Popular music has no clear definition but there are many angles that can tackle the question. Raymond Williams said that originally the word ‘popularis’ was a legal term meaning belonging to the people. Throughout the centuries popular music has been perceived very differently. In the 16th century, it was considered as vulgar and of the common people, whereas in the 18th century popular music was very widely favoured. But what exactly is popular music?
In the 19th century an American magazine took the word popular as a synonym for good. Popular music could be something that is very accessible as it is what is in the public eye. Robert Burnett says that popular music is ‘mass produced and mass consumed’. He says that is commercially orientated. ‘Commercial’ implies that it is more about making profit from the music rather than its artistic value.
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