Meanings of critical darlings in English

At one point in the mid-1990s, Revelino were the critical darlings of Ireland's indie music scene.

This Dreamcast game and it's Xbox sequel were critical darlings, but must not have sold well.

She has written three volumes of memoirs, The Liars Club, Cherry and Lit, best sellers and critical darlings all.

It includes big-time pop stars like Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen, and critical darlings like Grimes and The Weeknd.

Two in particular became critical darlings - The Beatles and Bob Dylan, white artists being written about by white critics.

House of Cards was nominated for best drama series alongside critical darlings Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Homeland and Downton Abbey.

Although a couple of critical darlings were neglected when the lineup was unveiled Thursday, scribes overall hailed the Emmy nominations with two thumbs up.