popular song

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It was voted the fourth most popular song in the world in a 2002 poll conducted by the BBC World Service.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Its most popular song, “Lowdown,” was a dance-club hit and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and No. 5 on the R&B chart before winning a Grammy for best R&B song.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The AI group's most popular song has been streamed more than three million times.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Megan Stielstra touches on this in her essay about “Nothing Compares 2 U,” the most popular song pitched to the co-editors.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

In this respect the 2 + 1 triplet has become as habitual to post-jazz popular song as the unwritten notes inegales were to the dance music of Lully and Rameau.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall