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Seperate page for 'List of sleeper hits"

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Especially with the emergence of Tiktok as a factor, the amount of culturally significant sleeper songs is only going to continue to grow. Couple a year per genre typically. ^[1] ^[2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by IceCuba (talk • contribs) 2022

References

^ "Say So, TikTok, and the 'Viral Sleeper Hit'". Cherwell. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
^ Millman, Ethan; Millman, Ethan (2020-08-26). "Inside TikTok's Hidden Hit Machine". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-08-21.

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Inclusion criteria for music examples?

What are we establishing as the inclusion criteria for music examples? Are we accepting any tune that has a resurgence several years later? Or tunes that the media describe as having a resurgence? Or should the media tell us explicitly that this is a sleeper hit? I vote for the latter. Keep it verifiable and reduce original research. Binksternet (talk) 22:11, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

With the latter criteria, we could use sources such as https://blog.siriusxm.com/sleeper-hits which was compiled by a SiriusXM editor, and https://americansongwriter.com/5-big-outta-nowhere-super-sleeper-pop-and-rock-smashes/ which is a professional journalist in the music field. Binksternet (talk) 22:18, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[Cherwell_2020-1] "Say So, TikTok, and the 'Viral Sleeper Hit'". Cherwell. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2022-08-21.

[Millman_Millman_2020-2] Millman, Ethan; Millman, Ethan (2020-08-26). "Inside TikTok's Hidden Hit Machine". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-08-21.

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