page_title: Music of Detroit
hierarchical_section_title: Music of Detroit
caption_attribution_description: English: View of stage at Hart Plaza looking north toward downtown during the Detroit Jazz Festival
context_page_description: Detroit, Michigan is a major center in the United States for the creation and performance of music, and is the birthplace of the musical subgenres known as "The Motown Sound" and Techno.
  The Metro Detroit area has a rich musical history spanning the past century, beginning with the revival of the world-renowned Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1918. The major genres represented in Detroit music include Classical, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Rock and roll, Pop, Punk, Soul, Electronica and Hip-hop. The Greater Detroit area has been the birthplace and/or primary venue for numerous Platinum-selling artists, whose total album sales, according to one estimate, had surpassed 40 million units by the year 2000. The success of Detroit-based Hip-hop artists quadrupled that figure in the first decade of the 2000s.
context_section_description: Detroit, Michigan is a major center in the United States for the creation and performance of music, and is the birthplace of the musical subgenres known as "The Motown Sound" and Techno.
  The Metro Detroit area has a rich musical history spanning the past century, beginning with the revival of the world-renowned Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1918.  The major genres represented in Detroit music include Classical, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Rock and roll, Pop, Punk, Soul, Electronica and Hip-hop. The Greater Detroit area has been the birthplace and/or primary venue for numerous Platinum-selling artists, whose total album sales, according to one estimate, had surpassed 40 million units by the year 2000. The success of Detroit-based Hip-hop artists quadrupled that figure in the first decade of the 2000s.
caption: View of stage at Hart Plaza looking north toward downtown during the Detroit Jazz Festival
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