Europop

This article is about European form of the pop music genre. For the Eiffel 65 album, seeEuropop(album).

Not to be confused withEurodanceorEurodisco.

Europop(also spelledEuro pop) is a style ofpop musicthat originated in Europe during the mid-to-late 1960sand developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with revivals and moderate degrees of appreciation in the 2000s. It is characterized by catchy beats, slick songs and frothy lyrics. Swedish groupABBAis often credited for popularizing the genre.Modern Europop overlaps withEurodance,however the latter is moreClubandHi-NRGleaning.

Europop
Stylistic origins	Pop disco dance electronic
Cultural origins	Mid to late 1960s, Europe
Derivative forms	Disco polo K-pop Bubblegum Dance Balearic beat
Subgenres
Eurodisco
Regional scenes
Scandinavia,Germany, Romania
Other topics
List of artists Eurobeat Teen pop

History

During the 1970s and early 1980s, such groups were primarily popular incontinental countries,with the exception ofABBA(1972–1983).The Swedish four-person band achieved great success in the UK, where they scored twenty top 10 singles and nine chart-topping albums, and in North America and Australia.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Europop became very popular.RoxetteandAce of Baseled Europop in American mainstream audiences. In the 1990s, pop groups like theSpice Girls,Aqua,Steps,Right Said Fred,Backstreet Boysand singerDJ BoBowere strongly influenced by Europop. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Italian dance groupEiffel 65were highly active in this genre. In the 2000s, one of the most popular representatives of Europop music was Swedish pop groupAlcazar.

In central Europe,Italo disco(also known as 1980sEuro disco) andEuro housewere the predominant attempts by young musicians to have a hit record in and beyond the borders of their own country.

See also

• List of Europop artists
• EDM
• Electropop
• Eurobeat
• Eurodance
• Eurovision Song Contest

References

• Paul Simpson:The Rough Guide to Cult Pop: The Songs, the Artists, the Genres, the Dubious Fashions.Rough Guides 2003,ISBN1-84353-229-8,p. 56 (restricted online version (Google Books))
• Europop- entry at theEncyclopædia Britannica
• Simon Frith:Heard it before? You can blame it on the boogie.The Scotsman, 19 January 2000, ECM Publishers, Inc. 2000.