POP MUSIC.

(a term originally That skate from an abbreviation of "popular") is Usually Understood to be Commercially Recorded Music, oftener oriented towards a new youth market, Usually Consisting of Relatively short, simple love songs utilizing Technological innovations to produce new Variations on Existing themes. Pop music has absorbed influences from most other forms of popular music , but as a genre is particularly associated with the rock and roll and later rock style.

Origin of the term:
"Grove Music Online Also states that "... in the early 1960s [the term] 'pop music' compete with terminologically Beat music [in England], while in the USA ITS Coverage overlapped (as it Still does) With That of 'rock and roll. " Chambers' Dictionary mentions the contemporary usage of the term " pop art "  Grove Music Online That states the "term pop music ... Seems to Have Been a spin-off from the Terms pop art and pop culture , Coin Slightly Earlier, and Referring to a whole range of new, American Often, media-culture products ".
From about 1967 the term was increasingly used in opposition to the term rock music , a division that gave generic significance to both terms.  Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of popular music,  pop was more commercial, ephemeral and accessible.  According to Simon Frith pop music is produced "as a matter of enterprise not art", is "designed to appeal to everyone" and "doesn't come from any particular place or mark off any particular taste". From about 1967 the term increasingly Was Used in Opposition to the term rock music , a division Significance That Gave to Both generic terms.  Whereas rock aspire to authenticity and an expansion of the Possibilities of popular music,  Was more pop commercial, and accessible ephemeral. ^[ According To Simon Frith pop music is produced "as a matter of enterprise Not Art", is "designed to appeal to everyone" and "Any does eat from particular place or mark off Any particular taste ". It is "not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward ... and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative". It is "not driven by Any Significant commercial ambition and reward except profit ... and, in musical Terms, Essentially it is conservative." It is, "provided from on high (by record companies, radio programmers and concert promoters) rather than being made from below ... Pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged".  It is, "provided from on high (by record companies, radio programmers and concert promoters) Rather Than Being made from Below ... Pop is not a do-it-yourself But music is Professionally produced and packaged." 

 It has also made use of technological innovation. In the 1940s improved microphone design allowed a more intimate singing style and ten or twenty years later inexpensive and more durable 45 r.p.m. records for singles "revolutionized the manner in which pop has been disseminated" and helped to move pop music to ‘a record/radio/film star system’. Another technological change was the widespread availability of television in the 1950s; with televised performances, "[p]op stars had to have a visual presence". In the 1960s, the introduction of inexpensive, portable transistor radios meant that teenagers could listen to music outside of the home. Multi-track recording (from the 1960s); and digital sampling (from the 1980s) have also been utilized as methods for the creation and elaboration of pop music. By the early 1980s, the promotion of pop music had been greatly affected by the rise of Music Television channels like MTV, which "favoured those artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Prince who had a strong visual appeal".

Michael Jackson, the king of pop





Madonna, the queen of pop



Britney, the princess of pop