popular music

English

popular music (usually uncountable, plural popular musics)

(music) Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society dominated by urban culture and advanced technology, especially music with less complexity than classical music and less rootsy authenticity than folk music.
Synonym of pop music

genre that has wide appeal amongst the general public — See also translations at pop music

Arabic: مُوسِيقَى الْبُوب‎ f (mūsīqā l-būb), بُوب‎ m (būb), بُوب‎ m (pop)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流行音樂／流行音乐 (zh) (liúxíng yīnyuè)
Finnish: populaarimusiikki (fi), pop (fi), pop-musiikki (fi)
French: musique populaire f
Galician: música popular f
Georgian: პოპულარული მუსიკა (ṗoṗularuli musiḳa), პოპ-მუსიკა (ṗoṗ-musiḳa), პოპი (ṗoṗi)
German: populäre Musik f
Hungarian: könnyűzene (hu)
Italian: musica popolare f
Japanese: ポピュラー音楽 (ポピュラーおんがく, popyurā ongaku), ポピュラー・ミュージック (popyurā-myūjikku)
Korean: 대중음악 (ko) (daejung'eumak), 팝 음악 (pap eumak)
Maori: puoro arotini
Norwegian:
Bokmål: populærmusikk m
Nynorsk: populærmusikk m
Portuguese: música popular f
Russian: популя́рная му́зыка f (populjárnaja múzyka), поп-му́зыка (ru) f (pop-múzyka), поп (ru) m (pop), попса́ (ru) f (popsá) (slang)
Rusyn: попула́рна му́зика f (populárna múzyka)
Spanish: música popular
Swedish: populärmusik
Vietnamese: nhạc đại chúng, nhạc phổ thông