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ChartCipher’s Analysis of Billboard’s Radio Songs Chart for 2023: Pop, Midtempo Dance Dominated
ChartCipher takes a look at highlights regarding the sonic characteristics of hits on Billboard’s Radio Songs chart in 2023.
Still, ChartCipher’s research reveals, “While pop has consistently maintained the largest share of the chart for the past five years, its prominence dropped from 54% in 2022 to 37% in 2023 – a low not seen since the start of the 21st century. ChartCipher cites examples of dance-driven 2023 Radio Songs hits including Dua Lipa’s “Houdini” (high danceability), Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” (moderate) and Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World,” with Aqua (low). ChartCipher references “chart-topping representatives on either end of the spectrum,” from Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” (low rhyme density) to Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” (“very high”).
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