[vc_section css=”.vc_custom_1498056367140{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1498056377179{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Every year, Hit Songs Deconstructed publishes its year-end trend report, which takes an in-depth look at compositional and industry-related trends for the previous year’s Billboard Hot 100 Top 10.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23333333|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”In 2019, there were 58 songs, 57 credited performing artists, 236 credited songwriters, 90 credited producers, and 14 record labels that landed in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23333333|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”15 songs charted at #1, 11 of which were Pop, three Hip Hop and one R&B. In 2018, the vast majority of #1s were Hip Hop songs. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23333333|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Post Malone was the top artist of 2019, with six Top 10 hits and two #1s. Equally impressive is that he had at least one of his songs in the Top 10 throughout almost the entire year (51 weeks). Malone was also a credited writer on all six of his songs. Louis Bell was the top behind-the-scenes writer for the second year in a row, scoring eight Top 10 hits, six of which were co-written with Post Malone, and four #1 hits.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23333333|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Republic was the dominant record label for the sixth straight year with 19 Top 10 hits. The majority of its hits were Pop songs as opposed to Hip Hop – the opposite of what it was in 2018. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23333333|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”And speaking of Pop, as a primary genre its popularity skyrocketed from one quarter of songs in 2018 to almost half in 2019, surpassing Hip Hop for the first time since 2016. However, as a sub-genre influencing the sound of songs across primary genres, Hip Hop remained the most popular for the third straight year, including playing a role in half of non-Hip Hop genre hits.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23333333|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Some other notable trend shifts in 2019 were Alt/Indie as a sub-genre almost tripling in prominence during the second half of the year, more love/relationship themed lyrics, an increase in non-electronic instrumentation, and the percentage of songs landing under three-minutes in length skyrocketing in popularity. Outside of the Hip Hop genre, songs in a major key surpassed those in a minor key for the first time since 2015. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23333333|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”What other compositional characteristics were trending in the Hot 100 Top 10 in 2019? Where has the mainstream music scene been and where is it headed?” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23333333|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Download this complimentary PDF with select highlights from The State of the Hot 100 Top 10: 2019 in Review for trends related to:” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23333333|line_height:30px” google_fonts=”font_family:Karla%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”- Genres
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