This article is about a specific music genre. For popular music in general, see Popular music. For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation).
"Pop song" redirects here. For other uses, see Pop Song.
Pop music
Stylistic origins
Traditional pop[1]
rock and roll[2]
contemporary folk[3]
Cultural origins
Mid-1950s,[4] United States and United Kingdom
Derivative forms
New wave[5][6][7]
hyperpop[8]
Subgenres
Alternative pop
art pop
Brill Building
bubblegum
dance-pop
operatic pop
orchestral pop
schlager
sophisti-pop
sunshine pop
synth-pop
teen pop
wonky pop (complete list)
Fusion genres
Baroque pop
country pop
contemporary R&B
cowboy pop
dancehall pop
electropop
emo pop
folk-pop
hypnagogic pop
indie pop
pop punk
pop rap
pop-soul
ambient pop
pop rock
pop metal
power pop
psychedelic pop
space age pop
worldbeat
Regional scenes
Austria
China
Colombia
France
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Mexico
Middle East
Morocco
Netherland
Pakistan
Philippines
Russia
Scandinavia
South America
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam
Western Europe
Other topics
African pop
Afro fusion
Avant-pop
experimental pop
Hyperpop
New Pop
K-Pop
pop music automation
poptimism
rock music
Pop music is a type of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.[4] During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. Rock and pop music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which pop became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible.
Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, urban, dance, Latin, and country.
The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former more accurately describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music.
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^ abS. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), ISBN 0-521-55660-0, pp. 95–105.
^"Pop/Rock » Punk/New Wave » New Wave". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^"The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste. 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^"Q&A with Theo Cateforis, author of Are We Not New Wave? Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s" (PDF). University of Michigan. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^"Hyperpop or overhyped? The rise of 2020's most maximalist sound". Independent. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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