Popular music
Popular music
Musical works composed for mass appeal and usually dependent on mass media for transmission to large audiences. For popular music lyrics that appear without a musical setting see Popular music lyrics.
LC (2017) Subject Usage: 2,288
WC (2017) Subject Usage: 38,766
Alternative terms
- UF↸ Pop music
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Music
More specific terms
- NT2 ↓ Afrobeat
- NT2 ↓ Agbadja modern (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Arabesk (Popular music)
- NT2 ↓ Bachata
- NT2 ↓ Bailā (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Banda (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Beatboxing
- NT2 ↓ Bhangra (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Bikutsi
- NT2 ↓ Blues (Music) ►
- NT2 ↓ Boogaloos (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Bossa nova (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Brega (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Cajun music
- NT2 ↓ Calypso (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Campursari
- NT2 ↓ Candombes (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Cavachas (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Celtic music
- NT2 ↓ Chaabi
- NT2 ↓ Champeta (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Chanchona (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Chicha
- NT2 ↓ Choros
- NT2 ↓ Chutney (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Country music ►
- NT2 ↓ Cover versions
- NT2 ↓ Cumbia (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Dangdut
- NT2 ↓ Dansi (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Danzones (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Disco (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Electronica (Music) ►
- NT2 ↓ Enka
- NT2 ↓ Forró (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Freak folk (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Fuji (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Funana (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Funk (Music) ►
- NT2 ↓ Gaitas (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Gospel music ►
- NT2 ↓ Gumbé (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Habaneras (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Highlife (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Hip-hop (Music) ►
- NT2 ↓ Huaylas (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Huaynos
- NT2 ↓ Italo disco (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Jangle pop (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Jazz ►
- NT2 ↓ Jingles (Advertising songs)
- NT2 ↓ Jùjú music
- NT2 ↓ Kanto (Popular music)
- NT2 ↓ Karaoke
- NT2 ↓ Kaskawi (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Keroncong
- NT2 ↓ Klezmer music
- NT2 ↓ Konkoma
- NT2 ↓ Kwaito
- NT2 ↓ Kwaya
- NT2 ↓ Latin pop
- NT2 ↓ Lounge music
- NT2 ↓ Luk thung (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Lundus
- NT2 ↓ Makossa (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Maloya (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Mandó
- NT2 ↓ Mangue
- NT2 ↓ Mariachi (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Mbalax
- NT2 ↓ Mbaqanga
- NT2 ↓ Mchiriku
- NT2 ↓ Minstrel music
- NT2 ↓ Modinhas
- NT2 ↓ Molam (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Mornas (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Murgas
- NT2 ↓ Música sertaneja
- NT2 ↓ New Age music
- NT2 ↓ Norteño (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Old-time music
- NT2 ↓ Ragtime music
- NT2 ↓ Rai (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Rap (Music) ►
- NT2 ↓ Rapso
- NT2 ↓ Rebetika
- NT2 ↓ Reggae music ►
- NT2 ↓ Remixes (Music) ►
- NT2 ↓ Rhythm and blues music ►
- NT2 ↓ Rock music ►
- NT2 ↓ Rocksteady (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Rumbas (Music) ►
- NT2 ↓ Salsa (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Ska (Music) ►
- NT2 ↓ Skiffle
- NT2 ↓ Sones ►
- NT2 ↓ Soukous (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Soul music ►
- NT2 ↓ Steampunk music
- NT2 ↓ Swamp pop music
- NT2 ↓ Taarab (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Tejano music
- NT2 ↓ Timba (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Tropicália (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Tsapiky (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Turbo-folk (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Vallenato
- NT2 ↓ Waila music
- NT2 ↓ Zouk (Music)
- NT2 ↓ Zydeco music
