What is world music?

World music may be defined as something which is listened to and renowned globally. This could mean that it is music which is signed by major record labels and sold transnationally. This music could be indigenous to the country it comes from yet still signed and marketed worldwide; this therefore could classify as world music. The grasp that Anglo American music has on the planet and its link to cultural imperialism acts as a good case study for explaining what world music is. Being a dominant market, America supplies to the needy markets with its fashions and styles etc; these dependent nations therefore adopt part of the dominant origins culture. This ultimately sees a lot of music sounding the same; even indigenous sound fusing with Anglo American sound says Robinson. In the light of these facts world music can be seen as something produced for commercial purposes in the mainstream music market.