K-pop (a abbreviation o Korean popular muisic; Korean: 케이팝 or K팝, romanisit keipap) is a muisical genre oreeginatin in Sooth Korea that is characterisit bi a wide variety o audiovisual elements.
Awtho it comprises aw genres o "popular muisic" athin Sooth Korea, the term is mair aften uised in a narraeer sense tae describe a modren form o Sooth Korean pop muisic coverin maistly dance-pop, pop ballad, electronic, rock, hip-hop, R&B, etc.
K-pop | |
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Stylistic oreegins | Rhythm an blues • Jazz • Fowk • Dance • Clessical • Rock an roll • Synthpop • Korean muisic |
Cultural oreegins | Nominally early 1990s, Sooth Korea (ruits tracit tae the 1960s) |
Teepical instruments | Vocals • Rappin • Drum machine • Drum pad • Drums • Electric bass • Keybuirds • Piano • Sampler • Sequencer • Synthesizer |
Local scenes | |
Seoul | |
Ither topics | |
Muisic o Korea C-pop • J-pop • Mandopop |
In 1992, modren K-pop wis ushered in wi the formation o Seo Taiji & Boys, whose successfu experimentation wi different muisic styles haed spairkit a paradigm shift in the muisic industry o Sooth Korea. As a result, the integration o foreign muisical elements haes nou acome a common practice in the K-pop industry.
Bi tappin intae social netwirkin services an the video sharin platform YouTube, the K-pop industry's ability tae secure a sizable owerseas audience haes facilitatit a noticeable rise in the global proliferation o the genre. Syne the mid-2000s, the K-pop muisic mercat haes experienced dooble deegit growthe rates. In the first hauf of 2012, it grossed nearly US$3.4 billion, an wis recognisit bi Time magazine as "South Korea's Greatest Export".
First gainin popularity in East Asie in the late 1990s, K-pop entered the Japanese muisic mercat towards the turn o the 21st century. In the late 2000s, it grew frae a muisical genre intae a subcultur amang teenagers an young adults o East an Sootheast Asie. Currently, the spread o K-pop tae ither regions o the warld, via the Korean wave, is seen in pairts o Laitin Americae, Northeast Indie, North Africae, the Middle East, Eastren Europe an immigrant enclaves o the Wastren warld.
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