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Begining of pop
The term pop music was first made in 1926. It was used to describe music that was popular amongst people. Pop music started of as simple love songs. The 1920s was the invention of the radio this is when music really started taking off. Things like the flapper,night clubs and movies became a part of the pop culture. -
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1950s
The 1950s was a very important era, pop music was developing. Iy was starting to mean music that was played in concert and appealed to a large audience. Bands like the beetles, abba, and the rolling stones became very popular and started shaping music, and the influence of music today. -
1970s
In the 1970s popular music started developing into disco and funk. It shaped the way people dressed at the time. The jackson 5 became one of the biggest pop groups during that time. The 1970s were known for being very colourful, music was also influenced politically. -
1980s
The 1980s was huge for pop stars like Madonna, Michael jackson, whitney Houston, and Cyndi lopper. The 80s were the beginning of the digital era, where electronic music was becoming more popular. music from this the 80s is still popular today and had a very large impact on todays music. -
1990
The 1990s was the development of teen pop and dance pop, with popular boy bands like the backstreet boys. Pop stars like Brittany spears were very popular and well like in western culture. -
2000
Today pop music is the most popular form of music, we hear it on the radio and see celebrities on the news and magazines. Todays pop music was heavily influenced by the past generations and many sub generations are still alive today. Pop music heavily influences western culture, for example dance moves, and fashion. People today worship and look up to their favourite idols like justin beiber, arinana grande, or one direction.
