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What is EDM Pop?

By Alan More

EDM Pop is another name for dance-pop, also known as club-pop.[1] The style traces back to the late 1970s and early 1980s.[2] It is highly eclectic, borrowing influences from other genres.[3] Those influences span house, trance, techno, electropop, funk and pop rock.[4]

On Videojam, EDM Pop carries 56 public videos. Artists most represented in the catalog are Adam Christopher, DJ Snake and Kygo. EDM Pop sits in the Dance & Pop pillar of the EDM taxonomy, alongside Eurodance, Electro-pop and Synthpop.

Sources

  1. [1] Wikipedia: Dance-pop (accessed 2026-09-24)
  2. [2] Wikipedia: Dance-pop (accessed 2026-09-24)
  3. [3] Wikipedia: Dance-pop (accessed 2026-09-24)
  4. [4] Wikipedia: Dance-pop (accessed 2026-09-24)