Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Los Angeles

United States · #3 origin · #1 production (Primary) · 38 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
3347.6
US score
309.8
UK score
130
Attributed artists
244

Signature decade 1970s · era-distinctiveness 1.23 · score per artist 13.7

Decade fingerprint

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Billie Eilish167.2
  2. 2Eagles153.1
  3. 3Kendrick Lamar142.9
  4. 4Janet Jackson109.2
  5. 5Maroon 5103.8
  6. 6The Carpenters94.8
  7. 7Guns N' Roses93.4
  8. 8The Beach Boys88.5
  9. 9The Black Eyed Peas86.7
  10. 10The Doors79.6
  11. 11Olivia Rodrigo76.4
  12. 12Red Hot Chili Peppers75.5
  13. 13Linkin Park64.9
  14. 14Van Halen60.3
  15. 15Toto56.5

Signature songs

  1. 1“Ordinary” : Alex Warren · UK / US #1 (2025)
  2. 2“Bad Guy” : Billie Eilish · UK / US #1 (2019)
  3. 3“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” : The Platters · UK / US #1 (1958)
  4. 4“To Know Him Is to Love Him” : The Teddy Bears · UK / US #1 (1958)
  5. 5“Birds of a Feather” : Billie Eilish · UK / US #2 (2024)
  6. 6“Poor Little Fool” : Ricky Nelson · UK / US #1 (1958)
  7. 7“Paint the Town Red” : Doja Cat · UK / US #1 (2023)
  8. 8“The Box” : Roddy Ricch · UK / US #1 (2020)
  9. 9“Not Like Us” : Kendrick Lamar · UK / US #1 (2024)
  10. 10“I Gotta Feeling” : The Black Eyed Peas · UK / US #1 (2009)
  11. 11“Vampire” : Olivia Rodrigo · UK / US #1 (2023)
  12. 12“Good 4 U” : Olivia Rodrigo · UK / US #1 (2021)
  13. 13“Say So” : Doja Cat · UK / US #1 (2020)
  14. 14“I Swear” : All-4-One · UK / US #1 (1994)
  15. 15“Drivers License” : Olivia Rodrigo · UK / US #1 (2021)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Drop Dead”
2026
Olivia Rodrigo
UK / US
“Ordinary”
2025
Alex Warren
UK / US
“Carnival”
2024
Ty Dolla Sign
US
“Guess”
2024
Billie Eilish
UK
“Like That”
2024
Kendrick Lamar
US
“Luther”
2024
Kendrick Lamar
US
“Not Like Us”
2024
Kendrick Lamar
UK / US
“Squabble Up”
2024
Kendrick Lamar
US
“That's So True”
2024
Gracie Abrams
UK
“Paint the Town Red”
2023
Doja Cat
UK / US
“Vampire”
2023
Olivia Rodrigo
UK / US
“What Was I Made For?”
2023
Billie Eilish
UK
“Bad Habit”
2022
Steve Lacy
US
“We Don't Talk About Bruno”
2022
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto cast
US
“We Don't Talk About Bruno”
2022
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & cast of Encanto
UK
“Drivers License”
2021
Olivia Rodrigo
UK / US
“Good 4 U”
2021
Olivia Rodrigo
UK / US
“Leave the Door Open”
2021
Anderson .Paak
US
“Peaches”
2021
Giveon
US
“No Time to Die”
2020
Billie Eilish
UK
“Rockstar”
2020
Roddy Ricch
UK / US
“Say So”
2020
Doja Cat
US
“The Box”
2020
Roddy Ricch
US
“Bad Guy”
2019
Billie Eilish
US
“Girls Like You”
2018
Maroon 5
US
25 of 217 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

Production capital · index 81 · PrimaryVillage Recorder, Sunset Sound, Westlake; Aja, Thriller, Toto IV; Quincy Jones / David Foster axis

38 Master Tape tracks by Los Angeles artists: Superstar (Carpenters) · Rainy Days And Mondays (Carpenters) · One Less Bell To Answer (The 5th Dimension) · Help Me (Joni Mitchell) · Free Man in Paris (Joni Mitchell) · One of These Nights - 2013 Remaster (Eagles) · Perfect Day (Harry Nilsson) · I Can't Tell You Why - 2013 Remaster (Eagles) · Somebody's Baby (Jackson Browne) · The Boys Of Summer (Don Henley) · You Belong To The City (Glenn Frey) · Let's Wait Awhile (Janet Jackson) …