The Sound of New York

United States · #2 origin · #2 production (Primary) · 35 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
4702.3
US score
394.9
UK score
184.5
Attributed artists
311

Signature decade 1990s · era-distinctiveness 1.37 · score per artist 15.1

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Mariah Carey221.9
  2. 2Frank Sinatra183.8
  3. 3Whitney Houston169.3
  4. 4Billy Joel166.4
  5. 5Simon & Garfunkel138.6
  6. 6Lady Gaga135.1
  7. 7Barbra Streisand134.7
  8. 8Bruce Springsteen128.8
  9. 9Neil Diamond101.7
  10. 10Bob Dylan97.5
  11. 11Bon Jovi93.3
  12. 12Paul Simon87.5
  13. 13Alicia Keys80.5
  14. 14Jay-Z78
  15. 15Tony Bennett76.2

Signature songs

  1. 1“All I Want for Christmas Is You” : Mariah Carey · UK #1 (1994)
  2. 2“I Will Always Love You” : Whitney Houston · UK / US #1 (1992)
  3. 3“When” : Kalin Twins · UK / US #1 (1958)
  4. 4“We Belong Together” : Mariah Carey · UK / US #1 (2005)
  5. 5“Mack the Knife” : Bobby Darin · UK / US #1 (1959)
  6. 6“Stupid Cupid” : Connie Francis · UK #1 (1958)
  7. 7“Kill Bill” : SZA · UK / US #1 (2022)
  8. 8“Without Me” : Halsey · UK / US #1 (2018)
  9. 9“Poker Face” : Lady Gaga · UK / US #1 (2009)
  10. 10“Sucker” : Jonas Brothers · UK / US #1 (2019)
  11. 11“Foolish” : Ashanti · UK / US #1 (2002)
  12. 12“In da Club” : 50 Cent · UK / US #1 (2003)
  13. 13“Sugar, Sugar” : The Archies · UK / US #1 (1969)
  14. 14“Fantasy” : Mariah Carey · UK / US #1 (1995)
  15. 15“Closer” : Halsey · UK / US #1 (2016)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Die with a Smile”
Lady Gaga · US
2024
“Luther”
SZA · US
2024
“Slime You Out”
SZA · US
2023
“Escapism”
070 Shake · UK
2022
“Kill Bill”
SZA · US
2022
“Super Freaky Girl”
Nicki Minaj · US
2022
“Up”
Cardi B · US
2021
“Rain on Me”
Lady Gaga · UK / US
2020
“Roses”
Saint Jhn · UK
2020
“Trollz”
6ix9ine · US
2020
“Trollz”
Nicki Minaj · US
2020
“WAP”
Cardi B · UK / US
2020
“All I Want for Christmas Is You”
Mariah Carey · UK
2019
“Sucker”
Jonas Brothers · US
2019
“Eastside”
Halsey · UK
2018
“Girls Like You”
Cardi B · US
2018
“I Like It”
Cardi B · US
2018
“Shallow”
Lady Gaga · UK / US
2018
“Without Me”
Halsey · US
2018
“Bodak Yellow”
Cardi B · US
2017
“Closer”
The Chainsmokers · UK / US
2016
“Closer”
Halsey · UK / US
2016
“Panda”
Desiigner · US
2016
“Marvin Gaye”
Charlie Puth · UK
2015
“See You Again”
Charlie Puth · UK / US
2015
25 of 287 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

Production capital · index 75 · PrimaryPower Station, A&R, Hit Factory; The Nightfly tracked here, Avalon and Brothers in Arms mixed; the network's mixing capital

35 Master Tape tracks by New York artists: New York State of Mind (Billy Joel) · Deacon Blues (Steely Dan) · Peg (Steely Dan) · Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) · Too Hot (Kool & The Gang) · Hey Nineteen (Steely Dan) · Guilty (feat. Barry Gibb) (Barbra Streisand) · Out Here On My Own (Irene Cara) · I.G.Y. (Donald Fagen) · An Innocent Man (Billy Joel) · Friends (Whodini) · Saving All My Love for You (Whitney Houston) …