That you put on?
[Beat]
This! Is! Pop!
Yeah, yeah!"
"Pop", or "Popular music", refers to the tradition of music being listened to and played through the use of recording technology, as opposed to Classical Music (where music may or may not be distributed through recordings, and the written score was the means of performing music) and Folk Music (where music is distributed by oral tradition).
It can be said that this tradition began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. African-based musical styles feature heavily in Popular music, giving rise to genres such as Jazz and Rock'n Roll. Unlike in Classical, Popular music is based on the principle of having a wide audience appeal, and is thus marketed in a different, more commercialized manner.
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
- Europop
- Follow Your Heart
- Girl Group
- Indie Pop
- J-Pop
- K-Pop
- Pop Punk
- Pop Rap
- 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
- Teen Pop
- A Wild Rapper Appears! during many mainstream songs.
Pop acts and creators:
- 2NE1
- 24kGoldn
- 2PM
- The 5th Dimension
- 883
- 2000 - "La regina del Celebrità"
- Saara Aalto
- ABBA
- 1973 - Ring Ring
- 1974 - Waterloo
- 1975 - ABBA (Album)
- 1976 - Arrival
- 1977/8 - ABBA: The Album
- 1979 - Voulez-Vous
- 1980 - Super Trouper
- 1981 - The Visitors
- 2021 - Voyage
- A-Teens
- Paula Abdul
- 1988 - Forever Your Girl
- abingdon boys school
- Ace of Base
- 1992/3 - Happy Nation / The Sign
- Adam and the Ants
- 1979 - Dirk Wears White Sox
- 1980 - Kings of the Wild Frontier
- 1981 - Prince Charming
- Adele
- Adexe Y Nau
- aespa
- Afrojack
- Christina Aguilera
- 2002 - Stripped
- Air Supply
- AKB48
- ALAMAT
- Alesso
- Ali Project
- Lily Allen
- Allstar Weekend
- Aly & A.J.
- American Spring
- 1972 - Spring
- Amir
- Morissette Amon
- Vanessa Amorosi
- Anastacia
- Angela
- Marc Anthony
- Adam Ant
- 1982 - Friend or Foe?
- 1983 - Strip
- 1985 - Vive Le Rock
- 1990 - Manners & Physique
- Sally Anthony
- Avenue Beat
- Aqua
- Arashi
- David Archuleta
- Ricardo Arjona
- Liza Arzamasova
- Rick Astley
- Atomic Kitten
- Auryn
- B2ST
- Backstreet Boys
- Adrian Baker
- J Balvin
- Bananarama
- Banda XXI
- The Bangles
- 1984 - All Over the Place
- Gary Barlow
- Sara Bareilles
- Jimena Barón
- Shirley Bassey
- Joshua Bassett
- 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
- Beyoncé
- 2003 - Dangerously in Love
- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
- 2013 - Beyoncé
- 2016 - Lemonade
- 2022 - Renaissance
- The Brobecks
- Justin Bieber
- Dima Bilan
- Andy Black
- Big Bang
- Big Time Rush
- Rebecca Black
- 2011 - "Friday"
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Corbin Bleu
- BoA
- Michael Bolton
- Andreas Bourani
- Erin Bowman
- Boy George
- 1987 - Sold
- Boy Meets Girl
- Michelle Branch
- Laura Branigan
- Toni Braxton
- Brandy
- Tricia Brocknote
- Ray Brooks
- Havana Brown
- James Brown
- Jackson Browne
- BTS
- Alexandra Burke
- Buckner And Garcia
- 1982 - Pac Man Fever
- Busted
- Melanie C
- Camila Cabello
- Dove Cameron
- Tevin Campbell
- Captain & Tennille
- 1975 - Love Will Keep Us Together
- Alessia Cara
- Mariah Carey
- 1995 - Daydream
- 1997 - Butterfly
- 2005 - The Emancipation of Mimi
- Aaron Carter
- Cash Cash
- Colbie Caillat
- Paula Cole
- Irene Cara
- The Cardigans
- Belinda Carlisle
- Eric Carmen
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Carpenters
- Jose Mari Chan
- The Cheetah Girls
- CNCO
- Cher
- Jacky Cheung
- Gabriella Cilmi
- Cimorelli
- Charli XCX
- Petula Clark
- JC Chasez
- Phil Collinsnote
- 1981 - Face Value
- 1982 - Hello, I Must Be Going!
- 1985 - No Jacket Required
- 1989 - …But Seriously
- ClariS
- Kelly Clarkson
- Benjamin Clementine
- Miranda Cosgrove
- The Cranberries
- Sheryl Crow
- Culture Club
- 1982 - Kissing to Be Clever
- 1983 - Colour by Numbers
- 1984 - Waking Up with the House on Fire
- 1986 - From Luxury to Heartache
- Miley Cyrus
- Noah Cyrus
- Cristina D'Avena
- D:Ream
- Daddy Yankee
- Dark City
- Daisy Dares You
- Ester Dean
- Dana International
- Dashboard Confessional
- Dead or Alive
- Chris de Burgh
- Emmelie De Forest
- Kat De Luna
- Jason Derulo
- Destiny's Child
- 1999 - The Writing's on the Wall
- 2001 - Survivor
- Marina Diamandis
- Neil Diamond
- Céline Dion
- DNCE
- Doce
- Doja Cat
- Dong Bang Shin Ki
- Donovan
- Jason Donovan
- Minnie Driver
- Dschinghis Khan
- Hilary Duff
- Duffy
- Duran Duran
- 1982 - Rio
- 1993 - Duran Duran
- Sheena Easton
- Billie Eilish
- Ansel Elgort
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- Gloria Estefan
- EXO
- Agnetha Fältskog
- Mylene Farmer
- Faylan
- Tiziano Ferro
- Fiction Factory
- Fifth Harmony
- Eddie Fisher
- Five
- Florrie
- Luis Fonsi
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Eleni Foureira
- Foxes
- Franco De Vita
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- The Fray
- The Free Design
- Daði Freyr
- Claude François
- Rie fu
- Nelly Furtado
- Francesco Gabbani
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Leif Garrett
- Teddy Geiger
- Genesis: With the lineup consisting of Phil Collins (above), Mike Rutherford (see Mike + the Mechanics below) and Tony Banks
- 1978 - ...And Then There Were Three...
- 1980 - Duke
- 1982 - Abacab
- 1983 - Genesis (Album)
- 1986 - Invisible Touch
- 1991 - We Can't Dance
- GFRIEND
- Girls Aloud
- Girls' Generation
- Poli Genova
- Debbie Gibson
- Giulietta
- Selena Gomez
- Delta Goodrem
- Lesley Gore
- Paulina Goto
- Mckenna Grace
- Kat Graham
- Andy Grammer
- Steve Grand
- Ariana Grande
- 2018 - Sweetener
- 2019 - thank u, next
- Amy Grant
- Christina Grimmie
- Diana Haddad
- Haddaway
- Haim
- Ayumi Hamasaki
- Hanson
- David Hasselhoff
- Ofra Haza
- Hello! Project
- Hey Ocean!
- Mark Hildreth
- M-Kids
- HKT48
- Whitney Houston
- 1985 - Whitney Houston
- Vanessa Hudgens
- Ashlyne Huff
- Human Nature
- Icona Pop
- Enrique Iglesias
- Dami Im
- Benjamin Ingrosso
- INNA
- IOSYS
- Masumi Itou
- IU
- Michael Jackson
- 1972 - Got to Be There
- 1979 - Off the Wall
- 1982 - Thriller
- The music video Michael Jackson's 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
- 1977 - The Stranger (Album)
- 1978 - 52nd Street
- 1980 - Glass Houses
- 1983 - An Innocent Man
- 1989 - Storm Front
- Elton John
- 1972 - Honky Château
- 1973 - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
- 1973 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- 1974 - Caribou
- 1975 - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
- 1983 - Too Low for Zero
- 1985 - Ice on Fire
- 1987 - Live In Australia With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- 1988 - Reg Strikes Back
- 1989 - Sleeping with the Past
- 1992 - The One
- 1995 - Made in England
- 1997 - The Big Picture
- The Jonas Brothers
- JoJo
- Mikolas Josef
- Victoria Justice
- KARA
- Karmin
- KEiiNO
- Kerli
- Kero Kero Bonito
- The Mamas & the Papas
- Nik Kershaw
- Kesha
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts
- Kiesza
- Natalia Kills
- Carole King
- 1971 - Tapestry
- Emily Kinney
- Chris Kirkpatrick
- Gladys Knight
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
- Patti LaBelle
- Lady Gaga
- "Bad Romance"
- "Telephone"
- Natalia Lafourcade
- Adam Lambert
- Zara Larsson
- Cyndi Lauper
- Duncan Laurence
- Avril Lavigne
- Sergey Lazarev
- Ricki Lee
- Lena
- Lev Leshchenko
- Adam Levine
- Elen Levon
- Leona Lewis
- LFO
- Lights
- Lil Nas X
- 2021 - MONTERO
- Dua Lipa
- Little Mix
- Lizzo
- Cher Lloyd
- Tove Lo
- Loreen
- Lindsay Lohan
- Lola Indigo
- Jennifer Lopez
- Pixie Lott
- Demi Lovato
- Lu Han
- Kirsty MacColl
- Madame Monsieur
- 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
- 2008 - Hard Candy
- 2019 - Madame X
- Clare Maguire
- Mahmood
- Barry Manilow
- Lene Marlin
- Maroon 5
- 2002 - "She Will Be Loved"
- 2014 - "Animals"
- 2018 - "Girls Like You"
- Marshmello
- Ricky Martin
- Richard Marx
- Reece Mastin
- Johnny Mathis
- Jessica Mauboy
- May'n
- Jesse Mc Cartney
- China Anne McClain
- Brian McFadden
- Mc Fly
- Sarah McLachlan
- Katharine McPhee
- Mecano
- Shawn Mendes
- Bridgit Mendler
- Marco Mengoni
- Menudo
- George Michael
- 1987 - Faith
- 1990 - Listen Without Prejudice, Volume 1
- 1996 - Older
- 2004 - Patience
- Francesca Michielin
- Mika
- Mike + the Mechanics
- 1985 - Mike + The Mechanics
- Devin Millar
- Milli Vanilli
- Frank Mills
- Nicki Minaj
- Kylie Minogue
- 1997 - Impossible Princess
- Monica
- The Monkees
- Mandy Moore
- Momoiro Clover Z
- Moxy Früvous
- Münchener Freiheit, a.k.a. Freiheit
- The Muppets
- 1993 - Muppet Beach Party
- 1994 - Kermit Unpigged
- 1995 - Sesame Street Platinum All Time Favorites
- Olly Murs
- Mýa
- Jimmy Nail
- NCT
- Netta
- New Kids on the Block
- Anthony Newley
- Randy Newman
- Newsboys
- Ne-Yo
- Britt Nicole
- Harry Nilsson
- 1971 - Nilsson Schmilsson
- Nits
- NMB48
- Nogizaka46
- Normani
- Now United
- *NSYNC
- The Nutty Squirrels
- Laura Nyro
- Finneas O'Connell
- Oliver!
- One Direction
- OneRepublic
- Rita Ora
- Kristina Orbakaite
- Natalia Oreiro
- Emily Osment
- Owl City
- Elena Paparizou
- P!nk
- Panic! at the Disco
- Paramore
- Parenthetical Girls
- PC Music
- Charlie Peacock
- Pentatonix
- Charlotte Perrelli
- Christina Perri
- Perfume
- Katy Perry
- 2010 - "California Gurls"
- Kim Petras
- Billie Piper
- Rachel Platten
- Pizzicato Five
- Poppy
- Alisan Porter
- Adrienne Posta
- Prince
- 1979 - Prince
- 1982 - 1999
- 1984 - Purple Rain
- 1985 - Around the World in a Day
- 1986 - Parade
- 1987 - Sign o' the Times
- 1989 - Batman
- Project.R
- Prozzak
- Puffy AmiYumi
- Alla Pugacheva
- Pussycat Dolls
- Charlie Puth
- Addison Rae
- Raven-Symoné
- Rita Redshoes
- Remedy Drive
- Restart
- Red Velvet
- Cliff Richard
- Right Said Fred
- Rihanna
- 2009 - Rated R
- LeAnn Rimes
- Rixton
- Robyn
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Rogue Traders
- Linda Ronstadt
- Diana Ross
- The Roop
- Rosalía
- Kelly Rowland
- Roxette
- 1988 - Look Sharp!
- 1991 - Joyride
- Ruelle
- Russya
- Alexander Rybak
- Roza Rymbaeva
- Leticia Sabater
- Molly Sandén
- Sandy & Junior
- Sarah
- Peter Sarstedt
- The Saturdays
- Savage Garden
- Scandal
- Scarlett Belle
- Schnuffel
- Scissor Sisters
- S Club 7
- Cristina Scuccia
- Seal
- Guy Sebastian
- Neil Sedaka
- Marija Serifovic
- Éric Serra
- Sesame Street
- Shakira
- 1995 - Pies descalzos
- 1998 - ¿Dónde están los ladrones?
- 2006 - "Hips Don't Lie"
- Bree Sharp
- Ed Sheeran
- Shiina Ringo
- SHINee
- Short Stack
- Ashlee Simpson
- Jessica Simpson
- Sirusho
- SuRie
- Troye Sivan
- Sixpence None the Richer
- SKE48
- Slayyyter
- Sam Smith
- Solange
- 2016 - A Seat At The Table
- Sonny & Cher
- SOUND HOLIC
- Britney Spears
- Ronnie Spector
- Spice Girls
- SS 501
- Starbomb
- Gwen Stefani
- Hailee Steinfeld
- Martin Stenmarck
- Steps
- Stock Aitken Waterman
- Straight Outta Oz
- Strawberry Switchblade
- Barbra Streisand
- Sugababes
- Sugar Ray
- Donna Summer
- 1977 - I Remember Yesterday
- 1979 - Bad Girls
- Super Junior
- Supercell
- Sweet California
- Taylor Swift
- Skye Sweetnam
- Nathan Sykes
- Taeyeon
- Nami Tamaki
- T-ara
- Take That (Band)
- Connie Talbot
- t.A.T.u.
- Taxi (Band)
- Tears for Fears
- 1983 - The Hurting
- 1985 - Songs from the Big Chair
- 1989 - The Seeds of Love
- 1993 - Elemental
- 1995 - Raoul and the Kings of Spain
- 2004 - Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
- Teresa Teng
- Thalia
- Tila Tequila
- Rob Thomasnote
- Tiffany
- Ashley Tisdale
- TLC
- 1994 - CrazySexyCool
- Meghan Trainor
- Tokio Hotel
- Tones And I
- Tulisa
- Tina Turner
- Twinkle
- Álex Ubago
- Usher
- 2004 - Confessions
- Hikaru Utada
- Holly Valance
- Luther Vandross
- The Veronicas
- Diana Vickers
- Village People
- Vitas
- Stan Walker
- The Walker Brothers
- The Wanted
- ZZ Ward
- Dionne Warwick
- Was (Not Was)
- Waterparks
- Nikki Webster
- The Weeknd
- Wendy & Lisa
- Westlife
- Wham!
- Laura White
- Gin Wigmore
- Wiktoria
- Jack Wild
- Kim Wilde
- Nikki Williams
- Paul Williams
- Robbie Williams
- Vanessa Williams
- Wir sind Helden
- Wolf Alice
- Wonder Girls
- Kris Wu
- Conchita Wurst
- Tiffany Young
- Mans Zelmerlow
- Tay Zonday
- Z.Tao
- Various artists
- 1988 - Stay Awake, a Disney tribute cover album