The volume addresses the subject of pop music from an explicitly practice-sociological perspective. This not only allows for a multi-perspective view of pop music but also enables the overcoming of conventional analytical dichotomies and narrow interpretations such as production and reception, subversion and mainstream. By being equally sensitive to the dynamics and persistence of pop musical practices, a sociology of practice creates a completely new way to describe pop music historically and analytically. From historical pop events to local manifestations of pop, as well as fundamental theoretical proposals for the analysis of pop music, the volume gathers a diverse range of contributions that illustrate the added value of the practice-sociological analytical perspective in their own unique ways.