POP MUSIC
POP MUSICTHIS GENRE ALMOST FULLY DOMINATES THE MUSIC MARKET,
ALMOST ENTIRELY TAKING UP THE TOP 40 IN BOTH THE UK AND USA ON A
REGULAR BASIS.THIS GENRE INCLUDES ARTISTS LIKE LITTLE MIX, ZARA
LARSSON, JASON DERULO, OR TINIE TEMPAH.POP IS EASILY RECOGNISABLE
BY ITS OFTEN UPBEAT VIBE, LOVE BASED LYRICS, AND USE OF CONSISTENT
INSTRUMENTALS. EXAMPLES OF A TYPICAL SONG FROM THIS GENRE COULD BE
ZARA LARSSONS LUSH LIFE OR DNCES CAKE BY THE OCEAN
WHATS TYPICAL OF POPIDENTIFYING FACTORS OF POP MUSIC INCLUDE
GENERALLY SHORT TO MEDIUM LENGTH SONGS WRITTEN IN A BASIC FORMAT
(OFTEN THE VERSE-CHORUS STRUCTURE) AS WELL AS THE REGULAR USE OF
REPEATED CHORUSES, MELODIC TUNES AND HOOKS RIGHT BEFORE THE FINAL
REPEAT OF THE CHORUS.A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE MAROON 5S
SUGAR, WHICH FOLLOWS A SIMILAR STRUCTURE, REPEATING THE CHORUS AND
VERSES, WITH A REPETITIVE MELODIC TUNE.
ORIGINSCULTURALLY, POP WAS ENTIRELY ORIGINATED AND INFLUENCED IN
THE UK AND USA, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE 1950S AND 60S. A MIX OF
ROCK AND ROLL, FOLK, CLASSICAL AND SOUL ALL COMBINED SMALL FACTORS
TO CREATE THE GENRE THAT ALMOST FULLY DOMINATES THE MUSIC
MARKET.THIS GENRE HAS BEEN MASSIVELY INFLUENCED BY INDIVIDUAL
ARTISTS OVER THE YEARS, WITH THE LIKES OF MICHAEL JACKSON AND
MADONNA CHANGING THE POP INDUSTRY GREATLY, MORE MODERN DAY AN
EXAMPLE COULD BE JUSTIN BIEBER OR BEYONCE, WHO ARE VIEWED VERY
HIGHLY IN THE MODERN MUSICAL WORLD.
