contemporary hits

Today's popular music

Contemporary hits refers to popular music currently receiving heavy radio airplay and streaming attention.

The term appears most often in radio format names like "contemporary hit radio" or "adult contemporary," describing stations that play today's mainstream pop songs rather than older catalog material.

The station switched to a contemporary hits format.

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Categories
Opposites
temporal era

contemporary hitsoldies

Nostalgic popular songs

golden oldies · classic rock · standards · baroque music · medieval music

commercial success/popularity

contemporary hitsdeep cuts

Obscure songs by artists

underground music · B-sides · album tracks · demos

cultural mainstream status

contemporary hitsunderground music

Non-commercial sonic culture

avant-garde · experimental music

Family

hits, contemporary

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G