Genre Research (3)

Finally I chose to analyse the hugely popular genre of pop music. The origin of pop music comes from the late 1920’s when pop was used to express music which had mass appeal.

Beat Music is a sub-genre of pop and was used to describe bands such as The Rolling Stones and ABBA. Merseybeat was used to put bands from Liverpool into their own category.

The early 1980’s saw pop music move away from the traditional bands and towards acts like Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince.

The pop industry today is saturated with acts such as Lady Gaga and Rihanna.

JT