Every year brings an avalanche of lists about pop culture - best films, best books, best albums. Attempting to define a decade in the world of entertainment is, at best, daunting.
Here are some of the key trends that emerged in the 2010s in television, film and music, from the explosion of scripted series to a new generation of divas whose empires transcend the concert stage.At the start of 2010, music platform Spotify had less than one million subscribers, Netflix had a little over 12 million, and streaming services were more of a curiosity than anything else.
Out: the agonising week-long wait for a new episode. In: binge-watching your favourite shows when Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and others dump an entire series in one go. The competition between old-school networks, cable channels and online giants to land top talent - and big budgets - yielded a decade of hits, and hundreds of new shows a year., which began in 2011 and wrapped up earlier this year, was perhaps the cultural touchstone of the decade.
The blood-spattered, sex-fuelled saga of the battle for the Iron Throne captivated the masses, raked in awards and spawned an industry of set tours, merchandise and conventions. But if fantasy epics are not your thing, there was TV for everyone in the 2010s: drama fans craved the edgy darkness ofOn the comedy side, viewers loved the zany, diverse
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