Tropipop

Tropipop
Stylistic origins	Music of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, Vallenato, Salsa music, Merengue, Pop music, Pop rock, Funk, Latin pop
Cultural origins	Late 1990s/early 2000s: Urban areas of Colombia
Typical instruments	Vocals, Electric guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass guitar, Accordion, Drums, Latin percussion

Tropipop also named Colombian pop is a music genre that developed in Colombia in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It is a blend of traditional musical forms of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, mainly Vallenato, with foreign Latin genres such as Salsa and Merengue, and pop and pop rock. The term "tropipop" comes from the synthesis of the words "tropical" and "Pop music" describing the genre's mix of Latin Tropical roots with American popular music.

Some popular tropipop acts are Fanny Lu, Bonka,Mauricio & Palodeagua and Lucas Arnau.

Since the early emergence of Colombian rock in the 1960s and 1970s, bands like Genesis (Colombian rock band) began to experiment fusing traditional Colombian music with pop rock. In the following decades, rock bands like Aterciopelados continued bringing elements of Colombian folklore into rock music.

Tropipop stylistic origins can be traced back to 1993 when Carlos Vives released the album Clásicos de la Provincia. This very popular album was notable for the use of rock instruments like electric guitars to sing traditional Vallenato songs. Vives' and his band, La provincia, continued experimenting the fusion of vallenato and cumbia with pop, rock and funk in their subsequent albums La Tierra del Olvido and Tengo Fe.

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