Pop Music
Simon Cowell debuts YouTube talent hunt
Mar 20, 2013 22:54 EDT
Pop mogul Simon Cowell launched an innovative online talent contest Wednesday, inviting wannabee stars from around the world to post clips of their skills on YouTube.
Justin Timberlake adds summer tour to comeback trail
Feb 22, 2013 15:07 EST
Justin Timberlake stepped up his return to the forefront of pop music Friday with news that he'll team up with Jay-Z this summer for full-scale concerts in a dozen major North American cities.
Plagiarism probe into Germany's Eurovision entry
Feb 18, 2013 17:38 EST
Germany's entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest is being investigated after allegations that it copied elements of last year's winner, a television station reported Monday.
McCartney records song to promote vegetarian food
Jan 18, 2013 09:59 EST
Pop music legend Sir Paul McCartney has recorded a song for a new TV advert to promote his late wife Linda's vegetarian food range, the company which makes the food announced on Friday as it posted a YouTube clip of the song.
James Taylor waxes lyrical for Obama
Dec 07, 2012 18:13 EST
James Taylor took his modest one-man campaign for electoral reform to Washington's press corps Friday, but the veteran singer-songwriter said he has no plans to run for office himself.
Video artist Price wins prestigious Turner Prize
Dec 03, 2012 17:02 EST
Former pop musician Elizabeth Price on Monday won the Turner Prize, the top British contemporary art award, for her "seductive and immersive" video work entitled "The Woolworths Choir of 1979".
Psy admits he gets sick of 'Gangnam Style'
Dec 01, 2012 09:41 EST
South Korean pop music sensation Psy admitted Saturday that he sometimes gets sick of his massive hit "Gangnam Style" but will continue performing the number that made him world-famous.
Four weeks on, Psy still number two in US pop chart
Oct 17, 2012 16:17 EDT
Psy ain't goin' nowhere. Not up. Not down.
Maroon 5 keeps 'Gangnam Style' at bay on US hit parade
Oct 10, 2012 15:00 EDT
Thanks to Maroon 5's "One More Night," South Korean rapper Psy's "Gangnam Style" must linger in second place on Billboard's Hot 100 hit parade for a third straight week.
Djokovic wows Beijing with 'Gangnam Style' dance
Oct 07, 2012 09:42 EDT
Novak Djokovic delighted fans in Beijing on Sunday with a rendition of the famed horse-riding dance from South Korean pop hit "Gangnam Style" after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win his third China Open.
Psy brings 'Gangnam Style' home with free show
Oct 05, 2012 09:58 EDT
South Korean rapper Psy brought his hit "Gangnam Style" home Thursday with a raucous free concert in Seoul, capping a month of global chart success that turned the chubby 34-year-old into a national hero.
Psy brings 'Gangnam Style' home with free show
Oct 04, 2012 12:12 EDT
South Korean rapper Psy brought his hit "Gangnam Style" home Thursday with a raucous free concert in Seoul, capping a month of global chart success that turned the chubby 34-year-old into a national hero.
'Gangnam Style' stuck in second on US pop chart
Oct 03, 2012 18:16 EDT
South Korean rapper Psy can keep his shirt on after his goofy "Gangnam Style" failed for a second week running to conquer the summit of Billboard's Hot 100 hit parade, albeit by a slight margin.
ABBA museum to open in Stockholm
Oct 03, 2012 12:05 EDT
A museum dedicated to legendary Swedish disco group ABBA, which disbanded thirty years ago, will open in Stockholm this spring, former member Bjoern Ulvaeus announced on Wednesday.
Lil Wayne overtakes Elvis for Hot 100 chart appearances
Sep 27, 2012 11:23 EDT
Hip hop star Lil Wayne turned 30 on Thursday to news that he's overtaken Elvis Presley for the number of times he's popped up on Billboard's Hot 100 pop music chart.
Egypt football icon Gohary dies
Sep 03, 2012 06:51 EDT
Egyptian football coach Mahmud al-Gohary, who steered his national team to the World Cup in 1990, died Monday aged 74 after suffering a brain stroke in Jordan, the official MENA news agency said.
Marilyn Monroe's blonde bombshell smolders on
Aug 02, 2012 10:12 EDT
She was the prototype blonde bombshell and 50 years after her sudden death, the smoke from Marilyn Monroe's one-woman sexual revolution has yet to clear.
Pop music has become louder, less original: study finds
Jul 26, 2012 21:11 EDT
Your mother was right: Pop music has become louder and less original over the years.
Rock in Rio festival to defy Spanish austerity
Jun 28, 2012 06:11 EDT
One of the world's biggest festivals, Rock in Rio, opens in recession-hit Spain this week vowing to defy the misery of austerity with rock, and food.
Star-studded K-pop concert in Hong Kong
Jun 24, 2012 03:11 EDT
Thousands of fans flocked to a major K-pop concert in Hong Kong, cheering an array of South Korean stars in the latest sign of the pop music phenomenon's rising popularity.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Pop music | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Rock and roll • Jazz • Doo-wop • Folk • Dance music |
| Cultural origins | 1950s, United States and United Kingdom |
| Typical instruments | Vocals • Electric guitar • Bass guitar • Drums • Keyboards • Synthesizer • Drum machine • Sequencer • Sampler |
| Mainstream popularity | Continuous worldwide since emergence |
| Subgenres | |
| Baroque pop • Bubblegum pop • Dance-pop • Electropop • Indie pop • Operatic pop • Power pop • Sophisti-pop • Space age pop • Sunshine pop • Teen pop | |
| Fusion genres | |
| Country pop • Disco • Dream pop • Jangle pop • Pop punk • Pop rap • Pop rock • Psychedelic pop • Technopop • Urban pop | |
