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     • The charts are suddenly crammed with pop songs that celebrate joy and sensuality and precipitous thrill: Dua Lipa's Physical, Doja Cat's Say So, Harry Styles' Watermelon Sugar and Gaga's own Stupid Love. At the same time, music is getting faster. The average tempo of 2020's top 20 best-selling songs is a pulse-quickening 122 beats per minute.
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   Why are some songs more popular than others?

   • Wharton’s Jonah Berger talks about his new research on why some songs are more popular than others. Songs stick in our heads for all sorts of reasons, but new research finds that listeners love tunes more when one particular word is included in the lyrics.

   What Makes Songs Popular? It’s All About ‘You’

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   What makes pop songs so catchy?

   • Scientists Have a New Answer By their nature, pop songs are those which have mass appeal. Now, scientists say they have pinpointed what makes some tunes so catchy. Pop songs combine elements of uncertainty and surprise, according to a study published in the journal Current Biology.

   What Makes a Pop Song Catchy? Scientists Have a New Answer

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   Why is 'current' music becoming less popular?

   • To put it another way, “Current” music is becoming progressively less popular when measured by the number of streams and sales. Whatever is being released today just isn’t resonating with the public the way it did in the past. People are showing a growing interest in listening to older music instead. This obviously requires some unpacking.

   There is something very, very wrong with today’s music. It just may not

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   Why are songs so successful?

   • There are hundreds of reasons why songs are successful. As I mentioned, we tried to control for various things, like a certain artist might be liked more, certain genres might be more or less popular, and more radio airplay is going to help songs be successful. We did that in the field, but then we also did some experiments.

   What Makes Songs Popular? It’s All About ‘You’

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   Why do people listen to pop music?

   • Music journalist Charlie Harding, who hosts the Switched On Pop podcast, agrees there's been "an important psychological change" in people's listening habits. "During moments of great distress, music provides hope. A pop song gives us permission to access joy, even when the world is burning. "But music is more than just escapism.

   Pop music is getting faster (and happier) - BBC

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   Why do people love music so much?

   • "During moments of great distress, music provides hope. A pop song gives us permission to access joy, even when the world is burning. "But music is more than just escapism. It can help us imagine a different way of life. Protest anthems motivate us to keep marching in the streets even when our feet are tired.

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3. globalnews.ca › news › 9001083There is something very, very wrong with today’s music. It ...

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   Jul 24, 2022 · Why isn’t “Current” music resonating? What’s with the uptick in interest for older material? Some will point to the lack of so-called “high-impacting” new releases in 2022.

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4. www.science.org › content › articlePopular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they used ...

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   Mar 28, 2024 · Over the past 50 years, lyrics have become more repetitive and easier to comprehend, according to an analysis of more than 350,000 top 40 hits published today in Scientific Reports. Researchers compiled lyrics to songs from five musical genres (rap, country, pop, R&B, and rock) that were released between 1970 and 2020.

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6. medium.com › the-red-fish › the-surprising-andThe Surprising and Scientific Reason Why Songs Become Popular

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   Sep 25, 2018 · In a recent research paper, he tries to identify the important factors that make a song popular. The experiment is brilliant yet simple. The Method (simplified): They chose 1,879 unique songs.

7. www.newsweek.com › what-makes-pop-song-catchyWhat Makes a Pop Song Catchy? Scientists Have a New Answer

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   Nov 7, 2019 · Now, scientists say they have pinpointed what makes some tunes so catchy. Pop songs combine elements of uncertainty and surprise, according to a study published in the journal Current Biology.

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   Wharton’s Jonah Berger talks about his new research on why some songs are more popular than others. Songs stick in our heads for all sorts of reasons, but new research finds that listeners love tunes more when one particular word is included in the lyrics.

9. www.billboard.com › charts › hot-100Billboard Hot 100™

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   the week’s most popular current songs across all genres, ranked by streaming activity from digital music sources tracked by luminate, radio airplay audience impressions as measured by...