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-	{{Template}}	+	{{Template}}'''Popular music''' is [[music]] belonging to any of a number of [[music genre|musical styles]] that are accessible to the [[mainstream|general public]] and are disseminated by one or more of the [[mass media]]. It stands in contrast to [[art music]], which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and [[traditional music]] which was disseminated orally. It is sometimes abbreviated to '''pop music''', although [[pop music]] is more often used for a narrower branch of popular music.
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Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It stands in contrast to art music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally. It is sometimes abbreviated to pop music, although pop music is more often used for a narrower branch of popular music.