Adele Scores Top Karaoke Song of 2011

Adele performs at the the 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. in Los Angeles.

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Adele's total dominance over pop music in 2011 has extended into the realm of karaoke. The singer, who had the top-selling album and single in both the United States and her native United Kingdom last year, also had the most-sung karaoke song in the U.K., with her heart-melting ballad "Someone Like You" being selected by one in four karaoke singers in the nation. Adele's version of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" was the second most popular karaoke track, and her massive hit "Rolling in the Deep" also placed high on the list.

The most popular non-Adele song among British karaoke singers was David Bowie's classic "Heroes," which enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after being featured prominently in the U.K. version of The X Factor.

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“Baby Got Back”

Sir Mix-a-Lot | 1992

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”

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