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Parent topics
- Music [r]: The art of structuring time by combining sound and silence into rhythm and harmonies. [e]
- Popular culture [r]: Commercialised folk culture that exists for the masses; opposite of high culture. [e]
- Popular music [r]: Music that is accessible to the general public and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. [e]
Subtopics
- A-ha [r]: A Norwegian pop music band formed in 1983. [e]
- ABBA [r]: A Scandinavian pop music group; one of the iconic rock bands of the 1970s. [e]
- Kingston Trio [r]: A very popular American vocal group of the late 1950s and early 1960s that led the folk-music (or urban folk, as it is now sometimes called) revival of that era. [e]
- Kylie Minogue [r]: (1968—) Australian recording artist and actress (Neighbours). [e]
- P. J. Proby [r]: (b. James Marcus Smith, 6 November 1938), American singer, composer, and actor, best known for his string of Top 10 hits in the 1960s and musical theatre productions. [e]
- Yoni Rechter [r]: An Israeli musician, composer, and singer. [e]
- Britney Spears [r]: (1981—) American pop music performer and celebrity. [e]
Other related topics
- Bass guitar [r]: Musical instrument used to fill in the bottom end of music in many bands. [e]
- Cover band [r]: A band that only plays (or "covers") the songs of other artists, rather than playing original material. [e]
- Film [r]: A visual medium involving the recording and display of images in motion over time, generally by photographic means. [e]
- Guitar [r]: A stringed musical instrument consisting of three main types; the electric guitar, the classical guitar, and the acoustic guitar. [e]
- Musical instrument [r]: An object constructed or used for the purpose of making music. [e]
- Reggae [r]: A term for a particular music style that emerged in Jamaica in the late 1960s. [e]
- Rock music [r]: A form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody, accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Rock music usually has a strong back beat, which evolved from earlier rock and roll and rockabilly music. [e]
- Rock 'n' roll [r]: A form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, from rhythm and blues, country, and folk. [e]
- Singer-songwriter [r]: Performers who write the lyrics and compose the music for the majority of the songs they perform, often as soloists. [e]
- Waltz [r]: A melody played with three beats per bar, usually in 3/4 or 3/8 time. [e]
