Research into the industry (record company, artist)

There have been a string of big record companys in the popular music industry since music has been being made comercially.



In that picture you can see a timeline of all the major record companies.

Hip Hop artists

1. Run-D.M.C.
2. Public Enemy
3. 2 Pac
4. Eric B. & Rakim
5. Jay Z
6. N.W.A
7. The Notorious B.I.G.
8. LL Cool J
9. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
10. Outkast

All of these artists are quite modern and all of their music videos reflect this.

Rock artists

1. The Beatles
2. Elvis Presley
3. James Brown
4. Rolling Stones
5. Bob Dylan
6. Chuck Berry
7. The Who
8. Led Zeppelin
9. Stevie Wonder
10. Jimi Hendrix

As shown these artists arn't modern at all, most having hit it big between the 1950s and 1980s.