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Synth-pop (also known as electropop or technopop) [1] [2] is a music genre that uses the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. With the genre becoming popular in the late 1970s and 1980s, the following article is a list of notable synth-pop acts, listed by the first letter in their name (not including articles such as "a", "an", or "the").
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2020. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues , remasters , and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable , defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
Pages in category "Synth-pop albums by American artists" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The sales of K-pop albums continued to show strong performance in the American market in 2023, with 7 of the 10 best-selling CD albums in the US being K-pop albums. [344] Four K-pop groups were named amongst the top-ten best-selling artists worldwide in 2023 by the IFPI , including Seventeen , Stray Kids , TXT , and NewJeans .
Electronic music made occasional moves into the mainstream, with jazz musician Stan Free, under the pseudonym Hot Butter, having a top 10 hit in the United States and United Kingdom in 1972, with a cover of the 1969 Gershon Kingsley song "Popcorn" using a Moog synthesizer, which is recognised as a forerunner to synth-pop and disco. [29]
The album spent 51 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10, including four non-consecutive weeks at number-one, and became the third best-selling album of 2020. The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1]
Choir Boy released their debut album, Passive With Desire, in 2016 on Team Love Records. They then signed to Dais Records, following up their first album with the 2018 single "Sunday Light". Their second album, Gathering Swans, was released in May 2020 to positive reviews. [7] In 2023, Choir Boy opened for AFI's Sing the Sorrow 20th anniversary ...
Apoptygma Berzerk (/ ə ˈ p ɒ p t ɪ ɡ m ə /; commonly abbreviated to APB or APOP) is a Norwegian band that produces a style of synth-pop and ballads backed with electronic rhythms, commonly known within the scene as "futurepop". [1] [2] Apoptygma Berzerk has won awards and top 10 spots in Germany and Scandinavia. [3]