Hit Songs Deconstructed Releases Highlights from its Q3-2018 Hit Song Trend Report
New York, NY - Hit Songs Deconstructed (www.HitSongsDeconstructed.com) today released highlights from its Q3-2018 Trend Report. This report details the compositional and industry trends for the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10.
Highlights include:
• In Q3 2018, there were 28 songs, 31 credited performing artists, 119 credited songwriters, 48 credited producers, and 11 record labels that landed in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10.
• Four songs charted at #1. They include three Hip Hop songs - In My Feelings(Drake), Nice For What (Drake), and I Like It (Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny, J Balvin), and one Pop song - Girls Like You (Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B).
• Hip Hop’s prominence continues to reach new heights. As a primary genre it accounted for 71% of the Hot 100 Top 10 in Q3 2018, up from 35% during Q3 2017.
• Pop, on the other hand, continues to become less and less prominent in the Hot 100 Top 10, accounting for only 14% of songs in Q3 2018.
• Hip Hop as an influence played a role in 75% of songs that are outside of the Hip Hop primary genre
• Dance/Club, which was present as an influence in 43% of the Hot 100 Top 10 this time last year fell to just 7% in Q3 2018.
• For the first time in at least 5 years we saw a song featuring a combination of both major and minor keys, Sicko Mode.
• The number of songs that are four minutes or longer shot up from 14% in Q2 to 35% in Q3, making it the most popular song length range of the Hot 100 Top 10. Over the past 5 years, the four minute or longer range has only surpassed the 3:00 – 3:59 range twice, once in Q1 2014 and once in Q2 2017.
About Hit Songs Deconstructed:
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First Look: Highlights from the Q3 Hit Song Trend Report