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The American indie pop scene was even more underground than Britian's and was led by bands like Music/BeatHappening, Music/TheMagneticFields, Music/YoLaTengo and Low. The only place where indie pop became a significant chart success before the turn of the millennium was New Zealand during the mid-to-late 1980s, bands like The Chills and The Clean scored hit singles out of the homegrown Dunedin Sound scene.

In America, their indie pop scene was even more underground, and was led by bands like Music/BeatHappening, Music/TheMagneticFields, Music/YoLaTengo and Low. The only place where indie pop became a significant chart success was New Zealand, where bands of the "Dunedin Sound" scene like The Chills and The Clean scored hit singles throughout the mid and late 1980s.

Early indie pop acts like Heavenly and The Vaselines were often more influential than they were successful, but few others, such as Music/TheSundays and The Wedding Present, had minor chart hits in the UK and United States. The success of {{Britpop}} largely kept indie pop underground in the UK for most of the 90s, with only Music/BelleAndSebastian getting any significant press and became one of the biggest cult bands of the decade. Critics loved them and their following was large enough that they not only scored a few Top 40 singles but also, through fan vote, won Best New Artist at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Brit_Awards 1999 Brit Awards]] despite having already released three well selling albums.

Indie pop first grew into popularity in the early 1980s, where it was especially used to describe British acts featured on the NME compilation ''[=C86=]''. British indie pop bands in the 1980s were influenced by '60s music, jangly guitars and melodic PowerPop structures, and especially the music of Music/TheSmiths. They often recorded for very small labels such as Sarah Records.

Early indie pop acts like Heavenly and The Vaselines were often more influential than they were successful, but few others, such as Music/TheSundays and The Wedding Present, had minor chart hits in the UK and United States. The success of {{Britpop}} largely kept indie pop underground in the UK for most of the 90s, with only Music/BelleAndSebastian getting any significant press. In America, their indie pop scene was even more underground and was led by bands like Music/BeatHappening, Music/TheMagneticFields, Music/YoLaTengo and Low. The only place where indie pop became a significant chart success was New Zealand, where bands of the "Dunedin Sound" scene like The Chills and The Clean scored hit singles throughout the mid and late 1980s.

Early indie pop acts like Heavenly and The Vaselines were often more influential than they were successful, but few others, such as Music/TheSundays and The Wedding Present, had minor chart hits in the UK and United States. The success of {{Britpop}} largely kept indie pop underground in the UK for most of the 90s, with only Music/BelleAndSebastian getting any significant press. In America, their indie pop scene was even more underground and was lead by bands like Music/BeatHappening, Music/TheMagneticFields, Music/YoLaTengo and Low. The only place where indie pop became a significant chart success was New Zealand, where bands of the "Dunedin Sound" scene like The Chills and The Clean scored hit singles throughout the mid and late 1980s.

Early indie pop acts like Heavenly and The Vaselines were often more influential than they were successful, but few others, such as Music/TheSundays and The Wedding Present, had minor chart hits in the UK and United States. The success of {{Britpop}} largely kept indie pop underground in the UK for most of the 90s, with only Music/BelleAndSebastian getting any significant press. In America, their indie pop scene was even more underground and was lead by bands like Music/BeatHappening, Music/TheMagneticFields, Music/YoLaTengo and Low. The only place where indie pop became a significant chart success was New Zealand, where bands of the "Dunedin Sound" scene like The Chills and Music/TheClean scored hit singles throughout the mid and late 1980s.

Indie pop first grew into popularity in the early 1980s, where it was especially used to describe the NME compilation ''[=C86=]''. Indie pop bands in the 1980s featured sounds influenced by '60s music, jangly guitars and melodic PowerPop structures. Indie pop continued to march on, especially in the UK in the late 2000s, where bands like Music/TheHoosiers, The Feeling and Scouting for Girls topped the charts. In America, however, indie pop was just a cult genre until TheNewTens, where it ''really'' became popular.

* Music /LosCampesinos

* PrecisionFStrike: Swearing shows up more in indie pop than label-produced pop, due to the artistic freedom the musician has. Though indie pop artists that never swear in their songs (such as Music/EllieGoulding) do exist. Other artists like Music/CharliXCX aren't even [[ClusterFBomb precise about it]].

* Music/AGreatBigWorld

* Music/{{Lush}} (mostly during the ''Lovelife'' eri

* Music/{{Pretty&Nice}}

* Music/[[Pretty&Nice}}