1.   Louis Armstrong has a good claim to being the most influential popular singer of the century.

2.   The study cited a recent search using the name of Britney Spears, the popular teenage singer.

3.   Howard wanted to be a popular singer, but stage fright crippled him.

4.   He struggled to bring in attractions like the popular singer Sandie Shaw but the ballroom was in trouble.

5.   A nostalgic, emotionally potent ballad about Jerusalem by the popular Lebanese singer Fairuz is being widely played on Arab radio stations.

6.   A popular singer by profession and known as the Frank Sinatra of Russia, Kobzon is a close political ally of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov.

7.   All the press on the man who then, as now, was one of the most popular singers in country music.

8.   Albita, a popular Cuban singer in Miami, flaunts her androgynous style, and has become an icon in the gay and lesbian community nationwide.

9.   Brenda Fassie, another popular singer and a loyal if volatile friend, heaped abuse on prosecutors.