Refers to "music that is popular for a while and even spreads to later generations"

Popular music is translated from English Popular Music. The accurate concept of pop music should be commercial music, which refers to music created with the main purpose of profit. It is commercial music entertainment and all the "industrial" phenomena related to it. (See the 1990 edition of the "Music Encyclopedia Dictionary" of the former Soviet Union) Its marketability is primary, and its artistry is secondary.

According to the surface understanding of Chinese words, pop music refers to music that is short in structure, popular in content, lively in form, and sincere in emotion. It is loved by the masses, widely sung or appreciated, and is popular for a while or even passed down to future generations. Instrumental music and songs. These pieces of music and songs are rooted in the rich soil of public life. Therefore, it is also known as "popular music".

Pop music originated in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. From the perspective of music system, pop music developed on the basis of American popular music structures such as Tin Bang Alley songs, blues, jazz, rock music, and Sol music. music. It has diverse styles and rich forms, and can generally refer to urban popular music born after the 20th century such as Jazz, Rock, Soul, Blues, Reggae, Rap, Hip-Hop, Disco, New Age, Funk, R&B, etc.

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The earliest pop music should start from the rise of American industrial civilization in the 19th century. At that time, a large number of agricultural people moved into the city, forming an early industrial team, and the structure of urban citizens changed. The representative of the new culture originating from the civil class was early pop music. At that time, popular music works that reflected nostalgia for homeland and hometown life just expressed the psychological state and simple thoughts and feelings of people who were far away from home and came to a strange environment to survive. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the United States experienced the Civil War and the Second Industrial Revolution. Economic development not only brought people a rich life, but also promoted the rapid development of music.

At that time, most of the popular music in the United States came from black music. In the 1970s, Michael Jackson emerged and led the development of pop music and MTV. They gradually formed a unique music form through oral teaching and personal interactions with foreigners. The roots of soul, soul, rhythm and blues, rock, and even jazz can all be traced back to black music from Africa.

In particular, jazz music, which is a collection of multi-ethnic cultures, refreshed the audience's ears and eyes with its unique playing and singing methods, became a sensation in the United States, and soon spread to other countries around the world. Jazz has diverse styles and strong rhythm, which not only affects other forms of popular music, but also affects the creation of serious music.

After World War II, rock music, blues and country music emerged. Among them, rock music became the mainstream. Rock music also originated in the United States. It is an organic combination of black rhythm and blues music and white country music and western music. The strong rhythm of rock music, the simple and straightforward lyrics with the theme of resistance, various performance forms, and unique costumes strongly attracted the new generation of post-war youth.

Many American bands have had a huge impact on future rock culture. After the 1970s, music styles became more diverse, moving towards the avant-garde and extreme, manifested in improvisation, emphasis on the use and use of electronic means, emphasis on instrument and effect manipulation techniques, and increasingly obvious commercialization tendencies. The development of popular music is increasingly prosperous.