The document provides information about pop music. It begins by defining pop music and its origins in the 1950s from rock and roll. It describes some core elements of pop music including short-to-medium length songs typically in a verse-chorus structure with catchy melodies and hooks. Pop music aims to be commercially appealing and pleasurable to listen to rather than artistically deep. Common instruments in pop music are then discussed including guitars, drums, wind instruments like saxophones, and occasionally orchestral strings. The document concludes by profiling some famous international and national pop artists as well as listing some highly acclaimed pop albums of all time.

1. POP MUSIC
Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is
a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s,
deriving from rock and roll The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often
used interchangeably, even though the former is a description of music which is
popular (and can include any style).
As a genre, pop music is very eclectic, often borrowing elements from other
styles including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country, nonetheless, there are
core elements which define pop. Such include generally short-to-medium length
songs, written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure, as well as the
common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and catchy hooks.
So-called "pure pop" music, such as power pop, features all these elements,
using electric guitars, drums and bass for instrumentation; in the case of such
music, the main goal is usually that of being pleasurable to listen to, rather than
having much artistic depth. Pop music is generally thought of as a genre which
is commercially recorded and desires to have a mass audience appeal.

2. INSTRUMENTS IN POP MUSIC
Guitars
Guitars are common in pop
music. Types of guitars used in
pop music include bass guitars,
acoustic guitars and electric
guitars. A guitar is a stringed
instrument. Bass guitars
generally have four strings.
Electric and acoustic guitars
usually have six or 12 strings.
Electric guitars, including
electric bass guitars, must be
used with a guitar cable and
powered amplifier to output an
audible level of sound.

3. Drums
Drums in pop music
can be played by a
drummer on a drum kit
or they can be
produced electronically
by a computer.
Computer drums have a
more digital sound that
can feel robotic and
less natural than drums
played by a person.
Drums are essential to
establish the beat and
keep the song moving
forward.

4. Wind Instruments
Wind instruments such
as saxophones,
trumpets and flutes
help give pop music a
realistic and full sound.
Saxophones make their
most prominent
appearances in smooth,
sexy 1970s-style songs
in the vein of
performers such as
Barry White and Isaac
Hayes.

5. Orchestral Strings
Orchestral string instruments
such as the violin, viola and
cello are occasionally
featured in pop music.
Orchestral string instruments
are often used to accompany
solo vocalists in slow songs,
but they occasionally make
an appearance in pop rock
and metal songs as well.
Many songs from the band
Queen feature strings, and so
do many songs by the
Beatles.

6. FAMOUS POP ARTIST OF ALL TIME
INTERNATIONAL
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson, with the possible
exception of Elvis Presley, was the
epitome of larger than life pop
music figures. He hit the pop
spotlight as a child of 11 in 1969
with his brothers in the group
Jackson 5. At the end of the next
decade he emerged as a young
adult recording artist. Michael
Jackson recorded Thriller, the
bestselling album of all time, and
was the world's biggest pop star in
the late 1980s. His career became
mired in tabloid rumors and
criminal investigations. However,
his star still shone brightly when

7. David Bowie
Throughout the many
images and styles he has
adopted in over 40 years,
David Bowie has remained
one of the most influential
musicians in popular
music. He proved himself
equally adept at
mainstream pop, glam
rock, new wave, and disco.
David Bowie is considered
an essential artist for
anyone interested in the
evolution of alternative
pop music both in the US
and UK.

8. Queen
Queen emerged in the early
1970's with influence from glam
and heavy metal bands such as
Led Zeppelin. They soon
developed their own style of
grand, operatic pop and rock
that reached its pinnacle with
the six minute pop opera
"Bohemian Rhapsody." The
band later proved adept at
creating major hit singles in
styles ranging from rockabilly
to disco. Through all of it leader
Freddie Mercury remained one
of the most flamboyantly
entertaining lead vocalists of all
time. Freddie Mercury died a

9. Britney Spears
Britney Spears was the
biggest of the teen pop
stars to emerge in the late
1990s. However, by the
middle of the following
decade it seemed her
musical career may have
drowned in a mass of bad
publicity and personal
difficulties. Britney Spears
then put together one of
the most phenomenal
comebacks in pop music
history and is more
commercially and critically
successful than ever
before. In the past decade
she has released 16 top 40
pop singles, five #1 albums

10. The Beatles
The Beatles are the pop band
by which nearly everything
else in pop music is matched
and measured. Their
influence on pop artists that
followed their phenomenal
single decade career from
1960 to 1970 is
unmeasurable. They continue
to hold the record for the
most #1 pop singles in the
US at 20 and are widely
considered to be the
bestselling album artists of
all time. Their influence is
still felt so strongly they will
rank as one of the top selling

11. FAMOUS POP ARTIST OF ALL TIME
NATIONAL
Alamgir
Alamgir was a famous pop
singer in Pakistan at his time.
Alamgir is a versatile singer
and is one of the pioneers of
the Urdu pop music in
Pakistan. He started singing
on the Pakistani Television at
the beginning of the 1970s.
Alamgir is also known for his
many renditions of Bengali
music. The most notable
Bengali song he is known to
sing is Aamay Bhashaili Rey.

12. Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan was an
iconic Pakistani pop singer Her
song, "Aap Jaisa Koi", from the
Indian film Qurbani (1980)
made her a legend and pop
icon in Pakistan and all
of South Asia in the 1980. Her
debut album, Disco
Deewane (1981), also charted
in fourteen countries worldwide
and became the bestselling Asian pop record up
unntil that time Nazia Hassa
went on to sell over 60 million
records worldwide.
Nazia was the first Pakistani to
win a Filmfare Award and
remains the youngest winner of

13. ATIF ASLAM
Atif Aslam is a Pakistani
pop singer. He has
generated numerous charttopping songs, and is
known for his vocal belting
technique. Atif was frist part
of a band “Jal” which later
parted ways. Atif Aslam
then became a solo artit
winng many awards in both
Pakistan and India Aslam is
a recipient for the Tamghae-Imtiaz, one of Pakistan's
highest civilian decorations.

14. BEST POP ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
INTERNATIONAL
1.
2.
The Beatles
Abbey Road
Yes
Close to the Edge

15. 3.
4.
The Beatles
Revolver
Frank Sinatra
Sings For Only The Lonely