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popular music

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noun

  1. music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies See also pop 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Collaborations with popular movies and TV shows were a crucial part of that strategy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Generally when popular movies become stage works they start singing, and the sound is rarely euphonious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Though "Sinners" was the bigger commercial hit, the exciting race between two "popular movies that people will know at home" should be good for ratings, Davis predicted.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Many of them reference popular movies and TV shows in an effort to reach out to youths.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Free sheet music is available for the different instruments, as well as music from different popular movies.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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