billboard #1 hits composite
6 October 2006

a total of 857 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1958 & 2000, summarized as a sequence of 1 second time-lapsed versions for every week the original songs spent at No. 1. the result, called "Billboard," traverses 42 years of pop music history in 37 minutes, with songs appearing & disappearing every few seconds. some intriguing patterns emerge, such as the influence of the different Billboard ranking algorithms & the changing focus on music instruments over time.
see also sonified weather & city heat & heart songs.
[link: amazon.com|via wired.com]
roots of Middle-East conflict movie span> data signals on a spiral span> electoral college prediction tracker span> hidden cost of Iraq war movie span> credit crisis visualized span> museum data dashboard span> Berkman tag content network visualization span> funniest pie chart ever span> 2008 visualization challenge winners span> participative physical bar charts span> why we drink movie span> US elections reference frequency pyramid span> the graphic truth span> visual overview of your life span>




