RESEARCH: TRENDS

WHAT HAS BEEN REALLY POPULAR THIS SUMMER? 

Summer songs are made for the radio. The Summer is the time for playing music really loud, practically anywhere, in the garden or from your radio in your car. The radio is way these songs become popular, and thats how we identify the summer songs of 2013. These songs are then also played abroad, and having been abroad to Malia this summer, i recognised nearly every song played. 

The past three months have been no different from every other summer. From the retro disco-funk singles to the crossover EDM smash, the emotional street rap to the bubble-gum pop. Artists such as Miley Cyrus have been extremely popular, with other artists such as Storm Queen also being popular this summer. The summer consists of many different genres of music and these have all made our summer playlists, whether its JayZ's - Holy Grail or Miley Cyrus' - We Can't Stop.  

You'll find a mixed opinion on what were the best genres of music for the summer and thats because, everyone has different tastes and there's nothing we can do to distinguish every individuals favourite genre. Online especially, many websites claim to have the list of the best and most popular songs of summer 2013, however they are all irrelevant to each other, as each website is OPINION based. However, in my opinion the most listened to genres of the summer have been electro, dance, pop and rap. Pretty much the same as every year. 

Here is a list below of the most listened too artists of the summer. These are the most common I could find on each representing website: 

1. Lil Wayne

2. Jay Z

3. Zedd 

4. Big Sean

5. Ariana Grande

6. Miley Cyrus 

7. A$AP Rocky

8. Drake

9. Daft Punk

10. Robin Thicke