-POPGENRE RESEARCH

Pop music originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll.

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.

Pop music has been dominated by the American and (from the mid-1960s) British music industries, whose influence has made pop music something of an international monoculture, but most

regions and countries have their own form of pop music, sometimes producing local versions of wider trends, and

lending them local characteristics.

THE HISTORY OF POP

ICONIC ARTISTS

Abba

Bing Crosby

Stevie Wonder

Spice Girls

THROUGH THE DECADES

50’s

60’s

70’s

Patti Page

Mitch Miller

ChubbyChecker

The Archies

Elton John

Pink Lady

THROUGH THE DECADES

80’s

90’s

00’s

Michael Jackson

Madonna

Nsync

BritneySpears

ChristinaAguilera

Katy Perry

For our music video we have decided to focus on the sub genre of soul and so the second half of this presentation will focus

specifically on soul and the trends within soul music

THE SUB GENRE OF SOUL

The gospel revival and doo-wop merged into the great season of soul music. Soul music was enabled by the commercial boom of "race" music, that had led to the creation of channels and infrastructures run by black

entrepreneurs for black artists.

Soul music was also enabled by an unstoppable trend towards black and white integration, as more and more white folks accepted the idea that black culture was not

evil or degrading, simply different (African instead of European). The socio-political inroads made by jazz also

helped legitimize black pop music with the white masses.

Soul music was also, indirectly, helped by rock music, precisely because rock music made white pop music

sound so obsolete.

THE HISTORY OF SOUL

ICONIC ARTISTS

Dusty Springfield

Supremes

Tom Jones

Diana Ross