Pop Music

Pop music is a genre which features a mainstream style, a convenient structure, a noticeable rhythmic element, and hooks and melodies. It is coined as pop music due to the number of hits being 'popularized' in record charts, leading to huge sales and airplay.

One significant characteristic of pop music is that anyone can enjoy it. It does not require a musical education background to genuinely appreciate this type of music. The aim of pop music is to bring enjoyment and commercial success to people. It does not focus on classical aesthetic and musical forms.

Pop music is generally marked by a consistent rhythmic element, a traditional structure and mainstream style. Some of the common themes include romantic feelings of love, and life’s experiences. It often employs the technique of taking themes from other records and redoing them in a unique, changed way.

The term "pop music" was coined in 1926 to signify popular appeal, but it was in the 1950s that it began to be used to designate a musical genre, a lighter alternative to the heavier rock n' roll.

Rock music branched out of pop music, during and after the late 1950s. Pop music drew from a number of influences such as classical music, jazz and folk music, and rock music is basically pop music but with a rougher, harder edge. Disco pop is pop music that is still light, but with an extremely upbeat mood and beat whose purpose seems primarily to impel you to dance.