What is Pop Music? What are some genres of Pop music?

Answer 1

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Pop music is a genre of popular music distinguished from classical or art music and from folk music [1]. The term indicates specific stylistic traits, but the genre also includes elements of rock, hip hop, dance, and country, making it a flexible category. The expression "pop music" may also be used to refer to particular subgenres (within the pop music genre) that are in some cases referred to as soft rock and pop/rock. The pop music genre also often involves mass marketing and consumer-driven efforts by major record companies, which makes it an often scorned genre by non-mainstream musicians.

The average consumer of pop music is often understood to be in his or her teenage years, making it an important mediator of youth culture. Partly because youth culture itself is an object of social concern, pop music has historically been the source of numerous moral panics, especially as many of the styles that influence it trickle up from minority groups (racial, ethnic, sexual or class-based) about which the dominant class holds negative stereotypes. In addition, many parents view explicit lyrics as gateways to sin, blaming pop music for increases in drug use, teen pregnancy, and violence. As a result, some conservative groups forbid children from attending social gatherings in which pop music may be played.

In addition, pop music stars can be controversial role models for teens; older generations tend to over-emphasize the stars' influences on teens' lives and make unfounded generalizations about entire groups of people based on pop stars' behavior. For example, when Kurt Cobain (lead singer of Nirvana) committed suicide, he was widely portrayed as representative of the hopelessness of Generation X. Also, when Britney Spears and Madonna kissed on stage in concert, some people speculated that this behavior may cause an increase in lesbian experimentation among teenage girls. Such generalizations are fallacious both in terms of the general sphere of influence of a particular star and in terms of perceived causality for teen behavior and identities.

Answer 2

POP music = Britney Spears--Justin Timberlake-- Christina Aguleria-- and many others. Look in the pop section on yahoo music.com!

Answer 3

"Pop Music" is just a phrase coined to describe currently popular music such as rap, country, rock, alternative, etc. Actually, it can almost all be classified as a form of "Pop Music".

Answer 4

alternative is now mainstream
this is the endgame
pop music is what we used to think was "our culture"
you tell me
what is pop music?