Dance-pop is a subgenre of Pop music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs, designed to be danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a combination of dance and pop, with influences of disco, post-disco, and synth-pop, it is generally characterised by strong beats and easy, uncomplicated song structures that are more similar to pop than the more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody and catchy tunes. The genre, on the whole, tends to be producer-driven, despite some notable exceptions… read more…