Definition of popular music Popular music
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WordNet
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| popular music - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) | ||
| popular music genre | ||
| music genre, musical genre, musical style, genre an expressive style of music | ||
| disco music, disco a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music | ||
| macumba a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing and chanting and dancing | ||
| pop music, pop music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love | ||
| ethnic music, folk music, folk the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community | ||
| ballroom music, danceroom music, dance music music to dance to | ||
| jazz a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands | ||
| rap music, hip-hop, rap an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city | ||
| r and b, rhythm and blues a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll | ||
| rockabilly a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat | ||
| rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll." | ||
| reggae popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar | ||
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Wiktionary 
- popular music (Noun)
Any genre of music that has a wide appeal amongst the general public of a society dominated by urban culture and advanced technology, especially music with less complexity than "classical music ".
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popular music
Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially.
