How was pop music developed?

Answer 1

In the history of music, the term 'pop music' was first used in 1926. It was used to describe 'a piece of music having popular appeal'. Commercially recorded music, consisting of relatively short and simple love songs is known as 'pop music'. It is associated with the 'rock and roll' style, often tailored for the youth market, which utilizes technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes. Pop music history states that the term 'pop music' originated in Britain in the mid-1950s which implied 'concerts appealing to a wide audience' or 'the non Classical Music, usually in the form of songs', performed by such artists as the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Abba, etc.

If you go through 80's pop music history, you will notice that pop music, throughout its development has been influenced by most other genres of popular music. Pop music picked up instrumentation from jazz and rock music, vocal harmonies from gospel music and soul music, formed from the sentimental ballads, tempo from dance music, support from electronic music and spoken passages from rap. In 1950s television was introduced and visual presence of pop stars helped to gain more popularity. In 1960s, cheap portable transistor radios were introduced, which helped the teenagers to listen to music outside of the home. By 1980s MTV favored the artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna who had a strong visual appeal. Widespread use of the microphone, multi-track recording, digital sampling were the other technological innovations which were responsible for the increasing popularity of pop music

Answer 2

It wasn't created it just evolved - everyone loves a good tune or sing along and songs tell stories, another thing everyone likes.

Answer 3

"pop" is short for popular. popular music is just a category. as in pop stars, are popular musicians/bands.