What is popular music?

Popular music is a global business that can be hybrid of traditions and contemporary influences. It can be used to express identity as it is also recognized as a music genre. Adorno suggested that pop music is standardized. Pop music is a product that listeners buy, it is accessible and widely listened mass commodity produced by people who do it for living. Standardised songs may have a same structure. Popular is something that belongs to the people. (Williams) In the past it had a connotation of 'low" -culture.Popular was understood as something home made, ordinary. To be able to understand pop music, one doesn't have to be educated or have studied music. Popular music is aimed for everyone's enjoyment.