The Sound of Detroit

United States · #4 origin · 13 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
1003.9
US score
113.6
UK score
68.9
Attributed artists
65

Signature decade 1960s · era-distinctiveness 1.81 · score per artist 15.4

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Madonna243.3
  2. 2Eminem191.8
  3. 3Stevie Wonder146.5
  4. 4The Supremes63.3
  5. 5Aretha Franklin52
  6. 6Diana Ross42.9
  7. 7Bob Seger39.8
  8. 8The Temptations22
  9. 9Aaliyah15.9
  10. 10Four Tops12.4
  11. 11Funkadelic11.2
  12. 12The Spinners9.8
  13. 13Anita Baker8.5
  14. 14Mike Posner8.4
  15. 15The Stooges7

Signature songs

  1. 1“Lose Yourself” : Eminem · UK / US #1 (2002)
  2. 2“I Took a Pill in Ibiza” : Mike Posner · UK / US #1 (2016)
  3. 3“I Just Called to Say I Love You” : Stevie Wonder · UK / US #1 (1984)
  4. 4“Nobody Knows” : The Tony Rich Project · UK / US #2 (1996)
  5. 5“Take a Bow” : Madonna · US #1 (1995)
  6. 6“Upside Down” : Diana Ross · UK / US #1 (1980)
  7. 7“Ghostbusters” : Ray Parker Jr. · UK / US #1 (1984)
  8. 8“Band of Gold” : Freda Payne · UK / US #1 (1970)
  9. 9“Baby Love” : The Supremes · UK / US #1 (1964)
  10. 10“Like a Virgin” : Madonna · UK / US #1 (1984)
  11. 11“Vogue” : Madonna · UK / US #1 (1990)
  12. 12“Music” : Madonna · UK / US #1 (2000)
  13. 13“The Tears of a Clown” : Smokey Robinson & The Miracles · UK / US #1 (1970)
  14. 14“Without Me” : Eminem · UK / US #1 (2002)
  15. 15“Being with You” : Smokey Robinson · UK / US #1 (1981)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Dior”
MK · UK
2025
“Houdini”
Eminem · UK
2024
“Godzilla”
Eminem · UK
2020
“Feels”
Big Sean · UK
2017
“River”
Eminem · UK
2017
“I Took a Pill in Ibiza”
Mike Posner · UK
2016
“The Monster”
Eminem · UK / US
2013
“Love the Way You Lie”
Eminem · US
2010
“Not Afraid”
Eminem · US
2010
“Crack a Bottle”
Eminem · US
2009
“4 Minutes”
Madonna · UK
2008
“All Summer Long”
Kid Rock · UK
2008
“Smack That”
Eminem · UK
2006
“Sorry”
Madonna · UK
2006
“Hung Up”
Madonna · UK
2005
“Like Toy Soldiers”
Eminem · UK
2005
“I Don't Wanna Know”
Mario Winans · UK
2004
“Just Lose It”
Eminem · UK
2004
“Make Luv”
Oliver Cheatham · UK
2003
“Lose Yourself”
Eminem · UK / US
2002
“More Than a Woman”
Aaliyah · UK
2002
“Without Me”
Eminem · UK
2002
“American Pie”
Madonna · UK
2000
“Music”
Madonna · UK / US
2000
“Stan”
Eminem · UK
2000
25 of 99 #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) …