House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music. It originates back to the early 1980s in Chicago. It really became famous in 1985 around North and South America then spread out across Europe and not far behind, Australia. 

Early house music success in Europe saw songs such as 'House Nation' by House Master Boyz and 'Doctorin the House' by Coldcut feature in the pop charts. Ever since the 1990s house music has featured in the charts regularly and has infused with music genres such as: pop and dance music.

Early house music was mainly dance based with elements of different beats and rhythms developed with computerized drums and synthesized baselines. House music has many similarities to disco music, however it is more electronic and techno based, with the rhythm being more important than the song itself.

Modern day house music, while keeping many of its core elements, the kick drum in almost every beat varies with style and influence from soul and suspense atmosphere. Housed music has also fused with other genres to form electro-house, tech-house, jump-house etc.

In the early stages of house music, many local Chicago artists found themselves with record labels as house music really became a commercial success. Furthurmore artists such as Madonna, Janet Jackson and Daft Punk merged elements of the house genre with their songs.