Where did all the key changes go?
Many of the biggest hits in pop music used to have a key change, but it's getting harder and harder to find in top hits.
by Mallika Seshadri
Nov 30, 2022
2 minutes
Many of the biggest hits in pop music used to have something in common: a key change, like the one you hear in Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."
But key changes have become harder to find in top hits.
Chris Dalla Riva, a musician and data analyst at Audiomack, wanted to learn more about what it takes to compose a top hit. He spent the last few years
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