popular music
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Clive Davis, the music mogul who became one of the most influential figures in popular music, died Monday in Manhattan.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Known for an unfailing ear for innovative music and an innate ability to navigate the shifting currents of popular music, Davis ruled Columbia, Arista and J Records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
It’s one of many amusingly dead-on observations about the nature of popular music today, whether at the end that enjoys global adulation or at the opposite extreme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
"It's a very unique place. There's nowhere else that really you can study popular music to this intensity," said Crown.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
This syncopation is now so common in all popular music that it has quite forgotten its Cuban roots.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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