How the Internet popularises songs.
There are some songs that have made it up the charts on their own merits. This is because they are that good. An example is Adele's comeback single, Hello . However, there are other songs which you have never heard of before until the internet grabs hold of them. Some of the songs are international and are sung in another language. Others are American. I marvel at the effect that social media has on songs and at the way it turns them into smash hits. Once upon a time Myspace went further and launched the careers of some musicians, including Lily Allen. Now with the decline of the social networking site's popularity, other websites like YouTube, Facebook and Instagram are helping to make certain songs famous. One song that was made popular by the internet is Dragostea Din Tei by a Romanian-Moldovian pop music band O-Zone. It was a catchy song which I really liked. It was not popular outside Romania until a video of a man dancing and lip synching to the song was posted on New