What is the most popular music ever?

Answer 1

If you are asking for the best type of music then it is probably techno. If you are asking what is the best song ever written then it is most definitely Pachelbel's Canon. That is the best music ever written in all our years of living.

Answer 2

Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven is one that nearly EVERYONE knows

Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven, otherwise known as Ode to Joy is also very popular even if many do not realize it is a classical piece.

Mozart's A Little Night Music is one that if heard, most will identify.

Canon in D by Pachelbel is also very well known, especially in marriage ceremonies.

Carmen by Bizet is famous for one of its very identifiable arias, and it's Prelude.

Messiah by Handel, specifically the Hallelujah chorus is known to all

Claire de Lune by Debussy

Fur Elise (for Elise) by Beethoven

Turkish March by Mozart

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

It is impossible to name them all. Classical Music is more subconsciously popular in people's minds than they'd originally think. This is simply a few of the wide spanning list of classical music which have stayed strong with time.

More examples:

Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 by Chopin

Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky (in some ads and partly in the Titanic)

The Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach

The finale (I think) of William Tell Overture by Rossini

And a bunch of music in movies that you never expected to be classical.

Answer 3

Classical music by Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, etc.

Answer 4

It's going to depend on where you are in the world, but the 'happy birthday' song has to be up there as the most sung song.

Answer 5

Pop Music