History of Pop Music (our chosen song genre)

History of Pop Music (our chosen song genre)

How has Pop Music changed?

The basics of Pop Music

During the late 1900's, Pop music seemed to include a lot more Rock'n'Roll music than we tend to find within modern day Pop Music. Nowadays, Rock and Roll music has its own genre of Rock Music. Pop music back then was dominated mainly by Males artists with few female artists being introduced until around the 1980's. As Pop music has evolved, we have also seen genders equalise and therefore now both Male and Female artists dominate Pop Music and Music Charts.

Recent Artists of this genre

- Pop Music is a term which abbreviates the term "Popular Music" which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll.

- The term "pop song" is first recorded as being used in 1926, in the sense of a piece of music "having popular appeal".

- Pop has been known to have a special meaning of non-classical music, originally in the form of songs performed by artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and ABBA.

- When the term "Pop Music" was first invented, it was contemplated with being called "Beat Music" in England whilst in the USA the comparison between that of pop music and rock and roll music meant the 2 terms overlapped.

The top Pop artists for 2013 include:

- Rihanna

-Katy Perry

-Taylor Swift

-Bruno Mars

-Justin Bieber

-One Direction

Video Examples of Pop Music- Then and Now

Pop Music from 1969: The Beatles- Here comes the sun

Without technology like we have now,

music videos could not be produced &

as a result, lyric videos have been

created as opposed to actual music videos.

Pop Music from 2013:

Previous Pop Artists

Target Audiences of Pop Music

- As Pop Music is an abbreviation of Popular Music, this means all pop music is created with the intention of appealing to a wide audience of all ages and genders.

- Nowadays, Pop Music is influenced by the likes of bands such as One Direction, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Therefore, one main target audience of pop music for this generation would be teenagers as they are most likely to listen to chart music.

- However, in previous generations such as back in the 1960's, artists such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones strongly influenced the charts and therefore appealed to people of all ages.

Previous Pop artits of the 1960-1980's include:

- The Beatles

- The Rolling Stones

- The Beach Boys

-Elton John

-Elvis Presley

-Michael Jackson

-Madonna

-Whitney Houston