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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Folk music is having a resurgence in Norway spurred by a reclamation of the genre among generation Z
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Song lyrics are getting more repetitive, angrier
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So what's up with the Toto - Africa craze? Are we in another 80's music revival?
My personal theory is that this is similar to the phenomenon of "Don't Stop Believin'" having a surge in popularity in the late 2000's. I know that was commonly attributed to the song's use in the...
My personal theory is that this is similar to the phenomenon of "Don't Stop Believin'" having a surge in popularity in the late 2000's. I know that was commonly attributed to the song's use in the finale of The Sopranos, is there a similar usage of "Africa" that triggered its sudden prevalence in popular culture? What did I miss?
(Not a complaint, it's reminded me of how great 80's music is and I'm listening to an 80's station right now).
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