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
- 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
- Adele
- Adexe & Nau
- Christina Aguilera
- Air Supply
- AKB48
- Alessia Cara
- Ali Project
- Lily Allen
- Allstar Weekend
- Aly & A.J.
- 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 & Physique
- Sally Anthony
- Aqua
- Aqualung
- Arashi
- David Archuleta
- 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
- Beyoncé
- 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
- Toni Braxton
- Brandy
- Tricia Brocknote
- Havana Brown
- Jackson Browne
- BTS
- Alexandra Burke
- Buckner And Garcia
- 1982 - Pac-Man Fever
- Busted
- Melanie C
- Camila Cabello
- Captain & Tennille
- Cash Cash
- Colbie Caillat
- The Cardigans
- Eric Carmen
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Carpenters
- The Cheetah Girls
- Cher
- Gabriella Cilmi
- Cimorelli
- Charli XCX
- Christina Grimmie
- Choro Club
- Phil Collinsnote
- ClariS
- Kelly Clarkson
- Miranda Cosgrove
- The Cranberries
- Sheryl Crow
- 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
- Teddy Geiger
- Girls Aloud
- Girls' Generation
- Poli Genova
- Giulietta
- Selena Gomez
- Delta Goodrem
- Steve Grand
- Ariana Grande
- 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
- Kid Creole And The Coconuts
- Kiesza
- Natalia Kills
- Carole King
- 1971 - Tapestry
- Emily Kinney
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
- Lady Gaga
- Adam Lambert
- Zara Larsson
- Cyndi Lauper
- Avril Lavigne
- Sergey Lazarev
- 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
- Katharine McPhee
- 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)
- Olly Murs
- Netta
- New Kids on the Block
- Randy Newman
- Newsboys
- Ne-Yo
- 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
- PC Music
- 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
- Guy Sebastian
- 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
- Gwen Stefani
- 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
- 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
- The Weeknd
- Westlife
- Wham!
- Laura White
- Gin Wigmore
- Jack Wild
- Paul Williams
- Robbie Williams
- Vanessa Williams
- Wolf Alice
- Wonder Girls
- Conchita Wurst
- Måns Zelmerlöw
- Tay Zonday
- ZZ Ward
- The Disney tribute cover album Stay Awake (1988)