In early-mid 2012, we saw the dancepop trend begin to struggle when indie hits like We Are Young shot to #1 while dance and breakdown-based songs like Where Have You Been failed to make as much of a huge impact as they did in 2011.

However, in the end of the year, we've been seeing a bit more of dance come back into the mainstream. Songs like Die Young and Let Me Love You are becoming huge radio smashes and the pop girls are delving even deeper into EDM than they did with their past releases. This along with the rumors of Gaga and Katy working with the likes of Zedd and Madeon makes it apparent that the pop girls are trying to keep this dance trend alive.

That being said, do you think that the EDM and dancepop trend will be staying for a bit longer? Or will this push by the pop girls end up failing? Discuss.

It will fade tbh (mainstream).

2013 is its last year.

If the dance trend started in 2008- 2009, I would give it until about 2014 for something else to take over.

Its still very much the main form of top 40 pop right now.

Indie folk is the new tea

Well since Gaga introduced it to radio in 2008 I'd say it has another 3-4 years as the popular trend on radio

Yeah I agree. 2013 is it's last year. Yall faves better get those dance hits while they can.

This is just the beginning. It started with We Found Love. There's so much that people have yet to hear.

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There are only like 2 songs in the Top 10 on Pop radio that is dance/electropop songs. And they aren't completely dance tracks

1. Die Young
2. Don't Wake Me Up
3. I Cry

I don't know, sistren. All of the pop girls are coming hard with the EDM hits and I doubt that the general public would drop them altogether. I think 2013 will have a big dance comeback.

Don't forget Let Me Love You. And Va Va Voom and Beauty and a Beat are soaring and will probably hit top 10 soon.

I'm not here for trash songs like We Are Young. I want a reflection of the 90s where a lot of genres became hits, but I don't think dance is quite done dominating.

Oh well. I do hope with goes away. Or at least take a breal and make a comeback in 2014.

It's only going to get bigger with Lady Gaga's new album.

I think it will remain popular, but not dominant.

A generic dance/pop song won't be a guaranteed hit anymore.

End of next year is its last. We have had EDM charting this year but it's not peaking as high as it would last year. Peaks will start lowering until indie takes over and Lana will dominate the year