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Balkan pop
Stylistic origins	Traditional music
Cultural origins	Individual nations or regions
Typical instruments	Lyra (Cretan) - Gadulka - Kemenche - Sargija - Bouzouki - Baglama - Tamburica - Kaval - Zurna - Davul - Dankiyo - Gaida - Tambourine
Mainstream popularity	Until the nineteenth century and now sub-cultural genre with occasional mainstream success
Derivative forms	Popular music
Subgenres
Chalga - Manele - Turbo-Folk - Arabesque - Laïko
Other topics
Roots revival - World music - Music of Southeastern Europe - Middle Eastern music

Balkan Pop is a mixture of traditional east European folk music and western dance music.

v t e Folk music

Subgenres	Ballads · Carols · Children's songs · Drinking song · Hornpipe · Jigs · Morris dance · Protest song · Sea shanties · War songs

Fusions	Anti-folk · Celtic music · Celtic rock · Country folk · Electric folk · Filk music · Folk metal · Folk punk · Folk rock · Folktronica · Indie folk · Industrial folk song · Manila Sound · Medieval folk rock · Neofolk · Nu-folk · Psych folk · Progressive folk · Skiffle · Techno-folk · Un-folk

Related articles	Festivals · Folk clubs · Folk dance · Instruments · Lists of traditions · Pub session · Record labels · Roots revival · Singer-songwriter · Traditional music · World music

Regional scenes	American · Assyrian/Syriac · Balkan · Cuban · English · Filipino · French · German · Greek · Hungarian · Icelandic · Indian · Iranian · Irish · Italian · Jamaican · Macedonian · Mexican · Pakistani · Portuguese · Scottish · Swedish · Turkish · Ukrainian · Russian

v t e Pop music

By style	Adult contemporary · Adult oriented · Baroque · Blue-eyed soul · Bubblegum · Christian · Country · Dance · Emo · Hip pop · Pop punk · Pop rock · Pop soul · Pop Dangdut · Psychedelic · Sophisti-pop · Sunshine · Swamp · Synthpop · Teen · Traditional · Yé-yé

By region/country	American · Arabic · Balkan · British · Canadian · Chinese (Cantopop · Mandopop · Hokkien pop) · Hong Kong English pop · Europop (Austropop · French · Nederpop · Swedish) · Greek · Indian (Filmi) · Indonesian · Japanese (Picopop · Shibuya-kei) · Korean · Lao · Latin (Brazilian · Mexican) · Malaysian · Pakistani (Filmi) · Persian · Philippine (OPM) · Russian · Ukraine · SFR Yugoslavia · Taiwanese · Thai · Turkish · Vietnamese

Other topics	Boy band · Girl group · List of pop music terms · Pop culture · Pop icon · Popular music · Pop music automation

Music of Southeastern Europe (the Balkans)

By style

Pop-folk	Arabesque Chalga Laïko Manele Turbo-folk

Folk music	Čalgija Dionysiakos Nisiotika Narodna muzika Rebetiko Romani music Sevdalinka Starogradska muzika Tsifteteli

Other	Balkan Brass Bosnian root Gang music

By country

Performers by country

Folk dances

Circle dances	Caryatid's dance Gaitanaki Halay Hasapiko Hora Ikariotikos Kleistos Kochari Kolo Kalamatianos Sirtaki Sousta Syrtos Tamzara Tsamiko

Other	Antikristos Antipatitis Čoček Karsilamas Zeibekiko Zeybek

By country	Albania Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia Greece Republic of Macedonia Montenegro Romania Serbia Slovenia Turkey

Folk musicians

v t e Arabic pop music

List	List of Arabic pop musicians

Female artists	Ahlam · Aida el Ayoubi · Aida Athik · Aline Khalaf · Amal Arafa · Amal Hijazi · Amani Swissi · Amina Annabi · Angham · Anoushka · Arwa · Assala · Asma Lamnawar · Asmahan · Aziza Jalal · Brigitte Yaghi · Carole Samaha · Cheikha Rimitti · Cyrine Abdelnour · Dalida · Dana Halabi · Dania · Darine · Darine Hadchiti · Diana Haddad · Diana Karazon · Dina Hayek · Dominique Hourani · Dolly Shahine · Elissa · Fairuz · Fayza Ahmed · Fulla · Ghada Ragab · Grace Deeb · Haifa Wehbe · Hind · Hoda Saad · Ishtar · Jannat Mahid · Julia Boutros · Karol Sakr · Klodia Hanna · Laila Mourad · Laila Ghofran · Latifa · Lena Chamamyan · Lydia Canaan · Madeline Matar · Mai Selim · Majida El Roumi · Maria Nalbandian · Marwa · Maryem Tollar · May Kassab · Maya Nasri · Melissa · Mira Awad · Mounira El Mahdeya · Mona Amarcha · Myriam Atallah · Myriam Fares · Najwa Karam · Nancy Ajram · Nancy Nasrallah · Natacha Atlas · Nawal Al Zoghbi · Nawal El Kuwaiti · Nelly Makdessy · Nourhanne · Ofra Haza · Pascale Machaalani · Rajaa Kasabni · Reinette L'Oranaise · Rola Saad · Rouwaida Attieh · Ruby · Sabah · Samira Said · Shada Hassoun · Shadia · Shahd Barmada · Shams · Sherine · Sofia El Marikh · Suzanne Tamim · Thekra · Umm Kulthum · Warda Al-Jazairia · Yara · Zizi Adel

Male artists	Abdallah Al Rowaished · Abdel Halim Hafez · Abed Azrie · Ahmed Adaweyah · Alaa Zalzali · Ali El Haggar · Amr Diab · Amr Mostafa · Assi El Helani · Ehab Tawfik · Elias Karam · Fadel Shaker · Fares Karam · Farid al-Atrash · Faudel · George Wassouf · Haitham Yousif · Hakim · Hamada Helal · Hani Shaker · Cheb Hasni · Hisham Abbas · Hussam Al Rassam · Ilham al-Madfai · Issam Rajji · Iwan · Jad Shwery · Joseph Attieh · Kamal Hosni · Kadim Al Sahir · Khaled · Majid Al Muhandis · Cheb Mami · Marwan Khoury · Melhem Barakat · Melhem Zein · Mohamad Bash · Mohamed Fawzi · Mohamed Fouad · Mohamed Hamaki · Mohamed Mounir · Mohammed Abdel Wahab · Moustafa Amar · Nabil Ajram · Nour Mhanna · Rachid Taha · Ragheb Alama · Ramy Ayach · Rashed Al-Majed · Richii · Rida Al Abdullah · Saber Rebaï · Sabah Fakhri · Shaaban Abdel Rahim · Shadi Jamil · Charbel Rouhana · Tamer Hosny · Wadih Safi · Wael Kfoury · Zakariyya Ahmad · Ziad Rahbani · Hussain Al Jassmi

Related articles	List of Arabic pop musicians · Arabic music · · Dabke · Middle Eastern music · Arabesk · Raï · Chalga · Turbo-folk · Manele · Balkan pop · Rapbesk · Mizrahi music · Klezmer · Persian pop

v t e Middle Eastern music

By style	Al Jeel Arabesk Arabic pop Ashiq music Bedouin Classical Arab Coptic Iranian folk Khaliji Laïka Mizrahi Meykhana Mugham Ottoman classical Persian pop Persian traditional Qawwali Samri Sawt Sharki Tsifteteli Turkish folk

By region	Afghanistan Arabic Azerbaijani Bahrain Cypriot Djibouti Egyptian Eritrea Iraqi (Assyrian) Israel Jordanian Kurdish Kuwait Lebanese Oman Palestinian Persian Qatar Saudi Arabian Somalia Sudan Syrian Turkish Yemen United Arab Emirates

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