Find out how today's hits are evolving with
The State of the Hot 100 Top 10: Q1 2022
Includes five years of historical trend data!
Today’s hits are evolving faster than ever, from the songwriting and production techniques used to craft them to the genre influences and instruments shaping their sound.
This 100+ page report will get you in tune with how today’s most successful songs, and the players behind them, are evolving, including:
- Industry Trends: Trend data for artists, songwriters, producers and labels
- Top 10 Compositional Trends: An in-depth look at compositional trends for the overall Top 10
- Hip hop vs. Non-hip hop: Compositional trends specific to each
- Notable Shifts: Notable compositional shifts when compared to previous quarters
- Staying Power: The most popular compositional characteristics for songs that charted in the Top 10 for ten or more weeks
- #1 Spotlight: The most popular compositional characteristics for 2021’s #1 hits
- New Arrivals: A look at what the songs that are new to the Top 10 in Q4 2021 have in common
In this fast-changing and competitive musical landscape, it’s crucial to leverage all the tools that can help you stay ahead of the curve.
Whether you want to work with trends or against them, by staying in tune with today’s hit song landscape, you’ll gain critical insight that can be used to make strategic songwriting, production and business decisions.