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Pop Tops Genres, Women Vocals Soar Powered by Taylor Swift: The State of the Hot 100’s Top 10 for 2023
A look at the latest trends in the Hot 100’s top 10 for 2023, as analyzed by Hit Songs Deconstructed.
“While still in the minority, the use of primarily acoustic drums/percussion increased significantly from 2022 to 2023, rising from just 8% to 21%” of Hot 100 top 10s, recaps Hit Songs Deconstructed. The year-end report cites acoustic-driven hits that “spanned an array of genres,” including country, thanks to such songs as Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves; Latin (Eslabón Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola”); R&B/soul (SZA’s “Kill Bill”); and rock (Olivia Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right?”). Concurrently, “the use of primarily electronic drums/percussion notably plunged between 2022 and 2023, dropping from 64% of [Hot 100 top 10s] to just 45%, [their] lowest level in a decade.”
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