Posted in: Pop by James Chapman on July 4th, 2009 | 15 Comments
Foot tapping, sing along or just relax and listen popular music has really brought us some great songs, but can you remember them all and name the 10 most listened to popular songs of all time? Over the past century thousands of songs have been produced, but there are only a select few that have become the most listened to popular songs of all time. Listed here you will discover really great music by highly talented artists.
This is a list of the 10 most listened to popular songs of all time. Each song is ranked in the list by the total number of records and / or CDs that the artist managed to sell.
He was to his fans the undisputed King of Pop, Rock and Soul. And now he still is the biggest selling artist of all time. It was in 1982 that Michael Jackson gave the music industry the phenomenal album which had the same title as this song.
It was also the first production of the Hollywood movie style video that made him famous and took the Thriller album to over 45 million copies sold world-wide.
With his recent untimely death his music is sure to sell even more and his fan club to increase.
Bing Crosby’s White Christmas was not only the first secular holiday tune to do well, it ultimately has become one of the biggest selling records of all time, currently just over 44 million copies have been sold.
Its initial success was attributed to it striking a chord with homesick GI’s during the Second World War. It has managed to appear in the Top 40 in an amazing sixteen different years.
Bohemian Rhapsody is Freddie Mercury at his best. This song has a lot of meaning to it, and a good twist of 70’s Rock and opera-style singing. It is definitely worth listening to over and over again.
This is Classic Queen. The single is clearly one of the band’s signature songs. Bohemian Rhapsody charted in the U.S. for 17 weeks in 1976, at #9, and also for 13 weeks in 1992, at #2, after the film Wayne’s World featured the song.
Stairway to Heaven was the most famous rock song in the 1970s. No one has equalled Led Zeppelin’s accomplishment with this marriage of hard rock and a sort of corny medievalism. It’s tremendous.
Stairway to Heaven is still played over 4,000 times a year by the USA’s sixty seven largest rock radio stations.
It is rare to find a song that really moves you in the way that this song does. These are a truly inspirational set of lyrics that are so powerfully sung by Josh Groban.
When I am down, and oh my soul’s so weary, when troubles come and my heart burdened be. Then I am still and wait here in the silence until you come and sit a while with me.
Darla Cooke July 4th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Those are all great songs.
yetbo July 10th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Yes I agree with this.
I loved to listen this list of top10 songs of all time.
derek July 10th, 2009 at 11:14 am
this is a really good list
robin k July 13th, 2009 at 7:45 am
those are really great
Nicole B. July 20th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Micheal Jackson Was Amazing, Thriller Is the Best Song Of The Centery if not of All Time!
Lauren Axelrod August 4th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Thriller was revolutionary. No one can top it.
sss August 6th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Dear, these songs are great, but I don’t think that they are THE most listened to pop songs of all time. Some of these are, but the others just don’t make the cut.
Hilal Baig October 28th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I completely disagree wid all of u.
u forget tha vital sign song Dil Dil Pakistan “The world 3rd most listened song by Junaid Jamshed.
Visit BBC list for this song.
Pastaman November 10th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
so very very very wrong. i can believe the thriller part, but seriously, this sounds like this was written before internet was invented! get with the times!!!! i haven’t even heard of most of these, its just sad.
bobby November 19th, 2009 at 7:13 am
gotta love The eagles they kick ass
randy February 14th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
its a good list but its missing some hits like ’smells like teen spirit’ or sweet child o mine
Gina April 9th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
will i was reading this i was actually listening to hotel california its a great song
Person April 26th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
youd think it would have dont stop believing by jouney and smoke on the water by deep purple or more beatles songs
Another Person January 13th, 2011 at 11:34 pm
I believe you forgot about the Beatles here… Hey Jude, Come Together, I Want to Hold Your Hand… it would take over the list.
htrauhr February 23rd, 2011 at 10:11 am
yaaaaaaaa they are gooooooddd:)))))