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Michele Zipkin

Philadelphia
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Journalist, audio editor, musician. Former staff writer for @phillygaynews. Opinions and swearing are my own. She/her
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30 pop songs most people don't know are covers

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30 pop songs most people don't know are covers

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30 pop songs you may not know are covers There is a saying that once a musician puts a song into the world, it no longer belongs to them. When other musicians cover a song, they might change the piece's style or inherent meaning by playing their own version. Take Beyoncé's cover of Dolly Parton's iconic tune "Jolene" on her 2024 country album "Cowboy Carter," for example—she rewrote the lyrics to make the song's narrator more assertive.
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50 greatest country albums in history, according to data

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Best country music albums of all time If baseball is America's favorite pastime, country music may well be America's favorite music genre. As of late, the genre has been seeing a notable resurgence too—according to an August 2025 mid-year report from Billboard, country music now accounts for 29% of all top 10 hits. Country music has deep roots in America, and different country artists have taken the genre to new stylistic directions.
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