Michael Jackson's Impacts Of Music In The 20th Century

In the 20th century, various genres of music were prevalent and gained influence as well a vast following, especially in the United States. These included, but are not limited to Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Soul, Blues, Hip-Hop and plenty more. Many of these musical styles had developed and innovated across the world throughout the 19th and the early 20th century, due to social events and circumstances. Blues, specifically, was a music genre derived from enslaved African Americans who grew up in the Mississippi area, just upriver from New Orleans. The bond of slavery brought these African Americans along with their background musical culture to the United States. Traditional African spirituals, chants, work songs, shouts and much more developed

Michael was a singer, songwriter and a dancer. He was known as the most influential pop star from the 20th century, which gained him the moniker “King Of Pop”. His music was dominant across the country, across all demographics. As a musician, I consider him vastly historically significant in the 20th century, as his music was largely diverse, including Pop, rock, disco, and Jazz, and it expanded to not only the 1900s, but the early 2000s. Musicians in the 20th century, a time of innovation, were very impactful, but Michael Jackson’s significance spanned further than just his direct impact on the genre. As seen in the worldwide reaction to his passing,he highly renowned, and his mark was

First, music should invoke relativity or some type of emotion when listened to, which Michael never failed to do. Also, versatility and creativity play a huge role in defining the value of music and artistry. Michael’s music touched not only young Americans who preferred it, but the elderly and various other countries such as Africa and Asia, were embraces. He also went as far as expanding his musical scope to different cultures, evident in his references to the Cameroonian sub-genre Makossa, which I closely identify with, as I was introduced by my closest