Favorite songs

DUA LIPA : new rules

ADELE : ROLLIN IN THE DEEP

ALAN WALKER : ALONE

MAROON 5 : SUGAR

KATY PERRY : THIS IS AWAY DO

Favorite singers

Dua Lipa



Adele



Alan Walker



Maroon 5



Katy Perry

Pop music characteristics

According to Frith, characteristics of pop music include an aim of appealing to a general audience, rather than to a particular sub-culture or ideology, and an emphasis on craftsmanship rather than formal "artistic" qualities. Music scholar Timothy Warner said it typically has an emphasis on recording, production, and technology, rather than live performance; a tendency to reflect existing trends rather than progressive developments; and aims to encourage dancing or uses dance-oriented rhythms.

The main medium of pop music is the song, often between two and a half and three and a half minutes in length, generally marked by a consistent and noticeable rhythmic element, a mainstream style and a simple traditional structure. Common variants include the verse-chorus form and the thirty-two-bar form, with a focus on melodies and catchy hooks, and a chorus that contrasts melodically, rhythmically and harmonically with the verse. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment. The lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions.

Harmony and chord progressions in pop music are often "that of classical European tonality, only more simple-minded." Clichés include the barbershop quartet-style harmony (i.e. ii – V – I) and blues scale-influenced harmony. There was a lessening of the influence of traditional views of the circle of fifths between the mid-1950s and the late 1970s, including less predominance for the dominant function.

Influences and development

Throughout its existence, pop music has absorbed influences from most other genres of popular music. The pop of the beginnings was inspired by the sentimental ballad to take its form, took from the gospel and soul its use of vocal harmonies, jazz, country and rock its instrumentation, of classical music its orchestration, of dance its tempo, of electronic music its accompaniment, of hip hop rhythmic elements, and recently it has also incorporated the spoken passages of rap.7

Likewise, it has taken advantage of technological innovations. In the 1940s an improved microphone design made possible a more intimate singing style, 13 and ten or twenty years later the 45 r.p.m. albums - cheap and more durable - "revolutionized the way in which pop spread" and helped lead pop music to "a disk / radio / cinema star system." 13 Another technological change was the wide availability of television in the 1950s; with televised performances, "pop stars had to have a visual presence." 13 In the 1960s, the introduction of cheap and portable radio receivers meant that teenagers could hear music away from home.13 multitrack recording (from the 60s) and digital sampling (from the 80s) have also been used as a means for the creation and elaboration of pop music.7 At the beginning of the 80s, the promotion of pop music had nurtured the boom of television programs and music channels, such as MTV, which "favored those artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna who had a strong visual appeal"

Pop music definition

David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, and folk musics".According to Pete Seeger, pop music is "professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music". Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. The music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. As a genre, pop music is seen to exist and develop separately. 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".

Pop music continuously evolves along with the term's definition. 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". 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.

Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.