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
Rock music
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Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the late 50s to mid-1960s, prim
Popular music
…a song, while the bridge, intro, and coda (also called an "outro") tend to be used only once. Some pop songs may have a solo section, particularly in rock or blues-influenced pop. During the solo section, one or more instruments play a melodic line which may be the melody used by the singer, or, in blues…
The rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Pinkpop Festival in 2006
Chuck Berry in a 1958 publicity photo
Elvis Presley in a promotion shot for Jailhouse Rock in 1957
British rock and roll singer Tommy Steele in a 1958 promotional photo