Spotify Says These Are The Most Popular Songs In Every NYC Borough Right Now
Wikimedia CommonsWith over 24 million active users creating playlists on Spotify, the site can often spot a bubbling music trend before anyone else, said Spotify Trends Expert Shannon Cook.
Ahead of the New York City Marathon this weekend, the music streaming site released a list of the most popular tracks in each of New York City's five boroughs.
Sugary pop from bands like One Direction and Fifth Harmony dominated in Staten Island. Cook said that might be because of the large numbers of teenagers in the borough's suburban neighborhoods.
In the Bronx, Latin pop and hip hop tracks were streamed the most, while Brooklyn listeners love Kiwi darling Lorde and gritty hip hop. Manhattanites tended to prefer the emerging sister rockers in the band Haim, as well as more mainstream pop like Katy Perry.
An interesting oldie popped up on the otherwise EDM-heavy list of top tracks in Queens. The number two song was "Baby Blue" by Bad Finger, a popular band in the 1960s and '70s.
"That song was used in one of the final episodes of 'Breaking Bad,'" Cook said. "It's really enjoying a nice resurgence after the show aired. I guess a lot of people in Queens are wishing 'Breaking Bad' was still on."
Spotify's analytics team looked at data from the last month, including how widely a track was shared, through a recommendation feature on the site, and how heavily it was streamed by users in each borough to determine what tracks were most popular. "We like to look at the track sharing data," Cook told Business Insider, "because that shows what they (users) think is popular enough to pass around." Check out the full list of top tracks in each borough below.Bronx
1. Romeo Santos - Propuesta Indecente
2. Prince Royce - Darte un Beso
3. Marc Anthony - Vivir Mi Vida
4. Rich Gang - Tapout
5. A$AP Ferg - Work REMIX
6. Chris Brown - Don't Think They Know
7. French Montana - Ain't Worried About Nothin
8. Enrique Iglesias - Loco
9. August Alsina - I Luv This Shit
10. Drake - The Language
Brooklyn
1. Haim - The Wire
2. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
3. Santigold - Disparate Youth
4. Danny Brown - Side A
5. Lorde - Biting Down
6. The xx - Angels
7. Pusha T - No Regrets
8. Janelle Monáe - Electric Lady [feat. Solange]
9. Kanye West - New Slaves
10. Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
Manhattan
1. Haim - The Wire
2. The Naked And Famous - Punching In A Dream
3. Lorde - Biting Down
4. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
5. Avicii - Lay Me Down
6. Santigold - Disparate Youth
7. St. Lucia - All Eyes On You
8. John Mayer - Who You Love
9. Katy Perry - Dark Horse
10. Asaf Avidan - One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Remix) - Radio Edit
Queens
1. Haim - The Wire
2. Badfinger - Baby Blue
3. Cash Cash - Take Me Home [feat. Bebe Rexha]
4. Romeo Santos - Propuesta Indecente
5. Kanye West - New Slaves
6. The Naked And Famous - Punching In A Dream
7. Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness [Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais] - Cedric Gervais Remix
8. Santigold - Disparate Youth
9. Sebastian Ingrosso - Calling (Lose My Mind) - Radio Edit
10. Pitbull - Timber
Staten Island
1. Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers - The Magician Remix
2. One Direction - Little Things
3. Ciara - Body Party
4. Fifth Harmony - Miss Movin' On
5. The Neighbourhood - Afraid
6. Eminem - Berzerk
7. French Montana - Ain't Worried About Nothin
8. Mac Miller - Donald Trump
9. Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
10. One Direction - Kiss You