List of sophisti-pop artists

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This is a list of artists retrospectively classified under the genre sophisti-pop. [1] The term has been applied to pop music that emerged during the mid-1980s in the UK [2] [3] which incorporated elements of new wave, jazz, soul, and pop. [2] [4] Music so classified often made extensive use of electronic keyboards, synthesizers and polished arrangements, particularly horn sections. [2]

Sophisti-pop artists

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