Progressive pop

<p>Progressive pop is <a href="/facts/Pop_music/kgshFE5B">pop music</a> that attempts to break with the genre's standard formula, or an offshoot of the <a href="/facts/Progressive_rock/79MRoIU7">progressive rock</a> genre that was commonly heard on <a href="/facts/AM_radio/oS0rn1lg">AM radio</a> in the 1970s and 1980s. It was originally termed for the <a href="/facts/Proto-prog/EBflBQ3y">early progressive rock of the 1960s</a>. Some stylistic features of progressive pop include <a href="/facts/Hook_(music)/ulBo1GjV">hooks</a> and <a href="/facts/Earworms/8FpbNnAh">earworms</a>, unorthodox or colorful instrumentation, changes in <a href="/facts/Key_(music)/jo4UMbHp">key</a> and <a href="/facts/Rhythm/aHAByx9M">rhythm</a>, experiments with larger <a href="/facts/Musical_form/JrnVvFDq">forms</a>, and unexpected, disruptive, or ironic treatments of past conventions.
</p><p>The movement started as a byproduct of the mid-1960s economic boom, when record labels began investing in artists and allowing performers limited control over their own content and marketing. Groups who combined <a href="/facts/Rock_and_roll/hNDC5KwW">rock and roll</a> with various other music styles such as Indian <a href="/facts/Raga/BAL7eFMH">ragas</a> and <a href="/facts/Music_of_Asia/vIHmztKR">Asian-influenced</a> melodies ultimately influenced the creation of progressive rock (or "prog"). When prog records began declining in sales, some artists returned to a more accessible sound that remained commercially appealing until the 1990s.
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Progressive pop