It is tempting to confuse pop music with popular music. The New Grove Dictionary Of Music and Musicians, the musicologist’s ultimate reference resource, identifies popular music as the music since industrialization in the 1800’s that is most in line with the tastes and interests of the urban middle class.
This would include a vast range of music from vaudeville and minstrel shows to heavy metal. Pop music, as a phrase with the shortened first word, has primarily come into usage to describe the music that evolved out of the rock and roll revolution of the mid-1950s and continues on a definable path today.
people nowadays are more into pop music considering the fact that they are very energetic and despise slow and old songs
however the older people prefer mostly slow going and music that’s peaceful to the ear
It’s probably still good old fashioned rock and roll.
I think the best indicator of worldwide popularity can be found in concert tours and the amount they earn. It’s a very pure form of data because you can’t illegally download your attendance at a concert or pirate a ticket. And its a level playing field unaffected by too many variables.
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