Spotify determines what songs to play next for listeners based on a couple key properties of that songs, such as danceability, acoustics, energy, amongst others. each year, the Spotify Top 100 consists of the most popular songs that year. Note, that this does not necessarily mean that the song was released that year, it just means it was one of the most played. below, I analyze the relationship between different genres, artists, and songs.
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Spotify’s song properties often have high correlations between different ones. For instances as danceability increases, we also see and increase in energy. However, some songs are outliers. For instance, Mr. Bright side by the Killers has a danceability of 35 with an energy of 95.
There is a small correlation where high acousticness equals higher speechiness. A couple of songs, in particular, stand out: Love Yourself by Justin Bieber has a particularly high correlation.
Contemporary R&B as a genre shows the highest median level of acosuticness along with Canadian Pop. Again, this may be due to Bieber’s popularity in the top 100.