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Has Popular Music Really Gotten Simpler Since 1950?


Research on top Billboard songs from 1950-2022 shows a decrease in melodic complexity, potentially linked to genre evolution and digital music production advancements, even as other musical components may have grown more complex. The complexity of the melodies of the most popular songs each year

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