I wasn't into pop music as I am now until I listened to Rated R.

I used to only listen to Classic Rock + Britney/Avril. Then around High School I started opening up to different types of Music except Rap and Pop. Basically I started listening to Rock and Alternative. And then Gaga came out and I loved her and so I gave Katy a chance and both became my favs. Now I always give everyone a chance (Even Bruno Mars whom I hate) so I like almost everyone now. But like 2 years ago I would have never had even given 1D a chance because they were a boyband but this year I did and I LOVE them. I think my taste just opened up when I gave everything a chance. I never judge music until I listen to it.

Definantly, I only listened to pop music through to 2007 (13 years old) then stopped having grudges on a lot of good pop music and from then on my pop music taste expanded, but I still only listened to what was on the charts. In 2009 I then was listening to everything that was in the charts whether it was pop or not. Then I started to listen to some more alternative music that wasn't in the charts in 2011. Then in 2012, when I joined ATRL, I now disregard a lot of the chart music I was listening to, stopped listening to the radio and started to appriciate eery single music genre and also I was listening to 'old' music - which was a new thing for me. I'm glad I came across ATRL, so glad, but it has made buying music very difficult/expensive because I wan't to buy so much now because my taste is so broad.

lol i used to like only Dance tracks but i started liking Norah and Ballad's

I think my taste has changed quite a lot over the past two years. I used to listen to pop music only, but now I'm drifting away from pop (I still listen to it though) and moving into Electronica / Rock / Alternative music mostly.

Years ago, it was very pop & R&B; I guess you could put that down to the UK music scene and endless hours of watching video channels. When I look back on my physical collection, I bought so many singles and compilations. Stuff ranged from Britney to Frankee () to more disco and hip-hop stuff. My mum was an avid listener like me, so I grew up with the greats like Whitney, but also a lot of disco sounds.

You could probably say I followed the music trends up until 2011 (2005-7 was all R&B, etc). However, last year it was very different. When I look back on 2010, pop music was SUCH a headbake. I was known to the people around me as someone who had the songs before they came out, but it was all pop. A year later, I realised how 2D pop music was/had become so I started looking for something new. In May, I found the Weeknd - that changed everything. I was suddenly open to a whole different genre or alternative stuff, but music that still had roots in genres I loved (R&B, Hip Hop). Next came Frank Ocean weeks after; I remember the summer afternoon I played NU for the first time and it was just perfect. Fall came and I looked to my friends for more gritty stuff in rap/alternative which I liked, yet it felt weird as I was always being asked for music, music I now didn't like. Oh, and AZEALIA opened me up to **** loads too.

2012 has been way more open for me. I still listen to pop records when they come out, I mean ATRL makes it hard to escape that. But, I listen to pop in moderation now simply because it becomes bland after so many listens. My music taste now is flawless and I wouldn't change a thing. Sorry for the essay, lol.

Yes, a lot.

I used to listen to pop-rock, rock, pop... now I love electronic music

It's been the same with me. Hip-Hop is usually first, followed closely by pop, and then finishing off with some Rock and R&B. I also have touches of techno and a little bit of reggae.

When I was a kid i used to lean towards pop. Now I'm all R&B. Thankfully.

Not really, it's the same. The only thing that's changed is the artist I listen to. I like a lot of music, I wouldn't consider myself picky. When I was younger I would listen to Cher & Madonna. And during 07 I was into Nelly Furtado and Britney. And now it's Adele, Florence, and Christina. But I wont be changing, I love all 3 ladies very much. But I will add more artist to my list if I like them.

When I was in 8-9th grade, I was all about the diva, i.e. I used to listen to Mariah Carey (and still am), Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera and every singers with wide vocal range.

But then the year I got into high school, I found Lady Gaga and now that's pretty much it. I love music generally, especially since Gaga's always mentioned her idols and I got curious, so I listened to what she liked like Madonna (?), Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie etc. And now practically my taste of music has changed sooooo much better.

Yes. I begun with R&B/Soul and a lil bit of pop, then I learned to enjoy nu soul and hip-hop.

The sequence continued with: j-pop, europop, garage, dance/house, k-pop and pop/rock.

It's definitely an interesting experience when you look at the past and understand how everything was prejudicially "labeled" by yourself.