popular music
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He isn't alone: feelings run deep on the community forum of the world's most popular music streaming service.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 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
The creators of some of the most transcendent and popular music ever made have largely fallen off the charts — or simply fallen.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
With “Where the Music Had to Go,” Windolf carefully traces the contours of a revolution that transformed popular music into art.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
A simple cricket, no longer than half my little finger—which is rather long because I play the piano—but a cricket that is able to chirp operatic, symphonic, and popular music.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
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