The music of today is built on the music of yesterday and so on and so forth. The top 100 of 1970 has very little variety when compared to the top 100 of 2023. There’s 5 decades of genres that have developed since 1970. Electronic music hadn’t even entered the mainstream! Go and listen to the top 100 of 1970 and then the top 100 of 2023.
You can argue that music in the 1970s was better / unique / less repetitive but to say it was more varied is demonstrably false.
coldtea|2 years ago
https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/
Compare to the musical and tonal variety of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_sin...
Also: https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/26/science-music-idU...
oldtownroad|2 years ago
You can argue that music in the 1970s was better / unique / less repetitive but to say it was more varied is demonstrably false.