Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of
electronic
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and
pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of
synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its
electronic
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sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a revival of popularity and influence in the late 2000s.
History
Early 1980s
During the early 1980s, British artists such as
Gary Numan,
the Human League
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,
Soft Cell
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,
John Foxx
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and
Visage helped pioneer a new synth-pop style that drew more heavily from electronic music and emphasized primary usage of synthesizers.
21st century
Britney Spears' influential fifth studio album ''
Blackout'' (2007) incorporated elements of the genre, catapulting electropop to mainstream significance. The media in 2009 ran articles proclaiming a new era of different electropop stars, and indeed the times saw a rise in popularity of several electropop artists. In the
Sound of 2009
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, ten of the top fifteen artists named were of the electropop genre.
''. Music writer
, except the music, which wasn't particularly 1980s". The
music scene has also become dominated and influenced by electropop, particularly with boy bands and girl groups such as
said in a 2009 interview that while playing electropop was not his intention, the limitations of dorm life made the genre more accessible.
In 2009, ''The Guardian'' quoted James Oldham—head of
departments have been saying to managers and lawyers: 'Don't give us any more bands because we're not going to sign them and they're not going to sell records.' So everything we've been put on to is electronic in nature."
had "staked her claim as the reigning queen of electropop" with her critical and commercial hit album ''
''.