popular music

British  

noun

1. music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies See also pop 2

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Example Sentences

“Rock ’N’ Roll,” which he dedicated to Vaclav Havel, explores the rebellious, Dionysian force of popular music, an eternal source of inspiration for him, in a play set partly in Prague during the Communist era.

From Los Angeles Times

Scott Johnson, a composer and guitarist who forged an original style involving the rhythmic cadences of speech and the gestures and timbres of popular music, died on Friday in Manhattan.

From New York Times

"Both works are in a 6/8 meter that is less common in popular music," they said in their initial court filing.

From BBC

Stage actors are often called upon to play famous rock stars in jukebox musicals, which rely on an audience’s affection for popular music catalogs.

From Los Angeles Times

Girls song is the first in the history of popular music to be written from the perspective of a tuxedo.

From New York Times