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Introduction
Are you looking for gift ideas for the musicians in your life? Do you need suggestions for musical gift ideas? It doesn’t matter if you’re gift shopping for a birthday, graduation, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentines Day, or the Holidays, these guitar tab and piano/guitar/vocal sheet music gift ideas will be a hit! Keep reading to learn about the top 50 best pop sheet music gift ideas.
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The Top 50 Best Pop Sheet Music Gift Ideas: How to Find What You’re Looking For
These artists and bands were culled from Billboard’s Top 100 Artists Chart or are music industry icons.
- All of them have had impressive amounts of success in the music industry. Really, you can’t go wrong with any of the musicians listed here.
- Did everybody make the cut? No, there are a lot of good musicians that got left off the list, but the artists in this post are the ones I thought were the best-of-the-best.
- Also, the list is weighted toward currently popular acts.
How to Find What You’re Looking For
- To help you quickly find what you’re looking for, I’ve organized the artists by generation: Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z. Therefore, if your gift recipient is a Millennial, start by looking in the Millennial section.
- That said, the categories aren’t hard and fast as there are artists (e.g., Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, the Rolling Stones, and Taylor Swift) who’ve had hits in more than one decade and can cross generational boundaries. Similarly, Nirvana can fit comfortably in either the Gen X or Millennial’s section. So, be sure to glance over all the post sections.
- Within these subcategories you’ll find the artists listed alphabetically in the “Artists & Bands” sections.
- The list is further broken down into piano and piano/vocal/guitar songbooks vs guitar tab songbooks. (Not all artists have guitar tab or piano songbooks, but most of them have guitar tab or piano songs.)
The Top 50 Best Pop Sheet Music Gift Ideas: Boomers (Born 1946 to 1964)
- The dominant figure here is Paul McCartney, both for influence and longevity. His career was launched with the Beatles, arguably the greatest rock band of all time, and has spanned decades when you include his solo career.
- Having had hits in multiple decades, the Rolling Stones are also in the conversation for the greatest rock band. (Mick Jagger from the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney occasionally talk smack about it).
- However, with around 40 top 10 hits to his name, Elvis (the king of rock n’ roll) can’t be overlooked.
- In fact, all the artists and bands listed in this post have had impressive careers.
Video: Beatles (Paul McCartney)
Artists & Bands
- The Beatles
- Cher
- Elvis
- Fleetwood Mac
- Paul McCartney
- The Rolling Stones
Piano/Guitar/Vocal Pop Sheet Music Gift Ideas
The Beatles
Cher
Elvis
Fleetwood Mac
Paul McCartney
The Rolling Stones
Pop Guitar Tab Gift Ideas
The Beatles
Cher
Elvis
Fleetwood Mac
Paul McCartney and Wings
The Rolling Stones
The Top 50 Best Pop Sheet Music Gift Ideas: Gen X (Born 1965 to 1980)
- Michael Jackson, the king of pop, tops the list here. He got his start with the Jackson 5 in 1969 and rose to meteoric heights of popularity in his solo career in the 80s and early 90s.
- Prince was a musical genius who would record using three studios at a time so he could move from one to the next laying down tracks as he went.
- The Eagles album “Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975” is one of the best-selling albums of all time, so they obviously have a strong collection of songs if their “best of” album can sustain record sales.
- Metallica’s fans were so dedicated they could sell out a stadium by word of mouth. (This was before Metallica started getting radio airplay to help their concert promotion.) Metallica almost single handedly transformed the sound of heavy metal.
Video: Michael Jackson
Artists & Bands
- The Eagles
- Michael Jackson
- Metallica
- Prince
Piano/Guitar/Vocal Pop Sheet Music Gift Ideas
The Eagles
Michael Jackson
Metallica
Prince
Pop Guitar Tab Gift Ideas
The Eagles
Michael Jackson
Metallica
Prince
The Top 50 Best Pop Sheet Music Gift Ideas: Millennials (Born 1981 to 1996)
- Britney Spears, the pop princess, gets the nod as the most popular artist of the 90s.
- However, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguliera, and Shakira also helped women to rise to dominance in 90s pop music.
- Conversely, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain is the Millennial’s Jimmy Hendrix – a promising musician who died young (Jeff Buckley too to a lesser extent).
Video: Britney Spears
Artists & Bands
- Chirstina Aguilera
- Beyoncé
- Jeff Buckley
- Mariah Carey
- Nirvana
- Radiohead
- Shakira
- Britney Spears
Piano/Guitar/Vocal Pop Sheet Music Gift Ideas
Christina Aguilera
Beyoncé
Jeff Buckley
Mariah Carey
Nirvana
Radiohead
Shakira
Britney Spears
Pop Guitar Tab Gift Ideas
Christina Aguilera
Jeff Buckley
Mariah Carey
Nirvana
Radiohead
Shakira
Britney Spears
The Top 50 Best Pop Sheet Music Gift Ideas: Gen Z (Born 1997 to 2012)
- Taylor Swift (a.k.a. the music industry) is the dominant figure of the new millennium.
- She is joined by powerhouses such as Adele, Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Billie Eilish, Juston Bieber, Lana Del Ray, Rhianna, and Sabrina Carpenter.
- Raising stars Chappell Roan, Gracie Abrams (director J.J. Abrams’ daughter), Katseye, and Tate McRae have recently joined the mix.
- The 2010s also saw the rise of K-pop: Blackpink, BTS, and Enhypen.
Video: Taylor Swift
Artists & Bands
- Gracie Abrams
- Adele
- Benson Boone
- Justin Bieber
- Blackpink
- BTS
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Olivia Dean
- Lana Del Rey
- Drake
- Billie Eilish
- Enhypen
- Ariana Grande
- Lady Gaga
- Katseye
- Dua Lipa
- Bruno Mars
- Mariah the Scientist
- Tate McRae
- Megan Moroney
- Frank Ocean
- Chappell Roan
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Rihanna
- Ed Sheeran
- Sombr
- Stray Kids
- Harry Styles
- Taylor Swift
- Tyler the Creator
- Morgan Wallen
- The Weeknd
Piano/Guitar/Vocal Pop Sheet Music Gift Ideas
Gracie Abrams
Adele
Benson Boone
Justin Bieber
Blackpink
BTS
Sabrina Carpenter
Olivia Dean
Lana Del Rey
Drake
Billie Eilish
Enhypen
Ariana Grande
Lady Gaga
Katseye
Dua Lipa
Bruno Mars
Mariah the Scientist
Tate McRae
Megan Moroney
Frank Ocean
Chappell Roan
Olivia Rodrigo
Rihanna
Ed Sheeran
Sombr
Stray Kids
Harry Styles
Taylor Swift
Tyler the Creator
Morgan Wallen
The Weeknd
Pop Guitar Tab Gift Ideas
Gracie Abrams
Adele
Justin Bieber
Blackpink
BTS
Sabrina Carpenter
Olivia Dean
Lana Del Rey
Drake
Billie Eilish
Enhypen
Ariana Grande
Lady Gaga
Katseye
Bruno Mars
Frank Ocean
Chappell Roan
Olivia Rodrigo
Rihanna
Ed Sheeran
Sombr
Stray Kids
Harry Styles
Taylor Swift
Morgan Wallen
The Weeknd
Final Thoughts
Takeaway points:
- All the bands and artists in this post have had an impressive amount of success in the music industry. Really, you can’t go wrong with any of the musicians listed here.
- Did everybody make the cut? No, there are a lot of good musicians that got left off the list, but these are the artists I thought were the best-of-the-best.
- Also, the list is weighted toward currently popular acts.
Have fun shopping!
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