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Who can be considered strictly POP??? Madonna
Kylie Minogue Lady Gaga Britney Spears Christina Aguilera Spice Girls Backstreet Boys NSync 98 Degrees New Kids on the Block Tiffany Deborah Gibson Paula Abdul Savage Garden Jessica Simpson Mandy Moore Annie Danii Minogue Hanson George Michael (?) Annie Lennox (?) Can Elvis be considered plainly pop? Jackson 5? Ricky Martin and J.Lo - or are they crossover latin pop? I'm really curious ppl's definitions, that's all...as a pop junkie I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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it depends on your definition
most of those artists have elements of disco, electro, techno, dance, rnb, soul, funk, rock and even indie (remember kylies deconstruction albums) pop is short for popular, as in "contemporary popular music", so on that basis they are pop, as are all artists who appear in the music charts | |
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unique said: it depends on your definition
most of those artists have elements of disco, electro, techno, dance, rnb, soul, funk, rock and even indie (remember kylies deconstruction albums) pop is short for popular, as in "contemporary popular music", so on that basis they are pop, as are all artists who appear in the music charts .....and then there are freaking Air Supply & Christopher Cross that are definitely POP as in Not Funky. 
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yeah, but i think even though pop is technically short for 'popular music' that's just etimology, history...it's morphed into its own label, its own genre. somehow if too much rock, r&b/hip hop influence, or latin is involved, it's something else. that's how justin, kelly, pink, beyonce get away with not being strictly defined as 'pop.' I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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badujunkie said: yeah, but i think even though pop is technically short for 'popular music' that's just etimology, history...it's morphed into its own label, its own genre. somehow if too much rock, r&b/hip hop influence, or latin is involved, it's something else. that's how justin, kelly, pink, beyonce get away with not being strictly defined as 'pop.'
yet, somehow, a dance/electronic/techno vibe can be served up a lot more per square inch in a 'pop' record...yet that's a slippery slope too, before being considered 'just' electronica or 'raver music'...or 'euro' I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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badujunkie said: Madonna -- dance-pop
Kylie Minogue -- dance-pop Lady Gaga -- dance-pop Britney Spears -- dance-pop Christina Aguilera -- dance-pop & hip-hop/r&b Spice Girls -- dance-pop Backstreet Boys -- dance-pop NSync -- dance-pop 98 Degrees -- dance-pop New Kids on the Block -- dance-pop & r&b Tiffany -- dance-pop Deborah Gibson -- dance-pop Paula Abdul -- dance-pop & r&b Savage Garden -- pop Jessica Simpson -- pop Mandy Moore -- pop Annie -- ????? Danii Minogue -- dance-pop, UK house, & euro-dance Hanson -- pop/rock George Michael -- dance-pop, r&b, & UK northern soul Annie Lennox -- new wave, pop/rock, & adult contemporary Can Elvis be considered plainly pop? -- pop/rock, country, & gospel Jackson 5/The Jacksons? -- dance-pop, funk, disco, r&b, & soul Ricky Martin and J.Lo - or are they crossover latin pop? Ricky Martin -- dance-pop & latin-pop Jennifer Lopez/J.Lo -- dance-pop, hip-hop/r&b, & latin pop I'm really curious ppl's definitions, that's all...as a pop junkie I just helped you answer your question!^  | |
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lady gaga has only become POP as the shift of american music tastes in the recent months
she was a bubbling under artist for most of 2008 and late 07. otherwise she'd be a dance artist like Kristine W, Robyn, or those in coming british acts La Roux, Little Boots, Ladytron, and the like. You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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Hmm..
there was a really interesting list done by Slant Magazine and their definition of pop was really interesting.. http://www.slantmagazine....talpop.asp Defining the word "pop" was a task in and of itself. Just a few of the informal definitions we stumbled upon were "of or for the general public," "popular or popularized," and "of, relating to, or specializing in popular music." But none of these seemed to fit the idea-bubble floating above our heads. Here, "pop" isn't a broad definition, which means no hip-hop (sorry, Lauryn, Dr. Dre) and no straight-up rock (no Nirvana, no Radiohead). Instead, we have chosen to focus on pure, post-rock-n'-roll-era pop genres (pop/rock, pop-soul, synth-pop, dance-pop, electronic-pop, folk-pop, dream-pop, vocal-pop, euro-pop, jangle-pop, alt-pop-basically anything with the word "pop" attached to it), which can all be defined with disease-like words like "infectious," "contagious" and, our favorite, "gelatinous." I quite liked their list.  | |
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ehuffnsd said: lady gaga has only become POP as the shift of american music tastes in the recent months
she was a bubbling under artist for most of 2008 and late 07. otherwise she'd be a dance artist like Kristine W, Robyn, or those in coming british acts La Roux, Little Boots, Ladytron, and the like. 1. Robyn already had 3 hit singles in the USA, all which was from her self-titled debut album. And all 3 tracks were dance-pop. Sadly, she never charted on the USA charts ever since. 2. Although they never had crossover success in the USA, Labytron has a cult following at the height of the nu synthpop & electrocrash movements that took place in the first half of the 2000's. | |
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TonyVanDam said: ehuffnsd said: lady gaga has only become POP as the shift of american music tastes in the recent months
she was a bubbling under artist for most of 2008 and late 07. otherwise she'd be a dance artist like Kristine W, Robyn, or those in coming british acts La Roux, Little Boots, Ladytron, and the like. 1. Robyn already had 3 hit singles in the USA, all which was from her self-titled debut album. And all 3 tracks were dance-pop. Sadly, she never charted on the USA charts ever since. 2. Although they never had crossover success in the USA, Labytron has a cult following at the height of the nu synthpop & electrocrash movements that took place in the first half of the 2000's. right had american taste not shifted in late 08 lady gaga would be underground still. You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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