Rankings / Metro

The Sound of New York

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

Combined (3:1)
4689
US score
392.8
UK score
180.8
Attributed artists
301

Signature decade 1990s · era-distinctiveness 1.35 · score per artist 15.6

Decade fingerprint

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Mariah Carey214.3
  2. 2Frank Sinatra180.4
  3. 3Whitney Houston166.9
  4. 4Billy Joel166.5
  5. 5Simon & Garfunkel137.5
  6. 6Lady Gaga134.6
  7. 7Barbra Streisand134.2
  8. 8Bruce Springsteen132.8
  9. 9Neil Diamond102.1
  10. 10Bob Dylan97.7
  11. 11Bon Jovi93
  12. 12Paul Simon87.6
  13. 13Alicia Keys79.2
  14. 14Jay-Z77.4
  15. 15Tony Bennett76.2

Signature songs

  1. 1“All I Want for Christmas Is You” : Mariah Carey · UK #1 (1994)
  2. 2“When” : Kalin Twins · UK / US #1 (1958)
  3. 3“I Will Always Love You” : Whitney Houston · UK / US #1 (1992)
  4. 4“Kill Bill” : SZA · UK / US #1 (2022)
  5. 5“Without Me” : Halsey · UK / US #1 (2018)
  6. 6“Stupid Cupid” : Connie Francis · UK #1 (1958)
  7. 7“Sucker” : Jonas Brothers · UK / US #1 (2019)
  8. 8“Poker Face” : Lady Gaga · UK / US #1 (2009)
  9. 9“Mack the Knife” : Bobby Darin · UK / US #1 (1959)
  10. 10“We Belong Together” : Mariah Carey · UK / US #1 (2005)
  11. 11“Bad Romance” : Lady Gaga · UK / US #1 (2009)
  12. 12“Trap Queen” : Fetty Wap · UK / US #2 (2015)
  13. 13“Dream Lover” : Bobby Darin · UK / US #1 (1959)
  14. 14“Roses” : Saint Jhn · UK / US #1 (2020)
  15. 15“In da Club” : 50 Cent · UK / US #1 (2003)

Chart-topping #1 singles

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