Popular Music Popular music is music that is enjoyed by the largest possible audience. It includes country music, folk music, rhythm and blues, musical comedy, jazz, marches, rock n' roll, and ragtime. Young people primarily listen to popular music. The popular music industry is based largely on the sale of records. However, popular music can also do many great things for society. In the 1980's, many benefit concerts were held to raise money for people …showed first 75 words of 1066 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1066 total…sang about drugs and sex and their songs were very angry. Their songs differed greatly from the sound of Beatles music. Popular music is something that everyone can share. It doesn’t matter whether you listen to country, classical, or even heavy-metal-rock; there is a tangible something about a piece of music that makes you feel good. Finally, it doesn’t matter what kind of music people listen; the point is to enjoy in it.