Pop music originated in the 1950s from rock and roll. It is a genre containing qualities of mass appeal, using catchy melodies and simple lyrics. Bubblegum pop, which was popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s, targeted preteens with simple, light music that lacked substance. Country pop emerged as country musicians had to decide whether to stick to traditional country or adopt the more accessible rockabilly style, allowing them to reach broader audiences. Dance pop combines danceable beats with catchy pop songs, prioritizing the producer's vision and image over musical substance. Indie pop reflects the softer side of indie rock with a focus on melodies

2.  Hip-hop
 Classical
 RnB
 Rock
 Pop
 Jazz

3. Pop music 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 while the latter is
a specific genre containing qualities of
mass appeal.

4.  Bubble-gum Pop
 Country Pop
 Dance Pop
 Indie Pop
 Pop Punk
 Pop Rock

5.  Bubblegum is a lightweight, catchy pop
music that was a significant commercial
force in the late '60s and early '70s.
Bubblegum was targeted at a preteen
audience whose older siblings had been
raised on rock & roll. It was simple,
melodic, and light as feather -- neither
the lyrics or the music had much
substance.

6.  Prior to the rise of rock & roll, country music
was rarely heard outside of its intended
market, effectively isolating it from any
concerns about wide accessibility. When
rockabilly took off, however, country
musicians were forced to consider whether
their true affinities lay with traditional
country or with this popular new style, which
allowed artists to reach crossover
audiences for the first time.

7.  Dance-Pop was an outgrowth of disco. Over a
pounding, dance-club beat, there are simple,
catchy melodies -- dance-pop has more fully-
formed songs than pure dance music. Dance-
pop is primarily a producer's medium. The
producer writes the songs and constructs the
tracks, picking an appropriate vocalist to sing
the song. These dance divas become stars, but
frequently the artistic vision is the producer's.
Naturally, there are some major exceptions --
Madonna and Janet Jackson have had
control over the sound and direction of their
records -- but dance-pop is music that is about
image, not substance.

8.  Indie rock's more melodic, less noisy, and
relatively angst-free counterpart, Indie Pop
reflects the underground's softer, sweeter
side, with a greater emphasis on harmonies,
arrangements, and songcraft.
Encompassing everything from the lush
orchestration of chamber pop to the
primitive simplicity of twee pop, its focus is
nevertheless more on the songs than on the
sound, and although both indie pop and
indie rock embrace the D.I.Y. spirit of punk,
the former rejects punk's nihilistic attitude
and abrasive sonic approach

9.  Punk-Pop is a post-grunge strand of
alternative rock that combines power-pop
melodies and chord changes with speedy
punk tempos and loud guitars. Green Day
and Weezer were the first bands to
popularize this variation of alternative rock
in 1994, though there were several groups
to play this style before either group and
there were many artists that followed their
stylistic blueprint after their success.

10.  Rock & Roll is often used as a generic
term, but its sound is rarely predictable.
From the outset, when the early rockers
merged country and blues, rock has
been defined by its energy, rebellion
and catchy hooks, but as the genre
aged, it began to shed those very
characteristics, placing equal emphasis
on craftmanship and pushing the
boundaries of the music