Why are these songs popular and successful?

[Mad_Cactuar]

Those 3 aren't bad at all. It's all a matter of taste. London Bridge, My Humps and SexyBack uses repetition a lot but still manages to sound so irresistable. Especially the SexyBack chorus where JT repeats the same thing many many times. Or "My humps, my humps, my humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps, my humps, my humps, my humps". And "London London London, be going down now, London London London, be going down now". Maybe that's why you don't like em?

Aside from an excellent beat, I find these songs rather creative. Lyrically, "My Humps" is an amazing work.