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The top three songs on Spotify, March 20, 2012. "Young" is at No. 1 on the Hot 100; "Know" is at No. 5; and "Came" is at No. 4.
100 & Single Village Voice 

100 & Single: fun., Gotye, M83, EDM, And The Beginning Of The Hot 100’s Spotify Years

20 March 20122 February 2019

How do you know when you’re at the dawn of a new pop era?

It’s not like someone sends a memo. Sure, occasionally there’s a well-timed cultural event that offers a hint—the disastrous Altamont festival in December 1969, which signaled …

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Album covers: Harry Belafonte, Michael Jackson, The Monkees, West Side Story
100 & Single Village Voice 

100 & Single: Of Monkees, Michael, and “Maria”?The History Of The Chart-Dominating, Lifestyle-Accessory Album

6 March 20122 February 2019

Cassandra (Tia Carrere): You’ve heard it?
Wayne (Mike Myers): Exqueeze me? Have I seen this one before? Frampton Comes Alive?! Everybody in the world has Frampton Comes Alive. If you lived in the suburbs you were issued it. …

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