The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (abbreviated IASPM) is an international

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dedicated to the scholarly study of

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. It was established in September 1981, with Charles Hamm and

Simon Frith Simon Webster Frith (born 1946) is a British sociomusicologist and rock critic who specializes in popular music culture. He is professor emeritus of Music at University of Edinburgh.Frith has written a number of sociological analyses of popul ...

as two of its founding members. By 1988, it had members in over 30 countries. Since 2002, its official headquarters has been at the

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's Institute of Popular Music, which is also the repository for the Association's archived materials. The ''Journal of Popular Music Studies'', published by the

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, is the official journal of the Association's United States branch (abbreviated IASPM-US). It also published the ''IASPM Journal''.

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* Musicology Study of Popular Music Organizations established in 1981 International music organizations {{Music-org-stub