Year
Genre

Year

This interactive allows you to explore the history of music. Follow the instructions to navigate this interactive.

Instructions:

Please use the slider below to choose a year and view the characteristics of music released through that year on the radar plot on the left.

Key insights:

Music before the 1950's contained a lot of acoustic elements.
Post 1950, the music started to include more danceability and tempo.
After 1970, the music included higher values of loudness, energy and tempo.

Genre

Following are the Top 20 music genres from 1930 to 2020 sorted by popularity. By hovering over each bar plot you will be able to view the characteristics of the genre.