Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Detroit

United States · #4 origin · 13 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
1005.6
US score
113.7
UK score
68.4
Attributed artists
64

Signature decade 1960s · era-distinctiveness 1.8 · score per artist 15.7

Decade fingerprint

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Madonna241.8
  2. 2Eminem193.1
  3. 3Stevie Wonder146.4
  4. 4The Supremes62.1
  5. 5Aretha Franklin52.6
  6. 6Diana Ross41.6
  7. 7Bob Seger40.4
  8. 8The Temptations22.3
  9. 9Aaliyah16.5
  10. 10Four Tops12.4
  11. 11Funkadelic11.2
  12. 12The Spinners9.4
  13. 13Mike Posner8.7
  14. 14Anita Baker8.6
  15. 15The Stooges7

Signature songs

  1. 1“I Took a Pill in Ibiza” — Mike Posner · UK / US #1 (2016)
  2. 2“Lose Yourself” — Eminem · UK / US #1 (2002)
  3. 3“I Just Called to Say I Love You” — Stevie Wonder · UK / US #1 (1984)
  4. 4“Without Me” — Eminem · UK / US #1 (2002)
  5. 5“Ghostbusters” — Ray Parker Jr. · UK / US #1 (1984)
  6. 6“Upside Down” — Diana Ross · UK / US #1 (1980)
  7. 7“The Tears of a Clown” — Smokey Robinson & The Miracles · UK / US #1 (1970)
  8. 8“Nobody Knows” — The Tony Rich Project · US #2 (1996)
  9. 9“The Loco-Motion” — Little Eva · UK / US #1 (1962)
  10. 10“Being with You” — Smokey Robinson · UK / US #1 (1981)
  11. 11“Band of Gold” — Freda Payne · UK / US #1 (1970)
  12. 12“Baby Love” — The Supremes · UK / US #1 (1964)
  13. 13“Music” — Madonna · UK / US #1 (2000)
  14. 14“Like a Virgin” — Madonna · UK / US #1 (1984)
  15. 15“Vogue” — Madonna · UK / US #1 (1990)

Chart-topping #1 singles

Year ▼SingleArtistChart
2025“Dior”MKUK
2024“Houdini”EminemUK
2020“Godzilla”EminemUK
2017“Feels”Big SeanUK
2017“River”EminemUK
2016“I Took a Pill in Ibiza”Mike PosnerUK
2013“The Monster”EminemUK / US
2010“Love the Way You Lie”EminemUS
2010“Not Afraid”EminemUS
2009“Crack a Bottle”EminemUS
2008“4 Minutes”MadonnaUK
2008“All Summer Long”Kid RockUK
2006“Smack That”EminemUK
2006“Sorry”MadonnaUK
2005“Hung Up”MadonnaUK
2005“Like Toy Soldiers”EminemUK
2004“I Don't Wanna Know”Mario WinansUK
2004“Just Lose It”EminemUK
2003“Make Luv”Oliver CheathamUK
2002“Lose Yourself”EminemUK / US
2002“More Than a Woman”AaliyahUK
2002“Without Me”EminemUK
2000“American Pie”MadonnaUK
2000“Music”MadonnaUK / US
2000“Stan”EminemUK
25 of 98 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

13 Master Tape tracks by Detroit artists: Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (Stevie Wonder) · Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Single Version (Diana Ross) · As (Stevie Wonder) · Cruisin' (Smokey Robinson) · Being With You (Smokey Robinson) · Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder) · Sweet Love (Anita Baker) · Caught Up In the Rapture (Anita Baker) · Borderline (Madonna) · Got To Give It Up - Pt. 1 (Marvin Gaye) · Just To See Her (Smokey Robinson) · Why I Came to California (Leon Ware) …