The Sound of Los Angeles

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

Combined (3:1)
3376.5
US score
315.8
UK score
133.8
Attributed artists
246

Signature decade 1970s · era-distinctiveness 1.21 · score per artist 13.7

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Billie Eilish166.8
  2. 2Eagles153.1
  3. 3Kendrick Lamar143.8
  4. 4Janet Jackson110.8
  5. 5Maroon 5104.9
  6. 6The Carpenters94.5
  7. 7Guns N' Roses93.6
  8. 8The Black Eyed Peas90.4
  9. 9Olivia Rodrigo85.2
  10. 10The Beach Boys84.6
  11. 11The Doors80
  12. 12Red Hot Chili Peppers75.6
  13. 13Linkin Park65.5
  14. 14Van Halen57.2
  15. 15Toto56.2

Signature songs

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

Chart-topping #1 singles

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