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 is makes it an often scorned genre by non-mainstream musicians.History of pop music1930s and 1940sStyles influencing the later development of pop include the Blues (electric guitar Blues well known in Chicago), and Country (Sun Records in Tennessee), which blended to become early Rock and Roll.1950sEarly Pop music artists include Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and Peggy Lee, but other artists like Bill Haley and his Comets, Fats Domino and Elvis Presley became popular with the younger generation.1960sPop music teen idols of the 1960s included Bobby Vinton, Johnny Tillotson, Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Tommy Roe, Gene Pitney, and Frankie Avalon. Other pop musicians included Carole King, Neil Diamond, Burt Bacharach, Aretha Franklin, Isley Brothers, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, and Simon and Garfunkel, and some of The Beatles' repertoire.1970sA proliferation of new sounds from the disco of the BeeGees and ABBA, the piano-based pop of Billy Joel and Elton John, the country stylings of the Eagles, and the rock-influenced pop of Rod Stewart, Steely Dan, and Fleetwood Mac. Other important pop musicians include The Carpenters, Jackson Five, The Miracles, Roberta Flack, Carly Simon, Cher, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind and Fire, KC and the Sunshine Band and Donna Summer.1980sDance pop singer Madonna.Notable highlights for pop music in the 1980s are Michael Jackson's second Epic label release, Thriller, which went on to become the best-selling album of all time. Michael Jackson was sometimes referred to as "The King of Pop" and Madonna was considered "The Queen of Pop". Other top-selling artists included Prince, Tiffany, Janet Jackson, Olivia Newton-John, Duran Duran, Go-Go's, The Police, Tears for Fears, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston, Juice Newton, Phil Collins, Laura Branigan, Talking Heads, Eurythmics, The Bangles, Hall and Oates, George Michael, Rick Springfield and Culture Club.1990sThe most successful pop acts of the 1990s were R&B-influenced pop acts such as Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, En Vogue, Salt N Pepa, Brandy, and TLC.The late 1990s and 21st century were marked by a resurgence of boy band and girl group trends. The U.S. had New Edition, New Kids on the Block followed by the Backstreet Boys, Hanson and 'N Sync and, towards the turn of the millennium, "pop princesses" Willa Ford, Mandy Moore, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera. From the UK came the likes of Take That, Blue and Spice Girls, while Australia had Boys from Oz. Irish boy bands during this period included Boyzone and Westlife. 1999 saw the rise of the Latin pop explosion with Ricky Martin at the forefront, followed by Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Paulina Rubio, and Marc Anthony.2000sIn the 2000s, hip-hop blended in with pop music, paving the way for the multiplatinum successes of artists like Nelly, Eminem, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Ciara, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani and especially Britney Spears, perhaps the most famous and influential pop star of the decade. Other trends included Teen pop acts such as Disney Channel star Hilary Duff, Reggaeton style music such as Pitbull, and "pop punk" music, such as Avril Lavigne and Good Charlotte. A few winners of reality television shows such as American Idol including Kelly Clarkson and Will Young had multi-platinum record sales.哈哈~熙熙辛苦了哦~
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