Korea's Music
.   K-POP   K-pop  (abbreviation of  Korean pop ;   Korean :  케이팝 ) is a    genre   of  popular music  originating in   South  Korea .  While the modern form of K-pop can be traced back to the early 90s, the term itself has been popularized since the 2000s, replacing the term  Gayo  (가요), which also refers to domestic pop music in South Korea.  Although it generally indicates "popular music" within South Korea, the term is often used in a narrower sense to describe a modern form of South Korean pop that is influenced by styles and genres from around the world, such as  experimental ,  rock ,   jazz ,  gospel ,  hip hop ,  R&B ,   reggae ,  electronic dance , f olk ,   country ,  and  classical  on top of its traditional Korean music  roots. The more modern form of the genre emerged with the formation of one of the earliest K-pop groups,  Se...