
Some are more appropriate for specific genres, others are simply more popular. There are many reasons to choose specific tempos. More study is required, but one possibility for this increase may be increased discovery of new music on TikTok, where higher tempo, danceable tunes tend to be more popular with creators. With 200 songs in each weekly chart, this means that there are 20 fewer songs in the 90-99 BPM range on average in the Global Top 200 charts now than there were 2 years ago, and 12-16 more songs in the 120-129BPM range than there were 2 years ago. Over 2 years, weekly preference for the 90-99BPM tempo declined by about 10%, while preference for 120-129BPM increased by about 6-8%.

Two Tempo Ranges revealed striking trends when analyzed over time. Songwriters choosing to write Latin Genre music may do well to pick a tempo in this particular range. Latin, which represented 6.54% of the entire dataset, was greatly overrepresented (by a factor of 4) in the two most popular tempo ranges (90-99 and 80-89 BPM), suggesting that the most successful Latin Genre music generally has a tempo of between 80-99 BPM. Songs In The 2 Most Popular Tempo Range were 24.8% and 26.3% Latin Songs In The Least-Streamed Tempo Range were mostly PopĮlectronic music, which represented 3.61% of the entire dataset, was overwhelmingly overrepresented in the least-streamed tempo range (17%), which makes sense, since we found that it is streamed significantly below average in comparison to other Genres. Since Hip Hop received just about as many streams as the average song in our dataset, this suggests that 140-149 BPM is an especially effective range for Hip Hop specifically. Hip Hop (22.1% of the entire dataset) was overwhelmingly overrepresented in the most-streamed tempo range (67.6%). Songs In The Most-Streamed Tempo Range were overwhelmingly Hip Hop 6 out of the 10 BPMs in this range performed above average for the entire dataset, with more than 9.1M streams each on average. 144 BPM songs came out on top overwhelmingly, with an average of 17.35M streams each. Not all tempos in the 140-149 BPM range were equal.

Within the most-streamed range, 144 BPM songs were streamed the most We looked at the most-streamed range more closely and broke it down into individual BPM. Songs in the 140-149 BPM range were streamed the most (9.9M streams on average), and songs in the 120-129 BPM range were streamed the least (7.8M streams on average). On average, songs in this dataset were streamed 9.1M times. Songs in 140-149 BPM were streamed the most

However, this range was not streamed the most. 90-99 BPM is the most popular tempo rangeġ8.72% of all songs that made it to the charts in our dataset, had a tempo of between 90-99 BPM, followed by 13.95% from songs between 80-89 BPM, a very similar tempo range. We tagged all of these with Musiio’s Tag API – specifically our BPM Classifier, in order to discover the popularity distribution of a number of different tempo ranges. Of these songs, just 1806 were unique (everything else was a repeat/duplicate).

The Dataįrom July 2019 to July 2021, there were a total of 104 Weekly Global Spotify Top 200 Charts, which featured 200 songs each, for a total of 20800 songs. So which tempo is best? To illuminate this subject, we used our Tag API to analyze 1806 songs from the Spotify Global Weekly Top 200 charts, gleaned from 104 charts between 20. This achievement ties them with the previous record set by BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez's collaboration song "Ice Cream." Furthermore, FIFTY FIFTY's "Cupid" ranked eighth on the official UK chart Single Top 100 released on May 12, breaking the previous record for the highest ranking by a K-pop girl group.Choosing the right tempo may have an effect on your song’s likelihood of making it to the global charts, or even how many times it is streamed. On May 16, the group's achievement reached new heights when they secured a spot on the prestigious Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight consecutive weeks. The success of FIFTY FIFTY is not limited to Spotify alone, as they have also made waves on major music charts in the UK and the United States. As of May 17, FIFTY FIFTY's megahit " Cupid" has charted within top 10 on Spotify's Daily Global chart for 36 consecutive days, making it the longest for any K-pop girl group.Īccording to the Daily Global chart released on May 17, FIFTY FIFTY's "Cupid" ranked at third place, one rank up from the previous day, marking the song's 36th consecutive day on the chart, and the longest entry record set by any K-pop girl group.
