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    This document discusses popular music and globalization. It defines popular music as any commercially oriented music intended for a wide audience, including genres like rock, pop, soul, country, reggae, rap and dance. It also discusses world music and how globalization influences music, place and cultural identity. It provides examples of famous singers from Asia who have found success globally, such as Coco Lee, BoA, Charice and Psy, and how they have helped popularize their native music styles worldwide.

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    This document discusses popular music and globalization. It defines popular music as any commercially oriented music intended for a wide audience, including genres like rock, pop, soul, country, reggae, rap and dance. It also discusses world music and how globalization influences music, place and cultural identity. It provides examples of famous singers from Asia who have found success globally, such as Coco Lee, BoA, Charice and Psy, and how they have helped popularize their native music styles worldwide.

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    GLOBAL MEDIA CULTURES

    Popular Music and


    Globalization
    POPULAR MUSIC
     Any music written and marketed with the intention of achieving mass
    distribution and sales.
     Music that appeals to the popular taste, including rock and pop and also
    soul, country, reggae, rap, and dance music.
     The kind of music with words and a strong rhythm that many people
    enjoy listening and dancing to.
     Any commercially oriented music principally intended to be received and
    appreciated by a wide audience.

    WORLD MUSIC
    GLOBALIZATI CULTURE
    ON

    +  PLACE

    MUSIC  IDENTITY
    FAMOUS SINGERS IN
    THE WORLD
    Asian Pop diva Coco Lee based out of Hong Kong and currently
    residing in the U.S is one of the most famous pop singers under
    the Asian belt. She is one of the most loved pop singer and the
    former winner of the title Miss Chinese-America. Despite
    residing and getting a breakthrough in the United States, this
    diva still rocks the Asian music chartbusters list.
    Beat of Angel (BOA) is the Kwon’s most famous song that
    earned her fame across Korea and even United States.
    Thanks to her multilingual feat, this Queen of Korean Pop had
    cast magic in the western world as well. Kwon was the first
    Korean who charmed the Japanese, and sold over a million
    copies of her albums worldwide.
    The world is well familiar with “Filipino” talent in the music
    genre. Apart from being a distinct personality in Asia,
    Salonga’s connections with the global media conglomerate
    Disney has fostered her growth in numerous ways. She sang
    two famous songs for Disney: Jasmine (Alladin) and Fa Mulan
    (Mulan).
    Park Jae-sang

    2012 was the year Gangnam Style took over the world. The YouTube video which has
    been watched 3.12 billion times till now is as iconic as the song itself. This made Psy a
    global sensation and popularized his dance step to an extent beyond imagination.

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