define pop genre

>>74965744
what do you mean by this?

>>74965744
The answer to this can be easily explained over hundreds of pages.

>>74965744
tits

Whatever plays on the radio lolololol musical styles be damned it's pop and if you want to find more music like it TOO FUCKING BAD WE LABELLED IT AS POP SO SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO THE TOP 40 WE SELECTED FOR YOU, IT'S POP, IT'S ALL POP OKAY

>>74965759
when does music qualifies as pop? surely there are tons of artists that make pop music although their work isn't popular. what are some essential things in the sound that make that genre?

Pop music, more than any other genre, is closely tied to the economic forces of mass production and mass marketing. The first popular standards were a result of the new market for sheet music in the 19th century. For the first time, songwriters could earn a living from consumers without a traveling show or a supportive patron. The invention of the phonographic cylinder at the tail end of the 19th century, and the more lasting disc technology developed at the beginning of the 20th century took the standardization of songs and potential for mass consumption a step further.

Non-Classical Music in the first half of the 20th century was broadly referred to as "popular" music, not "pop" music. Nonetheless, the popular music from the 1900s to the 1940s that appealed to the most mainstream tastes in America, is generally recognized now as Traditional Pop.

The dynamic post-World War II economy and the advent of the Rock & Roll era brought about a new age of teen consumerism and the first wave of Teen Pop celebrities. Various sources suggest the use of the word "pop" dating back well before the 1950s, but it was certainly the '50s when it took hold as a cultural phenomenon.

Because "pop" can simply mean what is or was popular in many different times and places, defining it more narrowly as an actual musical genre is arguably ill-advised. Nonetheless, most pop music does share many distinct traits. Pop music is generally designed to be catchy, with a beat or a melody or a lyric or a hook (or all four) that are readily accessible, particularly to young people. It is also produced, often by large and expert teams, in way that removes any rough edges.

>>74965744
dumb frogposter

>>74965903
like "what makes music pop or what?"

am I close?

>>74965915
Pop music, more so than Rock music, also tends to emphasize the vocalist as the lead performer. As such, pop songs tend to be somewhat short with only brief instrumental breaks. A basic intro/verse/chorus/verse/chorus structure, or some mild variation on that structure, is very common in pop music and has remained common over the decades.

In the 1960s, The Beatles brought Pop Rock to the fore, and in doing so challenged some notions of what rough edges might be allowed within the basic construct of pop. In the 1970s, many Soft Rock artists went the other direction and softened pop reducing the centrality of the beat in pop music. By the end of the decade, however, Disco had taken pop in an even more dance oriented direction paving the way for Dance-Pop.

Pop and R&B have always coexisted with a great deal of direct crossover and indirect crosspollination. In the 1980s those lines were blurred even more as Michael Jackson was crowned the king of pop. In the 21st century, Hip Hop has become a major influence in pop music with many pop stars employing the top hip hop producers to assist in making their hits.

Pop music has also become globalized to a tremendous extent (e.g., C-Pop, K-Pop, Indian Pop, and Latin Pop) reflecting both a global economy and a growing consumer class in most of the world.

>>74965928
pretty much

>>74965928
wat?

>>74965959
ok then the answer to your question is "no"

UNEQUIVOCALLY

>>74966003
the more i read the "what makes music pop or what?" the less i understand it lol

>>74966093
what did he mean by this?

>>74966003
okay put it this way, try to come up with a definition of term "pop music" that would fit in a dictionary

>>74966150
then the answer is 'yes'

UNEQUIVOCALLY

>>74965744
Will someone ban this fucking frog