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Hip Hop and Rap play such a basic part in Europopmusic of today that it’s hard to imagine that in the Eighties it was still considered an underground scene in most European countries. Western Europe picked up somewhere mid eighties but Central Europe took much longer to get into it. At first European Hip Hop mostly copied their American examples. But more and more the social characteristics of the hip-hop culture turned out to be great feeding ground to develop a specific identity of their own. And a great way to express yourself in your own language and still sound cool. But in 1996 the European Hip Hop scene was still in development. As such that the European Music Office published a report on "Music in Europe". The second part of this study was titled "Music, Culture and Society in Europe". It contains six critical essays and five case studies on the cultural value of music in the European Union. This case study on Hip Hop and Rap in Europe was written for the occasion by Marie-Agnès Beau. Since the basics of this study are still very much relevant and give a nice historical insight in the development of Hip Hop in Europe we got kind permission of Marie-Agnès to reprint it for your reading pleasure. click here.

The sixties were the defining era for European popmusic in which in each countries the first artists and groups emerged and ‘pop’ or music for teenagers found it’s way to the mainstream. In some countries this was a gradual proces, in other it was a certain event that marked the start. One of the most emphasized events took place in Turkey were the Altin Mikrofon contest of 1965 caused an explosion in modern music.The contest was held four times before the it disappeared again (set aside a comeback in 1972 and 1979). But by then it’s role as a turbinal force for Turkish pop was already fulfilled. Artists like Erkin Koray, Baris Manço and Cem Karaca had the platform to present themselves to a broad audience and start Anatolian pop and rock. Together with Naim Dilmener we created a smal retrospective ons this influencial contest.. Read more...

This website is dedicated to 'europopmusic' and Europe's finest music and best artists.

'Europopmusic', short for European Popular Music, is popular music made in the countries of the European contingent. It is mostly sung in the local language. It sometimes has a Anglo-Saxon ring to it but has also elements of traditional music. Usually the artists are superstars in their own country but completely unknown across the border.

Collecting popmusic from all over Europe fed the idea that one European musicscene was in fact hard to compare with the other. For instance, try to compare the French, Italian and Spanish popmusic scene and you will find substantial differences. Although on the surface they are all a form of pop-music. It is our philosophy that these differences have been influenced by the basic difference in social-cultural history.

If you can open your mind and are able to step across the language barrier you will find a treasury of new and exciting pop music. With this website we try to bring together as much of the Europop artists we found interesting to share with you. We try to provide some basic information about the artists and the pop history of the country. Furthermore, you will find our personal opinions and recommendations. Feel free to send us any artists we missed and should be included.

This website has no commercial purposes whatsoever. It is created as an extension of our own hobby - collecting music - with the only objective to share this great (and sometimes not so great) music with everyone interested.

This website is from us to you, Europeans, to share and expand. Enjoy!

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First ESC 2011 contestants announced

The 3Js will represent the Netherlands in Germany, next year. The Netherlands is the second nation to reveal their 2011 Eurovision Song Contest participant after Germany announced the return of ESC winner Lena. "With this choice, we stay close to our roots and appeal to a broad audience. The 3Js sing in Dutch, but have an international sound and a broad fan base to support them." TROS director Peter Kuipers said. With this choice the Dutch indeed choose a more established act then their entry of 2010 (Sieneke). Part of the new wave of Dutch-languaged pop from the city of Volendam (together with acts like Jan Smit and Nick & Simon) they already have two gold albums and a current hitsingle in the Benelux with 'Geloven In Het Leven' (Believe in life). Although constantly touring their next milestone (before the ESC of course) will be a show at Amsterdams HMH on the 30th of October for 5.000 fans.

Justyna Steczkowska wins lawsuit over nude pictures

Polish singer Justyna Steczkowska has won a lawsuit against gossip magazine Super Express. The magazine published onauthorized pictures of the singer standing nude on a beach. According to Justyna: "I'm a musician and sounds are my whole world, they go through my body, but it doesn't have to be shown naked to do so". The magazine paid an unknown amount of damages to the Anna Dymna Foundation (a fund for disabled people) and published an apology in their issue of 16 july.

Şebnem Ferah and Nil Karaibrahimgil come to Amsterdam

It has just came to our attention that Turkish singer Şebnem Ferah will come to Amsterdam to perform at the local pop venue Paradiso on the 29th of October. Later this winter Nil Karaibrahimgil will hit the same spot on the 12th of December. Both singers are very popular in their homeland Turkey and both just have a new album released this year. We could not find any info (yet) of shows in other European countries but we keep you posted if we hear about them. Tickets for the Dutch shows are not on sale yet but will be soon through www.ticketmaster.nl

Interview with Mónica Naranjo