pop music came from the rock and roll movement of the early 1950s, when record companies recorded songs that they thought that teenagers would like. pop music usually uses musical from the other types of music that are popular at the time. many different styles of music have become pop music during different time periods. often, music companies create pop music styles by taking a style of music that only a small number of people were listening to, and then making that music more popular by marketing it to teenagers and young adults.