When the lists of the most successful songs of 2024 in the charts, streaming and social media were revealed recently, they included the expected big hitters and some evergreen classics. But sprinkled among them was a different type of hit song.
A number of tracks that failed to make a big impact when they were first released, mostly in the 2010s, have since bubbled up and become firm favourites.
The rise of these slow-burning sleeper hits in recent years is “one of the most fascinating trends right now”, says Stuart Dredge, head of insight at Music Ally.
Here is our guide to the biggest 2010s sleeper hits.
