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Pop songs will always dominate the charts. \u201cPopular\u201d is in the name, after all. And, occasionally, some very fresh and new pop songs will kick off trends in various pop subgenres. Let\u2019s look at a few such pop songs that made new or newish pop subgenres massively popular upon their respective releases.<\/p>\n
The New Jack Swing movement owes a lot to this megahit by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. That synthy beat, Jackson\u2019s percussive vocals\u2026 it was clear he was inspired by the already growing movement. But if Michael Jackson makes a song in a certain style, it\u2019s bound to popularize that style in a major mainstream way. That\u2019s precisely what happened with the New Jack Swing movement, which would remain popular well through the early 1990s.<\/p>\n
\u201cBillie Jean\u201d was one of the biggest songs of 1983, peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard<\/em> Hot 100, the Eurochart Hot 100, and beyond.<\/p>\n Even if you were barely conscious in 2012, you probably still remember this song. It was all over the internet, radio, grocery stores, malls, the whole shebang. K-pop was already on the rise globally when Psy dropped this hit that year, but the enormous success of the song proved that K-pop was a force to be reckoned with, one that would transcend language barriers worldwide.<\/p>\n \u201cGangnam Style\u201d by South Korean icon Psy was a No. 1 hit on almost every Billboard<\/em> chart out there, from the US to South Korea to Canada to the whole of Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n\u201cGangnam Style\u201d by Psy (2012)<\/h3>\n
\u201c\u2026Baby One More Time\u201d by Britney Spears (1998)<\/h3>\n