- What do you call that noiseThat you put on?(Beat)This! Is! Pop!Yeah, yeah!
A blanket term for modern music with popular appeal. May draw influence from R&B, Rock 'n' Roll, Jazz, Doo-wop, Folk Music, Hip-Hop, Electronic Music and/or Classical Music.
Musical styles and tropes connected to or otherwise associated with pop music include:
- Baroque Pop
- Boy Band
- Breakaway Pop Hit
- Break-Up Song
- Christmas Songs
- Dream Pop
- Ear Worm
- Europop
- Follow Your Heart
- Girl Group
- Indie Pop
- J Pop
- K Pop
- Pop Punk
- Pop-Star Composer
- Power Pop
- Repurposed Pop Song
- Rewritten Pop Version
- Silly Love Songs
- Sophisti-Pop
- Surprisingly Gentle Song (when a rock band takes on pop sensibilities)
- Synthpop
- A Wild Rapper Appears! during many mainstream songs.
Pop acts and creators:
- Saara Aalto
- ABBA
- 1973 - Ring Ring
- 1974 - Waterloo
- 1975 - ABBA (Album)
- 1976 - Arrival
- 1977/8 - ABBA: The Album
- 1979 - Voulez-Vous
- A-Teens
- Paula Abdul
- Abingdon Boys School
- Ace of Base
- Christina Aguilera
- Air Supply
- AKB48
- Ali Project
- Lily Allen
- Allstar Weekend
- Aly And AJ
- Amir
- Vanessa Amorosi
- Anastacia
- angela
- Adam and the Ants
- 1979 - Dirk Wears White Sox
- 1980 - Kings of the Wild Frontier
- 1981 - Prince Charming
- Adam Ant
- 1982 - Friend or Foe
- 1983 - Strip
- 1985 - Vive Le Rock
- 1990 - Manners And Physique
- Sally Anthony
- Aqua
- Aqualung
- Arashi
- Liza Arzamasova
- Rick Astley
- Atomic Kitten
- Auryn
- B2ST
- Backstreet Boys
- Bananarama
- The Bangles
- All Over The Place (1984)
- Gary Barlow
- Sara Bareilles
- Shirley Bassey
- Bearforce1
- The Beatles
- 1963 - Please Please Me
- 1964 - With the Beatles
- 1964 - A Hard Day's Night
- 1964 - Beatles for Sale
- 1965 - Help!
- 1965 - Rubber Soul
- 1966 - Revolver
- 1967 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 1967 - Magical Mystery Tour
- 1968 - The Beatles
- 1968 - Yellow Submarine
- 1969 - Abbey Road
- 1970 - Let It Be
- 1988 - Past Masters
- 1995/1996 - The Beatles Anthology
- Bebe Rexha
- The Bee Gees
- The Brobecks
- Justin Bieber
- Díma Bilán
- Andy Black
- Big Bang
- Big Time Rush
- Rebecca Black
- BoA (Korea)
- Michael Bolton
- Sonny Bono
- Boy Meets Girl
- Michelle Branch
- Brandy
- Tricia Brocknote
- Havana Brown
- Jackson Browne
- Bucks Fizz
- Alexandra Burke
- Buckner And Garcia
- 1982 - Pac Man Fever
- Busted
- Melanie C
- Camila Cabello
- Cash Cash
- Colbie Caillat
- The Cardigans
- Eric Carmen
- Carpenters
- The Cheetah Girls
- Cher
- Gabriella Cilmi
- Cimorelli
- Charli XCX
- Christina Grimmie
- Choro Club
- Phil Collinsnote
- ClariS
- Kelly Clarkson
- Miranda Cosgrove
- The Cranberries
- Culture Club
- Kissing To Be Clever (1982)
- Colour By Numbers (1983)
- Waking Up With The House On Fire (1984)
- From Luxury To Heartache (1986)
- Miley Cyrus
- Daisy Dares You
- Dana International
- Dashboard Confessional
- Chris de Burgh
- Emmelie de Forest
- Kat DeLuna
- Céline Dion
- Dong Bang Shin Ki
- Donovan
- D Ream
- Minnie Driver
- Dschinghis Khan
- Hilary Duff
- Duffy
- Duran Duran
- 1993 - Duran Duran
- Ansel Elgort
- Sophie Ellis Bextor
- Escort
- Gloria Estefan
- EXO
- Mylene Farmer
- Faylan
- Tiziano Ferro
- Fifth Harmony
- Five
- Florrie
- Foxes
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- The Fray
- The Free Design
- Eleni Foureira
- Rie Fu
- Nelly Furtado
- Francesco Gabbani
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Leif Garrett
- Oleg Gazmanov
- Girls Aloud
- Girls' Generation
- Giulietta
- Selena Gomez
- Delta Goodrem
- Steve Grand
- Haim
- Ayumi Hamasaki
- Hanson
- David Hasselhoff
- Hello! Project
- Hey Ocean!
- Mark Hildreth
- HKT48
- Vanessa Hudgens
- Ashlyne Huff
- Icona Pop
- Enrique Iglesias
- Dami Im
- Benjamin Ingrosso
- IOSYS
- IU
- Michael Jackson
- 1972 - Got to Be There
- 1979 - Off the Wall
- 1982 - Thriller
- 1987 - Bad
- 1991 - Dangerous
- 1995 - HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I
- 2001 - Invincible
- 2010 - Michael
- 2014 - Xscape
- Samantha Jade
- JAM Project
- Emily Janes
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Jessie J
- Billy Joel
- Elton John
- 1973 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- The Jonas Brothers
- Jojo
- Mikolas Josef
- Victoria Justice
- Kara
- Kerli
- Kero Kero Bonito
- The Mamas & the Papas
- Nik Kershaw
- Kesha
- Kiesza
- Natalia Kills
- Carole King
- 1971 - Tapestry
- Emily Kinney
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
- Laboum
- Lady Gaga
- Adam Lambert
- Zara Larsson
- Cyndi Lauper
- Avril Lavigne
- Ricki Lee
- Lena
- Lev Leshchenko
- Elen Levon
- Leona Lewis
- Lights
- Dua Lipa
- Little Mix
- Peter Sarstedt
- Cher Lloyd
- Tove Lo
- Loreen
- Lindsay Lohan
- Jennifer Lopez
- Pixie Lott
- Demi Lovato
- Kirsty Maccoll
- Madonna
- 1983 - Madonna
- 1984 - Like a Virgin
- 1986 - True Blue
- 1989 - Like a Prayer
- 1990 - I'm Breathless
- 1990 - The Immaculate Collection
- 1992 - Erotica
- 1994 - Bedtime Stories
- 1998 - Ray of Light
- 2000 - Music
- 2003 - American Life
- 2005 - Confessions On A Dance Floor
- Barry Manilow
- Maroon 5
- Marina & the Diamonds
- Richard Marx
- Reece Mastin
- Jessica Mauboy
- May'n
- Jesse Mc Cartney
- China Anne McClain
- Brian Mcfadden
- Mc Fly
- Shawn Mendes
- Bridgit Mendler
- Marco Mengoni
- Menudo
- George Michael
- 1987 - Faith
- 1990 - Listen Without Prejudice, Volume 1
- 1996 - Older
- 2004 - Patience
- Francesca Michielin
- Mika
- Milli Vanilli
- Frank Mills
- Kylie Minogue
- The Monkees
- Mandy Moore
- Momoiro Clover Z
- Moxy Früvous
- Münchener Freiheit, a.k.a. Freiheit
- The Muppets
- Muppet Beach Party (1993)
- Kermit Unpigged (1994)
- Sesame Street Platinum All Time Favorites (1995)
- Netta
- New Kids on the Block
- Randy Newman
- Newsboys
- Britt Nicole
- Harry Nilsson
- Nits
- NMB48
- Nogizaka46
- *NSYNC
- Julia Nunes
- The Nutty Squirrels
- Laura Nyro
- Oliver!
- One Direction
- OneRepublic
- Rita Ora
- Kristina Orbakaite
- Emily Osment
- Owl City
- Elena Paparizou
- P!nk
- Panic! at the Disco
- Paramore
- Pentatonix
- Charlotte Perrelli
- Christina Perri
- Perfume
- Katy Perry
- Billie Piper
- Rachel Platten
- Pizzicato Five
- Poppy
- Prince
- Prince (1979)
- Purple Rain (1984)
- Project.R
- Puffy AmiYumi
- Alla Pugacheva
- Pussycat Dolls
- Charlie Puth
- Rita Redshoes
- Remedy Drive
- Restart
- Cliff Richard
- Rihanna
- Robyn
- Rogue Traders
- Linda Ronstadt
- Roxette
- 1991 - Joyride
- Alexander Rybak
- Roza Rymbaeva
- Sarah
- The Saturdays
- Savage Garden
- Scandal
- Scarlett Belle
- Scissor Sisters
- S Club 7
- Seal
- Neil Sedaka
- Marija erifović
- September
- Sesame Street
- Shakira
- Shiina Ringo
- SHINee
- Short Stack
- Ashlee Simpson
- Jessica Simpson
- Sirusho
- SuRie
- Troye Sivan
- Sixpence None the Richer
- SKE48
- Sam Smith
- Britney Spears
- Spice Girls
- SS 501
- Schnuffel
- Star Bomb
- Hailee Steinfeld
- Steps
- Stock Aitken Waterman
- Strawberry Switchblade
- Barbra Streisand
- Sugababesnote
- Sugar Ray
- Donna Summer
- 1977 - I Remember Yesterday
- 1979 - Bad Girls
- Super Junior
- Supercell
- Sweet California
- T-ara
- Take That
- t.A.T.u.
- Thalia
- Robin Thicke
- Tila Tequila
- Nami Tamaki
- Rob Thomasnote
- Ashley Tisdale
- 2NE1
- Meghan Trainor
- Tokio Hotel
- Tulisa
- Tina Turner
- Twinkle
- Utada Hikaru
- Holly Valance
- The Veronicas
- Diana Vickers
- Village People
- Vitas
- The Wanted
- Was (Not Was)
- Nikki Webster
- Westlife
- Laura White
- Gin Wigmore
- Jack Wild
- Paul Williams
- Robbie Williams
- Wolf Alice
- Wonder Girls
- Conchita Wurst
- Mĺns Zelmerlöw
- Tay Zonday
- ZZ Ward
- The Disney tribute cover album Stay Awake (1988)
