Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts – Week of 5/16/15
This week, thanks to the arrival of T-Wayne’s Nasty Freestyle, we are seeing some noteworthy shifts in the charts. They include the Freestyle Lyrical Theme category, which makes its first appearance this year, the No Chorus Occurrence category (the song…
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Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts – Week of 5/9/15
R&B/Soul and Retro are once again the two most popular genres and influencers defining the top 10 thanks to this week’s new arrival, Want To Want Me. The latter currently accounts for 60% of songs, all of which feature an…
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Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts – Week of 5/2/15
Accounting for 40% of songs, the R&B/Soul primary genre category takes over the top spot this week thanks to the reentry of Natelie La Rose’s Somebody. On the flip side, the Pop genre drops to its lowest level in 57…
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Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts – Week of 4/18/15
This week the Hip Hop/Rap primary genre category reaches its highest level in 25 weeks thanks to the arrival of the Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth duet, See You Again. Accounting for 30% of songs, it’s at the #2 spot…
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Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts – Week of 4/11/15
This week the R&B/Soul primary genre category joins Pop at the top spot thanks to the arrival of Natalie La Rose’s Somebody into the Hot 100 top 10. Both genres currently account for 40% of songs, each. Additionally, the early…
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Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts – Week of 4/4/15
This week Flo Rida’s G.D.F.R. joined the Hot 100 top 10 pushing the Hip Hop/Rap primary genre and Trap sub-genre categories to their highest level in 19 weeks and 32 weeks, respectively. Both categories also gained ground during the preceding…
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Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts – Week of 3/28/15
In contrast to last week which saw no chart movement, this week there were two songs which entered / departed the Hot 100 top 10. Thanks to the arrival of Lay Me Down, the Pop primary genre category’s 24-week run…
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Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts – Week of 3/21/15
Given that the Hot 100 top 10 remained static this week, with no new songs entering or departing, we’ve decided to focus on some recent trends that the Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts have been tracking. Primary Genre Chart There…
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Hit Songs Deconstructed Music Charts – Week of 3/14/15
Two songs influenced the compositional makeup of the Hot 100 top 10 this week – the arrival of Pitbull’s Time Of Our Lives and the departure of Meghan Trainor’s Lips Are Movin. Some of the week’s notable gainers thanks to…
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