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popular music

The correct spelling is popular music.

How to pronounce popular music

noun

Say it like: Pop-ula-r m-usi-c

The correct spelling is popular music. Music intended for or accepted by a wide audience, usually with a commercial basis and distinguished from other genres such as classical music and folk music. For example: "Pop music, despite its commercial focus, includes many artistic gems."

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Pop music, despite its commercial focus, includes many artistic gems.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Music intended for or accepted by a wide audience, usually with a commercial basis and distinguished from other genres such as classical music and folk music.
  2. 2.Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society dominated by urban culture and advanced technology, especially music with less complexity than classical music and less rootsy authenticity than folk music.

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