I would define popular music as music was is easily identifiable and heard all the time on mainstream radio and TV for example. Also music which is easily accessible and what everyone listens to on a day to day basis. For example all the different genres of music played on the top radio stations, e.g Capital Radio, Radio One which are popular with all viewers so therefore played over and over again.
All the music which enters the Top 40 chart every week I see as popular music because the types of music in these charts must be 'popular' in order for people to go out and buy the music.I think this applies to the download charts too.
I don't believe that popular music only applies to one genre of music but in fact to several genres. So not just 'pop' music but rock, classical and urban music for example - whatever people are buying and listening to.
I think however that popular music has changed over the years and developed. I think it used to be in some what way classified to just pop music years ago but now new genres are developing and peoples tastes are changing so therefore overall popular music and the culture surrounding it has changed.
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