What were the most notable points about the sonic characteristics of the hits Advertising signThe Streaming Songs chart of 2023?
AI-powered hit song analysis platform ChartCipher released its first report on Thursday (February 1), highlighting key findings from the Streaming Songs charts dated January 7 to December 30, 2023.
In October, ChartCipher went public, as announced jointly by MyPart and Hit Songs Deconstructed. The platform uses analytics from 10 of Advertising signThe most important charts since the turn of the century: the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Pop Airplay, Country Airplay, Streaming Songs, Radio songs and digital song sales.
Here are three items from Chart Cipher's original report, reflecting the Streaming Songs chart for 2023.
Hip-Hop & Pop at the top
Hip-hop and pop were the top genres in Streaming Songs in 2023, each accounting for 27% of all survey engagements during that time. Also in double digits, country claimed a 20% share and rock, 19%, followed by R&B/soul (9%), Latin (6%) and dance/electronic (3%).
Beyond their shared victory, pop has remained largely stable this decade, while hip-hop has declined, ChartCipher notes. Hip-hop dropped from 58% appearing in 2020 to 48% (2021) and 43% (2022), before falling further in 2023. Pop placed at 23%, 28% and 28% in 2020-22.
Meanwhile, “country and rock were the biggest gainers of 2023,” according to ChartCipher research. “Country's prominence more than doubled compared to 2022, thanks in large part to an influx of hits from Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan. Rock followed close behind, nearly doubling its 2022 share.”
Brighter days
“While dark tones” — the overall sounds of songs — “remain the most common among streaming songs, they have declined since 2020, falling from 65% to just 42% in 2023,” ChartCipher reports of titles on the Streaming Songs chart . . “In contrast, songs with brighter timbres have increased, rising to 37% of songs in 2023, their highest level in over a decade.”
According to ChartCipher, the change is due “in part to the decline of hip-hop production influences on the chart.”
“A Big Bang in the Major Keys”
“From 2019 to 2022, songs written in both major and minor keys topped the Streaming Songs chart,” reports ChartCipher. “However, 2023 saw a major uptick in major keys,” likewise “due in part to the decline of hip-hop, a genre that typically favors minor keys.”
Major-key Streaming Songs outnumbered minor-key entries 66% to 34% for 2023. Chart titles in major keys continued to climb, up from 51% finishes in both 2022 and 2021 and 46% in 2020.
