K-pop

K-pop (a abbreviation o Korean popular muisic^[1]; Korean: 케이팝 or K팝, romanisit keipap^[1]) is a muisical genre oreeginatin in Sooth Korea that is characterisit bi a wide variety o audiovisual elements. Awtho it comprises aw genres o "popular muisic" athin Sooth Korea, the term is mair aften uised in a narraeer sense tae describe a modren form o Sooth Korean pop muisic coverin maistly dance-pop, pop ballad, electronic, rock, hip-hop, R&B, etc.^[2]

In 1992, modren K-pop wis ushered in wi the formation o Seo Taiji & Boys, whose successfu experimentation wi different muisic styles haed spairkit a paradigm shift in the muisic industry o Sooth Korea.^[3] As a result, the integration o foreign muisical elements haes nou acome a common practice in the K-pop industry.^[4]

Bi tappin intae social netwirkin services an the video sharin platform YouTube, the K-pop industry's ability tae secure a sizable owerseas audience haes facilitatit a noticeable rise in the global proliferation o the genre.^[5] Syne the mid-2000s, the K-pop muisic mercat haes experienced dooble deegit growthe rates. In the first hauf of 2012, it grossed nearly US$3.4 billion,^[6] an wis recognisit bi Time magazine as "South Korea's Greatest Export".^[7]

First gainin popularity in East Asie in the late 1990s, K-pop entered the Japanese muisic mercat towards the turn o the 21st century. In the late 2000s, it grew frae a muisical genre intae a subcultur amang teenagers an young adults o East an Sootheast Asie.^[8] Currently, the spread o K-pop tae ither regions o the warld, via the Korean wave, is seen in pairts o Laitin Americae,^[9][10][11] Northeast Indie,^[12][13] North Africae,^[14][15] the Middle East,^[16][17] Eastren Europe^[18][19] an immigrant enclaves o the Wastren warld.^{[20][21][22][23]}