7/52/7cb7522b-34dd-a66b-dbd2-64861a0a83eb/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"171932","textColor2":"0b1011","textColor4":"191d34","textColor1":"000000","bgColor":"6362ff","hasP3":false},"brandLogo":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features115/v4/77/65/4c/77654c25-a5ff-85aa-bd79-8ee72c096b3b/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"5592b5","textColor2":"5d8dfe","textColor4":"4b70c8","textColor1":"6abae4","bgColor":"0e121c","hasP3":false}},"name":"Apple Music Dance","kind":"Genre"}},{"id":"1013610510","type":"apple-curators","href":"/v1/catalog/bw/apple-curators/1013610510?l=en-GB","attributes":{"artwork":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/88/f0/9c/88f09ca6-b86b-3e13-a08e-f219f4663cbc/QkwtTVMtV1ctQ2xhc3NpY2FsLUFEQU1fSUQ9MTE0MjY1MjYxOCAoMTgpLnBuZw.png/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"cbc2da","textColor2":"e9e5ef","textColor4":"c2b8d4","textColor1":"f4f2f7","bgColor":"3d2170","hasP3":false},"editorialNotes":{"standard":"Forget about classical music as a genre—think of it as an idea. The idea starts in a composer’s mind, is transferred to a written score and is faithfully interpreted by performers. This chain—composer, score, performer—reaches back to the ancient Greeks and Romans and continues to define classical music today. For a casual listener, it might evoke iconic images—a pianist hunched over a Steinway, a chorus and orchestra’s euphoric rendering of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”, a soprano in a Viking helmet singing Wagner’s Brünnhilde—but those images represent only a few tiles in the ever-expanding mosaic of classical music.\n

\nTo make sense of the wildly diverse terrain, classical music is often organised into major historical periods. There are three fairly concrete ones—the Baroque Era (approximately 1600-1750), the Classical Era (approximately 1750-1820) and the Romantic Era (approximately 1820-1910). These are bookended by enigmatic periods on either side: so-called Early Music (which includes music from Western Europe before the 17th century) and music from the 20th century and beyond, which can be referred to by any number of terms, like Contemporary Classical or New Music. But one of the great joys in exploring classical music is tracing its creative currents through the centuries—a lineage carried forward through the ages by revolutionaries like the prolific and pious Johann Sebastian Bach, the tempestuous fire of Ludwig van Beethoven and the playful genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. While today’s composers continue to redefine the definitions of classical music, its traditions are courageously safeguarded (and challenged) by the interpretations of great conductors like Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein and Pierre Boulez, as well as by timeless recordings of performances by the likes of Yo-Yo Ma, Jascha Heifetz, Luciano Pavarotti and Glenn Gould.","short":"Soloists, symphonies and the soundtrack of pure emotion. "},"url":"https://music.apple.com/bw/curator/apple-music-classical/1013610510","shortName":"Classical","editorialArtwork":{"subscriptionHero":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/c7/f6/4f/c7f64f48-b771-6514-2d2e-5d5a02a73d33/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"ccbef7","textColor2":"e9e4fc","textColor4":"c3b4f6","textColor1":"f4f1fd","bgColor":"3f00e0","hasP3":false},"subscriptionCover":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features124/v4/48/f8/19/48f819cc-3082-dda3-8b06-a733e9fc77fc/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"ccbef7","textColor2":"e9e4fc","textColor4":"c3b4f6","textColor1":"000000","bgColor":"3f00e0","hasP3":false},"brandLogo":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/46/10/44/4610447b-adc2-cd65-e4f8-1c9c031ccc42/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"cbc2da","textColor2":"e9e5ef","textColor4":"c2b8d4","textColor1":"f4f2f7","bgColor":"3d2170","hasP3":false}},"name":"Apple Music Classical","kind":"Genre"}},{"id":"976439554","type":"apple-curators","href":"/v1/catalog/bw/apple-curators/976439554?l=en-GB","attributes":{"artwork":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features115/v4/3e/49/29/3e492915-a751-66cf-d222-ab0d7df78a36/QkwtTVMtV1ctUm9jay1QZWFybCBKYW0ucG5n.png/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"cf4050","textColor2":"f04d66","textColor4":"c64055","textColor1":"fc4c60","bgColor":"37151a","hasP3":true},"editorialNotes":{"standard":"In the ‘50s, visionaries like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley caught lightning in a bottle when their scandalous mix of rockabilly, blues, and R&B started a cultural revolution along generational lines. But even the most starry-eyed dreamer wouldn’t have been able to picture rock ’n’ roll becoming a dominant force on the planet. As it mutated over the decades—held together loosely by loud guitars and the spirit of rebellion—is it any wonder that the club’s membership has grown to accommodate both the stomp-and-clap folk-rock of Mumford & Sons and the distorted high-octane squall of Royal Blood?\n

\nThe roots of rock as we know it today are traced back to the late '70s generation that rejected all that had come before, boiling rock down to its raw, raging basics in the crucible of punk. After punk begat the artier, more angular arrival of new wave, rock began to reinvent itself at a continually quickening pace—the many faces of alt-rock, the roar of grunge, the garage rock revival. Seattle heroes of the ‘90s—like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden—had a massive influence on the generation that followed, as did ‘00s rock revivalists like The Strokes, The White Stripes, and Black Keys. But rock music has been an illusive, debatable, constantly shifting form of expression from the very start. It's that refusal to stand still that keeps rock a vital force: one that’s destined to ignite many more teenage rebellions in the years to come.","short":"A vital force, fueled by loud guitars and the spirit of rebellion."},"url":"https://music.apple.com/bw/curator/apple-music-rock/976439554","shortName":"Rock","editorialArtwork":{"storeFlowcase":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features49/v4/c6/5c/b3/c65cb36c-6622-eb31-834f-a039129723fa/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"c3bcb4","textColor2":"cccac9","textColor4":"a3a7a9","textColor1":"f3e4d7","bgColor":"031a28","hasP3":false},"subscriptionHero":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features115/v4/41/cd/02/41cd024f-e3fc-ae89-23e9-a69a750113e3/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"381516","textColor2":"271013","textColor4":"4a191c","textColor1":"150b0c","bgColor":"fc4547","hasP3":false},"subscriptionCover":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features125/v4/40/e0/43/40e04342-5100-ba1f-689f-bab89d9a9d07/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"381516","textColor2":"271013","textColor4":"4a191c","textColor1":"000000","bgColor":"fc4547","hasP3":false},"brandLogo":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features115/v4/95/cb/42/95cb42ca-c04d-5879-7ac9-8e03e56b1016/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"cf4050","textColor2":"f04d66","textColor4":"c64055","textColor1":"fc4c60","bgColor":"37151a","hasP3":false}},"name":"Apple Music Rock","kind":"Genre"}},{"id":"976439542","type":"apple-curators","href":"/v1/catalog/bw/apple-curators/976439542?l=en-GB","attributes":{"artwork":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features125/v4/4f/eb/61/4feb612f-4b22-6e38-4528-419749691e53/QkwtTVMtV1ctSmF6ei1BREFNX0lEPTk3NjQzOTU0Mi5wbmc.png/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"10192a","textColor2":"0d131a","textColor4":"17263d","textColor1":"030408","bgColor":"4984ff","hasP3":true},"editorialNotes":{"standard":"Forged in the multicultural melting pot of early 20th century New Orleans—a place where clanging cymbals from China accented the bluesy wail from the Deep South—jazz is America’s great indigenous music. The genre grew up in prohibition-era speakeasies, when soloists like trumpeter Louis Armstrong (another genius from the genre’s birthplace) were complemented by ever-more sophisticated compositions and arrangements by the likes of Duke Ellington. The music was popularized in the ‘30s as the swinging sound of Benny Goodman and Count Basie entertained dancing masses in grand ballrooms and on radio broadcasts. At the same time, pop tunes from Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley composers—including George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin—found new life in the hands of jazz musicians, particularly stylists like Billie Holiday.\n

\nBut the ‘40s and ‘50s held some of the genre’s greatest leaps forward, when it became a groundbreaking medium for artistic expression. The small bebop bands were a nimble vehicle for off-the-cuff solos from the likes of alto saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and pianist Thelonious Monk. While Dave Bruebeck became a sensation on college campuses in the ‘50s, Miles Davis’ mid-century trajectory—from bebop to cool modal jazz on the landmark Kind of Blue to electric fusion jazz inspired by Jimi Hendrix on the pivotal Bitches Brew—encapsulated many of the changes happening within the music for the next 30 years. The avant-garde power of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane in the ‘60s took jazz to new artistic heights as it challenged audiences as much as musicians. 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Early on, the alternative movement was a reaction to the commercial excesses of mainstream rock. Alt-rock instead brought quirky hooks, a do-it-yourself ethos, deeply personal songwriting and genre-bending adventures to audiences hungry for something different. Although it truly exploded in the early ’90s, the roots of alternative rock started with the punk revolution of the late ’70s, when bands like the Sex Pistols, Ramones and The Clash proved that just about anyone could get up on stage or make a record. Throughout the ’80s, an international network of under-the-radar bands developed, nurtured by a vibrant gigging scene. While hardcore kept the traditional loud-and-fast sound of punk alive, many newer bands had their own distinctive styles: R.E.M.'s jangling, folk-influenced rock, Sonic Youth's dissonant noise, The Cure's epic gloom, The Smiths’ petulant indie and New Order's electronic grooves.\n

\nEventually, these bands were dubbed \"alternative rock\", thanks to their left-of-centre sounds and attitudes. By the early ’90s though, grunge bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam were combining punk’s raw energy with classic hard-rock hooks and entering the pop charts. Suddenly, other alternative heroes like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden found massive audiences, while the Madchester scene spawned acts such as The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. Over the next decade, alternative bands of various subgenres introduced a whole generation of young rockers to punk (Green Day), hip-hop (Rage Against the Machine), industrial (Nine Inch Nails), art rock (Radiohead), power pop (Weezer), psychedelia (The Flaming Lips), metal (Tool), Britpop (Oasis), electronic music (The Prodigy) and much more. By the 21st century, alternative rock had grown popular enough to allow bands like Foo Fighters and Coldplay to sell out stadiums in minutes. 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\nIn the ’70s, the electronic innovations came quickly. The German band Kraftwerk conjured robotic hooks and shimmering melodies out of drum machines and synthesizers as did French composer Jean Michel Jarre, laying the foundations for both synth-pop and electronic dance music. Producer Brian Eno reinvented the idea of “background music” as ambient music, which provided a sometimes relaxing and sometimes eerie soundtrack to everyday life. By the early ’80s, electronic music had also transformed the mainstream, radically altering rock and pop, changing the sound of dance music with R&B and disco, and providing the early foundation for hip-hop. But it was the rave era that would launch the next true wave of innovative electronic musicians. 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\nToday, the new scene is represented by artists such as Brigitte, The Dø, and Christine and the Queens, who have no problem with pushing the boundaries of the genre. With electro sounds and hints of rap this new wave of pop takes risks and is a reminder of the nonchalant side of pioneers such as Gainsbourg. The genre also features established artists such as Stromae, often compared to Jacques Brel, whose interpretations are in line with the grand masters of chanson. French pop is therefore continuously reclaiming its musical history by paying homage to songs of protest and commitment, while also being open to contemporary sounds. It is a complex genre that has always been based on the talent of visionaries who dared to kick over the traces and give their own interpretation of popular music without forgetting its origins.","short":"From Gainsbourg to Bardot and beyond, this is the stylish sound of France. 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South Korean pop culture is the fastest growing export from Asia, and leading the way is K-pop (Korean pop music), an infectious genre of catchy tunes with hypnotizing music videos. It's taken most of Asia—and parts of the West—by storm. South Korean pop music first began in the '60s, during the country’s economic bloom. Early stars of the genre include The Kim Sisters, whose fame in South Korea eventually brought them stateside to become the first Asian group to release an album in the U.S. Heavily influenced by American culture, K-pop underwent a hippie folk-pop movement in the ’70s and a period of synth-adorned power ballads in the ’80s. But in the ’90s, the genre began to resemble the K-pop we know today: colorful, catchy, highly choreographed, and full of beautiful people.\n

\nMake no mistake, today’s K-pop industry takes cues from ‘60s Motown, where image is every bit as important as the music. The biggest K-pop record labels in South Korea—like S.M. Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and YG Entertainment—operate bootcamp-style training schools where aspiring stars work on improving their vocal and dancing skills and groom their camera-ready image. It may sound hardcore, but the results are undeniable: the biggest K-pop stars today—from the five-piece boy band Big Bang to the eight-strong Girls' Generation to the hip-hop quartet 2NE1—are bona fide superstars who leave mass hysteria in their wake.","short":"Colorful, catchy, and highly choreographed."},"url":"https://music.apple.com/bw/curator/apple-music-k-pop/988658197","shortName":"K-Pop","editorialArtwork":{"storeFlowcase":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/df/3b/2b/df3b2b28-83aa-b398-a20a-0ef1a4f025c4/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"363840","textColor2":"282c37","textColor4":"4d535c","textColor1":"0c0c13","bgColor":"e2ecf2","hasP3":false},"subscriptionHero":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features115/v4/3c/df/e3/3cdfe3d4-cd6e-ec73-e0f6-681eb242a5dc/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"252935","textColor2":"121a1c","textColor4":"2a323e","textColor1":"0d1113","bgColor":"a9acf7","hasP3":false},"subscriptionCover":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features125/v4/36/fb/bc/36fbbcd6-0d3b-6299-0d2b-31e546c93232/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"252935","textColor2":"121a1c","textColor4":"2a323e","textColor1":"000000","bgColor":"a9acf7","hasP3":false},"brandLogo":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features125/v4/3b/1a/04/3b1a04d0-b4e6-dfe9-80a8-ca7f061f904a/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"182125","textColor2":"0d1011","textColor4":"1c272c","textColor1":"090a0b","bgColor":"6da3bb","hasP3":false},"emailFeature":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features49/v4/68/b9/0c/68b90c10-77f0-5031-9fa2-fdbb9aa474f5/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"4e515c","textColor2":"51074c","textColor4":"743970","textColor1":"222633","bgColor":"ffffff","hasP3":false}},"name":"Apple Music K-Pop","kind":"Genre"}},{"id":"1526867629","type":"apple-curators","href":"/v1/catalog/bw/apple-curators/1526867629?l=en-GB","attributes":{"artwork":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features124/v4/eb/6f/26/eb6f26bb-961c-abe9-b673-4ea5679695e6/QkwtTVMtV1ctRnJlbmNoX1JhcC1BREFNX0lEPTE1MjY4Njc2MjkucG5n.png/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"0d3328","textColor2":"091e17","textColor4":"0f3b2d","textColor1":"071511","bgColor":"2cd4a3","hasP3":false},"url":"https://music.apple.com/bw/curator/french-rap/1526867629","shortName":"French Rap","editorialArtwork":{"subscriptionHero":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/d3/70/31/d370312a-046e-080f-5d7d-bafd65508d0e/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"0c2220","textColor2":"020a09","textColor4":"0c2421","textColor1":"020908","bgColor":"2db6ae","hasP3":false},"subscriptionCover":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features124/v4/e1/2a/1e/e12a1e64-6e77-b34b-0a7e-38d27a2bbd2e/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"0c2220","textColor2":"020a09","textColor4":"0c2421","textColor1":"000000","bgColor":"2db6ae","hasP3":false},"brandLogo":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/41/97/16/41971627-eb96-fbfa-e64b-ab4276a799a3/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"0d3328","textColor2":"091e17","textColor4":"0f3b2d","textColor1":"071511","bgColor":"2cd4a3","hasP3":false}},"name":"French Rap","kind":"Genre"}},{"id":"976439553","type":"apple-curators","href":"/v1/catalog/bw/apple-curators/976439553?l=en-GB","attributes":{"artwork":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features124/v4/7d/da/05/7dda0505-4d75-285f-e2d7-3077210bf51d/QkwtTVMtV1ctVXJiYW5vX0xhdGluby5wbmc.png/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"162c0e","textColor2":"0e1509","textColor4":"1a330f","textColor1":"0a0e06","bgColor":"57d82e","hasP3":false},"editorialNotes":{"standard":"To witness the origin of the Urbano Latino genre, you’d have to travel back to the ‘70s and meet a Puerto Rican DJ by the name of Disco Wiz working his turntables for crowds on the mean streets of the Bronx in New York City. Mixing soundbites, special effects, and breaks and pressing them onto an acetate record plate, Wiz and an enterprising party-starter named Grandmaster Caz laid the framework not just for Latin hip-hop but for an entire culture. Soon, hip-hop was blasting out of boomboxes everywhere. In predominantly Latino neighborhoods on the East Coast, freestyle—an upbeat hybrid of electro-funk that was spiked with Latin percussion—was gaining steam. By the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Mellow Man Ace (and the group he co-founded, Cypress Hill) brought bilingual rap to the forefront. Some 15 years later, another quick-tongued MC out of Miami by the name of Pitbull would also rap in Spanglish, gaining notoriety for depicting Miami’s underbelly as vividly as Scarface had done at the movies. Throughout the ‘90s, regional pride was a key ingredient in Latin hip-hop, as exemplified by the Latin Alliance’s early-‘90s hit “Lowrider (On the Boulevard)” (a funky homage to West Coast Chicano car culture) or “Puerto Rico” (from New York’s Frankie Cutlass). MCs like Fat Joe and Big Pun carried the torch of East Coast rap, earning their place among hip-hop’s greatest. Studying the technique of their fellow boricuas on the mainland, Vico C, Ivy Queen, Tego Calderón, and other gifted wordsmiths started rapping about life in Puerto Rican projects, drawing clear connections between the shared class struggles of Latinos and African-Americans. And the movement was unstoppable; Mexico and other parts of Latin America exploded with their own Spanish hip-hop movements throughout the ‘00s.\n

\nBut it wasn’t all rapping and no dancing within Urbano Latino music. Enter hip-hop’s cousin reggaeton, a rowdy relative of Panamanian reggae (a genre that itself borrowed from Jamaican reggae in the first place). In the '90s, DJs in Puerto Rico essentially took hip-hop vinyl and put a dancehall beat under it, added doses of salsa and bomba, and sped up the whole thing into a frenzy. The result was the now-famous dembow drum sound, synonymous with reggaeton. Unapologetically raunchy from its inception, the genre eventually cleaned up enough to find a wider audience. By the mid-'00s, reggaeton had flourished in the mainstream thanks to hits like Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina.” With its bigger audience, it also found broader influences, incorporating live instruments and hints of salsa, merengue, vallenato, and other tropical genres. Acts like Calle 13 continue to push the boundaries of Urbano Latino music, delivering a message and delving into rock, folk, and world music without losing their edge—just as members of reggaeton’s new class like Colombia’s J Balvin continue bringing heat to dancefloors everywhere.","short":"A moving cross-cultural journey across Latin America."},"url":"https://music.apple.com/bw/curator/apple-music-urbano-latino/976439553","shortName":"Urbano Latino","editorialArtwork":{"subscriptionHero":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features124/v4/16/15/18/1615186a-db38-45b0-a011-b3f67681520a/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"122e0e","textColor2":"14200b","textColor4":"193d11","textColor1":"0c1007","bgColor":"32d72d","hasP3":false},"subscriptionCover":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/10/d0/64/10d06471-0fae-6ad6-1216-85437794c289/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"122e0e","textColor2":"14200b","textColor4":"193d11","textColor1":"000000","bgColor":"32d72d","hasP3":false},"brandLogo":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features124/v4/b3/09/ad/b309adcd-160c-b77c-d681-e28156493374/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"162c0e","textColor2":"0e1509","textColor4":"1a330f","textColor1":"0a0e06","bgColor":"57d82e","hasP3":false}},"name":"Apple Music Urbano Latino","kind":"Genre"}},{"id":"976439545","type":"apple-curators","href":"/v1/catalog/bw/apple-curators/976439545?l=en-GB","attributes":{"artwork":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/d0/4c/88/d04c887e-b2ac-0dab-9c66-2987e4ae971c/QkwtTVMtV1ctTXXMgXNpY2FfVHJvcGljYWwtQURBTV9JRD05NzY0Mzk1NDUucG5n.png/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"152730","textColor2":"0c1a1a","textColor4":"172e38","textColor1":"091112","bgColor":"5198da","hasP3":false},"editorialNotes":{"standard":"From the beginning, salsa was more than an irresistible melting pot of sounds. Its signature clave pattern (the clave, or \"lock\") borrowed from Afro-Cuban rhythms, giving people something to move to and offering the possibility of romance during tough times. It was Dominican composer and bandleader Johnny Pacheco, co-founder of the seminal Fania record label in Harlem in New York City, who first coined the term “salsa\" to describe the beautifully colorful mélange of son montuno, chachachá, mambo, and Latin jazz. Throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, Fania became known as the Motown of Latin music, home to salsa’s biggest names including Héctor Lavoe, Willie Colón, Ray Barretto, Larry Harlow, and the queen of salsa herself, Celia Cruz; her collaborations with the king of the timbales Tito Puente are legendary. In Rubén Blades, Fania found a gifted songwriter, capable of penning hits that could be poetic (“El Cantante”) or politically conscious (“Pedro Navaja”)—and he did so both for himself and others. 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\nAny discussion about tropical isn’t complete without bachata, a sound originating in the Dominican Republic’s countryside and characterized by arpeggiated guitar chords, güira-based percussion, and blues-style songwriting. Early-‘90s pioneer Juan Luis Guerra has more than proven the longevity of bachata while keeping a foot firmly planted in merengue. Meanwhile, Bronx-bred Dominicans Romeo Santos and Prince Royce continue to expand bachata’s footprint with a fresh, bilingual take on their parents’ music. Elsewhere, Carlos Vives’ recent comeback after a decade out of the spotlight proved that vallenato, Colombia’s folk music incorporating the caja, guacharaca, and accordion, is still as relevant as ever.","short":"The rhythms of the Caribbean that started a craze."},"url":"https://music.apple.com/bw/curator/apple-music-m%C3%BAsica-tropical/976439545","shortName":"Música Tropical","editorialArtwork":{"storeFlowcase":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features49/v4/fe/d0/4b/fed04bde-a255-0561-3366-bc5341426f16/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"3b382b","textColor2":"281d00","textColor4":"514327","textColor1":"0d0e04","bgColor":"f4dec6","hasP3":false},"subscriptionHero":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/e6/8c/04/e68c0461-779b-9982-9c44-39ff5abfddfd/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"112f2c","textColor2":"0b1818","textColor4":"133533","textColor1":"091212","bgColor":"3bd3be","hasP3":false},"subscriptionCover":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/cd/c8/f2/cdc8f2c0-70d6-1664-052d-a29fe7aa6072/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"112f2c","textColor2":"0b1818","textColor4":"133533","textColor1":"000000","bgColor":"3bd3be","hasP3":false},"brandLogo":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/2a/13/0b/2a130b9b-5035-e497-58ef-fb679f6acb69/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"152730","textColor2":"0c1a1a","textColor4":"172e38","textColor1":"091112","bgColor":"5198da","hasP3":false},"emailFeature":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features49/v4/81/80/5b/81805b60-a06f-6e8b-42dd-4f3e3878584e/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"3b382b","textColor2":"281d00","textColor4":"514327","textColor1":"0d0e04","bgColor":"f4dec6","hasP3":false}},"name":"Apple Music Música Tropical","kind":"Genre"}},{"id":"976439541","type":"apple-curators","href":"/v1/catalog/bw/apple-curators/976439541?l=en-GB","attributes":{"artwork":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features125/v4/35/13/68/35136873-6015-ef0f-b63d-ef09f9d9d940/QkwtTVMtV1ctSW5kaWUtQURBTV9JRD05NzY0Mzk1NDEucG5n.png/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"201416","textColor2":"0a0706","textColor4":"221617","textColor1":"060404","bgColor":"b26271","hasP3":true},"editorialNotes":{"standard":"Intimate folk and aggressive punk. Squalls of avant-garde noise and sleek electronic pop. Indie has always been about artists and listeners who are independent, determined to go their own way and find their own voice. The story of this left-of-the-dial style starts with the post-punk scene of the late ’70s, where innovative bands like Joy Division and Wire began to experiment with the stripped-down sounds that had defined punk rock. By the ’80s, bands like The Smiths, The Replacements, and R.E.M. were making adventurous and often surprisingly melodic music that was still infused with punk’s do-it-yourself attitude. At the same time, groups like The Butthole Surfers, Hüsker Dü, and Dinosaur Jr. took the noise and aggression of hardcore punk in radical new directions. This under-the-radar scene soon became known as “indie rock,” a reference to its network of independent clubs and record labels. After a while, the genre's tendency to splinter into a million directions—indie pop, indie noise, indie dance, you name it—required doing away with the “rock\" all together; indie music was more about the attitude than the sound.\n

\nAs the ’80s ended, dissonant but oddly catchy indie bands like the Pixies and Sonic Youth were attracting a new level of attention and acclaim, and in the early ’90s, many groups broke through in the form of alternative rock, thanks to the surprise success of Nirvana’s 1991 album Nevermind. Remaining more or less underground, a new crop of proudly independent bands like Pavement and Guided by Voices blurred the lines between lo-fi punk noise and offbeat indie pop. And throughout the ’90s, indie music continued to evolve in new ways, exploring post-hardcore (Fugazi), riot grrrl (Bikini Kill), shoegaze (My Bloody Valentine), psychedelic pop (Neutral Milk Hotel), noise rock (The Jesus Lizard), chamber pop (Belle and Sebastian), post-rock (Stereolab), and many other styles. By the 21st century, longtime indie stalwarts like Modest Mouse were scoring rock radio hits, while newer bands like Arcade Fire were earning GRAMMYs®. Despite this newfound mainstream appeal, the groundbreaking spirit of independent music remains strong in the new millennium, whether you’re talking genre-bending experimental ensembles like Animal Collective or eccentric singer/songwriters like Bon Iver.","short":"An alternative to the alternative."},"url":"https://music.apple.com/bw/curator/apple-music-indie/976439541","shortName":"Indie","editorialArtwork":{"subscriptionHero":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features125/v4/f2/54/1c/f2541c10-739b-c9c6-66e7-399a27bb6f40/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"362319","textColor2":"1b1212","textColor4":"3b251e","textColor1":"160f0c","bgColor":"e88c5a","hasP3":false},"subscriptionCover":{"width":4320,"url":"https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features125/v4/30/c4/ec/30c4ec51-7547-cd39-9b64-4f4a7d67808a/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"362319","textColor2":"1b1212","textColor4":"3b251e","textColor1":"000000","bgColor":"e88c5a","hasP3":false},"brandLogo":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features115/v4/a2/57/41/a25741fe-4b8e-799b-5111-34de9898c6d9/source/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"201416","textColor2":"0a0706","textColor4":"221617","textColor1":"060404","bgColor":"b26271","hasP3":false}},"name":"Apple Music Indie","kind":"Genre"}},{"id":"976439547","type":"apple-curators","href":"/v1/catalog/bw/apple-curators/976439547?l=en-GB","attributes":{"artwork":{"width":1080,"url":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features114/v4/3a/3e/fb/3a3efbc2-ede7-5388-631d-87db27a797f3/QkwtTVMtV1ctT2xkaWVzLUFEQU1fSUQ9OTc2NDM5NTQ3LnBuZw.png/{w}x{h}{c}.{f}","height":1080,"textColor3":"332911","textColor2":"211d0e","textColor4":"3e3314","textColor1":"15130a","bgColor":"d59d33","hasP3":false},"editorialNotes":{"standard":"Sure, they might be made-up, but the people and places in oldies songs—the guy searchin' for his lost shaker of salt, the woman demanding R-E-S-P-E-C-T, the spot under the boardwalk—are carried with us our entire lives. People of all ages create unbreakable emotional attachments to the tunes they grow up with—even if some of them were new when their grandparents were young. But oldies are more than just nostalgia trips. This is an exclusive club that has got to be filled with good music, too—nobody nurtures fond memories of mediocrity. When you tune in to oldies, expect to hear songs you love—a cherry-picked selection of muscle-car riffs, surfin’ safaris, and yellow polka dot bikinis—which represent the brightest lights of the era.\n

\nIn the '50s, that means the rip-'em-up rockabilly of Elvis Presley's Sun sides, the swingin' swagger of Sinatra’s big band, or the street-wise doo-wop of Dion & The Belmonts. In the ‘60s? The Supremes' Motown magic, the sun-kissed bliss of The Beach Boys, and the grit and groove of the original roots rockers, Creedence Clearwater Revival. But as pop music matured (and its audience along with it) the gate gradually opened wider. First, the golden age of '70s AM radio got adopted, adding the sleek glow of Philly soul, the polyester paradise of disco, and the rhinestone-studded regality of Elton John and Neil Diamond. These days, some '80s singles are in the mix too, allowing larger-than-life, mono-moniker titans like Prince, Madonna, and Sting to play alongside the geniuses who influenced them. 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\nForward-thinking music producers from that era introduced us to lyricists with a mesmeric command of words and first-class vocalists, including Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, and Mukesh—who all remain popular today. The early classical-based Bollywood music evolved over time, eventually weaving in contemporary styles like rock ‘n’ roll, disco, and later even hip-hop. Rather than moving away from musicals like Hollywood, Bollywood films continue to embrace the long, proud tradition of using songs to capture different moods, emotions, and feelings. Today, a variety of artists—including Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Oscar® winner A. R. Rahman, Sufi singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh, and many more—have helped Bollywood music become a rich melting pot of styles that entertains the masses. 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