Popular songs or phonograph records and radio, though all other mass media that have audio capability are involved. The popularity of popular songs is inferred from commercially significant sales of recordings, ratings of stations and networks that play popular songs, and ticket sales for concerts by the recording artists. A popular song becomes a modern folk song when members of the public who learn to sing it from the recorded version teach their version to others. Popular songs may be called pop songs for short, although pop songs or pop music may instead be considered a more commercially popular genre of popular music as a whole.

For a list of influential popular songs, see:

• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll

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References

1. Middleton, Richard (1990/2002). Studying Popular Music. Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 0335152759.
2. Kamien, Roger. Music : An Appreciation. Mcgraw-Hill College; 3rd edition (August 1, 1997) ISBN 0070365210

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External links

Resources for Songwriters and Music Publishers

• Cuesheet - a film and TV tip sheet
• Extrem Music
• Song Structure and Components
• Indie 911 - Tip sheet for artists and songwriters
• myHitFactory - Tip sheet for music publishers and songwriters
• New On The Charts - research service and tip sheet
• American Songwriter Magazine Founded in 1984, bi-monthly publication celebrating the craft and business of songwriting

Major Music Publishers

• EMI Music Publishing
• Warner Chappell
• Sony ATV Music Publishing
• Universal Music Publishing

Major Independent Music Publishers

• Peer Music Publishing
• Bug Music Publishing
• Chrysalis Music Publishing
• Kobalt Music Group
• Pigfactory Music Publishing

Performing Rights Societies in the USA

• BMI
• ASCAP
• SESAC

Music Entertainment

• Music links and charts
• Vote for your best song of all the times

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See also

• Song structure (popular music)

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