Pop music
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| '''Pop music''' is music [[intend]]ed for or [[accept]]ed by a wide [[audience]], usually with a [[commercial]] basis and distinguished from other genres such as [[classical music]] and [[folk music]]. | '''Pop music''' is music [[intend]]ed for or [[accept]]ed by a wide [[audience]], usually with a [[commercial]] basis and distinguished from other genres such as [[classical music]] and [[folk music]]. | ||
| + | Although much of the music that appears on [[record chart]]s is seen as pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and [[Hook (music)|hooks]], short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the [[verse–chorus form|verse-chorus structure]]), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. | ||
| ==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| Shortened form of [[popular music]]. | Shortened form of [[popular music]]. | ||
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| From 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. While rock aspired to [[authenticity (philosophy)|authenticity]] and an expansion of the possibilities of popular music, According to British musicologist [[Simon Frith]], pop music is produced "as a matter of [[business|enterprise]] not art", and is "designed to appeal to everyone" but "doesn't come from any particular place or mark off any particular taste". Frith adds that it is "not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward [...] and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative". It is, "provided from on high (by record companies, radio programmers, and concert promoters) rather than being made from below ... Pop is not a [[DIY|do-it-yourself]] music but is professionally produced and packaged". | From 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. While rock aspired to [[authenticity (philosophy)|authenticity]] and an expansion of the possibilities of popular music, According to British musicologist [[Simon Frith]], pop music is produced "as a matter of [[business|enterprise]] not art", and is "designed to appeal to everyone" but "doesn't come from any particular place or mark off any particular taste". Frith adds that it is "not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward [...] and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative". It is, "provided from on high (by record companies, radio programmers, and concert promoters) rather than being made from below ... Pop is not a [[DIY|do-it-yourself]] music but is professionally produced and packaged". | ||
| - | ==Contrasting verse-chorus form== | ||
| - | Songs which use different music for the verse and chorus are in '''contrasting verse-chorus form'''. Examples include: | ||
| - | *"[[Be My Baby]]" by [[The Ronettes]] (1963) | ||
| - | *"[[Penny Lane]]" by [[The Beatles]] (1967) | ||
| - | *"[[Smoke on the Water]]" by [[Deep Purple]] (1973) | ||
| - | *"[[That'll Be the Day]]" by [[Buddy Holly]] (1957) | ||
| - | *"[[California Girls]]" by [[The Beach Boys]] (1965) | ||
| - | *"[[All You Need Is Love]]" by [[The Beatles]] (1967) | ||
| - | *"[[Foxy Lady]]" by [[Jimi Hendrix]] (1967) | ||
| - | *"[[Bad Company (album)|Can't Get Enough]]" by [[Bad Company]] (1974) | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| *[[List of best-selling singles ]] | *[[List of best-selling singles ]] | ||
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Illustration: Sheet music to "Buffalo Gals" (c. 1840), a traditional song.
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Pop music is music intended for or accepted by a wide audience, usually with a commercial basis and distinguished from other genres such as classical music and folk music.
Although much of the music that appears on record charts is seen as pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. 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.
Etymology
Shortened form of popular music.
According 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". 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[ic], 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, [the term] 'pop music' competed terminologically with beat music [in England], while in the US its coverage overlapped (as it still does) with that of 'rock and roll'".
From 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. While rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of popular music, 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". Frith adds that it is "not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward [...] and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative". It is, "provided from on high (by record companies, radio programmers, and concert promoters) rather than being made from below ... Pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged".
See also
- List of best-selling singles
- Catchiness
- Earworm
- List of popular music genres
- Origins of rock and roll
- Traditional pop music
- Hit record
- Pop culture
