Editing Europop

{{Short description|European pop music genre}}
{{about|European form of the pop music genre|the Eiffel 65 album|Europop (album){{!}}''Europop'' (album)}}
{{Distinguish|Eurodance|Eurodisco}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Europop
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[disco]]|[[Dance music|dance]]<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/euro-pop-ma0000004446|title=Euro-Pop Music Genre Overview - AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref>|[[Electronic music|electronic]]}}
| cultural_origins  = Mid to late 1960s, Europe<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica, [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/196550/Europop Europop]</ref>
| derivatives       =*[[Disco polo]]
*[[K-pop]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2020/07/13/888933244/start-here-your-guide-to-getting-into-k-pop | title=Start Here: Your Guide To Getting Into K-Pop | website=[[NPR]] | date=April 7, 2024 }}</ref>
*[[Bubblegum music|Bubblegum Dance]]
*[[Balearic beat]]
| subgenrelist      =
| subgenres         = [[Eurodisco]]
| regional_scenes   = [[Nordic popular music|Scandinavia]], [[Schlager music|Germany]],
[[Popcorn (Romanian music style) |Romania]], [[Disco polo|Poland]]
| local_scenes      =
| other_topics      = *[[List of Europop artists|List of artists]]
*[[Eurobeat]]
*[[Teen pop]]
}}

'''Europop''' (also spelled '''Euro pop''') is a style of [[pop music]] that originated in Europe during the mid-to-late 1960s<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica" /> and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with revivals and moderate degrees of appreciation in the 2000s. It is characterized by catchy beats, slick songs and frothy lyrics. Swedish group [[ABBA]] is often credited for popularizing the genre.<ref name="allmusic.com" /> Modern Europop overlaps with [[Eurodance]], however the latter is more [[Electronic dance music|Club]] and [[Hi-NRG]] leaning.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.allmusic.com/style/euro-dance-ma0000005013 | title=Euro-Dance Music Genre Overview - AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]  | date=November 14, 2024 }}</ref>

==History==
During the 1970s and early 1980s, such groups were primarily popular in [[Continental Europe|continental countries]], with the exception of [[ABBA]] (1972–1983).<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=6CMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=abba+World+Popular+Song+Festival+in+Tokyo&pg=PT25 ABBA The History]'', Billboard, 8 September 1979. Retrieved 3 June 2022</ref> The Swedish four-person band achieved great success in the UK, where they scored twenty top 10 singles and nine chart-topping albums, and in North America and Australia.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Europop became very popular. [[Roxette]] and [[Ace of Base]] led Europop in American mainstream audiences. In the 1990s, pop groups like the [[Spice Girls]], [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]], [[Steps (pop group)|Steps]], [[Right Said Fred]], [[Backstreet Boys]] and singer [[DJ BoBo]] were strongly influenced by Europop. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Italian dance group [[Eiffel 65]] were highly active in this genre. In the 2000s, one of the most popular representatives of Europop music was Swedish pop group [[Alcazar (band)|Alcazar]].

In central Europe, [[Italo disco]] (also known as 1980s [[Euro disco]]) and [[Euro house]] were the predominant attempts by young musicians to have a hit record in and beyond the borders of their own country.

==See also==
* [[List of Europop artists]]
* [[Electronic dance music|EDM]]
* [[Electropop]]
* [[Eurobeat]]
* [[Eurodance]]
* [[Eurovision Song Contest]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* Paul Simpson: ''The Rough Guide to Cult Pop: The Songs, the Artists, the Genres, the Dubious Fashions''. Rough Guides 2003, {{ISBN|1-84353-229-8}}, p.&nbsp;56 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=F7hpXcrqA-8C&dq=Europop&pg=PA36 restricted online version (Google Books)])
* [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/196550/Europop ''Europop''] - entry at the [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]
* [[Simon Frith]]: ''Heard it before? You can blame it on the boogie.'' The Scotsman, 19 January 2000, ECM Publishers, Inc. 2000.

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