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The Pop
The term pop music refers to a combination of different highly popular musical genres within a society. This type of music is basically made ​​to be marketed. Many cite the beginnings of the genre in the 50s.
Pop music is dubbed as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz and folk music."
Pop music as a genre is usually seen as existing and developing styleseparately. Thus, the term "pop music" may be used to describe a distinct genre, aimed at a youth market, often characterized as a softer alternative to rock and roll.
The Spanish language dictionary defines "pop" as "a certain kind of light music and popular music styles derived from black and British folk music" being the term from the English pop, popular shortening.
Since the 1950s, the term "popmusic" has been used to describe a distinct genre, aimed at a youth market, often characterized as a gentle alternative to rock'n'roll. Following the rise of British artists known as the British Invasion, around 1967, the term was increasingly used in opposition to the concept of rock music, to describe a form of music more commercial, ephemeral and accessible. Although pop music is often referredto as oriented singles charts, as gender is not simply the sum of all hits, which has always contained songs from a variety of sources, including classical music, jazz and rock, while pop music as a genre is usually provided with a separate existence and development.

Pop |
Musical Origins: | Rock and roll, jazz, doo wop, folk, dance |
Cultural Origins: | Mid-1950s, in the United Kingdom andthe United States. |
common instruments: | Voice, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, drum machine, sequencer, sampler |
Popularity: | Very high in the world, since the 1960s. |
Subgenres |
Pop barroco, power pop, indie pop, teen pop, noise pop, dance-pop, pop punk, pop rock, electro-pop, synth pop, pop latino, europop, tropipop, pop metal, sunshine pop,tecno-pop, pop psicodélico, j-pop. |

One of the biggest selling pop singers of all time, nicknamed "The King of Pop":
MICHAEL JACKSON
Known in the art world as Michael Jackson, was a singer, songwriter and dancer of American pop music and its variants.
He managed about 80 records for different reasons and was included in the Guinness Book of Records on numerous occasions, including: being the mostawarded recording artist in history, with hundreds of awards, including 15 Grammy Awards, vocalist more young to lead the singles chart in the United States, 11 years old, the first vocalist to enter the singles chart at number one, with "You are Not Alone"; highest number of weeks at number 1 list albums (not including band sound) in the United States, with Thriller, for 37 weeks; Clip moresuccessful, Michael Jackson's Thriller, with about 1 million units sold, the first entertainer to win more than $ 100 million in one year's highest-paid entertainer of all time (125 million in 1989 Forbes list) and most successful entertainer of all time. It has also been the first and only artist to have achieved begin and end the year with an album at number 1 (Thriller) and the first and only artistin history to achieve number one in the 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990 , has been included twice in the Hall of Fame Rock.

His contribution to music, dance and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made ​​him a figure of popular culture. Its sales are estimated at 750 million, making it one of the best-selling musicians of all time.
But his music also included a broad understanding ofsubgenres like rhythm & blues (soul and funk), disco and dance.
Michael Jackson thanks to the huge popularity garnered was nicknamed 'the King of Pop. "The nickname was popularized her friend Elizabeth Taylor, when an awards show presented him as "the true king of pop, rock and soul." The then U.S. President George H. W. Bush named him "Artist of the Decade."

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