Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

A new analysis of hundreds of thousands of English-language hit songs suggests that popular music lyrics have shifted over the past six decades away from themes associated with care and loyalty, and ...

Popular music may be reflecting a growing culture of vices, according to new research from the Center for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London. The analysis of musical evolution found that ...