Analysis of ‘Top 50 Spotify Tracks- 2020’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/atillacolak/top-50-spotify-tracks-2020 on 28 January 2022.

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# Context

Top 50 most streamed tracks on Spotify in 2020. This dataset has various variables regarding these songs.

Content

50 songs 16 variables

Numerical Variables

• energy (Ranges from 0 to 1)
• danceability (Ranges from 0 to 1)
• instrumentalness (Ranges from 0 to 1)
• valence (Ranges from 0 to 1)
• acousticness (Ranges from 0 to 1)
• duration_ms( Generally has a range of 200k-400k)
• liveness (Ranges from 0 to 1)
• speechiness (Ranges from 0 to 1)
• tempo
• loudness

Categorical Variables

• artist
• track_name
• key
• genre
• album

Inspiration

Which genres are most popular? In 2020, which features of these fifty tracks made them hit songs?

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Analysis of ‘Spotify Top 200 Charts (2020-2021)’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/sashankpillai/spotify-top-200-charts-20202021 on 13 February 2022.

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The dataset include all the songs that have been on the Top 200 Weekly (Global) charts of Spotify in 2020 & 2021. The dataset include the following features:

Highest Charting Position: The highest position that the song has been on in the Spotify Top 200 Weekly Global Charts in 2020 & 2021. Number of Times Charted: The number of times that the song has been on in the Spotify Top 200 Weekly Global Charts in 2020 & 2021. Week of Highest Charting: The week when the song had the Highest Position in the Spotify Top 200 Weekly Global Charts in 2020 & 2021. Song Name: Name of the song that has been on in the Spotify Top 200 Weekly Global Charts in 2020 & 2021. Song iD: The song ID provided by Spotify (unique to each song). Streams: Approximate number of streams the song has. Artist: The main artist/ artists involved in making the song. Artist Followers: The number of followers the main artist has on Spotify. Genre: The genres the song belongs to. Release Date: The initial date that the song was released. Weeks Charted: The weeks that the song has been on in the Spotify Top 200 Weekly Global Charts in 2020 & 2021. Popularity:The popularity of the track. The value will be between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular. Danceability: Danceability describes how suitable a track is for dancing based on a combination of musical elements including tempo, rhythm stability, beat strength, and overall regularity. A value of 0.0 is least danceable and 1.0 is most danceable. Acousticness: A measure from 0.0 to 1.0 of whether the track is acoustic. Energy: Energy is a measure from 0.0 to 1.0 and represents a perceptual measure of intensity and activity. Typically, energetic tracks feel fast, loud, and noisy. Instrumentalness: Predicts whether a track contains no vocals. The closer the instrumentalness value is to 1.0, the greater likelihood the track contains no vocal content. Liveness: Detects the presence of an audience in the recording. Higher liveness values represent an increased probability that the track was performed live. Loudness: The overall loudness of a track in decibels (dB). Loudness values are averaged across the entire track. Values typical range between -60 and 0 db. Speechiness: Speechiness detects the presence of spoken words in a track. The more exclusively speech-like the recording (e.g. talk show, audio book, poetry), the closer to 1.0 the attribute value. Tempo: The overall estimated tempo of a track in beats per minute (BPM). In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece and derives directly from the average beat duration. Valence: A measure from 0.0 to 1.0 describing the musical positiveness conveyed by a track. Tracks with high valence sound more positive (e.g. happy, cheerful, euphoric), while tracks with low valence sound more negative (e.g. sad, depressed, angry). Chord: The main chord of the song instrumental.

Acknowledgements- This dataset would not be possible without the help of spotifycharts.com and Spotipy Python Library

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Analysis of ‘Spotify Top 2020 Songs’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/heminp16/spotify-top-2020-songs on 28 January 2022.

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Context

The top 50 songs from the year 2020, totaling 50 songs in the dataset.

Content

The attributes were scraped from this website. Top Genre - genre of the song Year - release year of the song BPM – Beats Per Minute - The tempo of the song. Energy - The energy of a song; the higher the value, the more energetic. Danceability – Describes how suitable a track is for dancing; the higher the value, the easier it is to dance. Loudness (dB) – The loudness level in decibels, higher the value, the louder the song Liveness - the higher the value, the more likely the song is a live recording. Valence - A measure of musical positiveness of the track. The tracks with the highest number give a sense of positive moods. Duration (sec) - The duration of the song in seconds. Acousticness - A measure of how acoustic the track is. Speechiness - The higher the value that tells how many spoken words were in the track. Popularity - The higher the value, the more popular the song is.

Acknowledgements

I got inspired by Leonardo Henrique in this dataset, and found the amazing website that helped me scrap this data!

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