Pop music refers to commercially marketed music genres that are highly popular within a society, becoming distinguishable from other genres like jazz and folk. The presentation discusses pop music's origins in the 1950s and some of the most successful pop artists like Michael Jackson, nicknamed "The King of Pop", Madonna, called the "Queen of Pop" and the best-selling female artist of all time, and Britney Spears, known as the "pop princess" whose album "...Baby One More Time" led to her fame.