Surge of grey in the 80’s due to phil collins / peter gabriel?
DeathStarVet on
This actually confirms something that I had a hunch about for a long time – that the artists that were big in the 70s and 80s really put their time in during the 60s and 70s to get where they were.
That 10-19 jump in the early 2000s really explains a lot about where music went/how it got there after that. I’m sure there are young phenoms… but this just reeks of corporate music to me.
poppinwheelies on
Who were the geezers killing it in 1997-2003?
puntacana24 on
Bob Dylan getting his first Billboard #1 at the age of 80
ouqt on
Lovely apart from shocking default excel colours.
APJYB on
You can see where The Beetles change age groups.
HomicidalJungleCat on
We liked them young and old in the early 2000s
Priamosish on
Older artists: have opinions, established, financially savier (boooo)
Young artists: malleable, will do anything for exposure, won’t notice management takes a generous cut (yay)
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Source: Billboard, Wikipedia
Tools: Excel
Earlier this week, I posted a chart showing the [average age of chart-topping artists](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1fs84d7/oc_average_age_to_for_pop_stars_over_the_decades/) and got some helpful feedback about how Datawrapper made the plot look discontinuous. I moved it into Excel and showed the distribution of ages rather than just the average. I generated this for [a piece](https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/72d2d106-0ba5-43b0-854c-f9d76410337a?postPreview=paid&updated=2024-09-28T20%3A49%3A51.885Z&audience=only_paid&free_preview=false&freemail=) I wrote here. Thanks for the feedback!
Surge of grey in the 80’s due to phil collins / peter gabriel?
This actually confirms something that I had a hunch about for a long time – that the artists that were big in the 70s and 80s really put their time in during the 60s and 70s to get where they were.
That 10-19 jump in the early 2000s really explains a lot about where music went/how it got there after that. I’m sure there are young phenoms… but this just reeks of corporate music to me.
Who were the geezers killing it in 1997-2003?
Bob Dylan getting his first Billboard #1 at the age of 80
Lovely apart from shocking default excel colours.
You can see where The Beetles change age groups.
We liked them young and old in the early 2000s
Older artists: have opinions, established, financially savier (boooo)
Young artists: malleable, will do anything for exposure, won’t notice management takes a generous cut (yay)