Pop Hits World Cup
From Bohemian Rhapsody to As It Was — the ultimate pop showdown.
128 entries
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About this world cup
This is the big one for pop fans: 128 songs from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody to Sabrina Carpenter's Espresso, drawn from the last two decades of global charts with a few older classics thrown in to keep everyone honest. It is the closest thing on BiasBattle to a vote on the greatest pop song of the modern era.
The field mixes the streaming-era titans (Blinding Lights, Shape of You, Uptown Funk, Despacito, bad guy, As It Was, drivers license, Anti-Hero, Flowers) with the 2000s and early-2010s hits that still fill every wedding dance floor (Toxic, Crazy In Love, Hey Ya!, Mr. Brightside, Bad Romance, Rolling in the Deep, Call Me Maybe). Ballads get a fair shot too: Someone Like You, All of Me, A Thousand Years, Shallow and Someone You Loved are all in.
Every entry plays the official music video on the artist's channel, cued to the chorus. The Round of 128 is a serious commitment, so most people start with a Round of 16 or 32 and come back for more. The ranking page tracks which songs the world keeps choosing.
Matchups to watch
Bohemian Rhapsody vs Blinding Lights
The most streamed song of the 20th century against the biggest song of the 2020s. Sixty years of pop in one match.
Rolling in the Deep vs bad guy
Adele's thunderous breakthrough against Billie Eilish's whisper-quiet one. Two ways to take over the world.
Uptown Funk vs Hey Ya!
The two most joyful party songs of their decades. Whoever loses, the room is still dancing.
All 128 contenders
- Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (ft. Bruno Mars)
- Luis Fonsi - Despacito
- Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
- Adele - Hello
- Adele - Rolling in the Deep
- The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
- Billie Eilish - bad guy
- Taylor Swift - Blank Space
- Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
- Katy Perry - Roar
- Katy Perry - Firework
- Katy Perry - Dark Horse
- Maroon 5 - Sugar
- Wiz Khalifa - See You Again (ft. Charlie Puth)
- Ed Sheeran - Perfect
- Dua Lipa - New Rules
- Dua Lipa - Levitating
- Harry Styles - As It Was
- Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license
- Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
- Sia - Chandelier
- OneRepublic - Counting Stars
- Avicii - Wake Me Up
- Imagine Dragons - Believer
- Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
- Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
- Shakira - Waka Waka
- Coldplay - Viva La Vida
- Alan Walker - Faded
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Pharrell Williams - Happy
- Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
- John Legend - All of Me
- Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello - Señorita
- Camila Cabello - Havana
- Lil Nas X - Old Town Road
- Tones and I - Dance Monkey
- Miley Cyrus - Flowers
- Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
- Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
- Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
- Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
- Bruno Mars - Grenade
- Justin Bieber - Sorry
- Justin Bieber - Baby
- Rihanna - Diamonds
- Maroon 5 - Girls Like You
- Doja Cat - Say So
- Charlie Puth - Attention
- Ariana Grande - 7 rings
- Ariana Grande - thank u, next
- The Chainsmokers - Closer
- Halsey - Without Me
- Sam Smith - Stay With Me
- Passenger - Let Her Go
- Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
- Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
- Major Lazer - Lean On
- Adele - Someone Like You
- Adele - Easy On Me
- Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend
- Hozier - Take Me To Church
- Lorde - Royals
- Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
- Britney Spears - Toxic
- Beyoncé - Crazy In Love
- Beyoncé - Single Ladies
- OutKast - Hey Ya!
- Eminem - Lose Yourself
- Rihanna - Umbrella
- 50 Cent - In Da Club
- The Killers - Mr. Brightside
- Linkin Park - In the End
- Evanescence - Bring Me to Life
- Lady Gaga - Poker Face
- Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
- Shakira - Hips Don't Lie
- Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
- Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
- Avril Lavigne - Complicated
- NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye
- Destiny's Child - Survivor
- Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
- Beyoncé - Halo
- Eminem - Without Me
- Coldplay - The Scientist
- Lady Gaga - Just Dance
- Britney Spears - Womanizer
- The Weeknd - Starboy (ft. Daft Punk)
- The Weeknd - Save Your Tears
- The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
- Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
- Ed Sheeran - Photograph
- Taylor Swift - Love Story
- Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
- Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
- Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven
- Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man
- Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
- Justin Bieber - Peaches
- The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber - STAY
- Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
- Sia - Cheap Thrills
- Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
- Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
- Rihanna - We Found Love
- Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow
- Eminem - Love The Way You Lie (ft. Rihanna)
- Kesha - TiK ToK
- LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
- Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
- Maroon 5 - Payphone
- Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry
- Ariana Grande - Into You
- Post Malone, Swae Lee - Sunflower
- Post Malone - Circles
- Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
- Harry Styles - Sign of the Times
- Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u
- Olivia Rodrigo - vampire
- Billie Eilish - lovely (with Khalid)
- Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?
- Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
- Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball
- Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
- Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
- Sam Smith - Unholy (ft. Kim Petras)
- Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes