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Teen pop
Stylistic origins: Bubblegum pop
Dance-pop
Ballad
Cultural origins: 1940s in the United States[1]
Typical instruments: Drums, bass guitar, drum machine, synthesizer, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Mainstream popularity: late 1980s-early 1990s, late 1990s through present[1]
Derivative forms: Upbeat pop - American pop - Europop
Fusion genres
Teenybopper beat - Urban contemporary - R&B
Other topics
Boy band - Girl group - Pop icon

Teen pop is a genre of music which is marketed, but not exclusively, to preteens and teenagers. It is called teen pop because most of the artists within this genre start their careers in their teens. Producers Max Martin, Kara DioGuardi and Jay Orpin are pioneer songwriters of this genre of music.

The music is often marketed to a youth audience, and often performed by teens in a dance-pop, pop rock, or contemporary urban music format.

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The first major wave of teen pop groups rose in the late 1980s with similar music stars such as Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Bros, and New Kids on the Block. These pop stars caught on with the audience due to their radio-friendly pop oriented music and wholesome good looks.

In the early 1990s, teen pop dominated the charts until grunge music crossed over into the mainstream in North America. Teen pop remained popular in the United Kingdom with the boy band Take That during this period, until the mid 1990s when Britpop became the next major wave in the UK, eclipsing the style similar to how grunge did in North America.[2]

For a brief period after Take That disbanded, there wasn't any teen pop in either North America or the UK, but this changed when in middle of 1996, the girl group the Spice Girls released their single "Wannabe" which made them major pop stars in the UK. The Spice Girls also became big stars in North America, the following year in 1997. In their wake, other major teen pop groups also came to prominence, namely 'N Sync and The Backstreet Boys.The Danish/Norwegian Band Aqua did some teen-pop. A new type of teen pop group also arose with a more traditional pop rock format, rather than dance-pop, that made a large impression on the youth audience, most notably with Hanson.

Teen pop remained popular into the 2000s. Hit songs from Britney Spears created another type of teen pop idol, of a single female lolita pop icon. Similar artists such as Christina Aguilera and Pink would grow with their audience letting their music and persona evolve similar to entertainer Madonna.[2]

In 2002, as boy band popularity wained and the the pop lolitas grew older, Canadian pop musician Avril Lavigne released her Let Go album, which brought a new style of teen pop to the mainstream. Popular songs such as "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi" had a more pop rock sound like Hanson, but also borrowed from a bratty pop punk attitude from groups like blink 182 and Good Charlotte. Similar artists of this sound followed, including The Veronicas, Busted, McFly, Jonas Brothers and Aly & AJ. As of 2007, this style of teen pop is still going strong with Lavigne's album The Best Damn Thing continuing to sell well on the charts.

  1. ^ a b Lamb, Bill. "Teen Pop". About.com. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
  2. ^ a b All Music Staff. "Teen Pop". All Music Guide. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
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