Pop music

Pop music started in the 1950s in the United States and United Kingdom. It included Rock'N'Roll and other youth styles. Pop and Rock were similar until the late 1960s, when Pop became linked to more commercial and temporary music.

The name "Pop" was invented as a short form for "Popular".

Notable releases of this genre include:

On NoCopyrightSounds, Pop is normally represented by a orange circle color. However, on NCS.io, Pop is represented with a pale mauve color.

See here for Pop artists.

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Sub-Genres[]

Genre	Description
Afrobeats	Afrobeats is a type of Pop music that mixes West African styles like Yoruba and Igbo with American Funk, Jazz, and Soul. It features chanted vocals, intricate rhythms, and percussion.
Alt-Pop	Alternative Pop, or Alt-Pop, is a type of Pop music that is created by artists who are not part of the mainstream music scene. It is known for being unique, diverse, and more thought-provoking than traditional Pop music.
Dancehall Pop	Dancehall Pop emerged in the early 2000s as a subgenre of Pop music, blending Reggae with western Pop music and digital music production.
Dancepop	Dancepop is a subcategory of Pop music that began in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It's typically lively music designed for clubs, with the aim of being Dance-friendly and also appropriate for modern hit radio, associated with a House-style kick pattern.
Electropop	Electropop also known as Electronic Pop is a type of Pop music that uses electronic sounds, mainly from a synthesizer, and has more complex production.
Indie Pop	Indie Pop takes a back-to-basics "authentic" Rock music approach while mixing melodic, lighthearted and straightforward songwriting with Do-It-Yourself ethos, contrasting the style of Mainstream Pop music.
J-Pop	J-Pop, natively known simply as pops (ポップス, poppusu), is the Japanese Pop genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and Rock music. J-pop replaced kayōkyoku ("Lyric Singing Music"), a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s in the Japanese music scene.
Synthpop	Synthpop is a type of Pop music that uses a lot of synthesizers and electronic instruments, starting in 1972.