Facts about Pop Music

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   At 3 minutes and 39 seconds, Blinding Lights by The Weeknd became Spotify's most-streamed song of all time with over 4 billion streams by 2024.

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   During the 1990s Britney Spears' 1999 debut single Baby One More Time became the best-selling single by a female artist of that decade with over 10 million copies sold globally.

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   Billie Eilish became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 2020 at age 18 for her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

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   Taylor Swift's 2022 album Midnights broke the record for largest first-week vinyl sales in over 30 years with 66,000 copies sold in its opening week.

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   Spotify's 2022 Wrapped feature revealed that Bad Bunny was the most-streamed artist globally with 18.5 billion streams that year.

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   The Beatles' 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show drew 73 million viewers, making it the largest television audience for a single performance in pop music history.

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   In 1983 Michael Jackson's Thriller album became the best-selling record of all time with over 70 million copies sold worldwide.

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