Elvis Presley emerges as one of the worlds first rock stars. With so many hit songs,he was referred to as the king of rock n roll. He is one of the best-selling solo artist in thehistory of popular music
Madonna Louise Ciccone was born.
Michael Jackson was born.
During the week of April 4, 1964, two months after their arrival in the US, the Beatles set a record that is likely never to be broken when they occupied all five of the top positions on Billboard's Top Pop Singles chart, with "Can't Buy Me Love?
is arguably the most important landmark in the history of pop music. The Rock'n'roll era commenced with 'Rock Around the Clock', with its opening up of the whole world of African tribal music and the unfettered emotion that went with it.
She was born Mariah Angela Carey on Long Island, New York, on March 27, 1970. Her mother, an Irish-American opera singer and vocal coach, Patricia Hickey, named her after the song "They Call the Wind Mariah" from the Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon.
Popularity of disco and hip-hop lead to the popularity of pop.The movie Saturday Night Fever was released. Disco music gained popularity. Hip-hop emerged as a blend of rock, jazz, and soul with African drumming in the New York City. Non stop music videos were released by MTV. Cats began its journey. The debut album of Madonna "Holiday" becomes a hit.
MTV went on the air on August 1, 1981, and produced its first Video Music Awards just three years later. That makes for almost three decades of marrying the most popular pop music with televised spectacle.
Britney Jean Spears was born and in 1985: Britney Spears emerges as a star of the music world. At age 8, she made her musical television début on Star Search. In 1999, about 1,319,193 copies of "...Baby One More Time" were sold in the first week after release.
Gergana was born in 30th of November, 1984 in Dimitrovgrad. In fact Dimitrovgrad is the house of Payner Music, and the place where producer made its first steps. This helped for the singer to realize her dream and to sing pop-folk music.
single "You Are Not Alone", released in August 1995, is the second single from Michael Jackson's album History. The song was the singer's final Number 1 single of his career. The song was a significant success.
Both quoted in N. Strauss, "Japan's Pop Music Scene: Tomorrow, the World?"
The X Factor is a British reality television music competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. Created by Simon Cowell, the show began in 2004 and has since aired annually from August/September until December.
It was said that on the 14 August 2006 Ryan would release "Je t'adore" in the UK for which exclusive mixes by Credheadz were commissioned, but the release was shelved, close to the release date. It did however enjoy heavy rotation on the UK's music channels
Jun 7, 2007 - The Italian singer Adamo mainly made his career in Belgium.
"Pop", The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Accessed online on March 9, 2010.
In almost every public place today the ears are assailed by the sound of pop music. In shopping malls, public houses, restaurants, hotels and elevators. The sound of Pop music is still changing and is one of the popular genres of music.
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