GLOBAL MEDIA CULTURES

Popular Music and

Globalization
 POPULAR MUSIC
 Any music written and marketed with the intention of achieving mass
distribution and sales.
 Music that appeals to the popular taste, including rock and pop and also
soul, country, reggae, rap, and dance music.
 The kind of music with words and a strong rhythm that many people
enjoy listening and dancing to.
 Any commercially oriented music principally intended to be received and
appreciated by a wide audience.

WORLD MUSIC
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MUSIC  IDENTITY
FAMOUS SINGERS IN
THE WORLD
Asian Pop diva Coco Lee based out of Hong Kong and currently
residing in the U.S is one of the most famous pop singers under
the Asian belt. She is one of the most loved pop singer and the
former winner of the title Miss Chinese-America. Despite
residing and getting a breakthrough in the United States, this
diva still rocks the Asian music chartbusters list.
Beat of Angel (BOA) is the Kwon’s most famous song that
earned her fame across Korea and even United States.
Thanks to her multilingual feat, this Queen of Korean Pop had
cast magic in the western world as well. Kwon was the first
Korean who charmed the Japanese, and sold over a million
copies of her albums worldwide.
The world is well familiar with “Filipino” talent in the music
genre. Apart from being a distinct personality in Asia,
Salonga’s connections with the global media conglomerate
Disney has fostered her growth in numerous ways. She sang
two famous songs for Disney: Jasmine (Alladin) and Fa Mulan
(Mulan).
 Park Jae-sang

2012 was the year Gangnam Style took over the world. The YouTube video which has
been watched 3.12 billion times till now is as iconic as the song itself. This made Psy a
global sensation and popularized his dance step to an extent beyond imagination.