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Songs By Fictional K-Pop Bands From ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Claim No. 1 And No. 2 Spots On U.S. Daily Spotify Chart
The viral movie and its fantasy pop stars are “Golden,” taking over Spotify’s daily chart and amassing millions of streams on ...
“Shape of You” Is Apple Music’s Most-Played Song
The streaming platform revealed its 500 most played songs, with Drake, The Weeknd and Post Malone also snagging a top five ...
How Have the Fictional Pop Stars of ‘KPop Demon Hunters' Already Scored Bigger U.S. Hits Than So Many Real-Life K-Pop Stars?
This week's Greatest Pop Stars podcast looks at the animated pop groups HUNTR/X and Saja Boys, whose IRL chart fortunes are ...
10 songs that were hyperpop before the subgenre was born
Long before hyperpop sprung from the cyber-ether, faceless producers across Western Europe were engineering some of the ...
Pop music is in a summer slump — and fans can feel it
As July kicks off, 2025 still lacks a defining summer hit. The musical highs of 2024, plus a political vibe shift, have led ...
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Best Pop Songs of All Time: 500 Hits That Appeared on the Hot 100 - Billboard
Best pop songs of all time: Here are 500 hits that appeared on the Hot 100. Billboard's staff picked the best in honor of the chart's anniversary.
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9 Songs From Pop’s ‘Middle Class’ That Deserve to Be Hits
9. Charli XCX: “Track 10” Many of Charli’s Angels — this one included — consider the gleefully forward-thinking 2017 mixtape “Pop 2” to be Charli’s magnum opus (so far) and this ...
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Pop songs are getting shorter in the era of streaming and TikTok
Shorter songs encourage more replays, and more replays mean more revenue. “A lot of songs don’t have bridges anymore, which is really disappointing for me because a bridge in a song is so special.