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THE SOUND OF SUMMER 2012

J

justpassingthough

Several topics have gone around on which song is the summer song of 2012. I think its safe to say at this point that "Call Me Maybe" is that song. I think the interesting part of summer 2012 at CHR, though, was how women ruled the roost. I think its actually more appropriate to say that there was a sound of summer 2012.

Going back to May and the songs that have reached #1 on the radio airplay chart, we have "Call Me Maybe", "Wide Awake", "Lights", current #1 "Give Your Heart a Break" and Maroon 5's "Payphone". Save for Adam Levine and company, this summer was dominated by female solo artists- and this doesn't even include other big hits that didn't hit #1 but were close David Guetta/Sia- "Titanium", Rihanna "Where Have You Been" and Pink "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)".

This summer marked a stark contrast to last summer when both Pitbull and LMFAO were vying for song of the summer. Thoughts on why solo female artists had such a strong summer?
 
CHR in general is overly female dominated these days. Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Rebecca Black really began this trend.
 
bchristi said:
CHR in general is overly female dominated these days. Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Rebecca Black really began this trend.
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Rebecca Black had close to zero impact at CHR. Yes, it has always been female dominated, but this summer lacked songs from male artists in a way that was unseen- there was almost complete dominance of the format. It most likely plays into all of our complaining about the lack of balance at CHR. If there was more pop/rock or alternative on the charts there would be more guys hitting #1. The years biggest #1s with male artists (Gotye and Fun.) were both alternative crossovers.
 
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