P-pop

Pinoy pop
Cultural origins	1970s in the Philippines
Typical instruments	Guitar, bass guitar, drum kit, drum pad, synthesizer

Pinoy pop or Filipino pop (abbreviation: OPM pop, P-pop) refers to popular contemporary music in the Philippines. With its beginnings in the 1970s, Filipino pop is a growing genre.Template:Filipino-American in the US Charts It stems from a broader genre, Original Pilipino Music (OPM).

Filipino pop songs mainly referred to songs popularized since the 1960s, especially those in the ballad form, by major commercial artists like Pilita Corrales, Nora Aunor, Basil Valdez, Freddie Aguilar and Rey Valera.

In the 1970s, singer-songwriters Ryan Cayabyab and José Mari Chan rose to fame by composing original English love songs alongside modern Tagalog songs. Pioneer pop groups from in the same decade include vocal trio APO Hiking Society and Manila Sound band Hotdog.

In the 1980s, disco group VST & Co. and pop icon Gary V. gave rise to dance-pop in the mainstream.

Eraserheads, Rivermaya, Siakol, Grin Department, The Youth and Parokya ni Edgar, and solo artists such as Yano shaped Filipino pop culture, and were the pioneers of "Tunog-Kalye" genre.

The Philippines is known to have had the first hip-hop music scene in all of Asia and the Pacific Islands since the early 1980s.[2] Outstanding hip-hop artists like Francis Magalona, Andrew E., & Blakdyak. gave rise to a "Golden Age" in Pinoy hip-hop in the early 1990s.

The early to mid-1990s saw the emergence of a superstar pop-rock group, the Eraserheads, considered by many nationals as a turning-point in the OPM music scene. In the wake of their success was the emergence of a string of influential bands such as Yano, Siakol, Parokya ni Edgar, Grin Department, Rivermaya, Moonstar 88 and Hungry Young Poets, each of which mixes the influence of a variety of pop and rock subgenres into their style.

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