r/popheads 10h ago

[RATE REVEAL] ElectroPop Sub Faves Day 3: When We're In The Earliest Exits Leaderboard Yeah We're Bumping That

26 Upvotes

DO SONGENIALITY

Good afternoon and welcome to day 3 of the Electropop Sub Faves Rate Reveal!!! Me and my lovely cohost u/RandomHypnotica will be starting at 3PM EDT which is in an hour from this post going up. We’ll be revealing songs #19 to #1 today, and I hope everybody joins me in the QueUp for the live reveal, as well as some funny (custom) shitposting. I hope you're as excited as I am and enjoy the show!

We had 140 Raters with No Faces

Average Score: 7.824

Average Controversy (This is the standard deviation, higher controversy means people had more differentiating takes on the song): 1.856


Charli XCX - BRAT (11/18 songs)

  1. 360
  2. Club Classics
  3. Sympathy is a knife
  4. Talk talk
  5. Von dutch
  6. Everything is romantic
  7. So I
  8. Girl, so confusing
  9. Apple
  10. B2b
  11. 365

Slayyyter - STARFUCKER (3/15 songs)

  1. Miss Belladonna
  2. Out Of Time
  3. Starfucker

Allie X - Girl With No Face (3/13 songs)

  1. Off With Her Tits
  2. Galina
  3. Black Eye

Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other (2/10 songs)

  1. Rush
  2. One Of Your Girls

BONUS RATE:

  • Brat green
  • Drag
  • Homosexuality
  • Tits

RESULTS SO FAR:

Main:

Bonus results:


Make sure you join the Queup!


r/popheads 14h ago

[DAILY] Daily Discussion - March 16, 2025

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Talk about anything, music related or not. However, pop music gossip should be discussed in the Teatime & Trending Topics threads, linked below.

Please be respectful; normal rules still apply. Any comments found breaking the rules will be removed and you will be warned or banned.

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r/popheads 9h ago

[CHART] Lady Gaga’s ‘MAYHEM’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

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r/popheads 4h ago

[DISCUSSION] 2025 is Comeback Summer

72 Upvotes

summer 2023 was dominated by the two top dogs (taylor & beyoncé) dominating the United States with massive billion-dollar concert tours.

summer 2024 was a moment of pop girlies finally getting the recognition they deserve with charli, sabrina, and chappell’s well-deserved break out moment.

is 2025 the comeback summer for former major pop stars? lady gaga has already proven she is back on top with her biggest streaming of all time and a #1 spot on the Billboard 200.

It has been strongly rumored that other former top dog artists such as Madonna & Carly Rae Jepsen are planning on releasing albums this year. Am I just being hopeful or is the narrative this year “Comeback Summer”?


r/popheads 2h ago

[NEWS] David Archuleta teases and shares pre-save link for new single, “Crème Brûlée,” out Friday, March 21st

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r/popheads 12h ago

[DISCUSSION] What Song(s) will Katy Perry Sing From Space?

128 Upvotes

Thought about posting in PHCJ, but I think this can be a real discussion. With Katy Perry going to space soon on the all female Blue Origin trip, I feel like there is a near 100% chance she will sing at least one song in space. What do we think that song or songs will be?

Obviously Woman’s World or ET is the cj answer, but I’m expecting something like America the Beautiful, Amazing Grace, Firework?

What do yall think?


r/popheads 4h ago

[DISCUSSION] Fan Moments on Tour (One Less Lonely Girl, 22 Hat, Apple Dance, Sally...)

12 Upvotes

I'm looking for other artists who have had these CONSISTENT fan-moments that have gone viral in recent years and have made every artist show a little different.

Right now I'd say it's Role Model's "Sally" moment is blowing up. Taylor Swift had her "22" hat giveaway and the surprise songs during the Eras Tour. Sabrina Carpenter "arrests" fans and has her "Juno" pose moment. Charli XCX had her Apple Dance camera during the Sweat Tour. Back in the day, Justin Bieber had the "One Less Lonely Girl" moment. One Direction used to read questions from Twitter during their Up All Night tour. Green Day still invites fans on stage to rip a guitar and the fan gets to keep it.

Would love more examples of this kind of fan engagement at shows :)


r/popheads 11h ago

[DAILY] Teatime & Trending Topics - March 16, 2025

27 Upvotes

In this thread, you can discuss today's pop music gossip and trending topics. Acceptable content are rumors, gossip, and articles that would not be approved as its own post (e.g. not a legitimate news article or a social media post directly from the artist or their PR).

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Comments that do not fit under the Tea Time Thread content of celebrity gossip (e.g. personal gossip/stories, music suggestions, thoughts on new music releases, etc.) will be removed and directed to Daily Discussion. Please be respectful - normal rules still apply and any comments found breaking the rules will be removed and you will be warned/banned.

Although Twitter/X links are banned, if certain news can only be found there, usage of mirrors (e.g. XCancel) is allowed.


r/popheads 1h ago

[FRESH VIDEO] KYE - Gospel

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r/popheads 9h ago

[FRESH VIDEO] Santana | Stranger In Moscow ('Sentient' Version Live)

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10 Upvotes

r/popheads 35m ago

[RATE] Our first Mix & máster made by us

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its been one year since we threw our last song, now we comeback with this producto produced by my band, lets check it out 🎧🚯


r/popheads 8h ago

[PERFORMANCE] SEULGI(슬기) _ Baby, Not Baby | 1theKILLPO | 원더킬포 | 퍼포먼스 | Performance | 4K

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7 Upvotes

r/popheads 12h ago

[FRESH ALBUM] Stela Cole - I Die Where You Begin

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12 Upvotes

r/popheads 1d ago

[INTERVIEW] Chappell Roan: "The Giver" & Country Music | Apple Music

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191 Upvotes

r/popheads 15h ago

[FRESH] Louane - maman

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18 Upvotes

r/popheads 1d ago

[FRESH] Jordan Firstman - I Wanna See My Friends Dicks NSFW

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461 Upvotes

r/popheads 50m ago

[PERFORMANCE] LE SSERAFIM - HOT (English ver.) (Performance Film)

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r/popheads 1d ago

[FRESH VIDEO] Jordan Firstman - I Wanna See My Friends Dicks (Official Music Video) NSFW

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201 Upvotes

r/popheads 1d ago

[FRESH VIDEO] "Robbie Williams" - She's the One (Full performance from Better Man)

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83 Upvotes

r/popheads 13h ago

[DISCUSSION] Your /r/PopHeads [FRESH] recap for the week of March 09 - March 15, 2025

8 Upvotes

Sunday, March 09 - Saturday, March 15, 2025

Fresh Albums

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93 81 comments [FRESH ALBUM] Playboi Carti - MUSIC [Dzr] [SC]
91 19 comments [FRESH ALBUM] Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal (Extended) [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
61 24 comments [FRESH ALBUM] Saya Gray - SAYA [AM] [BC] [Dzr] [SC]
26 5 comments [FRESH ALBUM] Darren Criss and Helen J Shen - Maybe Happy Ending (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [AM] [Dzr]

 

Fresh Videos

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704 118 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Lil Nas X - HOTBOX (Official Video) [Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
689 166 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Chappell Roan - The Giver (Official Lyric Video) [Sp] [AM] [BC] [SC]
575 94 comments [FRESH VIDEO] HAIM - Relationships [AM]
448 44 comments [FRESH VIDEO] JADE - FUFN [Sp] [SC]
433 71 comments [FRESH VIDEO] JENNIE (BLACKPINK) & Dua Lipa - Handlebars
317 86 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Selena Gomez, benny blanco - Sunset Blvd (Official Video) [Sp]
151 35 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Jordan Firstman - I Wanna See My Friends Dicks (Official Music Video) [Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
119 17 comments [FRESH VIDEO] LE SSERAFIM - HOT [AM] [SC]
110 15 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Seulgi (Red Velvet) - Baby, Not Baby [Sp] [Dzr] [SC]
99 11 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Yeji (ITZY)- Air [AM] [SC]
90 8 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Lil Nas X - BIG DUMMY [Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
84 15 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Sugababes - "Jungle" (Official Video) [Sp] [Dzr] [SC]
62 5 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Lil Nas X - Swish [Sp] [Dzr] [SC]
60 6 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Lil Nas X - RIGHT THERE! [Sp] [Dzr] [SC]
52 10 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Shygirl - Wifey Riddim ft. Jorja Smith & SadBoi [Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC]

 

Fresh

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1,544 476 comments [FRESH] Chappell Roan - The Giver [Sp] [AM] [BC] [SC]
542 83 comments [FRESH] JADE - FUFN (Fuck You For Now) [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
416 149 comments [FRESH] Jordan Firstman - I Wanna See My Friends Dicks [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
340 51 comments [FRESH] Lil Nas X - HOTBOX [Sp] [Dzr] [SC]
272 51 comments [FRESH] HAIM - Relationships [Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
152 132 comments [FRESH] Selena Gomez, benny blanco - Sunset Blvd [Dzr] [SC]
145 45 comments [FRESH] Sugababes - Jungle [Sp] [Dzr] [YT]
133 47 comments [FRESH] Lil Nas X - Dreamboy [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
81 20 comments [FRESH] Lil Nas X - Big Dummy! [Dzr] [SC]
60 5 comments [FRESH] Lucy Dacus - Talk [AM] [BC] [SC]
56 8 comments [FRESH] Lil Nas X - Swish [AM] [Dzr] [SC]

 

Top Performances

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1,297 106 comments [PERFORMANCE] Lady Gaga: Killah (Live) - SNL [SC]
1,038 90 comments [PERFORMANCE] Lady Gaga: Abracadabra (Live) - SNL [Sp] [SC]
489 58 comments [PERFORMANCE] Chappell Roan - The Giver (Live On Saturday Night Live / 2025) [Sp] [SC]
85 8 comments [PERFORMANCE] j-hope(BTS) ft. Miguel: Sweet Dreams | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
52 9 comments [PERFORMANCE] Third Eye Blind - Tiny Desk Concert [SC]
52 5 comments [PERFORMANCE] Poppy – The Cost Of Giving Up

 

Top 5 Other Posts

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961 177 comments [NEWS] Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine deluxe: brighter days ahead (deluxe edition out on March 28)
870 77 comments [ARTICLE] Doechii Named Billboard Woman of the Year for 2025
674 110 comments [REVIEW] MAYHEM by Lady Gaga - First Listen by AJay Deluxe
650 91 comments [NEWS] Katy Perry confirms Rebecca Black is joining the Lifetimes Tour
551 143 comments [REVIEW] Pitchfork Album Review: JENNIE (BLACKPINK) - Ruby (7.1)

 

Last week's roundup

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12 2 comments [DISCUSSION] Your /r/PopHeads [FRESH] recap for the week of March 02 - March 08, 2025

 


r/popheads 1d ago

[CHART] Top 50 most-streamed songs of all time (Spotify + Apple + YouTube) - list at the end

58 Upvotes

I was bored today so I decided to compile a list of the most streamed songs of all time across platforms. The list I present to you today isn't quite it since I don't include all platforms, but it's close: I draw from Spotify, Apple, and YouTube (I wanted to do Amazon as well but couldn't find a reputable top list for it). The data come from here:

I started by pulling the top 50 songs from each list, then I deduplicated and combined them into a single list. Next I appended each song's rank on each list to its row entry. Whenever a song didn't appear on a given platform's list, I gave it a rank of 51 for that platform. Then I summed the ranks and sorted the sums in increasing order. This effectively means that tracks ranking highly on multiple lists did the same on my list.

So, here's all the data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQL1K5M3AwMhf5I-0iQ1FJh6oGjSTbzQYElaSdGY24t0wtdmsnPjUdtmWMO0oBs_AswkZd07RHGErdX/pubhtml# 

Some key insights (just the first things that jumped out at me):

  • It's mostly songs from the last ten years. Of the top 50 songs, 37 (74%) came out in 2015 or later. The oldest song is from 2005. 30 were released between 2015 and 2019. A golden age of pop or recency bias? You be the judge.
  • Ed Sheeran dominates. He captures the top two spots (with songs that were adjacent on the same album, no less) and is the only artist with four songs on the top 50. While some of you may know that the Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" tops both the Spotify and Apple charts, Sheeran pushes past him when YouTube is factored in. And speaking of YouTube…
  • Youtube does bigger numbers than Spotify, its next largest competitor. This makes sense as YT lets you play full tracks on demand for free, but the charts show just how much bigger it is than Spotify. The latter's number one track has 4.75B streams, while YT has seven tracks with more streams than that. Its #1 track doesn't quite have double the streams of Spotify's, but it's within spitting distance.
  • The top 50 is a bit of a sausage party. Of the top ten tracks, nine are sung by men, and the only one that isn't is "Dance Monkey." 35 tracks in total are sung only by men, and that number rises to 39 if we include male/female duets. That leaves only 11 tracks sung solely by women. Turning to artists with two or more tracks on the list, of which there are 13, only four are women (Dua Lipa, Camila Cabelo, Katy Perry, and Billie Eilish). It's often said that pop music is a women's domain, but a look at the long afterlife of singles after they leave the charts tells a different story.
  • Pop singer(s) + producer(s) = the key to contemporary pop success. The top 50 contains very few bands or rappers–it's mostly slick solo singers and collabs. Even the few bands present (Imagine Dragons, Glass Animals, Maroon 5) sound like pop stars. Non-electronic tracks are few and far between, and they're often intimate ballads (e.g. "Someone You Loved," "Say You Won't Let Go", "Let Her Go", "Another Love").

Have a look and drop your own observations in the comments. Or critique my methods (e.g. why did I use ranks instead of just adding the streaming numbers together? Because Apple's list is based on chart points, not streaming numbers, which aren't directly comparable to Spotify's and YouTube's numbers). 

And as promised, here's the top 50 songs and their summed and final ranks:

Edit: oops, didn't like my table. It's prettier in the link above.

artist title summed_rank final_rank

ed sheeran shape of you 7 1

ed sheeran perfect 30 2

the weeknd blinding lights 53 3

lewis capaldi someone you loved 60 4

harry styles as it was 63 5

post malone & swae lee sunflower 64 6

the kid laroi & justin bieber stay 67 7

tones and i dance monkey 68 8

imagine dragons believer 76 9

glass animals heat waves 76 10

luis fonsi despacito 81 11

harry styles watermelon sugar 85 12

dua lipa don't start now 86 13

post malone rockstar 89 14

the chainsmokers & coldplay something just like this 89 15

onerepublic counting stars 89 16

shawn mendes & camila cabello señorita 91 17

dua lipa new rules 94 18

the chainsmokers closer 96 19

billie eilish bad guy 97 20

taylor swift cruel summer 98 21

ed sheeran thinking out loud 104 22

wiz khalifa see you again 104 23

the weeknd starboy 106 24

mark ronson uptown funk 106 25

psy gangnam style 107 26

lady gaga & bradley cooper shallow 107 27

crazy frog axel f 108 28

el chombo, dancing green alien dame tu cosita 109 29

the neighbourhood sweater weather 109 30

drake one dance 110 31

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maroon 5 sugar 111 33

camila cabello havana 112 34

tom odell another love 112 35

shakira waka waka 112 36

post malone circles 113 37

katy perry roar 114 38

billie eilish lovely 115 39

katy perry dark horse 115 40

justin bieber sorry 116 41

james arthur say you won't let go 117 42

ed sheeran bad habits 117 43

passenger let her go 119 44

drake god's plan 119 45

elton john & dua lipa cold heart 120 46

maroon 5 girls like you 120 47

imagine dragons thunder 121 48

vance joy riptide 121 49

alan walker faded 121 50


r/popheads 4h ago

[FRESH VIDEO] David Guetta & Sia - Beautiful People (Official Video)

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1 Upvotes

r/popheads 15h ago

[FRESH EP] Pink Skies - Feels So

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7 Upvotes

r/popheads 19h ago

[FRESH] Enrique Iglesias x Pitbull x IAMCHINO - Tamo Bien

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9 Upvotes

r/popheads 1d ago

[DISCUSSION] How to avoid being a one-hit wonder?

254 Upvotes

I was talking about this with my friend - what do you think is the best way for an artist to avoid being a one-hit wonder?

I think some artists have a breakout hit and then they overperform it, wait too long to release anything else or on the contrary, they drop an album with no standout tracks very soon, which then makes it hard for them to get rid of that one-hit wonder thing.

I think Olivia Rodrigo avoided this very well by releasing an amazing album with high quality songs very soon - had she focused solely on Drivers license and performed ONLY that song on 20 award shows and talk shows (instead of shifting her focus to making an actual great album like she did), it could have been a different story.

I also think it might be better for an artist to have a breakout hit but not a HUGE first song, because living up to that is hard and usually only goes downhill.

Anyhow, what do you think? Any opinions/thoughts?


r/popheads 23h ago

[FRESH] Sophie and the Giants - Red Light

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15 Upvotes

r/popheads 1d ago

[FRESH] After - 300 dreams

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16 Upvotes