Contemporary Music of Thailand.
Modern Thai music has it's origins in American R&B. Modern music took over Thailand in the 1930's. Jazz dominated popular music in Thailand for a while until rock took over around the 1960's. In the 60's through 90's rock, dance, jazz and funk were also popular. Heavy Metal and String Rock were popular in the 90's. Today popular Thai music is kind of similar to that of popular American music. It does not reflect traditional Thai music much at all, instead it reflects the style of modern western music.