What percentage of total songs included at least one female songwriter?
Actually, it is 27%, as can be seen below.
Try exploring the data to see what other trends you can identify. Hover over a circle to learn more about each song.
Artist Name
Songwriters from BMI/ASCAP Songview database. If they do not have the information, it comes from The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson. If Bronson does not have the information, it comes from Spotify song credits.
Determines if artist/songwriter is white or non-white. "Mixed" refers to artists/songwriters with more than one person, where the group had a white and non-white member.
Determines gender identity of artist/songwriter. "All Male" and "All Female" refers to gender of entire individual or group. "Female-Male Mixed" means group had both males and females. "At Least One Non-Binary" refers to including at least one non-binary person.
Happiness measure from 0 to 100 provided by Spotify. Spotify quantifies "happiness" using a valence score, which is calculated by analyzing various audio features such as tempo, key, and energy. A model is trained with songs that exhibit these features that calculates a happiness score.
Danceability measure from 0 to 100 provided by Spotify. Very similar to how happiness is calculated, Spotify uses machine learning to analyze acoustic features of a song such as tempo, beat strength, and rhythm stability.
Date included is the first week the song hit number one in the Billboard Hot 100 list.
Data from Chris Dalla Riva's Public Spreadsheet.