Why is that United Kingdom so far behind the United States in producing a successful black male artist?

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ABSTRACT

This study is significant as it provides the history and background of black male artist.

The American music originated in the 19th century and is influenced by the African culture.

Black artists in the 1960s and 1970s both mounted an organized challenge to institutional exclusion and simultaneously experimented with form and material in what described as "the dialectic between aesthetic and political critique" The growing divides between whites and black in economics, social mobility, and political voice make the seemingly semidiurnal nature of American racism and the material privileges of whiteness of importance to scholars of leadership and transformative political engagement According to the study by Music industry Danner (1990), there are 11 black men and 3 black women among the top executives among $ 13 billion music industry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the Study1

Research question1

Significance of the Study1

CHAPTER 2: HISTORICAL SITUATION OF BLACK ARTISTS FROM 19TH CENTURY TO MODERN DAY3

Music by Black Composers5

CHAPTER 3: IMPACT OF CHANGES IN SITUATION7

CHAPTER 4: STATUS QUO IN UK10

Sales figure11

Famous Artists11

CHAPTER 5: AWARDING BODIES AND SALES FIGURES15

CHAPTER 6: PANEL OF AWARDING BODIES18

CHAPTER 7: METHODOLOGY19

Data Collection Technique19

Secondary Research19

Time Scale21

CHAPTER 7: DISCUSSION23

Comparison: Historical situation of Black Music artists in America23

CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION33

REFERENCES34

BIBLIOGRAPHY39

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

American music is composed of a range of musical genres and music which have emerged from culture of Americans which are composed of ethnic minority of population in US. At first the African were known for their music and they were brought to US to work as slaves. The polyrhythmic songs they played were brought to North America from black African ethnic groups belonging to sub-Saharan and West Africa (Low, 2001, p. 15). The union of Americans and African people belonging to various regions merged from various regions belonging to different cultures. They merged their music from the influences of waltzes, polka and European styles. In late periods various changes were brought based on innovation and change. The African American genre have been influential along the racial groupings internationally and socio-economic groups and is widely known at global level.

Research question

This research aims to answer the following question:

Why is that United Kingdom so far behind the United States in producing a successful black male artist?

Significance of the Study

This study is significant as it provides the history and background of black male artist. It also provides the comparison of black male artists in US and UK. The research is analyzed by secondary methodology that is through the available ...