1. The History of Pop and R&B
Pop Music:
Rnb music:
Pop is an abbreviation of ‘popular’. So pop
music is a description of the popular music of
this time. Pop music is a genre of popular music
which orientated in its modern form in the
1950’s. As a genre, pop music is very eclectic,
often borrowing elements from other styles
including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country.
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated RnB, is
a genre of popular African-American music that
originated in the 1940s.
The term was originally used by record
companies to describe recordings marketed
predominantly to urban African Americans, at a
time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music
with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming
more popular.
There are core elements that makes a pop
song. They tend to be shot-medium in length,
quite basic, verse chorus structure and has very Rnb is infused with pop in most songs as it gives
catchy hooks.
songs originality and changes the texture.

2. Artists in Pop and Rnb genre:
From left to right: Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Jason Derulo, Justin Timberlake,
Bruno Mars, Chris Brown.