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Originally Posted by Abearmauledme
I recently had an argument with a friend about what constitutes "Pop Music". He said that pop music must be simple, repetitive, easy to digest and very popular. I disagreed. I believe that pop music is a style, but is not necessarily popular or simple.
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Pop Music contains a number of sub-genres to choose from that constitutes musical versatility in the pop genre, Baroque pop, Bubblegum pop, Christian pop, Dance-pop, Electropop, Europop, Indie pop, Operatic pop, Power pop, Soundtrack, Sophisti-pop, Synthpop, Space age pop, Sunshine pop, Traditional pop, & Teen pop. And that's not holding into account the numerous Fusion Genres to choose from also like, Country pop, Disco, Dream pop, Jangle pop, Pop punk, Hip pop, Pop rock, Psychedelic pop, Technopop, & Urban pop.
There's a lot of different musical styles and versatility to consider in popular music.