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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

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
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

“About Damn Time”
2022
Lizzo
US
“Truth Hurts”
2019
Lizzo
US
“Fireflies”
2009
Owl City
UK / US
“Too Close”
1998
Next
US
“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”
1994
Prince
UK
“Cream”
1991
Prince
US
“Batdance”
1989
Prince
US
“Kiss”
1986
Prince
US
“Let's Go Crazy”
1984
Prince
US
“When Doves Cry”
1984
Prince
US
“Funkytown”
1980
Lipps Inc.
US
“Torn Between Two Lovers”
1977
Mary MacGregor
US
“Mr. Custer”
1960
Larry Verne
US
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)