Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.[1] The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. 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.
Although much of the music that appears on record charts is seen as pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors 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 pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, urban, dance, Latin, and country.
Traditional pop (also known as classic pop and pre-rock and roll pop) is Westernpopular music that generally pre-dates the advent of rock and roll in the mid-1950s. The most popular and enduring songs from this era of music are known as pop standards or American standards. The works of these songwriters and composers are usually considered part of the canon known as the "Great American Songbook". More generally, the term "standard" can be applied to any popular song that has become very widely known within mainstream culture.
AllMusic defines traditional pop as "post-big band and pre-rock & roll pop music".[2]
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.[3] It originated from black American music such as gospel, jump blues, jazz, boogie woogie, rhythm and blues,[4] as well as country music.[5] While rock and roll's formative elements can be heard in blues records from the 1920s[6] and in country records of the 1930s,[5] the genre did not acquire its name until 1954.[7]
House-pop (sometimes also called "pop-house")[8] is a crossover of house and dance-pop music that emerged in early '90s.[9] The genre was came for make house music more radio friendly.[10] The characteristic of house-pop is similar to diva house music, like over-the-top vocal acrobatics, bubbly synth riffs, and four-on-the-floor rhythm. House-pop also has hip-hop influence.[9]
Pop soul / Motown is a genre of soul music that has upbeat tempo and given a commercially viable, crossover production.[12] The vocals are still raw, but the material and the sound of the record could easily fit onto pop radio stations' playlists. Motown was the pioneering label of pop soul, and through much of the 1960s, it was one of the most popular pop music genres. In the 1970s, pop soul became slicker, and it eventually metamorphosed into disco.[13]Luther Vandross is an example of pop soul musician.[14]
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^Farley, Christopher John (July 6, 2004). . Time. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
^Christ-Janer, Albert, Charles W. Hughes, and Carleton Sprague Smith, American Hymns Old and New (New York: Columbia University Press, 1980), p. 364, ISBN0-231-03458-X.
^ abPeterson, Richard A. Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity (1999), p. 9, ISBN0-226-66285-3.
^Davis, Francis. The History of the Blues (New York: Hyperion, 1995), ISBN0-7868-8124-0.
^"The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll 1946–1954". 2004. Universal Music Enterprises.
^"R3HAB Releases "My Pony," A Dancefloor and Radio Friendly Soulful House-Pop Gem". 12 April 2022.
^ ab"A Brief History of House Pop, Inspired by Robyn's Honey". Pitchfork. 5 November 2018.
^"The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time". Slant Magazine. 15 June 2020.
^Holden, Stephen (3 October 1982). "Luther Vandross: Pop-Soul Pyrotechnics". The New York Times.
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid 1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom 1 The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles 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 Although much of the music that appears on record charts is seen as pop music the genre is distinguished from chart music Identifying factors 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 pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock urban dance Latin and country Below are list of styles of pop music Contents 1 Stylistic origins 1 1 Traditional pop 1 2 Rock and roll 2 Earliest form 3 Subgenres 3 1 Art pop 3 2 Brill Building 3 3 Bubblegum pop 3 4 Cringe pop 3 5 Dance pop 3 6 Electropop 3 7 Operatic pop 3 8 Orchestral pop 3 9 Schlager 3 10 Sophisti pop 3 11 Sunshine pop 3 12 Teen pop 3 13 Wonky pop 4 Fusion genres 4 1 Ambient pop 4 2 Country pop 4 3 Dancehall pop 4 4 Folk pop 4 5 Hip pop 4 6 House pop 4 7 Jazz pop 4 8 Pop R amp B 4 9 Pop rock 4 9 1 Baroque pop 4 9 2 Cowboy pop 4 9 3 Emo pop 4 9 4 Goth pop 4 9 5 Indie pop 4 9 6 Jangle pop 4 9 7 Pop metal 4 9 8 Pop punk 4 9 9 Power pop 4 10 Pop soul Motown 4 10 1 Beach pop 4 11 Psychedelic pop 4 11 1 Hypnagogic pop 4 12 Reggae pop 4 13 Space age pop 4 14 Synth pop 4 15 Worldbeat 5 Avant garde related genres 5 1 Experimental pop 5 2 Hyperpop 5 3 Industrial pop 5 4 Noise pop 5 5 Progressive pop 6 Regional scenes and subgenres 6 1 Popular music scenes 7 Other related genres 7 1 Contemporary Christian music 7 2 Motown 7 3 New wave 7 4 Rock music 7 5 Smooth jazz 7 6 Smooth soul 8 Other genres 8 1 Avant pop 8 2 Bitpop 8 3 Britpop 8 4 Chamber pop 8 5 Dream pop 8 6 Futurepop 8 7 Swamp pop 9 ReferencesStylistic origins editTraditional pop edit Main article Traditional pop Traditional pop also known as classic pop and pre rock and roll pop is Western popular music that generally pre dates the advent of rock and roll in the mid 1950s The most popular and enduring songs from this era of music are known as pop standards or American standards The works of these songwriters and composers are usually considered part of the canon known as the Great American Songbook More generally the term standard can be applied to any popular song that has become very widely known within mainstream culture AllMusic defines traditional pop as post big band and pre rock amp roll pop music 2 Rock and roll edit Main article Rock and roll Rock and roll often written as rock amp roll rock n roll or rock n roll is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s 3 It originated from black American music such as gospel jump blues jazz boogie woogie rhythm and blues 4 as well as country music 5 While rock and roll s formative elements can be heard in blues records from the 1920s 6 and in country records of the 1930s 5 the genre did not acquire its name until 1954 7 Earliest form editMain article Pop music Stylistic evolution Early pop music drew on the sentimental ballad for its form gained its use of vocal harmonies from gospel and soul music instrumentation from jazz and rock music orchestration from classical music tempo from dance music backing from electronic music rhythmic elements from hip hop music and spoken passages from rap 1 verification needed Subgenres editBelow are genres that exclusively considered as subgenres of pop Note that music styles like dance electronic opera and orchestra are not considered as standalone genres Art pop edit Main article Art pop Brill Building edit Main article Brill Building Bubblegum pop edit Main article Bubblegum music Cringe pop edit Main article Cringe pop Dance pop edit Main article Dance pop Electropop edit Main article Electropop Operatic pop edit Main article Operatic pop Orchestral pop edit Main article Orchestral pop Schlager edit Main article Schlager music Sophisti pop edit Main article Sophisti pop Sunshine pop edit Main article Sunshine pop Teen pop edit Main article Teen pop Wonky pop edit Main article Wonky popFusion genres editBelow are styles of pop music that mixed with other standalone genres Ambient pop edit Main article Ambient pop Country pop edit Main article Country pop Dancehall pop edit Main article Dancehall pop Folk pop edit Main article Folk pop Hip pop edit Main article Pop rap House pop edit House popStylistic originsDiscodiva housesynth popCultural origins1990s United States House pop sometimes also called pop house 8 is a crossover of house and dance pop music that emerged in early 90s 9 The genre was came for make house music more radio friendly 10 The characteristic of house pop is similar to diva house music like over the top vocal acrobatics bubbly synth riffs and four on the floor rhythm House pop also has hip hop influence 9 Jazz pop edit Main article Jazz pop Pop R amp B edit Main article Contemporary R amp B Pop rock edit Main article Pop rock Baroque pop edit Main article Baroque pop Cowboy pop edit Main article Cowboy pop Emo pop edit Main article Emo pop Goth pop edit Main article Goth Indie pop edit Main article Indie pop Jangle pop edit Main article Jangle pop Pop metal edit Main article Pop metal Pop punk edit Main article Pop punk Power pop edit Main article Power pop Pop soul Motown edit Pop soulStylistic originsSoulpopMotownCultural origins1960s United StatesDerivative formsDiscoSubgenresBeach 11 Further information Motown Pop soul Motown is a genre of soul music that has upbeat tempo and given a commercially viable crossover production 12 The vocals are still raw but the material and the sound of the record could easily fit onto pop radio stations playlists Motown was the pioneering label of pop soul and through much of the 1960s it was one of the most popular pop music genres In the 1970s pop soul became slicker and it eventually metamorphosed into disco 13 Luther Vandross is an example of pop soul musician 14 Beach pop edit Main article Beach music Psychedelic pop edit Main article Psychedelic pop Hypnagogic pop edit Main article Hypnagogic pop Reggae pop edit Main article Reggae fusion Space age pop edit Main article Space age pop Synth pop edit Main article Synth pop Worldbeat edit Main article WorldbeatAvant garde related genres editBelow are pop music that related to avant garde culture Experimental pop edit Main article Experimental pop Hyperpop edit Main article Hyperpop Industrial pop edit Main article Industrial pop Noise pop edit Main article Noise pop Progressive pop edit Main article Progressive popRegional scenes and subgenres editAmerican pop Arabic pop music Assyrian folk pop music Austropop Azerbaijani pop music British pop music Cantopop Europop French Mandopop French pop music Hokkien pop Hong Kong English pop Hungarian pop Indian pop Indo pop Iranian pop music Lao pop Latin pop Mandopop Mexican pop music Moroccan pop Nederpop Pinoy pop Pop music in Ukraine Q pop Russian pop Serbian pop Sundanese pop Thai pop music Turkish pop music V pop Popular music scenes edit African popular music American popular music British popular music Early British popular music popular music of Birmingham popular music of Manchester C pop French popular music Italian popular music J pop K pop Malaysian popular music Musica popular brasileira Nordic popular music Original Pilipino music Pakistani popular music popular music in Croatia popular music in Sweden popular music in Yugoslavia popular music of Vietnam Slovak popular musicOther related genres editContemporary Christian music edit Main article Contemporary Christian music Motown edit Main article Motown music style New wave edit Main article New wave music Rock music edit Main article Rock music Smooth jazz edit Main article Smooth jazz Smooth soul edit Main article Smooth soulOther genres editBelow are pop genres that are not considered as pop musics Avant pop edit Main article Avant pop Bitpop edit Main article Bitpop Britpop edit Main article Britpop Chamber pop edit Main article Chamber pop Dream pop edit Main article Dream pop Futurepop edit Main article Futurepop Swamp pop edit Main article Swamp popReferences edit a b S 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 Traditional Pop Music Highlights AllMusic Retrieved 2016 04 10 Farley Christopher John July 6 2004 Elvis Rocks But He s Not the First Time Archived from the original on August 17 2013 Retrieved July 3 2009 Christ Janer Albert Charles W Hughes and Carleton Sprague Smith American Hymns Old and New New York Columbia University Press 1980 p 364 ISBN 0 231 03458 X a b Peterson Richard A Creating Country Music Fabricating Authenticity 1999 p 9 ISBN 0 226 66285 3 Davis Francis The History of the Blues New York Hyperion 1995 ISBN 0 7868 8124 0 The Roots of Rock n Roll 1946 1954 2004 Universal Music Enterprises R3HAB Releases My Pony A Dancefloor and Radio Friendly Soulful House Pop Gem 12 April 2022 a b A Brief History of House Pop Inspired by Robyn s Honey Pitchfork 5 November 2018 The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time Slant Magazine 15 June 2020 Beach Music Genre Overview AllMusic 30 Pop Soul Anthem Songs Playlist 19 May 2016 Pop Soul Music Genre Overview AllMusic Holden Stephen 3 October 1982 Luther Vandross Pop Soul Pyrotechnics The New York Times Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Styles of pop music amp oldid 1217860925, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
