Major Labels

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres is a 2021 non-fiction book written by the music critic and journalist Kelefa Sanneh. Sanneh had largely moved away from music criticism after joining the staff of The New Yorker in 2008, but felt compelled to explore music again after realizing that he was "still obsessed" with it. The book contains seven chapters, each of which focus on the history of a different music genre from the 1970s onward; the book also contains several autobiographical stories interspersed within the chapters. Major Labels received generally positive reviews from critics, and appeared on several listicles regarding the best music books of 2021.