popular music — noun any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑popular music genre • Hypernyms: ↑music genre, ↑musical genre, ↑genre, ↑musical style … Useful english dictionary
music genre — noun an expressive style of music • Syn: ↑musical genre, ↑genre, ↑musical style • Members of this Topic: ↑crossover • Hypernyms: ↑expressive style, ↑style, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Popular music — Popular songs redirects here. For the album by Yo La Tengo, see Popular Songs. Popular song redirects here. For songs called Popular , see Popular (song). This article is about popular music of various genres. For the pop music genre, see Pop… … Wikipedia
Music genre — A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music. It is to be distinguished from musical form and… … Wikipedia
Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia — SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene includes the pop and rock music of SFR Yugoslavia (a state that existed until 1991) incl. all their genres and subgenres. The scene included the constituent republics: SR Slovenia, SR Croatia, SR Bosnia and… … Wikipedia
Swedish popular music — Music of Sweden Genres Pop Rock Hip Hop Dansband Media and performance Music charts Sverigetopplistan Music festivals Where the Action Is … Wikipedia
popular music — noun Any genre of music that has a wide appeal amongst the general public of a society dominated by urban culture and advanced technology, especially music with less complexity than classical music … Wiktionary
American popular music — had a profound effect on music across the world. The country has seen the rise of popular styles that have had a significant influence on global culture, including ragtime, blues, jazz, rock, R B, doo wop, gospel, soul, funk, heavy metal, punk,… … Wikipedia
Indonesian popular music recordings — Recorded music is a reflection of modern Indonesian history and culture specifically class consciousness, economics and post colonial identity. Since the early 1970s, the production, marketing and distribution of recorded media, particularly… … Wikipedia
List of popular music genres — This is a list of the commercially relevant genres in modern popular music. Styles that are not contemporary or commercially marketed in substantial numbers have been excluded, in accordance with the following criteria: #Art music: classical… … Wikipedia
