Pop
Pop is melodic, hook-driven popular music built on concise verse-chorus songcraft, typically in three-to-four-minute form. Emerging as a distinct category in the 1950s, it absorbs the production styles of every era (rock, disco, R&B, hip-hop, electronic) while keeping immediacy and mass appeal at its core.
Pop on Riffiter: 80,571 albums, 2,462 rated by the community, averaging 4.0/5, spanning 1910 to 2027, from 1,754 artists including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Rihanna.
Key artists
Albums
x
Ed Sheeran · 2014
★ 4.1 · 916
Midnights
Taylor Swift · 2022
★ 4.2 · 902
folklore
Taylor Swift · 2020
★ 4.2 · 893
Short n' Sweet
Sabrina Carpenter · 2024
★ 4.1 · 884
Red (Taylor's version)
Taylor Swift · 2021
★ 4.2 · 881
Thriller
Michael Jackson · 1982
★ 4.1 · 851
Starboy
The Weeknd · 2016
★ 3.9 · 848
Ultraviolence
Lana Del Rey · 2014
★ 4.0 · 845
More Life
Drake · 2017
★ 4.0 · 820
21
Adele · 2011
★ 4.1 · 812
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
Billie Eilish · 2019
★ 4.1 · 811
A Head Full of Dreams
Coldplay · 2015
★ 4.0 · 804
FAQ
- Who is the most popular pop artist?
- The most popular pop artist on Riffiter is Taylor Swift, rated by 3,953 listeners.
- What is the best pop album?
- Ranked by community ratings, the best pop album on Riffiter is Purple Rain by Prince (4.6/5 from 21 ratings). See the full best pop albums ranking.
- How many pop albums are on Riffiter?
- Riffiter has 80,571 albums, 2,462 rated by the community, averaging 4.0/5. Browse them all on the pop albums page.
- When was pop's most active era?
- By community ratings, the most active era for pop on Riffiter is the 2010s. Its catalogue here spans 1910 to 2027.
Know the Pop canon?
Rate what you have heard from each album's page, then collect your favourites into a list or tier of your own.
Build a list or tier of your own