the top 50 most streamed songs prove that democracy is worthless
the top 50 most streamed songs prove that democracy is worthless
This list conclusively proves that democracy needs to be destroyed and replaced by a one-party totalitarian Maoist government
One saving grace I’d argue is that a lot of this isn’t “active” streaming, but rather businesses, public spaces, etc., just putting on Top 40 playlists as background music.
This shit still annoys me. The internet and Spotify (despite being owned by a combination of techbros and record label ghouls) gives us the option to really put some variety and creativity into day-to-day musak. My job has a Spotify and a couple of coworkers in the past have put on some real Clear Channel shit. Like, what's the point then?
I have a guy at work who plays the same 10-15 song playlist every single day, half of it this stuff in the op and half of it the worst trance remixes of popular songs I've ever heard. I don't tend to get angry, but that shit has led me to literally yell at him to please turn it off because I'm going insane. Like, I'm spending hours finding new cool music that I think my co-workers will like, listen to feedback, tailoring playlists for different times of day so we can have a good flow in the kitchen and this fucker just plays shit like this on repeat
I discovered Alvvays cuz they used to come on the PA where I worked
You guys all sound like crusty grumpy boomers. People are allowed to like popular things.
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popular or default things are almost always a shoddy compromise.
They can like them. Doesn't mean it's good.
I am not dunking on these songs because they are popular. I like a lot of popular music. There are even some bangers on this list (Post Malone is awesome). However, most of the songs on this list are aggressively mid at best and completely unlistenable at worst. There is plenty of great pop music that deserves to be on this list.
shape of you
we must go extinct
i truly do not understand the popularity of ed sheeran
I never listen to Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You". I only listen to the cover version by Haddinqo, a virtuoso of the masenqo, a type of one-stringed lute from Ethiopia.
He's a safe cutesy guy that saw a gap in the market and went for it. Easy to promote. On some level I respect him for going for it and "selling out".
Click here to hate it even more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/20/arts/music/ed-sheeran-shape-of-you.html
Some people in the comments here are about to change their PFP to a marble sculpture.
What would the list look like under a one-party totalitarian Maoist government?
Bohemian Rhapsody just hanging out in the middle there
I don't get it. Did they reboot Wayne's World or how is this the only song from the last millennium on there? If you told me there was one such song and made me guess, I'd have said I don't know . . . Wonderwall? All I Want for Christmas Is You?
OK millennial
upbearing because I hate democracy and love fighting
dance monkey is one of the worst songs ever recorded
I was gonna make this comment. That shit makes my ears bleed and I've never met a single person who likes it. I'm convinced its only popular because radio stations and retail stores were paid obscene amounts to play it 24/7
Kids love it for some reason.
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Yeah looks like it’s the top 50 all time on Spotify
Where the fuck is baby shark
Actually much better than I expected. Fuck yeah Blinding Lights
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I've known the children are wrong since I was a child, that's why I stopped listening to the dogshit music they like
That's it, I'm a contrarian boomer now.
I literally use RYM to discover most new music and this list could be way worse stop being such a contrarian
Tons of Weeknd, and there's Dua Lipa, Travis, Queen, Gaga, Kendrick. Harry Styles X and Ariana are not bad too though that's probably Ari's worst song
Really, Blinding Lights? It's a solid pop song, but nothing about it screams #1 to me. Maybe that's why it's #1--kinda bland and unobtrusive, so good background music?
Whatever the case, stream Seven so we can teach children all over the world the days of the week.
there has never been a good song. all of it is bad.
Macklemore - there's a name I haven't heard in a while
He spoke at the Nov 4th rally for Palestine in DC. Said he spent a few days doing research after his daughter said this is something he should engage on and decided on what was right, "Free Free Palestine!".
Then he got off the mic and gave it to someone who actually knew their shit. All in all, 10/10 celeb endorsement.
oh that's cool to hear, good on him
wow, critical support. need a milder version of
Boomer
None of the hits by the Lion Of Damascus tribute band LMFAO even on top 40? The west has fallen
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Nah even then a lot of the bourgeoisie just settle for pretentious expensive trash. They just want to feel superior in their tastes, so they aim for things that are inaccessible to regular people. Take expensive wines for instance. I'm sure some of the best wines in history have been fairly inexpensive, but you'll never see those ones touted as the best. There's simply no discriminating for taste and some people just want to be spoonfed whatever bullshit. It takes time and effort to actually be critical of things in order to separate the gems.
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My biggest gripe with this is that I don’t see any Taylor Swift on here. I thought she was one of the most streamed artists ever?
She is, she's actually the most streamed artist on spotify right now, and 3rd most streamed of all time
Other artists here might have specific songs that are miles more popular than their other top songs, but Taylor's streams are a bit more spread out across her discography (i.e. many pretty big hits instead of a couple massive hits, and more likely to have actual fans who listen to her albums in full over a lot of the artists here who probably have 90% casual listeners)
Songs released more recently get more streams. Also Taylor Swift has split the amount of streams her songs get with all the "Taylor's version" re releases.
lewronggeneration
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those listeners aren’t old enough to vote
As a zoomer everyone I know would call a lot of this stuff npc millennial music. I think it's just the most basic common denominator of misc people, and I don't know a single person who would like a majority of this stuff aside from maybe my mom. Rest assured any high schooler would be brutally made fun of for listening to something like Ed Sheeran or Imagine Dragons or Tones And I
Yeah stuff like The Weeknd or Drake are popular with some people but Gen Z doesn't listen to the radio at all and I'd say definitely has the most diverse music taste of any other gen from growing up with streaming, most people regularly listen to stuff across several decades, several genres, indie music, etc.
The thing that bugs me the most is there are 2 XXX songs on there when Lil Peep is way better. Thankfully I don't know most of these songs.
The chainsmokers are an abomination, who even listens to that?
Also lol at a song about eating someone out getting 19th on the list.
Also twenty one pilots (the imagine dragons before imagine dragons) scraping onto the list somehow.
I remember One Republic's counting stars getting really big on South African radio before it got big in US and European markets, so we basically had the song being played everywhere twice. Once during the original boom in 2013, and then again when it got popular in the US and UK during 2014. It's not bad, just extremely overplayed.
God’s plan
I need a one dance
I know none of these songs
All the number one billboard songs this year that I’ve heard of are either chud-country or by Taylor Swift
Even 2003, in the worst decade vibes-wise of all time, had Lose Yourself, In Da Club, and Hey Ya!, and ‘83 had Maneater, Down Under, Billie Jean, Come On Eileen, Beat It, Let’s Dance, and the Flashdance theme in just the first half
What the hell is a “good year for music” at this point, I know the years listed had shitty soft pop rock and schmaltzy synth ballads, respectively, but at least the tops of the charts were bangers more often than not
wow and not a single summrs song? very sad!
2023 was a great year in music... if you listen to deathcore and other related subgenres.
Most of these are in my mega playlist lmao
I only recognize Bohemian Rhapsody