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82-401: Sweetbox is a German-based pop music project formed in 1995 by executive producer Heiko Schmidt and music producer Roberto "Geo" Rosan. Throughout the years Sweetbox has had several lead singers including Kimberly Kearney, Dacia Bridges, Tina Harris , Jade Villalon , Jamie Pineda and most recently and currently, Miho Fukuhara and LogiQ Pryce. Although the project released four singles in

164-473: A chorus that contrasts melodically, rhythmically and harmonically with the verse . The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment. The lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions. Harmony and chord progressions in pop music are often "that of classical European tonality , only more simple-minded." Clichés include

246-574: A Japanese female artist to front the project. The project called upon fans to create their own music video – the winning contestant then was flown out in April to be a part of a music video shoot. It was announced in May 2013 that Japanese singer-songwriter Miho Fukuhara would join Antiguan vocalist/hip hop artist-songwriter LogiQ Pryce, making it the first time that two individuals would lead Sweetbox and also

328-460: 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, urban , dance , Latin , and country . The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former more accurately describes all music that is targeted for mass appeal (compare art music ) and includes many disparate styles. Although much of

410-538: A four-year absence since the release of the Saint Vox album, a message from Villalon was posted on her fansite, "Jade Valerie Nation," in January 2015 saying, "First and foremost I've been focusing on family. I've been spending much needed and missed time with my loved ones. I also got married to someone wonderful and I had a gorgeous baby girl. I feel really lucky and grateful for this chapter in my life and I'm taking

492-399: A light entertainment and easy listening tradition. Pop music is more conservative than other music genres such as folk, blues, country, and tradition. Many pop songs do not contain themes of resistance, opposition, or politics, rather focusing more on love and relationships. Therefore, pop music does not challenge its audiences socially, and does not cause political activism. Frith also said

574-474: A live DVD . Throughout Villalon's time leading the project, she toured in many regions of Asia with her music and voice being featured on a number of radio charts, television spots, product commercials, movie soundtracks and video games. During this time, she was awarded as being Asia's No. 1 cross-over artist with each her releases achieving Gold or Platinum status in Korea . After this success, issues started with

656-543: A native of Michigan , released her first single as the project's frontwoman – the 1995 single "Shakalaka", which peaked at #1 on the New York City Club Charts for 3 weeks. She released Sweetbox's third single titled "Wot", but the single failed to see success. Bridges departed and later started a band titled Dacia And The WMD. In 1996, Kimberly Kearney started working with Geo once again to release an additional single, "Never Alone", although this would end

738-411: A new album, Da Capo , and a new compilation, Happy Wedding Complete Best on February 26, 2020. In 1995, Sweetbox was founded as a music project from executive producer Heiko Schmidt and music producer, songwriter, and classical arranger, Roberto "Geo" Rosan. The first vocalist featured in the project was Atlanta -based rapper and singer, Kimberley Kearney, also known as Tempest. Her first single with

820-601: A new song under the project name titled "Heartkick" for the compilation album 'Happy Merry Wedding.' In 2010, Villalon stated that she was working on a project entitled Saint Vox, a collaboration between herself and the violinist Emiri Miyamoto . The self-titled album, Saint Vox , was released November 25, 2010. The album featured the sampling of six famous Japanese and Korean compositions, and six songs featuring original compositions by long-time producer, "Geo". The first single, entitled "Don't Leave Me This Way", debuted on Emiri Miyamoto 's radio show on October 11, 2010. After

902-589: A number of compilations. During this time, each major release achieved either a gold or platinum status in Japan and Korea , also earning various awards and chart positions around the world. Following Villalon's departure from this project, both Villalon and Sweetbox composer and producer Rosan Geoman worked together once again to release albums under Villalon's own name, Jade Valerie . After two album releases under this name, two additional side-projects were formed entitled Eternity ∞ and Saint Vox, both releasing

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984-498: A pop song is to them, songs from the 1960s turned out to be the most memorable, significantly more than songs from recent years 2000 to 2015. Before the progressive pop of the late 1960s, performers were typically unable to decide on the artistic content of their music. Assisted by the mid-1960s economic boom, record labels began investing in artists, giving them the freedom to experiment, and offering them limited control over their content and marketing. This situation declined after

1066-640: A self-titled album. Saint Vox presented a collaboration effort between Villalon's vocal and lyrical work, Geoman's arrangements of both original and sampled classical pieces, and the stylings of Japanese violinist, Emiri Miyamoto. Jade Valerie Villalon was born on August 12, 1980, and was raised in San Diego, California. She currently resides in Geneva, Switzerland. As a child, Villalon began her career by auditioning for, and acting in, television commercials and promotional material. Her first full-length acting role

1148-460: A separation which was "also, broadly, one between boys and girls, middle-class and working-class." The latter half of the 20th century included a large-scale trend in American culture in which the boundaries between art and pop music were increasingly blurred. Between 1950 and 1970, there was a debate of pop versus art. Since then, certain music publications have embraced the music's legitimacy,

1230-476: A song, titled "Human" on their TCG album, that she had written for the Disney -produced vocalist team. Later this year it was announced that Villalon and "Geo" had teamed up with Japanese violinist Emiri Miyamoto for a collaboration album entitled 'Saint Vox'. In 2010 it was announced that Villalon and Geo had released a single once again under the 'Jade Valerie' moniker, titled "Don't Tell Me I'm Wrong", featuring

1312-461: A team, Harris left the project forcing Schmidt and Rosan to find a new replacement. Harris released an album after her departure, under her own name, and began writing for several acts. In 1999, the Sweetbox team Heiko Schmidt and Roberto "Geo" Rosan discovered and hired Jade Villalon , an aspiring singer/songwriter and actress to front the project. In autumn of 2000, Villalon's first single with

1394-416: A tendency to reflect existing trends rather than progressive developments ; and seeks to encourage dancing or uses dance-oriented rhythms. The main medium of pop music is the song, often between two and a half and three and a half minutes in length, generally marked by a consistent and noticeable rhythmic element , a mainstream style and a simple traditional structure . The structure of many popular songs

1476-475: A thriving pop music industry, most of which is devoted to Western-style pop. Japan has for several years produced a greater quantity of music than everywhere except the US. The spread of Western-style pop music has been interpreted variously as representing processes of Americanization, homogenization , modernization, creative appropriation, cultural imperialism , or a more general process of globalization . One of

1558-488: A trend referred to as " poptimism ". Throughout its development, pop music has absorbed influences from other genres of popular music. Early pop music drew on traditional pop , an American counterpart to German Schlager and French Chanson , however compared to the pop of European countries, traditional pop originally emphasized influences ranging from Tin Pan Alley songwriting, Broadway theatre , and show tunes . As

1640-533: A wide audience [...] since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the special meaning of non-classical mus[ic], usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as The Beatles , The Rolling Stones , ABBA , etc." Grove Music Online also states that "[...] in the early 1960s, [the term] 'pop music' competed terminologically with beat music [in England], while in the US its coverage overlapped (as it still does) with that of 'rock and roll'". From about 1967,

1722-417: Is "designed to appeal to everyone" but "doesn't come from any particular place or mark off any particular taste". Frith adds that it is "not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward [...] and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative". It is, "provided from on high (by record companies, radio programmers, and concert promoters) rather than being made from below (...) Pop

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1804-425: Is all the collective clubs around the world. Radio is just doing its best to keep up." Songs that talked of escapism through partying became the most popular, influenced by the impulse to forget the economic troubles that had taken over the world after the 2008 crash . Throughout the 2010s, a lot of pop music also began to take cues from Alternative pop . Popularized by artists such as Lana Del Rey and Lorde in

1886-526: Is just the singles charts and not the sum of all chart music. The music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical , jazz , rock , and novelty songs . As a genre, pop music is seen to exist and develop separately. Therefore, the term "pop music" may be used to describe a distinct genre, designed to appeal to all, often characterized as "instant singles-based music aimed at teenagers" in contrast to rock music as "album-based music for adults". Pop music continuously evolves along with

1968-597: Is largely the story of the intertwining pop culture of the United States and the United Kingdom in the postwar era.  — Bob Stanley According to Grove Music Online , "Western-derived pop styles, whether coexisting with or marginalizing distinctively local genres, have spread throughout the world and have come to constitute stylistic common denominators in global commercial music cultures". Some non-Western countries, such as Japan, have developed

2050-479: Is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged". According to Frith, characteristics of pop music include an aim of appealing to a general audience, rather than to a particular sub-culture or ideology, and an emphasis on craftsmanship rather than formal "artistic" qualities. Besides, Frith also offers three identifying characteristics of pop music: light entertainment, commercial imperatives, and personal identification. Pop music grew out of

2132-430: Is that of a verse and a chorus, the chorus serving as the portion of the track that is designed to stick in the ear through simple repetition both musically and lyrically. The chorus is often where the music builds towards and is often preceded by "the drop" where the bass and drum parts "drop out". Common variants include the verse-chorus form and the thirty-two-bar form , with a focus on melodies and catchy hooks , and

2214-434: The barbershop quartet-style harmony (i.e. ii – V – I) and blues scale -influenced harmony. There was a lessening of the influence of traditional views of the circle of fifths between the mid-1950s and the late 1970s, including less predominance for the dominant function . In October 2023, Billboard compiled a list of "the 500 best pop songs". In doing so, they noted the difficulty of defining "pop songs": One of

2296-511: The 10th anniversary of Sweetbox, a compilation album titled Best of Sweetbox was released in 2005, achieving a double platinum status, also reaching #1 on Oricon's International Charts in Japan. It became the 73rd best selling album of 2005 in Asia. Later that same year, the music magazine Fono awarded Sweetbox the No. 1 Cross-Border Artist title. A new compilation album titled Raw Treasures Volume 1

2378-435: The American and (from the mid-1960s) British music industries , whose influence has made pop music something of an international monoculture, but most regions and countries have their own form of pop music, sometimes producing local versions of wider trends, and lending them local characteristics. Some of these trends (for example Europop ) have had a significant impact on the development of the genre. The story of pop music

2460-775: The Box , the title being a play on words of the departure from Sweetbox , to critical acclaim. Her 9th album, Bittersweet Symphony , reached positions such as No. 15 on the Oricon charts. She re-released Out of the Box in Korea, containing some of the tracks from her original album of the same name along with tracks of Bittersweet Symphony . She also re-recorded the song "You Don't Know Me" with guest vocalist Kim Dong Wan , of Korean group Shinhwa . After her continued success, Villalon released information that two new albums were to be expected soon and that The Cheetah Girls had performed

2542-672: The English version of the video game Final Fantasy X-2 . Her albums in Sweetbox have all reached gold or platinum status in Korea and many of her singles have ranked in the Top 10 on charts in Europe and Asia. Villalon has also written songs for a number of artists including The Cheetah Girls and Ayumi Hamasaki , as well as Ateed and has had her works covered by artists such as S.H.E and Skye Sweetnam . In her teen years, Villalon joined

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2624-572: The G string from Suite No. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach , and became a worldwide hit. It reached Top 10 positions in the charts of Austria, Belgium, the UK, Colombia, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The composition also reached Top 20 positions in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, and reached to the Top 40 in the United States. It stayed #1 on

2706-619: The Lights was released in 2005, and was released again as a version entitled Sweetbox Presents A Very Sweet X-Mas , featuring Christmas Carols as bonus tracks. The singles from the album were After The Lights, " Killing Me DJ ", " More Than Love" , and "This Christmas" . The first single, "Killing Me DJ", featured vocalist Toby Breitenbach. Through 2005 and 2006, Sweetbox held a live tour titled The 10th Anniversary Tour, in Japan, and The Bold & Delicious Tour in South Korea. To celebrate

2788-551: The Worldwide Airplay Chart for 10 weeks. Following the success, Harris went on to release four additional singles and released the first full-length self titled album, in 1998, which reached #1 on charts in Japan, and was awarded two Japanese Grammies for Best Song and the Best Newcomer. Sweetbox toured the US, opening and playing with various American pop groups. At the end of 1998, feeling burnt out as

2870-405: The album also achieved Gold in status, with the highest sales for a Sweetbox album. Following Villalon's fifth studio album, a live album containing a DVD and CD of a Villalon's latest tour was released. After this, a number of compilations, including two remix albums, were distributed. In late 2006, Villalon left the Sweetbox project. In 2007, Roberto "Geo" Rosan also decided to quit his work for

2952-507: The album and that the second release from Pineda would be recorded in the coming months and would be released in the second quarter of 2010. He stated that the new album would feature "more uptempo and high energetic songs" then the projects previous release. In February 2010, Pineda traveled to Sweden and began work on the album. That May it was announced via Pineda's Twitter that the album would be released in September 2010. The album release

3034-492: The birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country , blues , and hillbilly music . According to the website of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , the term "pop music" "originated in Britain in the mid-1950s as a description for rock and roll and the new youth music styles that it influenced". The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pop's "earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to

3116-775: The decade, it was common for pop producers, songwriters, and engineers to freely experiment with musical form, orchestration , unnatural reverb , and other sound effects. Some of the best known examples are Phil Spector 's Wall of Sound and Joe Meek 's use of homemade electronic sound effects for acts like the Tornados . At the same time, pop music on radio and in both American and British film moved away from refined Tin Pan Alley to more eccentric songwriting and incorporated reverb-drenched electric guitar, symphonic strings, and horns played by groups of properly arranged and rehearsed studio musicians. A 2019 study held by New York University in which 643 participants had to rank how familiar

3198-467: The early 2010s and later inspiring other highly influential artists including Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift , it gave space to a more sad and moody tone within pop music. Jade Villalon Jade Valerie Villalon (born August 12, 1980), also known by her project and stage name Jade Valerie , is an American pop singer, songwriter, and actress. From 1999 to 2007, she was the vocalist and lyricist of Sweetbox , releasing five original albums and

3280-459: The first time that a male vocalist would be included. Along with the reveal, the title of the album #Zeitgeist21 respective #Z21 was revealed. On July 3, 2013, Sweetbox's 9th studio album #Z21 was released in Japan as well as digitally worldwide. The album was the lowest selling album in Sweetbox history. Pop music Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and hooks , short to medium-length songs written in

3362-440: The fourth vocalist with five original albums, all reaching Gold or Platinum in South Korea. Villalon, along with "Geo" left the project after seven years to go on and do other projects. Vocalist Jamie Pineda took the role as new vocalist shortly after in late 2007 and released her first studio album The Next Generation in 2009, which was produced by Derek Bramble. Pineda released one more album, Diamond Veil , in 2011 and it

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3444-520: The future for me, for others, for anything because we both love making music. "So yes I am still here, still singing, still writing, and still listening and reading what you have to say! Don't worry I am not done yet! Thanks for all the years of support you given me. I don't ever take it for granted, and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of the fans who brought me to where I am today." In 2020, GEO and Jade both came back to Sweetbox, joined by new member, Saint Viv. Together they released both

3526-578: The genre evolved more influences ranging from classical , folk , rock , country , electronic music , and other popular genres became more prominent. In 2016, a Scientific Reports study that examined over 464,000 recordings of popular music recorded between 1955 and 2010 found that, compared to 1960s pop music, contemporary pop music uses a smaller variety of pitch progressions, greater average volume, less diverse instrumentation and recording techniques, and less timbral variety. Scientific American ' s John Matson reported that this "seems to support

3608-409: The home. By the early 1980s, the promotion of pop music had been greatly affected by the rise of music television channels like MTV , which "favoured those artists such as Michael Jackson and Madonna who had a strong visual appeal". Multi-track recording (from the 1960s) and digital sampling (from the 1980s) have also been used as methods for the creation and elaboration of pop music. During

3690-414: The late 1970s and would not reemerge until the rise of Internet stars. Indie pop , which developed in the late 1970s, marked another departure from the glamour of contemporary pop music, with guitar bands formed on the then-novel premise that one could record and release their own music without having to procure a record contract from a major label. The 1980s are commonly remembered for an increase in

3772-401: The late 20th century that became global superstars include Whitney Houston , Michael Jackson , Madonna , George Michael , and Prince . At the beginning of the 2000s, the trends that dominated during the late 1990s still continued, but the music industry started to change as people began to download music from the internet. People were able to discover genres and artists that were outside of

3854-501: The main purpose of pop music is to create revenue. It is not a medium of free articulation of the people. Instead, pop music seeks to supply the nature of personal desire and achieve the instant empathy with cliche personalities, stereotypes, and melodrama that appeals to listeners. It is mostly about how much revenue pop music makes for record companies. Music scholar Timothy Warner said pop music typically has an emphasis on recording, production, and technology, rather than live performance;

3936-514: The mainstream and propel them to fame, but at the same time smaller artists had a harder time making a living because their music was being pirated. Popular artists were Avril Lavigne , Justin Timberlake , NSYNC , Christina Aguilera , Destiny's Child , and Britney Spears . Pop music often came from many different genres, with each genre in turn influencing the next one, blurring the lines between them and making them less distinct. This change

4018-448: The manner in which pop has been disseminated", which helped to move pop music to "a record/radio/film star system". Another technological change was the widespread availability of television in the 1950s with televised performances, which meant that "pop stars had to have a visual presence". In the 1960s, the introduction of inexpensive, portable transistor radios meant that teenagers in the developed world could listen to music outside of

4100-403: The mid-1960s, pop music made repeated forays into new sounds, styles, and techniques that inspired public discourse among its listeners. The word "progressive" was frequently used, and it was thought that every song and single was to be a "progression" from the last. Music critic Simon Reynolds writes that beginning with 1967, a divide would exist between "progressive" pop and "mass/chart" pop,

4182-399: The mid-1990s, with initial singers Kimberley Kearney and Dacia Bridges, worldwide success came with third vocalist, Tina Harris. " Everything's Gonna Be Alright " was released in 1997, which topped charts around the world and started a musical theme, sampling classical music, which the project would later become known for. Tina Harris left after two years, with Jade Villalon replacing her as

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4264-421: The music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music . David Hatch and Stephen Millward describe pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, and folk music". David Boyle, a music researcher, states pop music as any type of music that a person has been exposed to by the mass media. Most individuals think that pop music

4346-410: The original owners of the Sweetbox franchise and Villalon left the project behind to start her new pop project under her own name, "Jade Valerie". In 2007, Villalon along with her long-time Sweetbox partner, "Geo", left the project name of Sweetbox behind to start work on Villalon's new music project titled under her own name, ' Jade Valerie '. Later that year, Villalon released the album Out of

4428-509: The partnership permanently. In 1997, Geo met Maryland-based rapper and singer, Tina Harris , who became the new face of Sweetbox. With Tina's arrival to the project, the group saw a change in genre from Eurodance to hip hop and pop-meets-classical. Tina's first single, "I'll Die For You" was released in 1997 featuring D. Christopher Taylor and achieved most of its airplay in Europe. The next single, " Everything's Gonna Be Alright ", became an international hit. The hip hop song sampled Air on

4510-802: The pop music styles that developed alongside other music styles is Latin pop , which rose in popularity in the US during the 1950s with early rock and roll success Ritchie Valens . Later, Los Lobos and Chicano rock gained in popularity during the 1970s and 1980s, and musician Selena saw large-scale popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, along with crossover appeal with fans of Tejano musicians Lydia Mendoza and Little Joe . With later Hispanic and Latino Americans seeing success within pop music charts, 1990s pop successes stayed popular in both their original genres and in broader pop music. Latin pop hit singles, such as " Macarena " by Los del Río and " Despacito " by Luis Fonsi , have seen record-breaking success on worldwide pop music charts. Notable pop artists of

4592-412: The pop project Sweetbox , and became the project's first multiple-award-winning vocalist. With Sweetbox, many of the project's songs brought attention for being based on famous classical pieces and others achieved international chart success. She released five original albums under the project, Classified , Jade , Adagio , After the Lights and Addicted , as well as multiple compilations and

4674-400: The popular anecdotal observation that pop music of yore was "better", or at least more varied, than today's top-40 stuff". However, he also noted that the study may not have been entirely representative of pop in each generation. In the 1960s, the majority of mainstream pop music fell in two categories: guitar, drum and bass groups or singers backed by a traditional orchestra. Since early in

4756-403: The pop–rock band Gemstone along with well-known actress Christina Vidal and musician Crystal Grant. Although no album was released for commercial sale, some of the tracks made during this period surfaced on compilations by Villalon in her later music project Sweetbox . After Gemstone parted ways, Villalon partnered as a singer and songwriter with producer and songwriter Roberto "Geo" Rosan, for

4838-555: The privilege to spend the last years also doing a lot of writing for other recording artists and TV shows in Los Angeles and mainly in Nashville. It's been awesome to make music in other genre's that I love especially country. "I know some strange demo's got leaked and some snippets from small shows so it was confusing to figure out what I have been up to. People have asked me why I haven't put things on youtube or posted them, and

4920-511: The project and sold his part of ownership to executive producer Heiko Schmidt. After Villalon and Rosan's departure, Heiko Schmidt started working closely with music executive Hayden Bell, who discovered The Veronicas , and Andre Recke – the longtime manager of Hilary Duff . After 3,000 auditions, then 18-year-old Jamie Pineda became the projects fifth front woman and was marketed as 'The Next Generation' of Sweetbox. Pineda started writing and recording for her first studio album in September 2007,

5002-672: The project would continue on with the trend of fusing classical music with pop beats. The single had great success in South Korea and Japan, hitting #4 on iTunes Pop Charts in Japan and even reaching the country's Billboard Hot 100 at #27. The album, titled The Next Generation , was released in Japan under the Warner Music Japan label in June 2009 and in South Korea under the Sony BMG label in November 2009. The Next Generation

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5084-526: The project, "Booyah (Here We Go)", was a Eurodance track which created initial success for Sweetbox in Germany, where the single achieved #8 in position, and in France, where it achieved #15. Kearney left the project soon thereafter to pursue other ventures in the entertainment industry including a number of hosting gigs. After Kearney's short-lived position at front woman, Dacia Bridges replaced her. Bridges,

5166-517: The project, entitled " Trying To Be Me ", was released. The song featured back-up vocalist Mucky and was primarily promoted in Europe, although the single was also released in South Korea. The first album with Villalon, titled Classified , was released in 2000, and featured diverse genres of pop, dance and rock, each song also incorporating classical pieces by Beethoven , Ennio Morricone and others. The release received platinum certification in Japan. The second album with Villalon as vocalist, Jade ,

5248-476: The reason is normally you keep that kind of stuff confidential for the artists or projects that you are working with. I've also been performing and trying new stuff out ( I dare you to find it on youtube! hint country ) and basically just being an artist. "Geo and I have remained close friends, and obviously we have a long history. We have also been collaborating for some of his artists and others, as you are now hearing on Symphobia. We will still do music together in

5330-503: The reasons pop can be hard to summarize is because there’s no real sonic or musical definition to it. There are common elements to a lot of the biggest pop songs, but at the end of the day, "pop" means "popular" first and foremost, and just about any song that becomes popular enough...can be considered a pop song. In the 1940s, improved microphone design allowed a more intimate singing style and, ten or twenty years later, inexpensive and more durable 45 rpm records for singles "revolutionized

5412-464: The same month she turned 19. Unlike the previous singers of the project, Pineda co-wrote around the globe with several writers for her debut album including Georgie Dennis, Toby Gad and Derek Bramble, who would go on to produce Pineda's first Sweetbox album. After almost two years in the works, the album's lead single " We Can Work It Out " was released to Japan in April 2009. The song sampled "Spring" from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi , confirming that

5494-457: The self-titled album Eternity ∞ on June 3, 2009, each track sampled a famous classical piece, many using pieces previously used in Sweetbox such as Canon in D major by Pachelbel and Solveig's Song by Grieg. The album contained singles "I Will", "Love" and "Wonderful World", the latter being featured in a number of Korean television spots. The release was supported by a showcasing event sponsored by Elle Magazine . In 2017 Villalon released

5576-399: The term "pop music" was increasingly used in opposition to the term rock music, a division that gave generic significance to both terms. While rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of popular music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. According to British musicologist Simon Frith , pop music is produced "as a matter of enterprise not art", and

5658-419: The term's definition. According to music writer Bill Lamb, popular music is defined as "the music since industrialization in the 1800s that is most in line with the tastes and interests of the urban middle class." The term "pop song" was first used in 1926, in the sense of a piece of music "having popular appeal". Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as

5740-479: The time to enjoy it and learn from it. "Many artists take a few years to regroup between albums but I had never done that. I had been recording, writing, touring and promoting albums for 11 years straight! "I have really missed making albums for myself but after all the drama that ensued after Geo and I parted ways with our business manager (HS) I felt like I owed it to the fans who love and buy my albums to take some space and make something great for them. "I've had

5822-629: The use of digital recording , associated with the usage of synthesizers , with synth-pop music and other electronic genres featuring non-traditional instruments increasing in popularity. By 2014, pop music worldwide had been permeated by electronic dance music . In 2018, researchers at the University of California, Irvine , concluded that pop music has become 'sadder' since the 1980s. The elements of happiness and brightness have eventually been replaced with electronic beats making pop music more 'sad yet danceable'. Pop music has been dominated by

5904-438: The video TLC 's " Unpretty ". Villalon also had a small appearance as an extra in the movie Sorority Boys . In Villalon's career as a vocalist she has released nine original albums, has been presented with a number of international awards and sales certifications, has had her music featured in a number of commercials and television spots, and also has lent her voice to perform the vocal songs Real Emotion and " 1000 Words " on

5986-403: The video game Final Fantasy X-2 . The album's featured a single, " Life Is Cool ", becoming known for featuring Johann Pachelbel 's Canon in D . Between the release of Villalon's fourth and fifth albums, Sweetbox released a compilation, 13 Chapters , in 2004, which contained a number of songs from Adagio and from their upcoming album, which was released shortly after. The album After

6068-491: The vocals of K-pop vocalist Brian Joo , member of the group Fly to the Sky . Over a year after this release it was published that Villalon had performed in a duet with The Gypsies , a track that will be released the latter's upcoming album. In 2012, Villalon collaborated with actor Brandon Jones on a song entitled "In The Moment". In 2009 Villalon and "Geo" confirmed they had started a new project entitled 'Eternity ∞'. Releasing

6150-521: Was at the age of seven for the Broadway musical Gypsy . Around this time, she was also featured in a media advertisement with Michelle Williams . At the age of seventeen, she guest-starred as Melanie, a teenager in a camp for HIV-positive teenagers, in the television program Touched by an Angel (Episode 70: "The Pact"). After gaining recognition for her vocal performance in the episode, she appeared in various music videos for other artists, such as

6232-457: Was epitomized in Spears' highly influential 2007 album Blackout , which under the influence of producer Danja , mixed the sounds of EDM , avant-funk , R&B , dance music , and hip hop . By 2010, pop music impacted by dance music came to be dominant on the charts. Instead of radio setting the trends, it was now the club. At the beginning of the 2010s, Will.i.am stated, "The new bubble

6314-408: Was released in 2004. The nature of the album was much darker than things from the singer's past albums. The album featured a theme of sampling world music as opposed to primarily European classical , and saw a lyrically and musically darker aspect to the group's sound. The Japanese Edition of the album featured bonus tracks real "Emotion" and "1,000 Words", compositions that Villalon had vocalized for

6396-512: Was released in Asia in 2002, and featured two singles. The first single " Lighter Shade of Blue " remained #1 on Europe's various charts for four consecutive weeks. An acoustic version of the Villalon album was released under the name Jade (Silver Edition) , featuring the version of "Lighter Shade of Blue" that had topped the European charts. Villalon's third album with Sweetbox, Adagio ,

6478-420: Was released in Japan and South Korea, as the 8th studio album from Sweetbox. In 2013, Japanese singer Miho Fukuhara became the new frontwoman and for the first time in the project's history, male vocalist/rapper LogiQ Pryce would co-front the project with her. The studio album, titled #Z21 was released on July 3, 2013. In 2020, GEO and Jade came back to Sweetbox, joined by new member Saint Viv. They released

6560-551: Was released the same year. The album featured demo versions of Sweetbox songs, and unreleased songs from Villalon. Sweetbox's next full-length studio album, Addicted , was released in the beginning of 2006. The album received moderate success in Japan, but was highly successful in South Korea, becoming the Asia's 111th best-selling album of the year. The album featured a number of songs that Villalon and Geo had initially written for Ayumi Hamasaki , who by this time had released Japanese-language versions with her own written lyrics, and

6642-458: Was subsequently postponed. On February 23, 2011, Pineda announced via her Facebook page that her new album, Diamond Veil , will be released physically on April 27, 2011, in Japan. The album received mainly positive reviews but failed to chart well. Pineda left Sweetbox quietly in 2012. In the Fall of 2012, the Sweetbox website reported with a message that there would be an open casting call to find

6724-482: Was well received in Japan, where two singles were released and had greater success in South Korea, where three singles were released. In Japan the album hit #4 on the Oricon International Charts and in Korea it hit several charts including a 4-week stay on Bugs and 5 other #1's on Soribada, Mnet, Daum, Naver and SKT NATE RT. In January 2010, Schmidt announced that Pineda had finished writing for

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