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52-511: Londonbeat are a British dance-pop band who scored a number of pop and dance hits in the early 1990s. They currently consist of vocalists Jimmy Helms , Jimmy Chambers, and Charles Pierre. Former members include multi-instrumentalist William Henshall, George Chandler, Marc Goldschmitz, and Myles Kayne. As of 2024, the band has released six studio albums and numerous compilations. Formed in England's capital city , Londonbeat's career took off with

104-553: A co-producer by her third record, Madonna's insistence on being involved in all creative aspects of her work was highly unusual for a female dance-pop vocalist at the time. The staff of Vice magazine stated that her debut album "drew the blueprint for future dance-pop." In the 1980s, dance-pop was closely aligned to other uptempo electronic genres, such as Hi-NRG . Prominent producers in the 1980s included Stock, Aitken and Waterman , who created Hi-NRG/dance-pop for artists such as Kylie Minogue , Dead or Alive and Bananarama . During

156-815: A continued embrace of synth-pop and dance-pop sensibilities. In 2024, The Recording Academy introduced a new category, the Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording , to honor the growing influence of dance-pop. The inaugural winner was Kylie Minogue for her single " Padam Padam ", highlighting her continued influence in the genre. The decade also saw a trend toward a more indie and alternative take on dance-pop, with artists like Rina Sawayama and Charli XCX blending hyperpop, electro-pop, and avant-pop elements into their music, as evident in albums like SAWAYAMA (2020) and CRASH (2022), respectively. Dance-pop's mainstream appeal persisted as major festivals and live events returned post-COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring

208-472: A dance craze. The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B music which used lavish orchestral arrangements. Genres : Disco , funk , R&B , hip hop In 1970, the television show Soul Train premiered featuring famous soul artists who would play or lipsync their hits while the audience danced along. In the early '70s, Kool and the Gang, Ohio Players , and B.T. Express were popular funk bands. By

260-466: A form – examples include Catatonia single " Karaoke Queen ," Bis 's top 40 hit " Eurodisco ", Kenickie 's final single " Stay in the Sun " and Romo band Orlando 's major-label debut single "Just For A Second." Another Britpop band, Theaudience was fronted by Sophie Ellis Bextor who went on to a successful solo career primarily in artist-driven dance-pop. At the beginning of the 2000s, dance-pop music

312-758: A global hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100, showcasing how K-pop artists were successfully merging dance-pop elements into their music. Doja Cat's Planet Her (2021) and The Weeknd's Dawn FM (2022) blended R&B with dance-pop and synth-pop elements, offering new interpretations of the genre. Dua Lipa's follow-up album Radical Optimism (2024), featuring singles like " Training Season ", " Houdini ", and " Illusion ", continued to push dance-pop boundaries by incorporating elements of house and disco while exploring themes of empowerment and growth. Similarly, Taylor Swift's albums Midnights (2022) and 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2024) showcased

364-732: A pop-influenced sound, which features production by dance-pop record producers Max Martin and Shellback . Ariana Grande 's single " Problem " featuring Iggy Azalea was a big hit in 2014 and reached combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 9 million units worldwide the following year. The 2020s continued to see the evolution of dance-pop with an array of artists expanding the genre's boundaries while incorporating elements from diverse musical styles. In 2020, Dua Lipa's album Future Nostalgia garnered significant acclaim for its fusion of disco, funk, and electro-pop. Hits like " Don't Start Now " and " Physical " channeled retro vibes while offering contemporary production, helping revive interest in

416-484: Is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio . Developing from a combination of dance and pop with influences of disco , post-disco and synth-pop , it is generally characterised by strong beats with easy, uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop music than

468-550: Is a popular mainstream style of music and there have been numerous artists and groups who perform in the genre. Notable artists include Cher , Madonna , Britney Spears , Rick Astley , Kylie Minogue , Christina Aguilera , Spice Girls , Paula Abdul , Backstreet Boys , Michael Jackson , NSYNC , Jennifer Lopez , Janet Jackson , Rihanna , Katy Perry , Lady Gaga , Dua Lipa , Years & Years , Justin Bieber , Taylor Swift , Carly Rae Jepsen , and Ava Max , among others. As

520-485: Is music accompanying traditional dance and may be contrasted with historical/classical, and popular/commercial dance music. An example of folk dance music in the United States is the old-time music played at square dances and contra dances . While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times (for example Ancient Greek vases sometimes show dancers accompanied by musicians),

572-1240: The Beatmasters ' " Rok da House " but the term "dance music" is applied to many forms of electronic music , both commercial and non-commercial. Some of the most popular upbeat genres include house , techno , gqom , drum & bass , jungle , hardcore , electronica , industrial , breakbeat , trance , psychedelic trance , UK garage and electro . There are also much slower styles, such as downtempo , chillout and nu jazz . Many subgenres of electronic dance music have evolved. Subgenres of house include acid house , kwaito , electro house , hard house , funky house , deep house , afro house , tribal house , hip house , tech house and US garage . Subgenres of drum & bass include techstep , hardstep , jump-up , intelligent D&B/atmospheric D&B , liquid funk , sambass , drumfunk , neurofunk and ragga jungle . Subgenres of other styles include progressive breaks , booty bass , Goa trance , hard trance , hardstyle , minimal techno , gabber techno , breakcore , broken beat , trip hop , folktronica and glitch . Speed garage , breakstep , 2-step , bassline , grime , UK funky , future garage and

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624-618: The Faeroe Islands . "Dansband" ("Dance band") is a term in Swedish for bands who play a kind of popular music , "dansbandsmusik" ("Dance band music"), to partner dance to. These terms came into use around 1970, and before that, many of the bands were classified as " pop groups ". This type of music is mostly popular in the Nordic countries . Disco is a genre of dance music containing elements of funk , soul , pop , and salsa . It

676-652: The Fine Young Cannibals ' 1989 album, The Raw & the Cooked . Chandler, Chambers, and Helms were backing vocalists on the 1988 Godley & Creme album, Goodbye Blue Sky . Current Past Jimmy Helms is the only member present in every Londonbeat lineup. Jimmy Chambers is also present in every lineup, with the exception of 1999, when the band was known as New Londonbeat, due to his absence. 1988–1992 1994–1995 1999 2003–2004 2004–2018 2018–present Dance-pop Dance-pop

728-427: The cha-cha-cha . Often it is difficult to know whether the name of the music came first or the name of the dance. Ballads are commonly chosen for slow-dance routines. However ballads have been commonly deemed the opposite of dance music in terms of their tempo. Originally, the ballad was a type of dance as well (hence the name "ballad", from the same root as " ballroom " and " ballet "). Ballads are still danced on

780-439: The reggae -inspired dubstep are all subgenres of UK garage . During the early 20th century, ballroom dancing gained popularity among the working class who attended public dance halls . Dance music became enormously popular during the 1920s. Nightclubs were frequented by large numbers of people at which a form of jazz , which was characterized by fancy orchestras with strings instruments and complex arrangements, became

832-599: The 1920s. In the 1930s, known as the Swing era, Swing music was the popular dance music in America. In the 1950s, rock and roll became the popular dance music. The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B music. Dominican and Cuban New Yorkers created the popular salsa dance in the late 1960s which stemmed from the Latin music genre of salsa . The rise of disco in the early 1970s led to dance music becoming popular with

884-2029: The 1950s because of rock music. In contrast to the 1920s, however, the use of live orchestras in night clubs was extremely rare due to its expense. The disco craze reached its peak in the late 1970s when the word "disco" became synonymous with "dance music" and nightclubs were referred to as "discos". Genres : Funk , hip hop , New jack swing , R&B , bounce , Miami bass , boogie , disco , jaiva , contemporary R&B , new wave , dark wave , Italo disco , Euro disco , post-disco , synth-pop , dance-pop , dance-rock , house , kwaito , acid house , hip house , techno , freestyle , electro , hi-NRG , EBM , cosmic disco , Balearic beat , new beat Genres : New jack swing , contemporary R&B , dancehall , hip hop , G-funk , Miami bass , house , Italo dance , Italo house , Eurodance , Europop , hip house , electro , electroclash , progressive house , French house , techno , minimal techno , trance , alternative dance , drum and bass , jungle , big beat , breakbeat , breakbeat hardcore , rave , hardcore , happy hardcore , speed garage , UK garage , soca , reggaeton , trance , psytrance , Goa trance , Afro house Genres : Electropop , dance-pop , snap , crunk , dancehall , reggaeton , dance-punk , nu-disco , electro house , minimal techno , dubstep , grime , bassline , UK funky , contemporary R&B , hip hop , drum and bass , progressive house , hardstyle , funky house Genres : Electropop , synthpop , gqom , glitchpop , hip house , nu-disco , new wave , new rave , trance , house , hi-NRG , hard NRG , dance-pop , electro-industrial , deep house , drum and bass , dubstep , techstep , liquid funk , electro house , progressive house , breakbeat , hardstyle , dubstyle , drumstep , hip hop , ghetto house , Jersey club , trap , drill , moombahton , moombahcore , dancehall , tropical house , UK garage , Europop , hyperpop The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart tracks

936-511: The 1990s, such as the Spice Girls , Britney Spears , Christina Aguilera , Jessica Simpson , Backstreet Boys , and 'NSYNC . During the early 1990s, dance-pop borrowed influences from house music (e.g. Right Said Fred 's " I'm Too Sexy ", Taylor Dayne 's Soul Dancing , and Madonna 's " Vogue ", " Rescue Me " and " Deeper and Deeper "), as well as contemporary R&B and new jack swing (e.g. Shanice 's " I Love Your Smile "). By

988-467: The Hi-Life was released and featured re-recordings of "A Better Love" and "I've Been Thinking About You". The band issued Gravity in 2004, and in 2019, they published the retrospective 30 Years , which included two original tracks as well as several previously unreleased songs and remixes. Jimmy Helms has had a successful solo career and sang radio jingles for Radio Hallam and Hereward Radio in

1040-804: The Summer Of Love in Ibiza , which became the European capital of house and trance. In 2018, the release of Fisher's "Losing It ," a significant tech-house crossover by the Australian EDM producer, marked a notable shift in trends within the dance music landscape. Many music genres that made use of electronic instruments developed into contemporary styles mainly due to the MIDI protocol, which enabled computers, synthesizers, sound cards , samplers, and drum machines to interact with each other and achieve

1092-535: The UK. George Chandler is a founding member and former frontman of the band Olympic Runners . Chambers and Chandler were backing vocalists for Paul Young 's 1985 album, The Secret of Association . Helms, Chandler, and Chambers were backing vocalists on the Deacon Blue 1987 single " When Will You Make My Telephone Ring ", and they sang on the tracks " Good Thing ", "Tell Me What", and "It's OK (It's Alright)" from

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1144-475: The arrival of several new dance-pop artists, including Rihanna , Kesha , Katy Perry and Lady Gaga . This period in time also saw dance-pop's return to its more electronic roots aside from its disco ones, with strong influences of synthpop and electropop . Lady Gaga is frequently considered one of the pioneers of this evolution, notably with her singles " Just Dance " and " Poker Face " which were heavily influenced by synthpop and electropop. Rihanna's singles in

1196-531: The beginning of the decade. Whilst much dance-pop at the time was R&B-influenced, many records started to return to their disco roots; Kylie Minogue's albums such as Light Years (2000) and Fever (2001) contained influences of disco music, or a new 21st-century version of the genre known as nu-disco ; hit singles such as " Spinning Around " (2000) and " Can't Get You Out of My Head " (2001) also contained disco traces. In Madonna's case, her album Music (2000) contained elements of Euro disco , especially

1248-425: The classical era, as the minuet evolved into the scherzo (literally, "joke"; a faster-paced minuet). Both remained part of the romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle , mazurka and polonaise . Also in the romantic music era, the growth and development of ballet extended the composition of dance music to a new height. Frequently, dance music

1300-586: The dance charts. In 1995, Londonbeat entered the UK heats of the Eurovision Song Contest with their non-album track "I'm Just Your Puppet on a ... (String)". However, they were not selected to enter the main contest (losing out to rap group Love City Groove ), and the single stalled at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart . In 2003, they regrouped with a new lineup and signed to German record label Coconut . An album called Back in

1352-543: The dance-pop charts within the decade. Some music journalists noted the popularity of dance tracks, particularly those with narratives about clubbing and feeling positive during hard times, in pop music in the early 2010s. This was considered a response to the 2007–2008 financial crisis or 2012 phenomenon , with the colloquial term "recession pop" used to define some of the popular songs of this decade. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift 's albums Red (2012), 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017) contain more of

1404-544: The dance-pop genre, including " Don't Stop the Music " and " Disturbia ", contained electronic influences, the former of which has elements of house music, the latter electropop. Kesha's debut single, " Tik Tok ", was also highly electronic in style and employed a video game beat. Katy Perry's " Hot N Cold " (2008), " California Gurls " (2010), and " Firework " (2010), which were major commercial hits, also showcased influences of electropop and house music. The 2010s, similarly to

1456-469: The dance-pop genre. Lady Gaga also made a notable return to her dance-pop roots with the album Chromatica , which included collaborations with Ariana Grande (" Rain on Me ") and BLACKPINK (" Sour Candy "). The influence of K-pop on dance-pop also grew in prominence. South Korean groups such as BTS and BLACKPINK achieved global success with songs that blended electronic dance beats with pop melodies. For instance, BTS's single " Dynamite " (2020) became

1508-524: The decade, dance-pop borrowed influences from funk (e.g. Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston ), new jack swing (e.g. Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul ), and contemporary R&B . Other prominent dance-pop artists and groups of the 1980s included the Pet Shop Boys , Mel and Kim , Samantha Fox , Debbie Gibson , and Tiffany . By the 1990s, dance-pop had become a major genre in popular music. Several dance-pop groups and artists emerged during

1560-518: The earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are the surviving medieval dances such as carols and the Estampie . The earliest of these surviving dances are almost as old as Western staff-based music notation . The Renaissance dance music was written for instruments such as the lute , viol , tabor , pipe , and the sackbut . In the Baroque period,

1612-469: The early 1980s as a combination of dance and pop, or post-disco, which was uptempo and simple, club-natured, producer-driven and catchy. Dance-pop was more uptempo and dancey than regular pop, yet more structured and less free-form than dance music, usually combining pop's easy structure and catchy tunes with dance's strong beat and uptempo nature. Dance-pop music was usually created, composed and produced by record producers who would then hire singers to perform

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1664-650: The full synchronization of sounds. Electronic dance music is typically composed using synthesizers and computers , and rarely has any physical instruments . Instead, this is replaced by analogue and digital electronic sounds, with a 4/4 beat. Many producers of this kind of music however, such as Darren Tate and MJ Cole , were trained in classical music before they moved into the electronic medium. Associated with dance music are usually commercial tracks that may not easily be categorized, such as " The Power " by Snap! , " No Limit " by 2 Unlimited , " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) " by C+C Music Factory , and

1716-423: The genre's enduring popularity and adaptability. Dance-pop generally contains several notable characteristics: Dance music Modern popular dance music initially emerged from late 19th century's Western ballroom and social dance music. During the early 20th century, ballroom dancing gained popularity among the working class who attended public dance halls . Dance music became enormously popular during

1768-565: The late 1970s, disco became influenced by electronic musical instruments such as synthesizers. sampling and segueing as found in disco continued to be used as creative techniques within trance music , techno music and especially house music . Electronic dance music experienced a boom in the late 1980s. In the UK, this manifested itself in the dance element of Tony Wilson 's Haçienda scene (in Manchester) and London clubs like Delirium, The Trip, and Shoom. The scene rapidly expanded to

1820-418: The late 1990s, electronic influences became evident in dance-pop music; Madonna's critically acclaimed and commercially successful album Ray of Light (1998) incorporated techno , trance and other forms of electronic dance music, bringing electronica into mainstream dance-pop. Additionally, also in 1998, Cher released a dance-pop song called " Believe " which made usage of a technological innovation of

1872-402: The late 2000s, saw strong electronic influences present within dance-pop; there is also a strong emphasis on bass-heavy drum beats. Artists such as Britney Spears , Lady Gaga , Taylor Swift , Katy Perry , Madonna , Kesha , Christina Aguilera , Usher and Rihanna remained very popular, while newer recording artists such as Ariana Grande , Justin Bieber , Rita Ora , and Dua Lipa joined

1924-546: The major dance styles were noble court dances (see Baroque dance ). Examples of dances include the French courante , sarabande , minuet and gigue . Collections of dances were often collected together as dance suites . In the classical music era , the minuet was frequently used as a third movement in four-movement non-vocal works such as sonatas , string quartets , and symphonies , although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The waltz also arose later in

1976-535: The mid-1970s, disco had become one of the main genres featured. In 1974, Billboard added a Disco Action chart of top hits to its other charts (see List of Billboard number one dance club songs ). Donna Summer , the Bee Gees, the Village People and Gloria Gaynor gained pop hits. Disco was characterized by the use of real orchestral instruments, such as strings, which had largely been abandoned during

2028-433: The more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes. The genre, on the whole, tends to be producer-driven , despite some notable exceptions. Dance-pop is highly eclectic, having borrowed influences from other genres, which varied by producers, artists and periods. Such include contemporary R&B , house , trance , techno , electropop , new jack swing , funk and pop rock . Dance-pop

2080-414: The most popular tracks played by radio stations using a "dance music" format . Modern dance music is typically a core component of the rhythmic adult contemporary and rhythmic contemporary formats, and an occasional component of the contemporary hit radio format in the case of dance songs which chart. Mixshows are radio programmes which feature a sequence of dance music tracks where each track's outro

2132-661: The number 2 spot in the UK in September 1990, the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts in February 1991. Their follow-up single, " A Better Love ", became a Billboard Top-20 hit. The band issued the album Harmony in 1992 and followed it two years later with Londonbeat , which spawned the single "Come Back", bringing them back to the top of

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2184-598: The public. By the late 1970s, electronic dance music was developing. This music, made using electronics, is a style of popular music commonly played in nightclubs , radio stations , shows and raves . Many subgenres of electronic dance music have evolved. Dancing to rhythmic music has long been a cherished tradition in both Western and Eastern African civilizations, where dynamic movements synchronized with percussion instruments such as drums, bells, and rattles serve as integral expressions of cultural identity, social cohesion, and spiritual significance. Folk dance music

2236-468: The song "There's a Beat Going On", from their 1988 debut album, Speak . The song peaked on the UK chart at number 88. The track "9 A.M (The Comfort Zone)", from the same record, subsequently became a modest success in the UK, rising to number 19. Londonbeat are best known for their 1990 single " I've Been Thinking About You ", from their second album, In the Blood , released the same year. After capturing

2288-450: The songs. At the beginning of the 1980s, disco was an anathema to mainstream pop. According to prominent AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine , Madonna had a huge role in popularizing dance music as mainstream music, utilizing her charisma, chutzpah and sex appeal. Erlewine claimed that Madonna "launched dance-pop" and set the standard for the genre for the next two decades. As the primary songwriter on her self-titled debut album and

2340-732: The standard music at clubs. A particularly popular dance was the fox-trot . At the time this music was simply called jazz, although today people refer to it as "white jazz" or big band . Marabi evolved in South Africa in the 1920s, rooted in South African folk music, ragtime , jazz and blues . People were able to dance endlessly without having to have been familiar with the songs being played, before. Genres : Swing music , mbube , Congolese rumba , Western swing . Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller gained swing jazz hits. Genres : Rock and roll , kwela In 1952,

2392-567: The successful eponymous lead single . Nevertheless, it was not until the mid-to-latter part of the decade when dance-pop music returned greatly to its disco roots; this can be seen with Madonna's album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005), which borrowed strong influences from the genre, especially from 1970s artists and bands such as ABBA , Giorgio Moroder , the Bee Gees and Donna Summer . Britney Spears' album Blackout (2007) contained influences of Euro disco. The mid-to-late 2000s saw

2444-406: The television showed that American Bandstand switched to a format where teenagers dance along as records are played. American Bandstand continued to be shown until 1989. Since the late 1950s, disc jockeys (commonly known as DJs) played recorded music at nightclubs. Genres : Rock and roll , R&B , funk , mbaqanga In 1960, Chubby Checker released his song " The Twist " setting off

2496-450: The term "disco" started to go out of fashion by the late 1970s to early 1980s, other terms were commonly used to describe disco-based music, such as "post-disco", "club", "dance" or "dance-pop" music. These genres were, in essence, a more modern variant of disco music known as post-disco , which tended to be more experimental, electronic and producer / DJ -driven, often using sequencers and synthesizers . Dance-pop music emerged around

2548-553: The time, Auto-Tune . An audio processor and a form of pitch modification software, Auto-Tune is commonly used as a way to correct pitch and to create special effects. Since the late 1990s, the use of Auto-Tune processing has become a common feature of dance-pop music. Celine Dion also released a midtempo dance-pop song, " That's the Way It Is " by the end of 1999. Also during this period, some British bands connected with Britpop and alternative pop experimented with dance-pop as

2600-414: Was a part of opera . Modern popular dance music initially emerged from late 19th century's Western ballroom and social dance music. Dance music works often bear the name of the corresponding dance, e.g. waltzes , the tango , the bolero , the can-can , minuets , salsa , various kinds of jigs and the breakdown . Other dance forms include contradance , the merengue ( Dominican Republic ), and

2652-471: Was most popular during the mid to late 1970s, though it has had brief resurgences afterwards. The first notable fully synthesized disco hit was " I Feel Love " by Donna Summer . Looping ,It inspired the electronic dance music genre. By 1981, a new form of dance music was developing. This music, made using electronics, is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs , radio stations , shows and raves . During its gradual decline in

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2704-431: Was still prominent, and highly electronic in style, influenced by genres such as trance, house, techno and electro . Nonetheless, as R&B and hip hop became extremely popular from the early part of the decade onwards, dance-pop was often influenced by urban music. Dance-pop stars from the 1980s and 1990s such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Janet Jackson and Kylie Minogue continued to achieve success at

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