Pop - Revision history

Edb: Expand the comprehensive music catalogue with reviewed distinct performances; prioritize recent discovery, retain good older music and preserve existing prose, recordings and fields.

2026-10-22T10:04:23Z

Expand the comprehensive music catalogue with reviewed distinct performances; prioritize recent discovery, retain good older music and preserve existing prose, recordings and fields.

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Edb: Add canonical MuGlobe favorite, current-hit and authentic fields to all recording links; preserve existing music and article content

2026-10-22T02:33:31Z

Add canonical MuGlobe favorite, current-hit and authentic fields to all recording links; preserve existing music and article content

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	! Artist !! Performance / song / title !! Embedded player URL !! Notes		! Artist !! Performance / song / title !! Embedded player URL !! Notes !! Repertoire kind !! Repertoire date !! Recording date !! Format !! Opening !! Places !! Fit !! Evidence !! Review note !! MuGlobe favorite !! Current hit !! Authentic
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	\| Dua Lipa \|\| Houdini (2023) \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/suAR1PYFNYA \|\| A contemporary dance-pop studio recording with a driving bass groove, electronic production and repeated vocal hooks.<ref name="performance-pop-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suAR1PYFNYA Dua Lipa — Houdini (Official Music Video)]. Released 9 November 2023; [https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/dua-lipa-houdini-premiere/ YouTube release announcement].</ref>		\| Dua Lipa \|\| Houdini (2023) \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/suAR1PYFNYA \|\| A contemporary dance-pop studio recording with a driving bass groove, electronic production and repeated vocal hooks.<ref name="performance-pop-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suAR1PYFNYA Dua Lipa — Houdini (Official Music Video)]. Released 9 November 2023; [https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/dua-lipa-houdini-premiere/ YouTube release announcement].</ref> \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| pending \|\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suAR1PYFNYA Existing recording] \|\| Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. \|\| <muglobe-flag video="suAR1PYFNYA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="suAR1PYFNYA" field="currentHit" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="suAR1PYFNYA" field="authentic" />
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	\| ABBA \|\| Dancing Queen \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/xFrGuyw1V8s \|\| The official video presents layered ensemble vocals and a polished disco-era pop arrangement. It supplies a 1970s European example alongside later solo-star and dance-pop approaches.<ref name="performance-pop-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s ABBA — Dancing Queen]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>		\| ABBA \|\| Dancing Queen \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/xFrGuyw1V8s \|\| The official video presents layered ensemble vocals and a polished disco-era pop arrangement. It supplies a 1970s European example alongside later solo-star and dance-pop approaches.<ref name="performance-pop-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s ABBA — Dancing Queen]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| pending \|\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s Existing recording] \|\| Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. \|\| <muglobe-flag video="xFrGuyw1V8s" field="muglobeFavorite" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="xFrGuyw1V8s" field="currentHit" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="xFrGuyw1V8s" field="authentic" />
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	\| Madonna \|\| Like a Prayer — Live 8 (2005) \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/reMbyC4GHvQ \|\| Madonna's official live clip combines a large public singalong with the song's gospel-influenced pop writing. It adds a concert-performance setting and a different vocal-production lineage to the pop selections.<ref name="performance-pop-3">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMbyC4GHvQ Madonna — Like a Prayer — Live 8 (2005)]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>		\| Madonna \|\| Like a Prayer — Live 8 (2005) \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/reMbyC4GHvQ \|\| Madonna's official live clip combines a large public singalong with the song's gospel-influenced pop writing. It adds a concert-performance setting and a different vocal-production lineage to the pop selections.<ref name="performance-pop-3">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMbyC4GHvQ Madonna — Like a Prayer — Live 8 (2005)]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| pending \|\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMbyC4GHvQ Existing recording] \|\| Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. \|\| <muglobe-flag video="reMbyC4GHvQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="reMbyC4GHvQ" field="currentHit" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="reMbyC4GHvQ" field="authentic" />
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	\| Beyoncé \|\| Love on Top — live at Roseland \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/ByLJstEo0fo \|\| The official live performance foregrounds lead and backing vocals, repeated hooks and a soul-informed pop arrangement. It offers a band-and-voice contrast to the more electronically driven selections.<ref name="performance-pop-4">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByLJstEo0fo Beyoncé — Love on Top — live at Roseland]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>		\| Beyoncé \|\| Love on Top — live at Roseland \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/ByLJstEo0fo \|\| The official live performance foregrounds lead and backing vocals, repeated hooks and a soul-informed pop arrangement. It offers a band-and-voice contrast to the more electronically driven selections.<ref name="performance-pop-4">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByLJstEo0fo Beyoncé — Love on Top — live at Roseland]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| pending \|\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByLJstEo0fo Existing recording] \|\| Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. \|\| <muglobe-flag video="ByLJstEo0fo" field="muglobeFavorite" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="ByLJstEo0fo" field="currentHit" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="ByLJstEo0fo" field="authentic" />
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	\| Taylor Swift \|\| Shake It Off \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/nfWlot6h_JM \|\| The official music video illustrates 2010s mainstream pop through a repeated chorus, rhythmic vocal delivery and tightly organized studio production. It represents one song and production style rather than the artist's entire changing catalogue.<ref name="performance-pop-5">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM Taylor Swift — Shake It Off]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>		\| Taylor Swift \|\| Shake It Off \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/nfWlot6h_JM \|\| The official music video illustrates 2010s mainstream pop through a repeated chorus, rhythmic vocal delivery and tightly organized studio production. It represents one song and production style rather than the artist's entire changing catalogue.<ref name="performance-pop-5">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM Taylor Swift — Shake It Off]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| pending \|\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM Existing recording] \|\| Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. \|\| <muglobe-flag video="nfWlot6h_JM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="nfWlot6h_JM" field="currentHit" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="nfWlot6h_JM" field="authentic" />
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	\| Dua Lipa \|\| Levitating — live from Mexico \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/ai4eFxFToFA \|\| An official concert performance of the disco-influenced pop song. Its dance pulse and repeated melodic hooks provide a contemporary live example alongside the collection's earlier pop recordings.<ref name="performance-pop-6">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4eFxFToFA Dua Lipa — Levitating — live from Mexico]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>		\| Dua Lipa \|\| Levitating — live from Mexico \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/ai4eFxFToFA \|\| An official concert performance of the disco-influenced pop song. Its dance pulse and repeated melodic hooks provide a contemporary live example alongside the collection's earlier pop recordings.<ref name="performance-pop-6">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4eFxFToFA Dua Lipa — Levitating — live from Mexico]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| pending \|\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4eFxFToFA Existing recording] \|\| Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. \|\| <muglobe-flag video="ai4eFxFToFA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="ai4eFxFToFA" field="currentHit" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="ai4eFxFToFA" field="authentic" />
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	\| BTS \|\| Dynamite \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/gdZLi9oWNZg \|\| The group's official video presents an English-language, disco-influenced pop single by a Korean ensemble. It extends the selection beyond British and American solo performers while remaining a specific commercial song, not a claim to represent all K-pop.<ref name="performance-pop-7">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZLi9oWNZg BTS — Dynamite]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>		\| BTS \|\| Dynamite \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/gdZLi9oWNZg \|\| The group's official video presents an English-language, disco-influenced pop single by a Korean ensemble. It extends the selection beyond British and American solo performers while remaining a specific commercial song, not a claim to represent all K-pop.<ref name="performance-pop-7">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZLi9oWNZg BTS — Dynamite]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| unknown \|\| pending \|\| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZLi9oWNZg Existing recording] \|\| Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. \|\| <muglobe-flag video="gdZLi9oWNZg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="gdZLi9oWNZg" field="currentHit" /> \|\| <muglobe-flag video="gdZLi9oWNZg" field="authentic" />
	\|}		\|}

Edb: Research-led Africa musical geography and article revision; existing recording sections and native bindings preserved.

2026-10-20T04:07:26Z

Research-led Africa musical geography and article revision; existing recording sections and native bindings preserved.

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Edb: Replace Billie Jean with contemporary pop: Dua Lipa, Houdini (2023)

2026-10-18T21:03:09Z

Replace Billie Jean with contemporary pop: Dua Lipa, Houdini (2023)

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:03, 18 October 2026
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	\| ~~Michael Jackson~~ \|\| ~~Billie Jean~~ \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/~~Zi_XLOBDo_Y~~ \|\| ~~The official music video offers a defining example of tightly structured,~~ dance-~~oriented~~ pop, with a ~~prominent~~ bass ~~pattern~~ and ~~sharply delivered~~ vocal hooks~~. It also draws on funk and R&B; this is one strand of pop rather than a universal template~~.<ref name="performance-pop-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~Zi_XLOBDo_Y Michael Jackson~~ — ~~Billie Jean~~]. ~~YouTube recording~~; ~~metadata checked 2026~~-10-18.</ref>		\| Dua Lipa \|\| Houdini (2023) \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/suAR1PYFNYA \|\| A contemporary dance-pop studio recording with a driving bass groove, electronic production and repeated vocal hooks.<ref name="performance-pop-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suAR1PYFNYA Dua Lipa — Houdini (Official Music Video)]. Released 9 November 2023; [https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/dua-lipa-houdini-premiere/ YouTube release announcement].</ref>
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	\| ABBA \|\| Dancing Queen \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/xFrGuyw1V8s \|\| The official video presents layered ensemble vocals and a polished disco-era pop arrangement. It supplies a 1970s European example alongside later solo-star and dance-pop approaches.<ref name="performance-pop-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s ABBA — Dancing Queen]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>		\| ABBA \|\| Dancing Queen \|\| https://www.youtube.com/embed/xFrGuyw1V8s \|\| The official video presents layered ensemble vocals and a polished disco-era pop arrangement. It supplies a 1970s European example alongside later solo-star and dance-pop approaches.<ref name="performance-pop-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s ABBA — Dancing Queen]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref>

Edb: Add sourced representative performance playlist; preserve article prose and hotspot mushrooms

2026-10-18T18:06:45Z

Add sourced representative performance playlist; preserve article prose and hotspot mushrooms

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 == Artists ==
 Michael Jackson, Madonna, ABBA, Prince, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift offer different internationally circulating approaches, while artists across many regional traditions broaden the frame further. No short celebrity list can represent the world's pop. Writers, producers, instrumentalists, choreographers and visual collaborators also contribute to recognizable identities. Compare a ballad, a rhythm-centered song and a heavily electronic production, asking how each guides attention. Fame does not explain the musical decisions: the combination of voice, repeated idea, contrast and timing must still work for a particular listener in a particular setting.
 == Related genres ==
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Edb: Create researched genre article and inferred regional musical landscapes; Ed’s approved authoring method

2026-10-18T02:08:02Z

Create researched genre article and inferred regional musical landscapes; Ed’s approved authoring method

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== Summary ==
Pop is both a broad family of song-centered musical approaches and a changing relationship with mass circulation. It is not equivalent to all music that happens to become popular. Memorable hooks, clear contrasts, distinctive voices and carefully shaped recordings are common resources, but no one instrument or rhythm defines the field. Nor does pop belong exclusively to the United States or Britain. Regional languages, industries and listening cultures produce their own forms while exchanging ideas internationally. This umbrella helps navigation across those relationships without replacing the more specific genre entries. <ref name="ifpi-engagement">[https://www.ifpi.org/ifpis-global-study-finds-were-listening-to-more-music-in-more-ways-than-ever/ IFPI’s global study finds we’re listening to more music in more ways than ever].</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==
Contemporary pop circulates through streaming, radio, short-form video, concerts, television, games and everyday social life. Listeners often move between local artists and international repertoire rather than choosing one permanently. The 2023 IFPI engagement study describes that coexistence, not a single homogeneous world audience. New production tools change the sound and the conditions of collaboration, while recognizable songwriting functions persist. A personally intimate recording can reach an enormous public; a lavish release can remain culturally specific. Current chart success is therefore only one dimension of a song's wider social life.

== History ==
Commercial song traditions long predate the modern pop label. Twentieth-century broadcasting, recording, film and youth markets changed how songs reached publics and how performers became recognizable. African American musical creativity, European song traditions and many other regional histories contributed distinct resources. Later international industries reshaped the balance repeatedly. The Korean museum's account of reciprocal cultural adoption offers one corrective to a one-way Western export story. Local musicians did not simply receive an unchanged global form: they selected, reworked and recirculated resources through their own languages and social worlds. <ref name="korean-museum-pop">[https://www.korea.net/Government/Briefing-Room/Press-Releases/view?articleId=281&insttCode=A260123&type=N The Pop Culture We Loved and Rise of the Korean Wave — National Museum of Korean Contemporary History].</ref>

== Musical characteristics ==
Listen to how a recording introduces its identity, manages contrast and makes a return feel inevitable. A hook may be a vocal phrase, rhythm, bass sound or small instrumental gesture. Verse, chorus and bridge are useful concepts, but not every song follows the same sequence. Arrangement can make a familiar melody seem newly intimate or spectacular. Greg Phillinganes's session perspective draws attention to collaborative musicianship behind prominent singers. Production detail and songcraft are intertwined: a tiny change in timing, register or texture may determine what a listener remembers after the track ends. <ref name="phillinganes-rbma">[https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/greg-phillinganes-lecture/ Greg Phillinganes — Red Bull Music Academy 2016].</ref>

== Geography and communities ==
Pop requires a distributed world landscape, not five Western studio hubs. North and Latin America, Europe, Africa, West and South Asia, East and Southeast Asia and Oceania all contain substantial local publics and international exchange. The broad fields are illustrative navigation aids, deliberately avoiding a false ranking of whole populations. More specific regional pop entries supply distinctions this umbrella cannot resolve. A soft circle should never imply that communities beyond it lack popular music. Its purpose is to make broad affinity visible while acknowledging that language, history and local institutions shape different musical worlds.

== Artists ==
Michael Jackson, Madonna, ABBA, Prince, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift offer different internationally circulating approaches, while artists across many regional traditions broaden the frame further. No short celebrity list can represent the world's pop. Writers, producers, instrumentalists, choreographers and visual collaborators also contribute to recognizable identities. Compare a ballad, a rhythm-centered song and a heavily electronic production, asking how each guides attention. Fame does not explain the musical decisions: the combination of voice, repeated idea, contrast and timing must still work for a particular listener in a particular setting.

== Related genres ==
Rock, R&B, dance music, hip-hop, Latin styles and numerous regional song traditions overlap with pop in changing ways. The same recording can reasonably belong to several categories because one term describes its musical resources and another its presentation or public. Pop's flexibility is a strength when it does not erase sources or credit. Its central creative problem is deceptively demanding: make a constructed musical experience immediately legible while giving it a distinctive character worth returning to. Different societies and generations continually supply new answers, keeping the category open rather than fixed.

=== References and further reading ===
<references />

== Hotspot mushrooms ==
Distributed worldwide popular-song landscapes; intentionally broad moderate fields avoid equating global pop with Western studios. Specific regional catalogue entries retain their independent cultural identities; intensity is illustrative affinity, never a survey-derived hierarchy.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

{| class="wikitable muglobe-hotspots"
|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes

|-
| pop-northamerica-east || Eastern North American Pop landscape || 38 || -86 || 2800 || 0.9 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-northamerica-west || Western North American Pop landscape || 39 || -119 || 2400 || 0.9 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-mexico || Mexican and Central American Pop landscape || 20 || -99 || 2000 || 0.9 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-caribbean || Caribbean and northern South American Pop landscape || 9 || -69 || 1800 || 0.85 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-brazil || Brazilian Pop landscape || -17 || -47 || 2800 || 0.9 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-southerncone || Southern South American Pop landscape || -32 || -65 || 2200 || 0.85 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-europe-west || Western and northern European Pop landscape || 50 || 7 || 2400 || 0.95 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-europe-east || Eastern European Pop landscape || 51 || 35 || 2500 || 0.85 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-westasia || West Asian and eastern Mediterranean Pop landscape || 32 || 43 || 2400 || 0.85 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-northafrica || North African Pop landscape || 30 || 8 || 2500 || 0.8 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-westafrica || West African Pop landscape || 9 || 0 || 2200 || 0.85 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-eastafrica || Eastern African Pop landscape || -2 || 36 || 2200 || 0.85 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-southafrica || Southern African Pop landscape || -26 || 27 || 2300 || 0.85 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-southasia || South Asian Pop landscape || 22 || 78 || 2600 || 0.9 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-eastasia || East Asian Pop landscape || 35 || 123 || 2700 || 0.95 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-southeastasia || Southeast Asian Pop landscape || 7 || 109 || 2600 || 0.9 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-australia || Australian Pop landscape || -29 || 140 || 2600 || 0.9 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|-
| pop-newzealand || Aotearoa New Zealand Pop landscape || -41 || 174 || 1200 || 0.9 || Sustained regional production, shared listening and cultural adoption beyond individual venues; soft edge is an editorial interpretation, not measured audience share.

|}