Popular music
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Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no mus
The 19th century singer Jenny Lind depicted performing La sonnambula
Since the 20th century, several music formats received dominance, from 7-inch vinyl, to 12-inch vinyl, to CDs.
Egyptian pop star Mohamed Mounir
Senegalese rapper Didier Awadi
Album
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An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on a medium such as compact disc, vinyl, or audio tape, or in digital format.
Albums c. 2000 came on compact discs stored in jewel cases (pictured is Hey Petrunko by Ooberman).
Early record albums from the first half of the 20th century resembled photo albums, being packaged in book form on multiple 78 rpm records.
A vinyl LP on a turntable
A typical 8-track tape player