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  2. Music genre - Wikipedia

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    Pop is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. 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.

  3. List of music genres and styles - Wikipedia

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    Regional and national music with no significant commercial impact abroad, except when it is a version of an international genre, such as: traditional music, oral traditions, sea shanties, work songs, nursery rhymes, Arabesque and indigenous music.

  4. 1960s in music - Wikipedia

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    In Asia, various trends marked the popular music of the 1960s. In Japan, the decade saw the rise in popularity of several Western popular music groups such as The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The success of rock music and bands in Japan started a new genre, known as Group Sounds, which was popular in the latter half of the decade.

  5. Rock and roll - Wikipedia

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    Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. [1] [2] It originated from African American music such as jazz, rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, electric blues, gospel, and jump blues, [3] as well as country music. [4]

  6. American popular music - Wikipedia

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    (American popular music) has been taken (most) to heart by the entire world". Other styles of American popular music have also had a formative effect internationally, including funk, the basis for West African Afrobeat, R&B, a major source for Jamaican reggae, and rock, which has profoundly influenced most every genre of popular music worldwide.

  7. History of music - Wikipedia

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    Popular music refers to a variety of music genres that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the population, [163] whereas pop music usually refers to a specific genre within popular music. [164] Popular music songs and pieces typically have easily singable melodies. The song structure of popular music commonly involves repetition of ...

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    9D: Genre for Da Brat or DaBaby (Monday, March 11) DaBaby hails from Charlotte. Rapper DaBaby performs a surprise concert at Garinger High School in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, April 22, 2024.

  9. Popular music - Wikipedia

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    The genre of music Dangdut is a genre of popular music specifically found in Indonesia. Dangdut formed from two other genres of popular music: indo pop and underground music [47] coming together to create a new fusion genre. Dangdut takes the noisy instrumentation from underground music, but makes it easier to listen to, like indo pop.