pop music

English[edit]

Shortened form of popular music.

pop music (usually uncountable, plural pop musics)

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

music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music

Arabic: مُوسِيقَى البوب‎ m (mūsīqā al-pop, -bob), مُوسِيقَى شَعْبِيَّة‎ f (mūsīqā šaʕbiyya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流行音樂／流行音乐 (zh) (liúxíng yīnyuè)
Dutch: pop (nl), popmuziek (nl)
Finnish: pop-musiikki (fi), populäärimusiikki
French: musique pop (fr) f, pop (fr) m
Georgian: პოპ-მუსიკა (ṗoṗ-musiḳa), პოპი (ṗoṗi)
German: Popmusik (de) f
Hindi: पॉप संगीत m (pŏp saṅgīt)
Hungarian: popzene (hu), könnyűzene (hu)
Italian: musica leggera
Japanese: ポップ・ミュージック (poppu-myūjikku), ポップ (ja) (poppu)
Korean: 팝 음악 (pap eumak), 팝음악 (pabeumak), 팝 (pap)
Macedonian: поп музика f (pop muzika), поп m (pop)
Maori: puoro arotini
Marathi: पॉप संगीत n (pŏp saṅgīt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: popmusikk m

Nynorsk: popmusikk m
Polish: pop-music (pl) f, muzyka pop f
Portuguese: pop (pt) m, música pop (pt) f
Romanian: muzică pop (ro) f
Russian: поп-му́зыка (ru) f (pop-múzyka), эстра́дная му́зыка f (estrádnaja múzyka), поп (ru) m (pop), попса́ (ru) f (popsá) (slang)
Spanish: música pop f, música popular f
Swedish: popmusik (sv) c, pop (sv) c
Welsh: cerddoriaeth bop f