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popular music

noun popular musics

  1. uncountable, usually Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society, typically distributed widely by the music industry; typically as seen in contrast to classical music and folk music.
  2. uncountable, usually Synonym of pop music.

    Similar: pop music

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noun genre that has wide appeal amongst the general public — see also pop music

Españolmúsica popular
한국어대중음악 daejung'eumak, 팝 음악 pap eumak
日本語ポピュラー音楽 popyurā ongaku, ポピュラー・ミュージック popyurā-myūjikku
中文流行音樂 /流行音乐 liúxíng yīnyuè
Portuguêsmúsica popular
Françaismusique populaire
Deutschpopuläre Musik
Italianomusica popolare
Русскийпопуля́рная му́зыка populjárnaja múzyka, поп-му́зыка pop-múzyka, поп pop, попса́ popsá
Tiếng Việtnhạc đại chúng, nhạc phổ thông
العربيةمُوسِيقَى الْبُوب mūsīqā l-būb, بُوب būb, بُوب pop

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@misc{popular_music_2026,
  title = {popular music},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/popular%20music},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}