K-Pop

K-pop (an abbreviation of Korean pop;^[1] Korean|케이팝|^[1] is a musical genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements. Although it comprises all genres of "popular music" within South Korea, the term is more often used in a narrower sense to describe a modern form of South Korean pop music covering a wide range of styles including dance-pop, pop ballad, electronic, rock, metal,^[2] hip-hop music and R&B.^[3]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Holden, Todd Joseph Miles; Scrase, Timothy J. (2006). Medi@sia: global media/tion in and out of context. Taylor & Francis. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-415-37155-1. http://books.google.com/?id=h5rBuzQudXYC&pg=PA144. "Since the 1990s, the term "K-pop" has become popularized to refer to Korean popular music, being widely used throughout East and Southeast Asia."
↑ "Head-banging to K-pop: Metal in the Korean Pop Industry". MTV Iggy. April 3, 2012. http://www.mtviggy.com/blog-posts/head-banging-to-k-pop-metal-in-the-korean-pop-industry/. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
↑ "K-Pop". Doosan Encyclopedia. Naver. http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=1083184. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

[mediasia-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Holden, Todd Joseph Miles; Scrase, Timothy J. (2006). Medi@sia: global media/tion in and out of context. Taylor & Francis. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-415-37155-1. http://books.google.com/?id=h5rBuzQudXYC&pg=PA144. "Since the 1990s, the term "K-pop" has become popularized to refer to Korean popular music, being widely used throughout East and Southeast Asia."

[2] "Head-banging to K-pop: Metal in the Korean Pop Industry". MTV Iggy. April 3, 2012. http://www.mtviggy.com/blog-posts/head-banging-to-k-pop-metal-in-the-korean-pop-industry/. Retrieved 2014-12-15.

[Naver-3] "K-Pop". Doosan Encyclopedia. Naver. http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=1083184. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

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