Hispanic pop singers include Ricky Martin, Paulina Rubio, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony and others. These singers have all made impact in the United States but most of all they have caused a shock in Hispanic countries were pop was not so popular until they introduced it. Most of the Hispanic pop singers used to be salsa singers that combined their rhythms with those of rap and R&B. In Europe just as in the United States and in the Americas pop has also increased its popularity rapidly. In Europe pop began to take shape with Erasure. Erasure was a dynamic duo of English men that developed ebullient melodies and tales of lost love with their combination rock with bouncy rhythms. Pop culture had its peak in Europe in the 90s when ladies sensation group, Spice Girls came out. Ever since Spice Girls started the pop culture in Europe it has become an unstoppable trend. Groups like Oasis and Savage Garden have kept the trend alive.
Heavy metal was a musical genre that covered from about 1982 to 1989. Heavy metal was also a music style that brought with it more than just a musical trend. Heavy metal is a style of rock characterized by aggressive guitar solos and which mayor purpose is to produce noise that brings to the listener a violent and fierce feeling. One of the reasons why Pop is much better than heavy metal is because, pop uses guitars to produce the same sounds like in heavy metal but the singer instead of creating an aggressive mood it compliments the guitar noise with harmonic vocals. Another advantage that the pop genre has over heavy metal is that pop never had to be censored unlike heavy metal that had many problems due to the encouragement of crime and war. Another musical genre that had a trend going on for a long time is rock. Rock and Roll covered from 1954 to about 1964. Rock and Roll is a type of dance music that blends rhythms of blues, folk and country.