DEFINITION

The authors and music scholars David Hatch and Stephen Millward defined pop music as "a body of music, which is distinguishable from the popular, jazz andfolk music."
Although pop music is often seen as oriented to the singles chart, is a genre thatis not necessarily the sum of all Music Chart, which have always had a variety ofsongs from many different sources, including classical music, jazz, rock and"novelty songs".
While pop music as a genre, is often viewed as an existing style and developedseparately.
Thus, the term "pop music" may be used to describe a different genre, aimed at the youth market, often characterized as a gentler alternative to rock and roll.