My chosen genre and research about that genre

Pop

I have chosen to do the genre Pop because it is a popular genre and there is a massive market it. I am also interested in some Pop artists such as Rihanna, Chris Brown and Rita Ora. Pop is also very, very popular and there are loads of artists that fit into this category.

 

There is no particular style of music that can be clearly identified as pop. This is because pop music is always changing. It can be identified as the most popular mainstream music of the time. Since the 1950's, this has been the music that has evolved in the wake of the rock and roll revolution of the 1950's.

The most consistent component of pop music has been the concept of the pop song. Most pop songs range in length from approximately 2 minutes to 5 minutes, and they frequently include a verse-chorus-verse-bridge-chorus structure or some close variant. Longer compositions are rare in pop music. 

There are many Pop magazines that already exist. Most pop magazines are aimed at young females such as Top of the Pops and Sugar.

Here is a list of some examples:

- Vibe

- Top of the Pops

- Sugar

- Q

- WE LOVE POP.

- Billboard

Some of these magazines not only focus on one genre though. Some focus on a collection of genres such as Vibe. You can tell that vibe is a magazine that focuses on a collection of genres because on different front covers of the magazine are different celebrities that are in different genres. Such as T.I, he is a Rap artist and Rihanna, she is more RnB and kind of Reggae but she can also be classes as a Pop singer. Pop sometimes comes up in different magazines. 

Rihanna has been on a NME front cover before and NME usually focuses on the genre Rock and music that isn't really mainstream. NME kind of changed its house style to suit Rihanna. Some artists don't really fit into only one genre, some fit into more than one and Rihanna is an example of this.

 

The writing is pink and makes the magazine looks feminine. Most Pop magazines have bright colours and are feminine and aimed at young females.

This is a logo from Top of the Pops. Top of the Pops is a Pop magazine that is mainy aimed at young females. You cannot only tell this by the style of the magazine but by what comes with the magazine when you buy it. The freebies that come with Top of the Pops are thyings such as makeup sets, nail sets and just mainly things that girls would use.

 

As you can see three main colours are used. Pink, white and yellow. Pink is a feminine colour. White is just a neutral colour that can be feminine and masculine. The pink stands out on the yellow background and it becomes aware that this magazine is targeted at young females.

 

This is an example of a type of freebie that would come with Top of the Pops magazine. Females only use nail varnish, sometimes men use it but mainly women use it. So this portays that the magazine is for females.

 

Music genres show up in many shows and films. Step Up is an example of this. Step Up has a soundtrack of the film and the soundtrack includes many famous artists. Pop artists' songs are also sung in the TV programme Glee, because Pop is shown on TV it makes Pop more popular and it is shown to a wider range of people.