Adult contemporary

Adult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of present day with varying degrees of easy listening, soul, rhythm and blues and rock influence.

Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be written in a basic format, as well as the common employment of repeated choruses.

Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones and sometimes an orchestral set.