In Europe: EDM has had a very wide spread throughout Europe in recent years. Dubstep and Drumstep started to break into the mainstream by 2010. This was particularly true in Britain, where it evolved from Grime, a genre that moved into the mainstream in 2009. Eurodance music, which has been popular in Europe for about 20 years, has broken into the mainstream outside of Europe, primarily in North America. There has also been a development in the subgenres of house music, there has been the creation of Future house and Tropical house, with European artists being influential figures within both. There are a number of popular European DJs in the past 5 years, which include; Kygo, Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, Avicii, Tiesto, Afrojack, and David Guetta.In the UK, Dance (EDM) was the third most popular genre, behind Pop and Rock, which have always been extremely popular in the UK. EDM. Four out of the ten highest rated songs in the UK top 40 were in the EDM genre.
YouTube and SoundCloud helped fuel interest in EDM and the current mainstream success of EDM made it increasingly attractive to investors. In the early 2010s, a type of electro-house known as "big room" began to develop, particularly gaining popularity through electronic dance music-oriented events and festivals such as Tomorrowland.
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