popular music

English

Noun

popular music (uncountable)

1. (music) 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.
2. Synonym of pop music

Translations

genre that has wide appeal amongst the general public

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流行音樂／流行音乐 (zh) (liúxíng yīnyuè), 流行音乐 (zh) (liúxíng yīnyuè)

• Finnish: populaarimusiikki (fi), pop (fi), pop-musiikki (fi)
• French: musique populaire f
• Georgian: პოპულარული მუსიკა (ṗoṗularuli musiḳa), პოპ-მუსიკა (ṗoṗ-musiḳa), პოპი (ṗoṗi)
• (deprecated template usage) German: populäre Musik
• Hungarian: könnyűzene (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: musica popolare f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: populærmusikk m

  Nynorsk: populærmusikk m

• Portuguese: música popular f
• Rusyn: попула́рна му́зика f (populárna múzyka)
• Spanish: música popular
• Swedish: populärmusik
• Vietnamese: nhạc đại chúng, nhạc phổ thông

References

• Grove Music Online
• Encyclopedia Britannica