Editing C-pop (section)

{{Short description|Chinese popular music genre}}
{{About|Chinese pop music|other uses|CPOP (disambiguation){{!}}CPOP}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = C-pop
| image             = Chinese music icon.png
| caption           = Chinese music icon
| stylistic_origins = 
| cultural_origins  = 1920s [[China]]
| subgenrelist      =
| derivatives       = {{hlist|[[rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[Sentimental ballad|ballads]]|[[Chinese rock]]|[[Chinese hip hop]]|Chinese ambient music}}
| subgenres         = Taiwanese [[Mandopop]], [[Cantopop]]
| fusiongenres      = 
| regional_scenes   = 
| other_topics      = 
}}
[[File:Li Jinhui 1930.jpg|thumb|[[Li Jinhui]], known as the father of Chinese pop]]
'''C-pop''' is an abbreviation for '''Chinese popular music''' ({{zh|s=中文流行音乐|t=中文流行音樂|p=zhōngwén liúxíng yīnyuè|j=zung1man4 lau4hang4 jam1ngok6}}), a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (the [[Greater China]] region). This also includes countries where [[Sinitic languages|Chinese languages]] are used by parts of the population, such as Singapore and Malaysia. C-pop is used as an umbrella term covering not only Chinese pop but also [[rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Sentimental ballad|ballads]], [[Chinese rock]], [[Chinese hip hop]] and Chinese ambient music, although Chinese rock diverged during the early 1990s. 

There are currently three main subgenres within C-pop: [[Cantopop]], [[Mandopop]] and [[Hokkien pop]]. The gap between Cantopop and Mandopop has been narrowing in the new millennium. Hokkien pop, initially strongly influenced by Japanese [[enka]], has been re-integrating into C-pop and narrowing its trend of development towards Mandopop. {{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Chinese popular music in China was initially a vehicle for the [[Cultural Revolution]] and [[Maoism|Maoist]] ideologies; however, during the country's extensive political and cultural changes of the past 50 years, it has lost much political significance; and now closely resembles the styles of Taiwanese Mandopop, Cantopop, [[K-pop]] and [[J-pop]], from Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan, respectively. '''C-pop''' is an abbreviation for '''Chinese popular music''', a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (the Greater China region). This also includes countries where Chinese languages are used by parts of the population, such as Singapore and Malaysia. C-pop is used as an umbrella term covering not only Chinese pop but also R&B, ballads, Chinese rock, Chinese hip hop and Chinese ambient music, although Chinese rock diverged during the early 1990s.