English popular music soon came to be known as pop music. Latest new free English pop music is downloadable at many sites in mp3, wma, real and many other formats which also provide the lyrics and the videos of these songs. One can watch the videos or listen to the music online as well. The instrumental and karaoke versions are also available for free download.

Pop is contemporary music and a common type of popular music (distinguished from classical or art music and from folk music). The term popular music does not refer specifically to a single genre or sound, and its meaning is different depending on the time and place. Within popular music, "pop music" is often distinguished from other subgenres by stylistic traits such as a danceable rhythm or beat, simple melodies and a repeating structure. Pop song lyrics are often emotional, commonly relating to love, loss, emotion, or dancing. This often differs from rock, where political themes are more common. Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R&B, jazz, electronic, and sometimes folk music and various other styles. For example, in the 1920s–50s pop music drew influence mainly from jazz, beginning in the 1950s from rock and R&B, and since the 1980s, from hip hop. The broad appeal of pop music is seen to distinguish it from more specific types of popular music, and pop music performers and recordings are among the best-selling and most widely known in many regions of the world.

Early Western Pop music artists include Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobbejaan Schoepen, and Peggy Lee, but other artists like Bill Haley and his Comets, Platters, Fats Domino and Elvis Presley became popular with the younger generation. Western Pop music teen idols of the 1960s included the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Cliff Richard, Sandy Shaw, The Who, Lulu, The Small Faces, Gene Pitney, and The Shadows. A proliferation of new sounds from the disco era included the vocal overdubbed harmonies of Carpenters, ABBA, Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, the piano-based pop of Billy Joel and Elton John, the country styling of the Eagles and the rock-influenced pop of Rod Stewart, Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac. Notable highlights for pop music in the 1980s are Michael Jackson's second Epic label release, Thriller, which went on to become the best-selling album of all time. Among the most successful pop acts of the 1990s were R&B-influenced pop acts such as Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Boyz II Men, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, En Vogue, Salt N Pepa, MC Hammer, C&C Music Factory, Brandy, and TLC. Non-R&B artists such as Cher, Michael Bolton, Bryan Adams, Elton John etc were also phenomenally successful during that decade. In the 2000s, pop music paved the way for the multi-platinum successes of artists like Anastacia, Backstreet Boys, Destiny's Child, Beyoncé Knowles, Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Ciara, Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Modern Talking, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Shakira, NSync, Pussycat Dolls and Usher.

Pop music is often criticized for being overly simple and repetitive. Compared to other styles of music, it is often viewed as 'easier' than other genres. Pop vocalists often do not write their own music or play an instrument, and the intricacy of other instruments is nowadays often traded for simple background chords and synthesizers. Many pop musicians are vocalists, and due to performers using lip synching technology, they often focus strictly on the image.
A few of my favorite English pop songs are :

1.         Sacrifice by Elton John.
2.         Genie In A Bottle by Christina Aguilera
3.         Underneath Your Clothes by Shakira
4.         Heaven by Bryan Adams
5.         Love Will Keep Us Alive by Eagles.