Laïkó (, , "song of the people"; "popular song",
pl:
laïká [
tragoudia]), is a
Greek music genre composed in
Greek language in accordance with the tradition of the
Greek people. Also called
folk song or
urban folk music (Gr: αστική λαϊκή μουσική or λαϊκά τραγούδια
laïká tragoudia), in its plural form is a
Greek music genre which has taken many forms over the years. Laïkó followed after the commercialization of
rebetiko music. It was strong dominated by
Greek folk music and is used to describe the whole of the Greek popular music. When used in context it refers mostly to the form it took in the period from the 1950s to the 1980s.