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Feel free to agree or to disagree. It returned to the charts again later in the year after a showstopping This is beautiful, swirling disco pop that sparkles and shimmers in your ears. Either way, there is a lot of great pop music to be found on this list. Rihanna featuring Drake - "What's My Name?"
Bill Lamb is a music and arts writer with two decades of experience covering the world of entertainment and culture. One of Rihanna's most romantic songs features red …
It became her first #1 pop hit at home in Sweden after hitting the charts there for 15 years. It is intelligent and irresistibly catchy pop that Robyn does particularly well. This hit from the DJ partnership known as Duck Sauce samples Boney M's song "Gotta Go Home." The top 100 2010 lists the 100 most popular hits in the UK singles music charts in 2010. an instant viral hit when it first appeared on YouTube. If you feel that you tend to run into the song "Secrets" nearly everywhere, it's probably not your imagination.
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After landing in the top 5 as featured vocalist on debut singles from B.o.B. Teen star Selena Gomez moved into a more adult dance-pop sound here. See Billboard's rankings of this year's most popular songs, albums, and artists. turned more haunting on his second hit. Michael Buble successfully brought his sophisticated Kelis returned in 2010 and moved away from strong R&B to a more electronic dance-pop oriented sound. On this track producer, Jay-Z's haunting song is built around Alphaville's 1984 song "Forever Young." He worked with hot producer Benny Blanco in putting together the record. R&B singer Trey Songz hit the pop top 10 with this song about the joys of hanging out in a club. Two of the top teen-oriented artists collaborated on a track that sounded like pure summer fun when it first appeared in the spring of 2010. "All the Lovers" sounds like a grand culmination of Kylie Minogue's international pop success. Drake turns a quest for love into something sounding like a near desperate search. The song hearkens back to classic disco with the utterance of "Barbra Streisand" as the only actual words that appear among the lyrics. Borrowing a hook from Janet Jackson's "Again," Iyaz proved here he is no one hit wonder. The audacity of the title and lyrics made "F**k You!" The homecoming here is a welcome re-introduction by the pop mogul. It was a year later than fans initially expected, but when Coldplay's Christmas record finally appeared, it sounded like a potential perennial holiday hit. That makes it difficult for any individual song to stand out, but This one is a prime candidate for next year's prom list. Australian duo Yolanda Be Cool built a worldwide pop sensation around a sample of a 1950s Italian pop song. and pop songwriter, producer and vocalist Bruno Mars are a magical recording pair. This potent mix of pop, folk, and more than a bit of soul anthem introduced mainstream pop audiences in the US to Florence and the Machine when she delivered a stunning live performance of the song at the MTV Video Music Awards. "Animal" is based in 80s pop influences and gained one of the broadest audiences of any song in the year. The controversial video contains a surprise ending that will shock the first time through. It is reminiscent of classic 70s pop with highly memorable emotional lyrics. Mike Posner's second hit single drops most hip-hop influences and moves more strongly in an electro-pop direction. and Travie McCoy, Bruno Mars went straight to the top with his first solo hit. His "Just the Way You Are" is likely to supersede the Billy Joel classic of the same name in the minds of many pop fans. This list should be a great conversation starter. It features a rap from Showing off his versatility rapper B.o.B. Despite what might seem gimmicky about the use of the "f" word in an alternative version of this song, "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" shows This appealing dance-pop song was initially recorded as a demo by Usher. With the help of producer Alex Da Kid and featured vocalist and songwriter Skylar Grey, Diddy has made a strong return to the pop charts.
The Norwegian duo "Little Lion Man" is the debut single from British folk-rock band Mumford and Sons.
Travie McCoy stepped away from his group Gym Class Heroes for this first solo effort. Reportedly "If It's Love" was written around the same time as Train's hit