Disco la mot the loai am nhac co chua cac yeu to cua funk, soul, pop, salsa va psychedelic, thinh hanh nhat vao giua va cuoi thap nien 1970 cho du ngay nay van tiep tuc đuoc biet đen rong rai. Ten cua the loai nay đuoc bat nguon cum tu tieng Phap discotheque (tam dich: "thu vien cua ban ghi may quay đia") nhung sau đo đuoc su dung đe chi nhung hop đem tai Paris. Am thanh cua disco thuong đi cung chat giong cao vut va vang doi thong qua nhip "four-on-the-floor" đeu đan, mot mau not moc đon hoac ban moc đon cung mot dong guitar bass nhan lenh. Trong hau het cac bai hat, bo day, bo hoi, piano đien va guitar đien thuong tao nen mot am thanh nen mo ao. Cac nhac cu thinh phong nhu sao thuong đuoc dung trong cac giai đieu đon va guitar chinh thuong it xuat hien trong disco hon rock. Nhieu bai hat disco thuong su dung nhac cu đien tu nhu may tong hop.
David Mancuso, mot DJ tai thanh pho New York, đuoc cho la nguoi khoi xuong cac cau lac bo theo phong cach disco, khi thanh lap The Loft, mot cau lac bo nhay chi danh cho thanh vien tai chinh ngoi nha cua minh vao thang 2 nam 1970. Bai bao đau tien đuoc viet ve the loai nay đuoc viet vao thang 9 nam 1973 boi Vince Aletti cho tap chi Rolling Stone. Vao nam 1974, đai phat thanh WPIX-FM cua thanh pho New York trinh lang chuong trinh phat thanh disco đau tien. Khan gia ban đau cua the loai nay la nhung nguoi chuyen đen hop đem mang dong mau My Phi, nguoi My goc Y, nguoi Latinh va cong đong psychedelic tai thanh pho New York va Philadelphia vao cuoi thap nien 1960 va đau thap nien 1970. Disco con đuoc xem la phan ung chong lai su no ro cua dong nhac rock va truoc su ky thi voi dong nhac dance boi cong đong phi van hoa trong thoi điem nay. Ngoai phu nu, the loai nay con lan rong đen cac cong đong gap thiet thoi khac vao thoi gian đo.
Cac nghe si disco noi danh cuoi thap nien 1970 bao gom ABBA, Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band, The Trammps, Gloria Gaynor va Chic. Nhieu nha phe binh khang đinh Kraftwerk, mot ban nhac đien tu choi tien phong dong nhac disco cung nhu am thanh đien tu, la mot yeu to lon cua disco. Trong khi cac nghe si va ca si tim đuoc su chu y tu cong chung, cac nha san xuat đung đang sau cung co nhung đong gop đang ke đen dong nhac nay, khi ho thuong xuyen sang tac va che tao nhung am thanh cai tien va ky thuat san xuat gop phan tao nen "am thanh disco".
Disco la phong trao am nhac pho bien lon cuoi cung cua the he sau chien tranh the gioi thu hai, khi nhieu nghe si thuoc the loai khac cung thu am nhung bai hat disco trong luc the loai nay đang thinh hanh va nhung bo phim nhu Saturday Night Fever hay Thank God It's Friday gop phan giup disco đat đen đo pho bien chu đao. Khi con la mot hien tuong tren toan cau, disco lai bi khan gia Hoa Ky khuoc tu vao cuoi thap nien 1970. Vao ngay 12 thang 7 nam 1979, mot cuoc phan đoi disco tai Chicago mang ten "Disco Demolition Night" cho thay su xung đot gay gat chong lai dong nhac disco va van hoa cua no lan rong khap Hoa Ky. Thoi gian sau đo, nhieu nghe si quen thuoc voi dong nhac nay khong the đua am nhac cua ho tro lai song phat thanh Hoa Ky, trong khi nhung rac roi tuong tu khong he dien ra tai cac quoc gia khac. Mot it nghe si van co nhung bai hat disco thinh hanh vao đau thap nien 1980, nhung cum tu "disco" lai tro nen loi thoi va đuoc thay the boi "nhac nhay" hay "nhac pop nhay". Du cac ky thuat san xuat đa thay đoi, nhieu nghe si thanh cong ke tu thap nien 1970 van giu nguyen nhip disco co ban va cac cau lac bo nhay van con thinh hanh. Disco van đuoc nhieu lop nghe si sau nay tai hien, nhu album Confessions on a Dance Floor cua Madonna vao nam 2005 hay cac nghe si khac nhu ban nhac Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers), Justin Timberlake, Breakbot va Bruno Mars tiep tuc đua disco xuat hien tren cac bang xep hang pop tai Lien hiep Anh va My.


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