My kids are really into pop music, but I typically listen to classic rock. Do you like pop music?
Pop and popular music are used interchangeably, but I don't mind it.  I listen to a lot of different music.
What's the history behind pop music? Has the term been used for quite some time?
Pop and rock were basically the same thins until the 1960s when they changed styles
Are there certain characteristics of a song that classifies it as pop?
, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other styles such as urban, dance, rock, Latin, and country; nonetheless, there are core elements that define pop music. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well as common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.
Definitions and etymology.
David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as "
like I'm this angry girl, [a] rebel ... punk, and I am "so" not any of them." However, she has also said that her music has punk influences: "I like to listen a lot to punk rock music, you can notice a certain influence of punk in my music. I like an aggressive music, but pretty enough heavy pop-rock, which is what I really do."
Awards and achievements.
In 2003, Lavigne won an International Achievement