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Visualising data from Billboard and Spotify

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Making it look like a sound wave was a fun challenge with this one
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Cara Thompson

Building Stories with Data

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September 15, 2021

Using data from #billboard and #spotify, I looked at popularity and longevity of songs referencing you, me, us, and everything else.

With more time, I’d explore the shift in pattern around the 90s!

Chart mimicking a bright sound wave on a dark background. Each bar represents a song; the length of each bar represents how long the song spent in the Billboard Hot 100, and the colour represents whether the song title references you, me, us, or anything else.

Here’s the making of and a link to the code! github.com/cararthompson/tidytuesdays

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For attribution, please cite this work as:
Thompson, Cara. 2021. “Visualising Data from Billboard and Spotify.” September 15, 2021. https://www.cararthompson.com/posts/2021-09-15-my-first-tidy-tuesday-contribution-in/.