Music of Michigan

The music of Michigan is composed of many different types. The city of Detroit has been one of the most musically influential and innovative cities for the past 50 years, whether in Michigan or anywhere else in the United States. Impressively, for 48 straight years (1959-2007) a greater Michigan area artist has produced a chart topping recording. Michigan is perhaps best known for three developments: early punk rock, Motown/soul music and techno music. Michigan musicians with a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit include artists from the 1950s: Bill Haley of Bill Haley & His Comets / from the 1960s: The Supremes, The Marvelettes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye "The Prince of Soul", Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Aretha Franklin, Mary Wells, Tommy James and the Shondells, ? and the Mysterians / from the 1970s: Al Green, The Spinners, Grand Funk Railroad, The Knack/ from the 1980s: Madonna "The Queen of Pop", Bob Seger, Ray Parker Jr. / from the 1990s: Aaliyah "The Queen of Urban Pop" / from the 2000s: Eminem. Other Detroit musicians with a #1 album on the Billboard 200 include Kid Rock with Rock n Roll Jesus in 2007, Jack White with 2 albums (Blunderbuss and Lazaretto), and Big Sean with Dark Sky Paradise in 2015. Eminem's groups D12 and Bad Meets Evil have also had #1 albums. Alice Cooper "The Godfather of Shock Rock" had a #1 Billboard 200 album with the hard rock Billion Dollar Babies in 1973.