Hits
Popular music and hits are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Popular music" instead a noun "Hits".
Popular music
Popular music noun - Any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time).
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Synonyms for Popular music
Hits and popular music are semantically related. You can use "Hits" instead a noun phrase "Popular music".
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- Two tracks from the album, "I'm Still Standing" and "I Guess That's Why The Call It The Blues", were Top 10 hits and had popular music videos.
Source: Win Back the Crowd - Elvis Presley: Also famous for scoring with dual-sided hits, his most famous was one of popular music's all-time most popular songs — from 1956, "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog." Both sides of this double A-sided hit were No.
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Nothing But Hits: Christine's radio only plays popular music from the '50s.
Source: Literature / Christine
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