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Pop music is music charted by the number or sales, plays, etc., that the work receives. It is not a particular genre or style of music, but simply that which is the most popular for the tracked period of time. Most commercial music of any genre is composed with deliberate intent to appeal to the majority of its contemporaries, but, unless extremely popular in its own genre, it must appeal to a wider audience to appear on the pop charts.

In opposition to music that may require education or formation to fully appreciate, a defining characteristic of pop music is that anyone is able to enjoy it. Artistic concepts such as musical form and aesthetics are not a concern in the writing of pop songs, the primary objectives being audience enjoyment and commercial success.

Although pop music is produced with a desire to sell records and do well in the charts, it does not necessitate wide acclaim or commercial success: there are bad or failed pop songs.

Initially the term was an abbreviation of, and synonymous with, popular music, but evolved around the 1950s to describe a specific musical category.

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August 2008
Tomorrow (Thursday 28 August 2008)
Rod Stewart	Ford Amphitheatre Tampa, United States	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Saturday 30 August 2008
Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary Celebration featuring Bruce Springsteen at Roadhouse at the Lakefront Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen, Alejandro Escovedo	Roadhouse at the Lakefront Milwaukee, United States	10 people attending 2 shouts
Cher	The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, United States	2 people attending Add shout
September 2008
Wednesday 3 September 2008
Céline Dion	HSBC Arena Buffalo, United States	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Friday 5 September 2008
Céline Dion	Wachovia Center Philadelphia, United States	3 people attending Add shout
Monday 8 September 2008
Céline Dion	Verizon Center Washington DC, United States	2 people attending Add shout

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Tipheret wrote:
6 hours ago

"cyrus is pop.pop is love. cyrus is love" actually should be something like God is love ->pop is love-> Miley Cyrus is pop->Miley Cyrus is God.

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Lexpkeat wrote:
Friday morning

if youre in this join our moody group " Music was my first love and it will be my last " greets yours lexi

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rufien wrote:
10 days ago

The first version of this wiki has an intention to lead massive amount of listeners into confusion. IMO, the best definition for pop music is the first sentence in this Wikipedia article. Also, there is a difference between pop and these two examples: Red Hot Chili Peppers belong to the mainstream on LastFM, while Shapeshifters' old Lola's Theme charts well in the local dance club.

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matheusmhbs wrote:
11 days ago

bastard Huahuahuahua

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
14 days ago

now, THIS tag is broad ... "a defining characteristic of pop music is that anyone is able to enjoy it" : this is definitely NOT a definition, because how can we know that "anyone" is able to enjoy a kind of music ... does it include YOU ? ... ME ? ... bobbie mc ghee ? -- anyone who does NOT enjoy MOZART ???

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CherFanGay wrote:
19 days ago

hahaha

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angelnessy wrote:
20 days ago

cyrus is pop.pop is love. cyrus is love

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onelilfizzle wrote:
21 days ago

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.... *gasp*... ha ha ha similar to bastard... (ha ha)

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Fulvian wrote:
21 days ago

LOL similar to bastard

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The_WindWaker wrote:
22 days ago

Similar to: bastard ahahahaha :D

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deauthorized wrote:
last month

said the weasel.

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Ustareth wrote:
last month

Whoever wrote this article apparently has never listened to ルルティア, Freezepop, or Björk before.

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brand929 wrote:
last month

Popular music makes my world go round O_O

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

)))
Tipheret wrote:
last month

Pop is love

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coolcat77 wrote:
last month

Pop rules:D

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Alexz_Jay_D wrote:
last month

Hot pop.

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roomfor2please wrote:
last month

I POO POP

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berklong wrote:
June 2008

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