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As
I posted last week, I had first broadcast for old pop yesterday (May 24, 2022)
in TBN Ulsan Traffic Broadcasting Network’s “Studio 1041”.
The
title of the show is “Pops Lounge” and I had a conversation with MC of the
show. The topic of yesterday's broadcast, which lasted over 10 minutes, was
"Classic Pop," a genre of popular music in the 1950s.
Since
it was broadcast live, I link the content of yesterday's broadcast on YouTube
below.
Following the last week, I am going to start my 61st
lecture.
The lecture topic for this week is “Pop Music in 2000s”. It
is a summary of the contents of “61st ACJ Music Academy, History of Pop Music:
6. 2000s”, which was introduced on September 10, 2016.
Unlike the
previous period, the 2000s was a period when many musical styles were not
created or didn’t appear except for some genres such as Emo. Teen Pop continued
its popularity in this period as singers such as Backstreet Boys, Britney
Spears and Christina Aguilera dominated the music charts at the beginning of
this period. The music genre that was absolutely popular for most of this
period was Hip hop, but Rock music was still popular, especially alternative
rock, post grunge, nu metal, pop punk and emo. Country music was still a
popular music genre at this period.
Hip hop was
most popular pop music genre in the early 2000s. Eminem, the most famous of the
few successful white rappers of this period, enjoyed tremendous popularity and
commercial success. According to the Billboard charts, the two albums released
by Eminem were included in the five best-selling albums in the 2000s. After the
release of the album “Relapse,” Eminem was recorded as the best-selling rapper
of all time and became a leader in album sales at this period across all
musical genres.
Eminem
In case of
Rock, in 2002, Avril Lavigne became the most famous artist, who entered a new
musical genre called Pop punk to the mainstream in the pop music field, with
her hits such as "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi".
Avril Lavigne
In the early
2000s, people started to focus their interest in Rap Metal and Rap Rock, a
style similar to the genre called Nu Metal, which appeared as a new wave in the
Metal field. Nu Metal's popularity began in the late 1990s, and the genre began
to be introduced by early music of the bands such as Korn, Deftones, Limp
Bizkit, Slipknot and Coal Chamber.
With the
success of Korn's third studio album, “Follow The Leader,” Nu Metal entered the
mainstream. Rap Rock
gained popularity with artists such as System of a Down, Evanescence, Stained,
Papa Roach and Disturbed.
Korn
Evanescence
Emo entered
the mainstream in the early 2000s when Jimmy Eat World's album “Bleed American”
recorded platinum sales. The new Emo gained more popularity among adolescents
than before, while the use of the term “Emo” expanded beyond the field of
music, being linked to other cultures such as fashion and hairstyles. Artists
who were popular in the Emo genre at this period were Fall Out Boy, My Chemical
Romance, Paramore and Panic! At The Disco.
Jimmy Eat World
Paramore
During this
period, the girl groups continued popularity along with The Pussycat Dolls and
Destiny's Child. Pop rock artist Pink released her debut album "Can't Take
Me Home" in 2000, and at this period, she sold over 70 million single
albums including "Get the Party Started", "Stupid Girls”, and
"So What".
The Pussycat Dolls
Pink
Lady Gaga appeared at this period and revived the
popularity of Electronic music that had not been a popular genre since 2000.
Her debut album, “The Fame (2008),” ranked no.1 in Canada, Austria, Germany,
the UK and Ireland, and no.1 on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. The
songs "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" included in this album
became worldwide hits and ranked no.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Lady Gaga
Country music
continued its popularity during this period as well, and one of the most
successful new artists during this period was Carrie Underwood. In 2005,
Underwood became the first American idol Winner among singers whose main genre
is country rather than Pop, Rap, or Rhythm and Blues.
Carrie Underwood
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Following
the last week, I am going to start my 60th lecture.
The
lecture topic for this week is “Pop Music in 1990s”. It is a summary of the
contents of “60th ACJ Music Academy, History of Pop Music: 5. 1990s”, which was
introduced on September 3, 2016.
In the 1990s, the popularity of teen pop and dance pop, appeared in the
1970s, continued. Rock music was still popular in the 1990s following the 1980s
but unlike the 1980s, when glam metal gained great popularity, punk rock and
the newly appeared Grunge and Industrial Rock gained popularity. During this
period, Contemporary Country music, which began in the 1980s, also gained great
popularity.
First of all, for rock music, in the 1990s, with the advent of the band
Nirvana, Alternative Rock entered the major music charts, and many alternative
rock bands were commercially successful.
Nirvana
Grunge, a subgenre of alternative rock, was born in the 1980s in the
Northwestern United States of Washington and Oregon. Grunge bands began to gain
popularity from the early 1990s, and Nirvana and Pearl Jam made great
contributions to the development of grunge. However, many grunge bands were
disbanded in the mid-1990s, and the death of Nirvana’s vocalist and guitarist
Kurt Cobain in 1994 led to a decline in this genre.
Pearl Jam
Punk rock in the United States revived with the advent of Green Day in
1994 and entered the mainstream of the music industry in the mid-1990s.
Green Day
Many subgenres of metal were outsiders for the commercial aspect in the
1980s, but as the Thrash Metal genre emerged in the early 1990s, it made a
breakthrough for success. This breakthrough was especially a major success of
the fifth album with the same title as the band name released by Metallica in
1991, and as a result, Thrash Metal was firstly able to enter the mainstream.
Metallica
In the late 1990s, Industrial Metal gained popularity, including Nine Inch
Nails and Marilyn Manson, the best American industrial metal bands of the time.
Nine Inch Nails
Marilyn Manson
Michael Jackson released the album “Dangerous” in 1991 and sold 35 million
copies, continuing popularity and commercial success in the 1990s.
Album "Dangerous", Michael Jackson
The British girls’ group, The Spice Girls, targeted the US market and
became the most commercially successful British group in North America after
the Beatles, and their influence expanded the entry opportunity of teen pop
genre to the American charts that were dominated by grunge and hip-hop.
The Spice Girls
In the late 1990s, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera gained great
popularity by releasing the hit singles "…Baby One More Time" and
"Genie in a Bottle", and Céline Dion gained a worldwide success with
the soundtrack of film Titanic“My Heart Will Go On”.
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Céline Dion
Film "Titanic"
For Contemporary R&B, Whitney Houston's hit song "I Will Always
Love You", which was the soundtrack for the film The Bodyguard in 1992,
made number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 14 weeks, and it was sold
over 40 million albums worldwide, recorded as the most sold single of female
singers of all time.
Whitney Houston
Film "The Bodyguard"
In 1990, Mariah Carey began to gain popularity with hit songs such as
"Vision of Love" and "Love Takes Time."
Mariah Carey
In 1993, Janet Jackson signed a contract with Virgin Records, and released
her fifth studio album, "Janet", which was sold over 20 million copies
worldwide.
Album "Janet", Janet Jackson
The popularity of country music peaked in the early 1990s, and the most
notable musician was Garth Brooks.
Garth Brooks
In addition, new singers continued to appear
between the mid- and late 1990s, among which the most successful new singers
include LeAnn Rimes, Martina McBride and Faith Hill.
LeAnn Rimes
Martina McBride
Faith Hill
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Following the last week, I am going to
start my 59th lecture.
The lecture topic for this week is “Pop
Music in 1980s”. It is a summary of the contents of “59th ACJ Music Academy,
History of Pop Music: 4. 1980s”, which was introduced on August 27, 2016.
The 1980s was a time when dance
music and new wave appeared, and the popularity of disco gradually disappeared,
and post-disco, Euro discoand dance-pop became popular.
In the 1980s, Michael
Jackson and Diana Ross reappeared in their new styles, and Michael Jackson
released the album "Thriller" in 1982, which was sold over 100
million records worldwide.
Album "Thriller", Michael Jackson
Also at this time, the group Princebecame a big
star, and Madonna, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson appeared and succeeded.
Madonna, who was the most successful female artist at the time, released her
third studio album “True Blue” in 1986, and she was recorded as the female
singer who sold the most albums in the 1980s. Her song “Like a Prayer”,
released in 1989 was also praised by Rolling Stone magazine as "a song
close to art that pop music can express."
True Blue, Madonna
Another female artist who sold
many albums in the 1980s was Whitney Houston, and she was the female singer who
sold the most albums after Madonna at the time.
Whitney Houston
In the late 1980s, the genre of
'teen pop'became popular, and in this genre, teen idol stars such as New Kids
on the Block, Debbie Gibson and Tiffany were born.
New Kids on the Block
In the mid-1980s, Cyndi
Lauper was described as the “Voice of the MTV Generation in the 80s” and made a
big hit with a different visual style among teenagers around the world.
Cyndi Lauper
In the
1980s, hard rock also revived, and the bands such as AC/DC, Def Leppard, Mötley
Crüe, Twisted Sister, Poison and Cinderella were popular. Also at this time,
the wild hard rock band Guns N' Roses appeared.
Def Leppard
Some female musicians also
gained popularity in the hard rock field in the 1980s, especially Pat Benatar
was a representative example of the female musicians who has been successful in
the hard rock field since the late 1970s.
Pat Benatar
Arena Rock, which began in the 1970s,
has continued its popularity with the bands including Styx, Rush, Journey,
Foreigner and REO Speedwagon.
REO Speedwagon
For country music, pop-influenced
country music was the most popular in the genre in the 1980s with leading
singers such as Kenny Rogers, Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, Anne Murray and
Dolly Parton.
Kenny Rogers
The film “Urban Cowboy”, released in 1980, starred John Travolta
and Debra Winger. The soundtrack of the film includes many pop-influenced
country music including "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by The
Charlie Daniels Band, "Could I Have This Dance" by Anne Murray and
"Love the World Away" by Kenny Rogers. The soundtrack made a great
success, resulting in the boom of pop-influenced country music in the early
1980s.
Urban Cowboy Soundtrack
The Charlie Daniels Band
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