Popular music, pop music, or even just pop for short. I’m sure you have an idea what this is, but just to make sure I’ll tell you anyway. Popular music is music that is popular, or trendy, at the time it is written. The time could be 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 50 years ago, or 100 years ago. Each time has its own popular music. And the popular music from each time has its own special sound. However they all have something in common. This something is that they were all trendy when they were written.
I bet you weren’t expecting that! I bet when you saw this page you thought of popular music now. I bet you thought of music that’s trendy at the moment; music on the pop charts; music you hear on the radio; music you hear at parties. Here’s a video example. It’s ‘Gift Of A Friend’ from Demi Lovato’s 2009 album ‘Here We Go Again’: