Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Detroit

United States · #4 origin · 13 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
1005.7
US score
113.7
UK score
68.4
Attributed artists
64

Signature decade 1960s · era-distinctiveness 1.81 · 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

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