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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. [3] During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced.
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.
The appearance of the lounge subculture in the mid-1990s in the United States helped to enhance the revival and interest in the music, style, and performers of popular music before rock and roll. Many contemporary performers have worked in the style of classic pop and/or easy listening swing.
American music magazine Billboard had previously named the greatest pop star of every year since 1981, with essay tributes for each artist. In 2024, to mark the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, Billboard decided to make a list of the artists who have defined popular culture, music and stardom, and been the "most important and most impactful" over the past 25 years.
Lydia Canaan (born December 2, 1967) is a Lebanese singer-songwriter, poet, humanitarian activist, and diplomat.She is noted for her four-octave vocal range, distinctive vocal stylings, and for being the first Lebanese artist in music history to achieve global success.
Fabbri, Franco (1982) A Theory of Popular Music Genres: Two Applications. In Popular Music Perspectives, edited by David Horn and Philip Tagg, 52–81. Göteborg and Exeter: A. Wheaton & Co., Ltd. Frith, Simon (1996) Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
A "progression" from mid-20th century pop music formulas. [1] Stylistic origins: Pop; progressive; rock; ... progressive music was produced by the performing artists ...
Europop (also spelled Euro pop) is a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the mid-to-late 1960s [2] and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s. . Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with revivals and moderate degrees of appreciation in the 2