Errattic: Music Tagged as 'Choices'

The number of new hip-hop songs reaching the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 is dropping dramatically in 2019 as opposed to last year, according to “The State of the Hot 100 Top Ten,” a quarterly analysis of the compositional and industry trends issued by analysts Hit Songs Deconstructed.

While the study looks at just one element of the charts and year-to-year trends will be clearer in the full 2019 report, the drop in hip-hop is striking: Of the second quarter’s 15 new arrivals in the Top 10, just 34% were hip-hop as opposed to 60% last year — a drop of some 26% — while the percentage of pop new arrivals more than doubled to 49% from 23%. R&B/soul remained at 11% while other genres were 3% or below. The arrival of two new songs from Taylor Swift and one each from BTS and Ava Max certainly strengthened the pop category in Q2, although two new songs each from Drake and Khalid bolstered hip-hop and R&B, respectively.

Variety

Tags: Choices, Music, Trending

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26-Aug-2019

If "you" define the music it can't stereotype you. Last I checked, Hip Hop isn't a race. It's a lifestyle convention and I refuse for it to define me because I have no idea what they're talking about and I lived amongst them.

Who the fuck represents me? 06-Feb-2019

Tags: All Rights, Change, Choices, Equality, Music, Representation, Respect, Unity

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06-Feb-2019

Erode - Tender

Follow Me

Chun Wai Chan

Thirst. 21-Nov-2018

Tags: Choices, Drama, Gay, Mature, Music, Portrait, Reimagined, Reinterpreted, Relationships, Respect, Re-tooled, Romance, Sex, Sexually Suggestive, Tribute, Video Gay Swatch

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22-Nov-2018

I'll Still Have Me - CYN

Broken Pieces

A loss compels a mother to doubt her gift. A gift propels her to motherhood. 16-Oct-2018

Tags: Animate, Choices, Drama, Family, Mature, Mental Health, Music, Mystery, Portrait, Reimagined, Reinterpreted, Respect, Tribute, Video, Women

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22-Oct-2018

Angels - Tom Walker

The Event

Let's Turn On

Tags: Choices, Dedication, Drama, Environment, Fantasy, Inspired, Mental Health, Mystery, Portrait, Reimagined, Reinterpreted, Representation, Respect, Re-tooled, Science, Stunt, Tribute, Video, World

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11-Oct-2018

Deep Water - American Authors

Annie

She thought it was a gift. 05-Oct-2018

Tags: Action, Animate, Choices, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Girl, Music, Mystery, Portrait, Reimagined, Reinterpreted, Relationships, Representation, Respect, Re-tooled, Tribute, Video, Violence

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08-Oct-2018

Savage

Whethan feat. Flux Pavillion & MAX

Wow

Transformation

lyrics

Sometimes its best to leave them right where you met them. 23-Sep-2018

Tags: Celebration, Choices, Drama, Environment, Fantasy, Mature, Music, Mystery, Nudity, Portrait, Reimagined, Reinterpreted, Relationships, Representation, Respect, Re-tooled, Romance, Science, Sex, Sexually Suggestive, Strait, Tribute, Video, Women

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24-Sep-2018

U.S. Hispanics Spend 32 Hours a Week Listening to Music: Nielsen Report

Seventy percent of U.S. Hispanics follow artists on social media, a 43% higher number than that of the total population, according to “Descubrimiento Digital, the Online Lives of Latinx Consumers,” a new report from The Nielsen Company.

“Forty-four percent of U.S. Hispanics agree that they feel really good about seeing celebrities in the media who share their ethnic background,” Nielsen reports, adding that “Latinx consumers are gregarious by nature, engaging in social interaction and activities more than their non-Hispanic White counterparts.” U.S. Hispanics over-index for the amount of time they spend on social networking sites, with 52% spending 1 or more hour(s) per day (compared with 38% of non-Hispanic Whites) and 24% spending 3 or more hours per day (compared with 13%).

Billboard

Tags: Business, Choices, Entertainment, Environment, Latin, Music, Representation, Success

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30-Aug-2018

Leaving the Lights On - Etham Basden

Control

lyrics

He's sorry. 27-Aug-2018

Tags: Animate, Choices, Drama, Environment, Family, Mental Health, Portrait, Reimagined, Reinterpreted, Relationships, Representation, Respect, Re-tooled, Support, Violence

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27-Aug-2018

Sony Music Has Not Conceded That Vocals on Michael Jackson Album Are Fake

Articles published on Thursday claimed that Sony Music had “admitted” in a court hearing earlier this week that three tracks on “Michael,” the 2010 Michael Jackson album released posthumously by Sony’s Epic Records, contained lead vocals that were not actually by Michael Jackson — an assertion that the company denied in a statement released late Friday morning.

Variety

Tags: Backlash, Celebrity, Choices, Entertainment, Finance, History, Music, Mystery, Reimagined, Representation, Self Interest

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24-Aug-2018

Lupe Fiasco Says He Will No Longer Consume 'Excessively Violent' Content

Lupe Fiasco is making a big life change in the upcoming months: Starting Jan. 1, 2019, he will no longer consume violent content.

“I will no longer support or engage with gratuitously senseless and or [sic] purposeless + excessively violent music, tv, cartoons, content and film,” he wrote on Instagram. “This includes all of the violent music, media and movies I grew up listening to and watching.”

The Chicago rapper’s love for martial arts and fighting video games has been well documented throughout the years; however, Lupe now suggests he will spend more time enjoying “peaceful” forms of entertainment: “There are so many other narratives in this world that involve peaceful means of cohabitation and expression with humanity and the world at large that deserves attention, absorption and contemplation,” he wrote.

Complex

Tags: Celebrity, Change, Choices, Environment, Representation, Respect, Violence

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23-Aug-2018

"Collapsed" - Natalie Taylor

Myosis

Lotte

We hope that after the time of hate dissipates that the good men will fight to return home. 10-Aug-2018

Tags: Animate, Change, Choices, Dedication, Environment, Family, Fantasy, Feminism, Inspired, Portrait, Reimagined, Reinterpreted, Relationships, Representation, Respect, Romance, Sexism, Sexually Suggestive, Stepping Up, Support, Tribute, Unity, War, Women, World