Art Pop
Art pop is pop music that borrows ideas from fine art, fashion, film and the avant-garde while keeping pop's hooks and song forms.
Art pop artists treat a record as a whole artwork, so image, staging and concept matter as much as the tune. Songs can use unusual structures, theatrical vocals and studio experiments, but they stay melodic. The approach took shape in the mid 1960s, when pop musicians began drawing on pop art and art school ideas. It is more song-focused than progressive rock and more playful about high and low culture than standard pop.
Artists it is known for: David Bowie, Kate Bush, Roxy Music, Björk.
- Family
- Pop
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- United Kingdom and United States, mid 1960s
- Also called
- art-pop
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 37%
About 31,000 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have art pop among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Art Pop artists
Lana Del Rey
Billie Eilish
Lady Gaga
Charli xcx
Lorde
Cocteau Twins
Adrianne Lenker
Slayyyter
Ethel Cain
Big Thief
The art pop artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.