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| - | [[Europe]] has imported many different genres of music, mainly [[American music]], ranging from Blues, Jazz, Soul, Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, R'n'B, Dance, etc. UK has been most successful in re-exporting this type of music and creating many of its own genres with [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Elton John]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[David Bowie]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Sex Pistols]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[The Clash]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Dire Straits]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[George Michael]], [[Pet Shop Boys]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[The Who]], [[Eurythmics]], [[Dusty Springfield]], [[The Cure]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Radiohead]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Coldplay]], [[The Police]], [[Robbie Williams]], [[Bee Gees]], [[Spice Girls]], [[UB40]], [[Amy Winehouse]]... Other European popular musicians are [[U2]] (Ireland), [[ABBA]] (Sweden), [[a-ha]] (Norway), [[Andrea Bocelli]] (Italy), [[Julio Iglesias]] (Spain), [[Nana Mouskouri]] (Greece/France), [[Boney M.]] (Germany), [[Charles Aznavour]] (France), [[Johnny Hallyday]] (France), [[Modern Talking]] (Germany), [[Scorpions]] (Germany), [[Rammstein]] (Germany) [[Ace of Base]] (Sweden), [[Enya]] (Ireland), [[James Last]] (Germany), [[Doda (singer)|Doda]] (Poland), [[Jean Michel Jarre]] (France), [[Roxette]] (Sweden)... The [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. Main festivals : Glastonbury (UK), [[Wacken]] (Germany), Benicassim (Spain), Roskilde (Denmark). | ||
| - | [[EMI]] is the largest European music company. | ||
| - | ==Problems of defintion== | + | '''Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou''' (25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016), known professionally as '''George Michael''', was an [[English singer]], songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame as a member (with [[Andrew Ridgeley]]) of the music duo [[Wham!]]. He was best known in the 1980s and 1990s with his style of [[post-disco]] [[dance-pop]], with best-selling songs such as "[[Last Christmas]]" and "[[Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go]]". |
| - | Please compare | + | ==Discography== |
| - | * "[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22European+popular+music%22&btnG=Search European popular music"], only 2,510 found at Google, and number one on the list is [[parlor music]] | + | * ''[[Faith (George Michael album)|Faith]]'' (1987) |
| - | * "[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22American+popular+music%22&btnG=Search American popular music"]"[[American popular music]]", about 227,000 for "American popular music" | + | * ''[[Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1]]'' (1990) |
| - | + | * ''[[Older (album)|Older]]'' (1996) | |
| - | If European popular music exists, it is not defined. | + | * ''[[Songs from the Last Century]]'' (1999) |
| - | + | * ''[[Patience (George Michael album)|Patience]]'' (2004) | |
| - | == See also == | + | * ''[[Symphonica (George Michael album)|Symphonica]]'' (2014) |
| - | *[[European Hot 100 Singles]] | + | ==See also== |
| - | *[[European music]] | + | *[[Cottaging]] |
| - | *[[European popular film]] | + | |
| - | *[[European folk music]] | + | |
| - | *[[French popular music]] | + | |
| - | *[[Italian popular music]] | + | |
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Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016), known professionally as George Michael, was an English singer, songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame as a member (with Andrew Ridgeley) of the music duo Wham!. He was best known in the 1980s and 1990s with his style of post-disco dance-pop, with best-selling songs such as "Last Christmas" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".
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Discography
- Faith (1987)
- Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)
- Older (1996)
- Songs from the Last Century (1999)
- Patience (2004)
- Symphonica (2014)
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