Pop music is a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of popular music.

Listeners of pop music are influenced by many things such as; social networking, technology, fashion and magazines. Social networking is a huge influence to the pop culture as many pop artists have a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc account which they use to advertise and tell their target audience about upcoming releases or which are constantly up to date with the latest fashion which meets customers needsgossip that listeners would want to know about. Having said this, listeners also track their favourite artists through downloads on iPads etc where they listen to music. At parties, pop music is often played due to some videos highlighting parties which influence listeners. However the fashion trend is much more of an influence as listeners idolise some artists and want to become just like them and by doing this they dress the same way. Many artists just as Pixie Lott and Rihanna have their own clothing line range which can be bought in many shopping centres. Shops such as River Island, TopShop, H&M and many more are typical shows