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English language music is losing its stranglehold on the charts – sixteen different languages appeared in Spotify's Global Top 50 last year, more than double the figure from 2020
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- Title
- Spotify says pop music's bias towards English is faltering
- Published
- Mar 11 2026
- Word count
- 144 words
Absolutely fantastic. The more universal cultural relevance in the zeitgeist of the entirety of the world, the more free and expanding all of our cultures become. Culture (and society) only grows by sharing with others.
That's great, historically there has been too much focus on Western / English singers without recognizing other cultures. I remember an interview with Bad Bunny where he points out that he was really disappointed when looking through older lists of the "top 100 singers of all time" and how they didn't even mention a single Latino singer. He clarifies that he doesn't even think he should be in that in list, but some of the historical legends of Salsa like Hector Lavoe should at least be considered.
Good, I mean, I learned English thanks to music. I used to print out lyrics to understand what my favorite songs said and I eventually got to learn English that way.
Maybe some of the newer generations get to learn other languages that way.