Austropop is a musical movement, which started in Austria in the middle of the 1970s. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. However, Austropop is not much of a specific style, it is more a trademark of origin, because musicians of various styles, such as rock, Neue Deutsche Welle, New Folk and more recently perhaps Pop, are counted as Austropop artists, while Schlager is not. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Neue Deutsche Welle ( New German Wave, often abbreviated NDW) was a genre of German music originally derived from Punk rock Bavaria has been part of the Alpine New Wave of Folk music alongside Switzerland and Austria. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Schlager ( German Schlager, literally "hitter" or more loosely translated "a hit" is a style of Popular music that is prevalent in Contrary to common belief, not all Austropop-lyrics are written in dialect, many are in fact Standard-German or even English.

The movement is believed to have started in 1971 by Wolfgang Ambros with his song "Da Hofa".

The idea and concept of Austropop has been, and in ways still is, supported by the Austrian radio station Ö3. Hitradio Ö3 is one of the national Radio stations of Austria 's state-run broadcaster ORF.

Artists of the Austropop movement include:

• Wolfgang Ambros
• Georg Danzer
• Rainhard Fendrich (Those three also toured together from 1997-2006 as Austria3 or A3. Georg Franz Danzer (October 7 1946 Vienna – June 21 2007 Asperhofen, Lower Austria) was an Austrian Singer-songwriter. Rainhard Jürgen Fendrich (born 27 February 1955 in Vienna) is an Austrian singer composer entertainer and actor Austria3 was a conglomerate of three Austrian quite individualist singer-songwriters Wolfgang Ambros, Georg Danzer and Rainhard Fendrich. )
• Marianne Mendt
• Hubert von Goisern
• S. T. S.
• Falco
• Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung (EAV). Johann (Hans Hölzel ( February 19, 1957 &ndash February 6, 1998) better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian The EAV ( Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung, German for "First Public/General Uncertainty/Un-Insurance" is an Austrian band that got together in
• Christina Stürmer
• Luttenberger*Klug
• SheSays
• Mondscheiner
• Shiver
• Global Deejays
• DJ Ötzi
• Madita

Christina Stürmer (born June 9, 1982) is an Austrian pop/rock singer and also the name of her band Singles Albums SheSays is an Austrian rock band The band was established in 2004 the members were Gudrun Liemberger Andy Liu Valentin Rosegger and Cathi Priemer Mondscheiner is an Austrian Pop - Rock band which was established 2002 in Vienna Global Deejays aka Ravers on Dope is an Austrian Dance and Electronica trio composed of DJ Taylor (Konrad Schreyvogl DJ Mikkel (Mikkel Christensen and DJ Ötzi is the stage name of Gerhard Friedle (born January 7 1971) an Austrian entertainer and singer Edita Malovčić (born January 1978 Vienna, Austria) better known as Madita, is an Austrian soul / pop -singer and actress

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