Ranking of Western Music Artists Popular Among People in Their 40s [2025]

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Sting – Englishman In New York

Englishman in New York depicts the heart of a British man living in New York.

It is a track included on one of Sting’s best-selling albums, “Nothing Like the Sun.” Pianist Gil Evans participated in the album’s production.

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Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger (Official HD Video)

This is Survivor’s biggest hit, which won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance.

Its adrenaline-pumping intro helped it become an even bigger hit as the theme song for the movie Rocky III.

Even today, fighters still use it as their entrance music.

It’s a quintessential ’80s rock track, distinguished by its memorable guitar riff.

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Toto – Africa (Official HD Video)

For TOTO, it was the first song to reach No.

1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it’s also their most popular song, but TOTO themselves felt it was different from their previous work, and Steve Lukather has said he didn’t think it was all that good.

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Taylor Swift – Blank Space

This is a motivational song by Taylor Swift, approached with vocal skills that express both delicacy and power over a girlish acoustic sound.

With nuanced vocal work that also suits women in their 30s, it has a style that makes you want to sing it at karaoke.

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Tears For Fears – Shout (Official Music Video)

Included on the 1985 album “Songs from the Big Chair.” A two-piece rock band from the UK formed in 1981.

It’s a track where the mid-tempo, solemnly unfolding rhythm and a dark melody tinged with gloom drive home the refrain urging you to shout—piercing straight into the heart.

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The Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love? (Official Music Video)

The first single from the Black Eyed Peas’ third album, Elephunk, by the popular American hip-hop/rap-rock group, is the song “Where Is the Love?” This track is one of their signature songs and became a major hit.

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The Cranberries – Dreams (Dir: Peter Scammell) (Official Music Video)

This song is a 1992 release by the Irish rock band The Cranberries, but it didn’t become a worldwide hit until a few years later.

Even after that, it was frequently used as a theme, appearing in places such as the film “You’ve Got Mail” (released in ’98) and in commercials for Kirin.