POPULAR MUSIC
Popular music literally means “music of the
populace” similar to the traditional folk music
of the past. Consisted of music for the
entertainment of large numbers of people,
whether on the radio or live performances.
FOLK MUSIC
• Folk music refers to the songs of the
common people that are handed down from
generation to generation dealing with
almost every kind of human activity.
• It often expresses the character of ethnic
and social groups, and sometimes of a
nation.
COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC
• A blend of popular musical forms originally
found in the Southern United States.
• It reflects people’s life experiences and local
settings, even while combining the ideas of
a progressive society with nostalgia for
one’s roots and culture.
BALLADS
• The ballad originated as an expressive
folksong in narrative verse with text dealing
typically with love.
• It became a slow popular love song in the
th
19 Century.
Blues Ballad
The Sky is Crying by Gary B.B. Coleman
Pop Standard and
Jazz Ballads
In a Sentimental Mood
by Duke Ellington
Pop and Rocks Ballad
The Ballad of John and Yoko
by The Beatles
ROCK AND ROLL
• Rock and roll was a hugely popular song form in
the United States during the late 1940s-1960s.
• It combined Afro-American forms such as the
blues, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music with
western swing and country music.
• It employed electric guitars, bass guitars,
and a set of drums.
Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry
DISCO
The 1970s saw the rise of another form of pop
music known as “disco”. Disco music pertained
to rock music that was more danceable, thus
leading to the establishment of venues for
public dancing also called discos.
Dancing Queen
By ABBA
Boogie Wonderland
By Earth, Wind & Fire
POP MUSIC
Parallel with the disco era, other pop music
superstars continued to emerge. Among them were
Diana Ross and the Supremes
Neil Sekada
Olivia
Newton
John
POP MUSIC
Pop superstars in more recent years include solo artist
Whitney Houston
Celine Dion
Justine Timberlake
Mariah Carey
POP MUSIC
Pop superstars in more recent years include solo artist
Bruno Mars
Beyonce
Britney Spears
Lady Gaga
POP MUSIC
Today’s Pop Music Idols include:
- Boyzone
- Adele
- Westlife
- Taylor Swift
- Black Eyes Peas
- Ed Sheeran
- K-pop Groups
- Rihanna
- Fall Out Boy
- Chris Brown
- Maroon 5
- Ariana Grande
- One Direction
- Justin Bieber
- My Chemical Romance
- Miley Cyrus
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Katy Perry
- Nikki Minaj
- Selena Gomez
POP MUSIC
Pop superstars in more recent years include solo artist
Hip Hop and Rap
Hip-hop music is a stylized, highly rhythmic type of
music that usually (but not always) includes
portions of rhythmically chanted words called
“rap”. In rapping, the artist speaks along with an
instrumental or synthesized beat.
Till I Collapse
By Eminem