Trends in Music Evaluation

After reviewing the 20+ entries on this blog I can give a more formal analyis of the trends found in music today. First, I would like to say that this was different from any other project I have done in the past, yet very interesting. This blog allowed me to listen to songs I may have never listened to and exposed me to many new and up and coming artists. I have to say I enjoyed doing this whole blog process. . . if it hadn't been for this project I don't know if I would have ever started my own blog.

As for the trends in music and what is popular on the radio, I have to say that Pop music is once again popular. For the majority of the Billboard charts I looked at a different Pop song seemed to be the number one song each week. This varied only when I discussed songs that topped genre specific charts such as Modern Rock Songs. From this I would have to say that while different genre of music are popular (rock, hip hop, R&B) Pop seems to take the cake. I guess thats why they call it POPular music. Haha (readers are supposed to laugh there)

Lastly, I observed that female artists had a lot to do with this. Over the span of this blog, female artists dominated the charts with their hit singles. Thus, I believe that while female artists are not the only artists to produce Pop music, they have a great influence on its success.

I also want to add that new, up and coming female artists are the chart toppers nowadays. Gone are the days of Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears, a new batch of female artists lead by Leona Lewis are now the most popular and successful.