Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that developed from post-disco, beginning in the early 1980s.

Complete with pounding, dance club upbeats and catchy melodies, the songs of this music are fully formed and more influenced by pop song structure than pure dance music. Dance-pop songs are often primarily created by record producers, who then select a singer to perform the song. A notable dance-pop production team in the 1980s and 1990s were Stock, Aitken and Waterman, who sculpted polished Hi-NRG production for the likes of Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley and Bananarama. Other commercially successful dance-pop musicians include Britney Spears, Madonna, Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Jody Watley, Christina Aguilera, Spice Girls, and more recently Ke$ha, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga who have all been very influential in the resurgence of dance-pop in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Dance-pop has often been the music of boy bands and girl groups (e.g. Mel & Kim).