RESEARCH: TRENDS

This summer we have seen a wide variety of genres of music. This is the same as every summer, as summer is a time for blasting music especially when the weather's good. Each summer it is impossible to decide on which genre of music has been most popular as this is purely opinion based and we rely on music websites and TV channels to give us an insight as to what has most been listened to, such as The Top 40 Chart.

Typically, during the summer, the most popular genres of music are electro, dance, pop and rap/hip-hop as they all contribute to the summer vibes especially when it gets to festival time. A lot of festivals such as Reading and Leeds, rely on these genres to produce a good festival to end the summer. Abroad, a lot of these tracks are played to create a party atmosphere in places such as                                                                      Malia, Napa and Magaluf.

Below are a list of songs that claim to be the most popular this summer in 2013:

1. We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus

2. Wake Me Up - Avicii

3. Can't Hold Us - Macklemore 

4. Burn - Ellie Goulding 

5. Look Right Through - Storm Queen

6. Clarity - Zedd

7. Animals - Martin Garrix

8. Holy Grail - Jay-Z

9. Thinking About You - Calvin Harris

10. I Love It - Icona Pop

Although these tracks are said to be the most popular of summer 2013, this is purely opinion based as many other websites provide contradictive views on which music genre has been popular. However, these tracks have all featured on a number of websites as being the most popular and, therefore, I gathered them together in a top ten list.