ABSTRACT
The majority of popular world music in Europe falls into two basic categories: Euro-pop and folk fusions. The former is today primarily a dance-oriented genre that is variously defined to include popular music from Continental Europe only, Continental Europe and the United Kingdom, and sometimes popular music from non-European countries that have historically been governed by a European power, such as Australia. The Europop style rarely draws from the ethnic roots of the performers or its primary audience, instead opting for predictable instrumentation of electronic keyboards, guitars, and drums, with a formulaic melody and repetitive refrains.
