If hip hop remains a much-maligned genre in some countries, in most of them it has become part of the culture and accommodated to the societal needs and requirements. That’s how a huge number of hip hop tracks managed to become smash hits and therefore classics. Since Google & Youtube were curious to fully understand their audience, they both used all the data generated by their respective browsers to rank the most searched/played tracks. And the results are quite striking since hip hop is the most searched and played genre on both platforms far beyond all the others genres. A hegemony that confirms the trend that we already noticed on the Billboard charts where Fetty Wap single handedly put 3 singles in the top 10 of the hot 100.
Peep the rankings below:
The 10 most searched-for songs on Google in the United States:
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Taylor Swift – “Bad Blood”
OMI – “Cheerleader”
The Weeknd – “The Hills”
Rachel Platten – “Fight Song”
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
David Guetta – “Hey Mama”
T-Wayne – “Nasty Freestyle”
Ed Sheeran – “Photograph”
Jessie J – “Flashlight”
The 10 most played songs on Youtube, accounting for both official uploads and fan versions:
Silentó – “Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Wiz Khalifa – “See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth)”
Taylor Swift – “Bad Blood”
OMI – “Cheerleader”
The Weeknd – “The Hills”
Mark Ronson – “Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars”
T-Wayne – “Nasty Freestyle”
Omarion – “Post To Be (feat. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko)”
Fetty Wap – “My Way (feat. Monty)”
The 10 most streamed songs on Google Play:
Wiz Khalifa – “See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth)”
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
The Weeknd – “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) (From The “Fifty Shades Of Grey” Soundtrack)”
WALK THE MOON – “Shut Up and Dance”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Flo Rida – “GDFR (feat. Sage The Gemini & Lookas)”
OMI – “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit)”
Skrillex & Diplo – “Where Are Ü Now (with Justin Bieber)”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”
The Weeknd – “The Hills”
