Pop music dominates the top 40 charts in both the UK and USA. It includes artists like Little Mix, Zara Larsson, Jason Derulo, and Tinie Tempah. Pop music is easily recognizable by its upbeat tone, love-based lyrics, and consistent instrumentals. It is characterized by short-to-medium length songs with a verse-chorus structure, repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks before the final chorus. Culturally, pop music originated and was influenced in the UK and USA in the 1950s-60s through a combination of rock and roll, folk, classical, and soul music. Individual artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna have greatly influenced the pop industry over

1. POP MUSIC
 THIS GENRE ALMOST FULLY
DOMINATES THE MUSIC
MARKET, ALMOST ENTIRELY
TAKING UP THE TOP 40 IN
BOTH THE UK AND USA ON A
REGULAR BASIS.
 THIS GENRE INCLUDES
ARTISTS LIKE LITTLE MIX,
ZARA LARSSON, JASON
DERULO, OR TINIE TEMPAH.
 POP IS EASILY
RECOGNISABLE BY ITS
OFTEN UPBEAT VIBE, LOVE
BASED LYRICS, AND USE OF
CONSISTENT
INSTRUMENTALS.
EXAMPLES OF A TYPICAL
SONG FROM THIS GENRE
COULD BE ZARA LARSSONS
‘LUSH LIFE’ OR DNCES

2. WHAT’S TYPICAL OF POP
IDENTIFYING FACTORS OF
POP MUSIC INCLUDE
GENERALLY SHORT TO
MEDIUM LENGTH SONGS
WRITTEN IN A BASIC FORMAT
(OFTEN THE VERSE-CHORUS
STRUCTURE) AS WELL AS THE
REGULAR USE OF REPEATED
CHORUSES, MELODIC TUNES
AND HOOKS RIGHT BEFORE
THE FINAL REPEAT OF THE
CHORUS.
A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THIS
WOULD BE MAROON 5’S
‘SUGAR’, WHICH FOLLOWS A
SIMILAR STRUCTURE,
REPEATING THE CHORUS AND
VERSES, WITH A REPETITIVE
MELODIC TUNE.

3. ORIGINS
 CULTURALLY, POP WAS
ENTIRELY ORIGINATED AND
INFLUENCED IN THE UK AND
USA, SPECIFICALLY AROUND
THE 1950S AND 60S. A MIX OF
ROCK AND ROLL, FOLK,
CLASSICAL AND SOUL ALL
COMBINED SMALL FACTORS TO
CREATE THE GENRE THAT
ALMOST FULLY DOMINATES
THE MUSIC MARKET.
 THIS GENRE HAS BEEN
MASSIVELY INFLUENCED BY
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS OVER THE
YEARS, WITH THE LIKES OF
MICHAEL JACKSON AND
MADONNA CHANGING THE POP
INDUSTRY GREATLY, MORE
MODERN DAY AN EXAMPLE
COULD BE JUSTIN BIEBER OR
BEYONCE, WHO ARE VIEWED
VERY HIGHLY IN THE MODERN
MUSICAL WORLD.