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This Is Pop

Auto-Tune

Fri, Mar 05, 2021
Love it or hate it, Auto-Tune has changed pop music. From Cher's "Believe" to Kanye West's "Love Lockdown," the sound has penetrated the globe and revolutionized music since its invention in 1997.
7.5 /10
Hail Britpop!

Fri, Mar 12, 2021
With grunge on the rise, UK band re imagine pop in their own playful images, sweeping up a scene in its wake as Oasis and Blur feud with laddish fury.
7.1 /10
Stockholm Syndrome
How did Sweden become music's stealth superpower? Map its pop trajectory with the arrival of Abba, Ace of Base and producer-songwriter Max Martin.
8.2 /10
The Boyz II Men Effect
The Philly Sound meet classic Motown in the impeccable crossover harmonies of Boyz II Men, whose string of smashes inspired a new wave of boy bands.
6.9 /10
When Country Goes Pop
From Starry outlaws to a "9 to 5" cup of ambition. The lines between country and pop blur with the ascent of Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Lil Nas X.
6.5 /10
The Brill Building in 4 Songs
A hit dedicated to another Brill Building songwriter, a strong earworm penned for a cartoon combo - these numbers powered a midcentury music factory.
6.3 /10
What Can a Song Do?
Can music change the world? Take the pulse of protest music while Hozier, MILCK, Chuck D, the Halluci Nation, Billy Bragg and other weigh in.
6.1 /10
Festival Rising

Fri, Apr 23, 2021
From the Human Be-In to Glastonbury, music festivals became a pop rite of passage as onstage electricity connects with an enormous crowd's energy.
6.3 /10

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