Over recent years popular or pop music has been used more as a term to describe the more manufactured 'plastic' artists in the music industry. Yet pop music can be of any genre or style. For example Pavarotti's 'Nessun Dorma' which became number two in the 1990 pop charts, giving it 'pop status' after its exposure during the World Cup. The word 'popular' originated from the term 'popularis' - 'belonging to the people' which is most definitely the case with pop music. Music becomes 'popular' when it, in some way, wriggles into the mainstream public sphere. For example the way a specific artist is marketed, their actions as an individual, their acquaintances within the industry and the money that a record company is willing to spend on exposure and marketing all have an effect on their sales. In conclusion popular music is music that is exposed to the public and easy for them to come across.
This is pretty good, but it's Pavarotti. LB
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