This article is about a specific music genre. For popular music in general, see Popular music . For other uses, 😄 see Pop music (disambiguation)

"Pop song" redirects here. For other uses, see Pop Song

Pop music is a genre of popular music 😄 that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.[4] During the 1950s 😄 and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. Rock and pop music remained roughly 😄 synonymous until the late 1960s, after which pop became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible.

Identifying factors 😄 of pop music usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the 😄 verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other 😄 styles such as rock, urban, dance, Latin, and country.

The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although 😄 the former more accurately describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. Although much of the music 😄 that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music.