2018 Welcomed a New Fleet of Internet Pop Stars
Forget the pop stars of years past, because 2018’s class of chart-toppers is more diverse, based in subculture and digitally inclined than ever before. Partly because of the new rules on streams counting in chart calculations, many newer musical artists are being born from internet followings and Soundcloud pages. Not only that, but the sound of pop is changing—using more and more elements from various genres from latin trap to k-pop. In their graphic-assisted story, The New York Times explains, “Pop, the genre, is no longer pop.” Find out more there.
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