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Pop music, or simply pop, is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. Rock and pop music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which pop became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible.

Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, hip hop, urban, dance, Latin, and country. (Full article...)

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Cami Bradley in 2016

Carmen Jane "Cami" Bradley (born May 26, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist from Spokane, Washington. Bradley gained fame in 2013 as a contestant on season eight of America's Got Talent, during which she advanced to the finals by performing her arrangements of popular songs including "Believe". Bradley finished the season in sixth place.

Prior to her appearance on America's Got Talent, Bradley won a local singing competition in Spokane in 2006. She self-released two solo projects in 2009 and a third in 2013. Following her national exposure, Bradley and Alabama singer-songwriter Whitney Dean formed a collaboration called the Sweeplings. She formed a second collaboration in 2019, Carmen Jane, to pursue a more experimental sound. (Full article...)

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Leavin' is a studio album by American recording artist Natalie Cole, released on September 26, 2006, by Verve Records. The album consists of ten cover versions of various R&B and pop songs and two original songs: "5 Minutes Away" and "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love)". It was the second of Cole's albums to be released by Verve Records and her first album in four years, following Ask a Woman Who Knows (2002). Cole promoted the album as a return to her R&B roots, distancing herself from an identification as a jazz artist.

Critics gave the album generally positive reviews, praising Cole's interpretations of the covered material, and compared her favorably to contemporary R&B artists. The album peaked at number 97 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States, and charted in Germany and Switzerland. It spawned one single – Cole's cover of Aretha Franklin's 1972 song "Day Dreaming" – with an accompanying music video. She performed the song at the BET special An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Aretha Franklin. She embarked on a theatre tour in the fall of 2006 to support the album. (Full article...)

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"XO" is a song by the American singer Beyoncé from her fifth studio album, Beyoncé (2013). Columbia Records released it as the album's lead single to US pop radio on December 16, 2013. Beyoncé, Ryan Tedder, and Terius "The-Dream" Nash wrote and produced "XO", a mid-tempo pop and electro-rock ballad that is instrumented by synthesizers and drums. It incorporates elements of hip-hop and dancehall and has a call and response chorus. A love song, its lyrics detail a narrator's plea for a lasting and stable romance amidst the ups and downs of life.

Music critics generally acclaimed the radio- and stadium-friendly production and the intimate lyricism of "XO". The track's beginning contains an audio sample from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which was criticized by the families of the lost crew and NASA. Beyoncé released a statement saying that the sample was meant to be a tribute to the Challenger crew. "XO" charted and received platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. In the US, the single peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified double platinum. (Full article...)

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