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See also: [[List of years in music]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1900-1950)]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1980-present)]]

==[[1950s]]==
*'''[[1951 in music]]'''
**[[Music of Trinidad]]
***Calypso's popularity outside of [[Trinidad]] begins with artists like [[Lord Melody]], [[Lord Kitchener]], and, most especially, [[Mighty Spoiler]]'s "Bed Bug".
**[[Music of the United States]]
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*'''[[1973 in music]]'''
**International trends
***[[Singer-songwriter]]s [[Elton John]] (''[[Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player]]'', ''[[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]]''), [[Jim Croce]] (''[[I Got a Name]]''), [[Roberta Flack]] (''[[Killing Me Softly]]'') and [[Billy Joel]] (''[[Piano Man]]'') release hugely successful albums and singles

**[[Music of Sweden]]
***"Hiki haisee ja haitari soi" is popular among Finnish-Swedish dancehalls; the song is distinctively Finnish-Swedish [[tango]], unlike Swedish or Finnish works
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**[[Music of India]]
***[[Ravi Shankar]] releases ''[[Ragas]]''; it is enormously popular in [[India]] and reflects the commercial pinnacle of eastern music in western markets
**[[Music of Jamaica]]
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***[[Country music]]ian [[Linda Ronstadt]] helps lead a popularization of Mexican [[mariachi]] music, beginning with a major festival in [[San Antonio, Texas]]
**[[Music of the United Kingdom]]
***[[The Clash]] releases ''[[London Calling]]'', a pivotal album in the development of [[hardcore]] [[punk]]
**[[Music of the United States]]
***The [[Sugarhill Gang]] releases what is commonly considered the first successful [[hip hop]] single, "[[Rappers Delight]]"