Dance-Pop · GenresWhat is dance-pop?
Dance-pop is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of pop music that evolved from Disco, circa 1981, that combines dance beats with a pop/R'n'B song structure. Because there is such an emphasis on fully-formed songs in dance-pop, it's often viewed as a separate classification unto itself apart from pure dance.
About dance-pop
Dance-pop is also closely related to the teen pop and Eurodance movements in the mid-1980s and late 1990s, the rise of boy bands and girl groups, and the reintroduction of the vocoder and similar such innovations.
From Last.fm, where 3,899 listeners have tagged music as dance-pop.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Heaven & Hell
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Mercurial World
Fever
Anniemal
Spice
WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
STARFUCKERDance-Pop songs
- Image by Magdalena Bay
- Stateside by PinkPantheress
- Illegal by PinkPantheress
- Into You by Ariana Grande
- Levitating by Dua Lipa
- bad guy by Billie Eilish
- Tonight by PinkPantheress
- Training Season by Dua Lipa
- The Fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift
- KGB by ADÉLA
Dance-Pop on Risocast
Future NostalgiaDua Lipa · 2020
IsolationKali Uchis · 2018
CBD Reiki MoonbeamNeggy Gemmy, Sarah Bonito · 2023
Another Life (Deluxe Version)Big Time Rush · 2023
Mysterious GirlNeggy Gemmy · 2025
Love MovesKim Wilde · 1990
Real Virtual UnisonNeggy Gemmy · 2015
Bitter ReflectionBody of Light · 2023
greedyTate McRae
Sweet but PsychoAva Max
Neighbouring genres
In the electronic family. All genres
breakcoredeep housebreakbeatdeconstructed clubdancehallacid houseatmospheric drum and bassdrum and bassdeep technopsytranceacid technohyperpopQuestions
- What is dance-pop?
- Dance-pop is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of pop music that evolved from Disco, circa 1981, that combines dance beats with a pop/R'n'B song structure. Because there is such an emphasis on fully-formed songs in dance-pop, it's often viewed as a separate classification unto itself apart from pure dance. Dance-pop is also closely related to the teen pop and Eurodance movements in the mid-1980s and late 1990s, the rise of boy bands and girl groups, and the reintroduction of the vocoder and similar such innovations.
- Who are the best-known dance-pop artists?
- By Last.fm listening: PinkPantheress, ADÉLA, Magdalena Bay, Dua Lipa, NewJeans and lil hero.
- What genres are similar to dance-pop?
- On Risocast it sits with breakcore, deep house, breakbeat, deconstructed club, dancehall and acid house.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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