Overview of top artists’ countries of origin in rock, R&B, and early rap/hip-hop from the mid-1960s (post-Beatles era) through the 1990s.
The period roughly spans the British Invasion’s peak and rock’s evolution (1964 onward), the golden eras of soul/funk R&B, and the birth and rise of rap/hip-hop. Across all three genres, the United States was overwhelm…
