It is described by music writers Nick Logan and Bob Woffinden as "the ultimate pop record". Īs of 2011, " You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" ranks as the most frequently played song in US radio history. Pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged". It is, "provided from on high (by record companies, radio programmers, and concert promoters) rather than being made from below . Frith adds that it is "not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative".
According to British musicologist Simon Frith, pop music is produced "as a matter of enterprise not art", and is "designed to appeal to everyone" but "doesn't come from any particular place or mark off any particular taste". While rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of popular music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible.
įrom about 1967, the term “pop music” was increasingly used in opposition to the term rock music, a division that gave generic significance to both terms. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pop's "earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the special meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, ABBA, etc." Grove Music Online also states that " in the early 1960s, 'pop music' competed terminologically with beat music, while in the US its coverage overlapped (as it still does) with that of 'rock and roll'". The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that the term "pop" refers to music performed by such artists as the Rolling Stones (pictured here in a 2006 performance).Īccording to the website of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the term "pop music" "originated in Britain in the mid-1950s as a description for rock and roll and the new youth music styles that it influenced". Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues, and hillbilly music. According to music writer Bill Lamb, popular music is defined as "the music since industrialization in the 1800s that is most in line with the tastes and interests of the urban middle class." The term "pop song" was first used in 1926, in the sense of a piece of music "having popular appeal". Pop music continuously evolves along with the term's definition. Therefore, the term "pop music" may be used to describe a distinct genre, designed to appeal to all, often characterized as "instant singles-based music aimed at teenagers" in contrast to rock music as "album-based music for adults". As a genre, pop music is seen to exist and develop separately. The music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Most individuals think that pop music is just the singles charts and not the sum of all chart music. ĭavid Boyle, a music researcher, states pop music as any type of music that a person has been exposed to by the mass media. Īccording to Pete Seeger, pop music is "professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music". 3.3 International spread and crosspollinationĭavid Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, and folk music".Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, urban, dance, Latin, and country. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Rock and pop music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which pop became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible.Īlthough much of the music that appears on record charts is seen as pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. Pop is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Mid-1950s, United States and United Kingdom
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