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But pure pop took a while to become comfortable with rock's...
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Naturally, with its commercial accessibility, pop/rock...
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But pure pop took a while to become comfortable with rock's...
- Brill Building Pop
Brill Building Pop applied the concept of professional...
- Sunshine Pop
Sunshine pop often resembled the more elaborate and...
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Bubblegum is a lightweight, catchy pop music that was a...
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Naturally, with its commercial accessibility, pop/rock produced some of the biggest stars of the '70s, such as Elton John, Peter Frampton, Paul McCartney & Wings, and Fleetwood Mac; it continued on into the '80s with Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Hall & Oates, George Michael, and many others.
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- Ariana Grande. 12,511 votes. With powerful vocals that allow her to hold her own alongside legends like Aretha Franklin, this pop sensation has achieved great success in a short time span with hits topping charts worldwide.
- Dua Lipa. 8,604 votes. This London-born artist with Kosovar-Albanian roots brings a fresh take on pop, blurring genre lines by infusing elements of electronic, retro, and dance music into her sound.
- Taylor Swift. 9,201 votes. Sensational singer-songwriter known for her catchy melodies and relatable lyrics, she transitioned from country darling to pop superstar seemingly effortlessly.
- Billie Eilish. 11,327 votes. At just 19 years old, this Los Angeles native has redefined pop by defying conventions with her moody, haunting sound and unapologetic image.
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- Machine Gun Kelly, “Bloody Valentine” Nope, it’s not the simulation going bad — Machine Gun Kelly did indeed release the best rock single of 2020. “Bloody Valentine” hushed any remaining doubts about MGK’s career pivot and eventually brought him to pop’s biggest stages, both figuratively (topping the Billboard 200 with his Tickets to My Downfall album) and literally (playing both the VMAs pre-show and the AMAs main show).
- beabadoobee, “Care” Carefully constructed but delivered with joyful relish, Beabadoobee’s “Care” is a piquant blast of ’90s alt-rock, finding the 20-year-old singer-songwriter brushing off someone’s performative sympathy and opting to find solace in a swirl of jangly guitars and Paisley tones.
- 24kGoldn feat. iann dior, “Mood” Call it rock, call it rap, call it pop — all true, and all insufficient at capturing the energy and jubilation that the opening guitar scrapes of “Mood” produced across seemingly every radio format in 2020.
- Phoebe Bridgers, “Kyoto” In a press statement upon the release of “Kyoto,” Phoebe Bridgers explained that the song is about “impostor syndrome” — about being in Japan, playing her music half a world from where it was conceived, and dissociating with that positive experience.
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