Dance-pop
Dance-pop is a genre. Defining acts include Lady Gaga, Madonna, Selena Gomez, Céline Dion and Britney Spears, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Dance-pop grew out of Pop, club/dance music, Latin Freestyle, wa euro and Post-disco. It sits close to progg, Disco, wa euro, bubblegum music and dancehall pop, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into disco-pop and popcorn, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 30 connections around Dance-pop. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Dance-pop came from and where it led.
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Dance-pop connections
Dance-pop grew out of Pop, club/dance music, Latin Freestyle and wa euro, shares an orbit with progg, Disco, wa euro and bubblegum music, went on to shape disco-pop and popcorn. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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