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Dance-Pop

32,320 releases
Simple, yet catchy melodies and throbbing beats inspired initially by Disco and later various House styles.
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Dance-Pop
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Discography

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Hierarchy

  • Pop

    Umbrella of popular styles closely tied to mass production and mass marketing, focusing on catchiness and accessibility through melody, rhythm, lyrics, and hooks.

  • Dance

    Rooted in Disco and developed largely within Electronic Dance Music; emphasizes rhythm and is generally produced for play by DJs at clubs, parties, or festivals.

    • Dance-Pop
      • Bubblegum Dance

        Playful, childlike style with a Bubblegum-like atmosphere that often incorporates high-pitched, light-hearted, and usually female-fronted vocals.

      • Disco polo

        Polish Dance-Pop, originally established from contemporary wedding / feast songs and Italo-Disco.

      • Freestyle

        Electro-influenced; developed in Latino communities in New York and Miami in the 1980s, especially dominated by Latin Freestyle and its Latin influences.

        • Latin Freestyle

          Displays a heavy influence of Hispanic American Music alongside the Disco, Hip Hop, and Electro influences of Freestyle.

      • Funk melody

        Light and melodic take on Funk brasileiro, developed alongside Funk carioca.

      • Romanian Popcorn

        Emerged in the second half of the 2000s in Romania, often featuring brass melodies and "staccato" pluck grooves.

      • Tecnorumba

        Blend of the themes and singing style of Rumba flamenca with the most commercial forms of House, Techno, and Makina.

      • Township Bubblegum

        Synth-heavy Dance-Pop style popular in the South African townships in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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