Europop

This article is about European form of the pop music genre. For the Eiffel 65 album, see Europop (album).
Not to be confused with Eurobeat, Eurodance, or Eurodisco.
Europop
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins1960s, Europe
Derivative forms
Regional scenes
Scandinavia, Germany, Romania, Poland
Other topics

Europop (also spelled Euro pop) is a style of pop music characterized by polished production, simple and highly catchy melodies, repetitive choruses, and light lyrical themes. The style consolidated itself mainly in continental Europe from the mid to late 1960s, although it exerted significant influence on British and American artists, and topped the charts throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with revivals and moderate degrees of appreciation in the 2000s. The Swedish group ABBA is widely considered the leading representative of classic Europop.

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