How modern are your musical opinions? Does your music align with your age? Yes it does.
"Research shows that musical tastes shift as we age are in line with key "life challenges." Teenage years were defined by "intense" music, then early adulthood by "contemporary" and "mellow" as the search for close relationships increases, with "sophisticated" and "unpretentious" allowing us to project status and family. This study used data from more than a quarter of a million people over a 10 year period. " Oct 15, 2013 - That comes from Sciencedaily.comHERE.
New York Times analysis, done in 2018 on Spotify data reported this:
For men, the most important period for forming musical taste is between the ages of 13 to 16. Men were, on average, aged 14 when their favorite song was released. For women, the most important period is between 11 and 14, with 13 being the most likely age for when their favorite song came out. It also found that childhood influences were stronger for women than men and the key years for shaping taste were tied to the end of puberty.
The NYT analyzed every Billboard chart-topping song released between 1960 and 2000. "Citing Radiohead’s “Creep” as an example, the NYT found the song is the 164th most popular song among 38-year-old men. These men would have been around 14 years old at the time the song was released in 1993, making that selection consistent with the analysis. “Creep” isn’t even in the top 300 songs for those born 10 years earlier or 10 years later. Meanwhile, “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure was released in 1987 and is popular with women aged 41, who would have been 11 at the time of the song’s release."
My lack of awareness of these artists lets me know how much older I am than the writer.
I can imagine how important all this research is to music companies. I expect that what I retrieve in studies and articles is a drop of water in an ocean of information.
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