| Dance-pop | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | pop genres • post-disco[1] • new wave[1] • club/dance |
| Cultural origins | Early 1980s |
| Typical instruments | drum machine • keyboards • synthesizers • vocals (sometimes rapping) |
| Mainstream popularity | Moderate in both the U.S. & UK in the 1980's. Highly popular in the U.S. & UK since late 1990's. |
| Fusion genres | |
| house-pop, teen pop | |
| Other topics | |
| Boy bands • Girl group • Eurodance • Teen pop • Stock, Aitken & Waterman • Dance-pop artists | |
Dance-pop (or dance pop) is dance-oriented pop music that evolved from post-disco, beginning in the early 1980s.
Complete with pounding, dance club upbeats and catchy melodies, the songs of this music are fully-formed and more influenced by pop song structure than pure dance music.[2] Dance-pop songs are often primarily created by record producers, who then select a singer to perform the song.[2] A notable dance-pop production team in the 1980s and 1990s were Stock, Aitken and Waterman,[3] who sculpted polished Hi-NRG production for the likes of Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley and Bananarama. Other commercially succesful dance-pop musicians include Paula Abdul, Madonna,[2] Janet Jackson,[2] Jody Watley,[4] The Spice Girls and more recently, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga. Dance-pop has often been the music of boy bands and girl groups (e.g. Mel & Kim).[5]
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