Genre

Early Pop was firstly gained from vocal harmonies frim gospel and soul music, Jazz, country, orchestration from classical music, dance music tempo and also elements of hip hop music. Pop music was dominated by the Americans. The British industries have made Pop music an international monoculture. But most countries and regions have taken on their own forms of pop music. By the early 1980’s the promotion of Pop music has been changed by the rise of music television channels like MTV. Favouring artists like Prince, Madonna and the great King of Pop. Michael Jackson.

1950’s – It was in the 1950’s when songs were put into the pop category and were  the style from the standard forms of music in the 1950’s.Usining more prominent vocals, mostly used for backing up string sections and vocal chorus.

1970’s- The main genre that influence pop was the genre ‘Disco’ and dance oriented styles, that used steady beats and syncopated electric bass lines.

1990’s – The nineties were the decade dedicated to female pop artistic. They had successful singles that clearly outnumbered male performers. Some examples being ‘Nothing compares 2 U’ (Sinead O’ Connor  1990) ‘Vogue’ (Madonna  1990) ‘Hero’ (Mariah Carey  1993) and “Wannabe” (The spice girls 1996)

This was when pop became truly international in the nineties with number 1 hits coming from diverse and distant locations.

2000 To the Present Day- Female singers has a big influence on the pop genre with soulful ballads, dance tracks. ‘Falling’ (Alicia keys 2001) Whenever Whatever (Shakira 2001) and ‘Umbrella’ (Rihanna  2007)

There is now an international appeal to the pop music and it was evident in the new millennium. Music artistic had a major influence on the type of pop music we listen to today.

Latin pop also being very successful with the songs in Spain ‘Hero’ (Enrique Iglesia 2002) Also Canada entering the charts. ‘That’s the way it is.’ British artistic also doing the same. ‘Feel’ (Robbie Williams 2003) and ‘You’re Beautiful’ (James Blunt 2005)

African Americans contributed to diverse styles of Pop. Some hits were more hip hop-based, such as "Yeah!" (Usher, 2004) and more variations on reggae beats ("It Wasn't Me" (Shaggy, 2000).