Pop or POP may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Pop music Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describe ...

, a musical genre

Artists

* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band

Albums

* ''Pop'' (Gas album) * ''Pop'' (Joachim Witt album) * ''Pop'' (Mao Abe album) * ''Pop'' (Same Difference album) * ''Pop'' (Tones on Tail album) * ''Pop'' (U2 album) * ''Pop'', an album by

Topi Sorsakoski Pekka Erkki Juhani Tammilehto (27 October 1952 – 13 August 2011), better known by his stage name Topi Sorsakoski, was a Finnish singer. His father was Finnish tango singer Yrjö Johannes "Tapio" Tammilehto. Career Sorsakoski started his care ...

and Agents * ''

P.O.P ''P.O.P'' is the second album by The Mad Capsule Markets and their major label debut. It was a faster, thrashier effort than their debut album Humanity (The Mad Capsule Markets album), ''Humanity'', and featured new guitarist Ai Ishigaki. Trac ...

'', The Mad Capsule Markets album * ''

Pop! The First 20 Hits ''Pop! The First 20 Hits'' is a greatest hits collection from Erasure, released on 16 November 1992 in Germany and the UK and 24 November 1992 in the United States. The album utilises a straightforward format: all of Erasure's singles up to tha ...

'', an album by English duo Erasure

Songs

* "Pop" (song), by 'N Sync * "Pop", a song by

A.R. Kane A.R. Kane (sometimes AR Kane or A.R.Kane) was a British musical duo formed in 1986 by Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala. After releasing two early EPs to critical acclaim, the group topped the UK Independent Chart with their debut album '' 69'' (1988 ...

* "Pop", a song by Ari Lennox from ''

Shea Butter Baby ''Shea Butter Baby'' is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Ari Lennox. It was released on May 7, 2019, by Dreamville and Interscope Records. The album was executive produced by Dreamville producer Elite. In addition, the maj ...

'' * "Pop", a song by La Oreja de Van Gogh from ''

El viaje de Copperpot ''El viaje de Copperpot'' (''Copperpot's Voyage'') is Spanish pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh's second studio album, issued by Epic Records on 11 September 2000. It was the band's first album to feature a bonus track. ''El viaje de Copperpot'' ...

'' * " Pop!", a song by Nayeon from ''

Im Nayeon Im Na-yeon (; born September 22, 1995), known mononymously as Nayeon, is a South Korean singer. She became a member of the South Korean girl group Twice, under JYP Entertainment, in 2015 as a winning contestant of the reality survival televis ...

Periodicals

* ''Pop'' (fashion magazine), a British publication * ''

Pop Magazine ''Pop Magazine'' was a quarterly, free press, action sports magazine, published in Australia from 2005 to 2015. Similar to the American magazine, ''Blisss'', it covered skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing news along with interviews and a lif ...

'', a sports magazine

Television

Pop (American TV channel) Pop, commonly referred to as Pop TV (formerly known as Electronic Program Guide, Prevue Guide, Prevue Channel, TV Guide Channel, and TV Guide Network), is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global under its networks division t ...

, formerly TVGN * Pop (British and Irish TV channel), for children *

Pop (Slovenian TV channel) Pop TV is a Slovenian generalist television channel operated by Pro Plus d.o.o., a subsidiary of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which is in turn owned by Czech investment company PPF. News programs POP TV's current news programmin ...

, Slovenia *

Pop (Pakistani TV channel) Pop is a Pakistani children's free-to-air television network in Pakistan similar to the United Kingdom feed. The channel was launched on June 3, 2018. It dubs its programmings in Urdu. The channel is available on Paksat-1R and Apstar 7 in HD. H ...

, for children *

Pop (Italy) Pop, stylized in all caps as POP, is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited targeting audiences aged 6 to 10. Launched on 29 May 2003 as ''Toons&Tunes'' by Chart Show Channels (CSC) Media ...

Toys

* POP! vinyl figurines from

Funko Funko Inc. is an American company that manufactures licensed and limited pop culture collectibles, best known for its licensed vinyl figurines and bobbleheads. In addition, the company produces licensed plush, action figures, apparel, accessories ...

Princess of Power Princess of Power (sometimes abbreviated as POP and informally referred to as ''She-Ra'', after the lead heroine) is a toyline created by Mattel. Among others, it features the characters of She-Ra and Catra on planet She-Ra: Princess of Power, Et ...

, Mattel toys

Video games

Prince of Persia ''Prince of Persia'' is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner. It is built around a series of action-adventure games focused on various incarnations of the eponymous Prince, set in ancient and medieval Persia. The first two games i ...

, video game franchise * ''Pop'' (video game)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* PoP!, the fictional band in ''

Music and Lyrics ''Music and Lyrics'' is a 2007 American musical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Marc Lawrence. It focuses on the relationship that evolves between a former pop music idol (of the fictional band PoP!) and an aspiring writer as ...

'' *

Pokémon Organized Play (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of ...

, trading cards

Commerce

* Pop, slang for pawning goods with a

pawnbroker A pawnbroker is an individual or business (pawnshop or pawn shop) that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as collateral. The items having been ''pawned'' to the broker are themselves called ''pledges'' or ...

* Pay on production * Point of purchase, used often in retail * Proof of concept *

Proof-of-payment Proof-of-payment (POP) or proof-of-fare (POF) is an honor-based fare collection system used on many public transportation systems. Instead of checking each passenger as they enter a fare control zone, passengers are required to carry a ticket, pa ...

, a fare collection approach

Organizations

* Eton Society, nickname *

Pencils of Promise Pencils of Promise (PoP) is a non-profit organization that builds schools and increases educational opportunities in the developing world. Pencils of Promise was founded by Adam Braun. Since its founding in October 2008, the 501(c)(3) organiz ...

, a charity *

Pop (company) Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * ''Pop'' (G ...

, a US company owned by Advance Publications Inc.

Places

* Gregorio Luperón International Airport (IATA code POP), Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic * Pop, a tributary of the river Jijia in eastern Romania *

Pop, Uzbekistan Pop ( uz, Pop/Поп, russian: Пап, Pap) is a city in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Pop District Pop is a district of Namangan Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Pop. Its area is 741 km ...

, a town in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan *

Poppleton railway station Poppleton is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated west of York, serves the villages of Nether Poppleton and Upper Poppleton, City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Netw ...

(station code), York, England

People

Pop (nickname) Pop is a nickname of: * Tihomir Asanović (born 1948), Croatian jazz-rock and fusion keyboardist, Hammond organ player and composer * Pop Corkhill (1858–1921), American baseball player * Pop Dillon (1873–1931), American baseball player * Pop ...

* Pop (surname), a Romanian surname *

Pop Chalee Pop Chalee, also known as Merina Lujan (March 20, 1906 – December 11, 1993), was an American painter, muralist, performer, and singer. In 2021, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Early years Pop Chalee was ...

(1906–1993), American painter, muralist, performer and singer born Merina Lujan *

Iggy Pop James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of ...

(born 1947), American musician * Jimmy Pop (born 1972), American musician * Pop Smoke (1999–2020), American rapper

Science and technology

Computing

* Operation removing element from a

stack (abstract data type) In computer science, a stack is an abstract data type that serves as a collection of elements, with two main operations: * Push, which adds an element to the collection, and * Pop, which removes the most recently added element that was not y ...

Package on package Package on a package (PoP) is an integrated circuit packaging method to vertically combine discrete logic and memory ball grid array (BGA) packages. Two or more packages are installed atop each other, i.e. stacked, with a standard interface to rout ...

, IC packaging * Point of presence, a demarcation point between communicating entities * POP and POP3, Internet e-mail Post Office Protocols *

Pop! OS Pop!_OS is a free and open-source Linux distribution, based upon Ubuntu, and featuring a customized GNOME desktop environment known as COSMIC. The distribution is developed by American Linux computer manufacturer System76. Pop!_OS is primarily ...

, a Linux distribution.

Other uses in science and technology

Pop (physics) In physics, the fourth, fifth and sixth derivatives of position are defined as derivatives of the position vector with respect to time – with the first, second, and third derivatives being velocity, acceleration, and jerk, respectively. Unlik ...

, sixth derivative of position *

Parallel Ocean Program The Parallel Ocean Program (POP) is a three-dimensional ocean circulation model designed primarily for studying the ocean climate system. The model is developed and supported primarily by researchers at LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory (oft ...

, an ocean circulation model * Paroxypropione, P.O.P. * Persistent organic pollutant * Probability of precipitation, in weather forecasting *

Progestogen-only pill Progestogen-only pills or progestin-only pills (POP) are contraceptive pills that contain only synthetic progestogens (progestins) and do not contain estrogen (medication), estrogen. They are colloquially known as mini pills. Although such pills ...

, a contraceptive * Pelvic organ prolapse, a gynecological condition *

Blind rivet A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite to the head is called the ''tail''. On installation, the rivet is placed in a punched o ...

* Plaster of Paris, plaster of Gypsum * Pop, a recording noise from plosives, see

pop filter A pop filter, pop shield or pop screen is a noise protection filter for microphones, typically used in a recording studio. It serves to reduce or eliminate ''popping'' sounds caused by the mechanical impact of fast-moving air on the microphone ...

Sport

Pop (professional wrestling) Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence o ...

, a crowd cheer * POP Championship (Princess of Pro-Wrestling), Japan

Other uses

POP (Point of Purchase typeface) POP (Point of Purchase; ja, ポップ体) is a mono-weight typeface for the Japanese kanji writing system. It is similar to both sans-serif and script-based typefaces in the Latin alphabet. The POP typeface is designed to effect the look of han ...

, in Japanese Kanji *

Pop (ghost) Pop ( th, ปอบ) is a cannibalistic spirit of Thai folklore. It manifests itself as a that likes to devour human viscera. Pop is related to the Phi Fa spirit. Legends A traditional legend says that a long time ago a flower could take control ...

, in Thai folklore * The first month of the Haabʼ in the Mayan calendar * Pacific Ocean Park, an amusement park * Problem-oriented policing * Pop, a truncation of the word ''popular'' (as in

pop culture Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * Pop (Gas al ...

) * Pop, slang for

soda Soda or SODA may refer to: Chemistry * Some chemical compounds containing sodium ** Sodium carbonate, washing soda or soda ash ** Sodium bicarbonate, baking soda ** Sodium hydroxide, caustic soda ** Sodium oxide, an alkali metal oxide * Sod ...

* Pop, an informal term for a father or occasionally a grandfather * Pop., an abbreviation for

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...