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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Boy band, Bubblegum pop, Traditional pop music, Nashville sound, Europop, Smooth jazz, Cantopop, Pop punk, Mandopop, Eurodance, Turbo-folk, Sunshine pop, Latin pop, Electropop, Psychedelic pop, Country pop, Beat music, Arabic pop music, Mexican pop music, Swamp pop, Manele, Taiwanese pop, Lounge music, Kay kyoku, Hong Kong English pop, Pop rock, Wonky Pop, Chalga, Ye-ye, Teen pop, Indian pop, Italo dance, Space age pop, Nordik beat, Shidaiqu, Arabesque, Shibuya-kei, Hip pop, Operatic pop, Group Sounds, Sophisti-pop, Nederbeat, Austropop, Skyladiko, Balkan pop, Vispop, Ska/Pop, Pop sunda. Excerpt: Smooth jazz is a subgenre of jazz that grew out of jazz fusion and heavily influenced R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles (separately, or, in any combination). Modern derivatives of the genre include the more-recent New Adult Contemporary format of broadcast radio. "Smooth jazz" has been successful as a radio format; however, in 2007, the popularity of the format began to slide. Consequently, it was abandoned by several high-profile radio stations across the U.S.A., perhaps most notably by WQCD (Now WRXP) in New York and KKSF in San Francisco. Many industry insiders have speculated that the smooth jazz format may die out, particularly with many of industry giant Clear Channel Communications' stations dropping the genre. However, smooth jazz concerts, recording sales-as well as increased smooth jazz offerings on the Internet-continue to show strong fan support for the genre. In general, a smooth jazz track is downtempo (the most widely played tracks are in the 90-105 BPM range), layering a lead, melody-playing instrument (saxophones - especially soprano and tenor - are the most popular, with guitars a close second) over a backdrop that typically consists of programmed rhythms and various pads and/or samples....
