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The Sound of Minneapolis

United States · #28 origin · 3 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
200
US score
22.3
UK score
7.1
Attributed artists
13

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 2.7 · score per artist 15.4

Decade fingerprint

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1980
1990
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2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Prince120.1
  2. 2Lizzo46
  3. 3Next5.6
  4. 4Owl City5.1
  5. 5The Jets4.9
  6. 6The Replacements4.7
  7. 7Lipps Inc.3.1
  8. 8Mary MacGregor2.9
  9. 9Larry Verne2.1
  10. 10Soul Asylum2
  11. 11Information Society1.6
  12. 12Hüsker Dü1.5
  13. 13Alexander O'Neal0.4

Signature songs

  1. 1“About Damn Time” — Lizzo · UK / US #1 (2022)
  2. 2“Fireflies” — Owl City · UK / US #1 (2009)
  3. 3“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo · US #1 (2019)
  4. 4“Too Close” — Next · US #1 (1998)
  5. 5“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” — Prince · UK / US #1 (1994)
  6. 6“When Doves Cry” — Prince · UK / US #1 (1984)
  7. 7“Funkytown” — Lipps Inc. · UK / US #1 (1980)
  8. 8“Good as Hell” — Lizzo · UK / US #3 (2019)
  9. 9“Torn Between Two Lovers” — Mary MacGregor · UK / US #1 (1977)
  10. 10“Purple Rain” — Prince · UK / US #2 (1984)
  11. 11“Let's Go Crazy” — Prince · UK / US #1 (1984)
  12. 12“Batdance” — Prince · UK / US #1 (1989)
  13. 13“Runaway Train” — Soul Asylum · UK / US #5 (1993)
  14. 14“Kiss” — Prince · UK / US #1 (1986)
  15. 15“Diamonds and Pearls” — Prince · US #3 (1992)

Chart-topping #1 singles

Year ▼SingleArtistChart
2022“About Damn Time”LizzoUS
2019“Truth Hurts”LizzoUS
2009“Fireflies”Owl CityUK / US
1998“Too Close”NextUS
1994“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”PrinceUK
1991“Cream”PrinceUS
1989“Batdance”PrinceUS
1986“Kiss”PrinceUS
1984“Let's Go Crazy”PrinceUS
1984“When Doves Cry”PrinceUS
1980“Funkytown”Lipps Inc.US
1977“Torn Between Two Lovers”Mary MacGregorUS
1960“Mr. Custer”Larry VerneUS
13 of 13 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

3 Master Tape tracks by Minneapolis artists: I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince) · The Beautiful Ones (Prince) · Take Me with U (Prince)