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History of Pop Music
Pop music is genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the Western
world during the 1950s and 1960s, deriving from rock and roll
Elvis Presley - 1956 - Elvis Presley emerges as one of the worlds first rock stars. With so many hit
songs,he was referred to as the king of rock n roll. He is one of the bestselling
solo artist in thehistory of popular music
Madonna - 16 Aug 1958 - Madonna Louise Ciccone was born.
Michael Jackson
29 Aug 1958 25 Jun 2009
Michael Jackson was born.
The beatles
4 Apr 1964
During the week of April 4, 1964, two months after their arrival in the US, the
Beatles set a record that is likely never to be broken when they occupied all
five of the top positions on Billboard's Top Pop Singles chart, with "Can't Buy
Me Love?
Rock n Roll
1 Jun 1967
is arguably the most important landmark in the history of pop music. The
Rock'n'roll era commenced with 'Rock Around the Clock', with its opening up of
the whole world of African tribal music and the unfettered emotion that went
with it.
Mariah Carey
27 Mar 1970
She was born Mariah Angela Carey on Long Island, New York, on March 27,
1970. Her mother, an Irish American opera singer and vocal coach, Patric
Disco
1 Jan 1975 1 Jan 1983
Popularity of disco and hiphop lead to the popularity of pop.The movie Saturday Night Fever
was released. Disco music gained popularity. Hiphop emerged as a blend of rock, jazz, and
soul with African drumming in the New York City. Non stop music videos were released by
MTV. Cats began its journey. The debut album of Madonna "Holiday" becomes a hit.
MTV
1 Aug 1981
MTV went on the air on August 1, 1981, and produced its first Video Music
Awards just three years later. That makes for almost three decades of
marrying the most popular pop music with televised spectacle.
Britney Spears
2 Dec 1981 2 Sep 2009
Britney Jean Spears was born and in 1985: Britney Spears emerges as a star
of the music world. At age 8, she made her musical television début on Star
Search. In 1999, about 1,319,193 copies of "...Baby One More Time" were
sold in the first week after release.
Pop Folk
30 Nov 1984
Gergana was born in 30th of November, 1984 in Dimitrovgrad. In fact
Dimitrovgrad is the house of Payner Music, and the place where producer
made its first steps. This helped for the singer to realize her dream and to sing
popfolk music.
1 Aug 1995
single "You Are Not Alone", released in August 1995, is the second single from
Michael Jackson's album History. The song was the singer's final Number 1
single of his career. The song was a significant success.
15 Jul 1998
Both quoted in N. Strauss, "Japan's Pop Music Scene: Tomorrow, the World?"
X Factor
4 Sep 2004
The X Factor is a British reality television music competition to find new singing
talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. Created by
Simon Cowell, the show began in 2004 and has since aired annually from
August/September until December.
14 Aug 2006
It was said that on the 14 August 2006 Ryan would release "Je t'adore" in the UK for which
exclusive mixes by Credheadz were commissioned, but the release was shelved, close to the
release date. It did however enjoy heavy rotation on the UK's music channels
7 Jun 2007
Jun 7, 2007 The Italian singer Adamo mainly made his career in Belgium.
9 Mar 2010
"Pop", The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Accessed online on March 9, 2010.
Pop music is still bring listened to
17 Nov 2015
In almost every public place today the ears are assailed by the sound of pop music. In shopping
malls, public houses, restaurants, hotels and elevators. The sound of Pop music is still changing
and is one of the popular genres of music.
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