Europop

Europop refers to a style of pop music that first developed in today's form in Europe, throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and '90s. Some Europop stars came from France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands and United Kingdom; but most were Swedish in origin. In the 1970s and early 1980s, such groups were primarily popular in continental countries, with the exception of ABBA (1972 - 1983); the Swedish four-pi... More

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