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Methodology:
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For this study, we took the lyrics from the UK's top 100 chart listings from one year every decade from 1974 to 2024. We then created a seed list of words used to refer to women out of these songs and divided them between positive and negative terms, and a generic list of feminine nouns. These were then manually counted from the lyrics of 600 songs, ensuring the words were specifically related to women, and analysed to understand how women have been represented lyrically through the last 50 years.
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DateChart URL
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2024https://uk-charts.co.uk/index.php/charts/2020-s/231-2024/605-top-100-2024-full-year
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2014https://uk-charts.co.uk/index.php/charts/2010-s/156-2014/294-top-100-2014-full-year
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2004https://uk-charts.co.uk/index.php/charts/2000-s/170-2004
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1994https://uk-charts.co.uk/index.php/charts/1990-s/113-1994/272-top-100-1994
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1984https://uk-charts.co.uk/index.php/charts/1980-s/205-1984
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1974https://uk-charts.co.uk/index.php/charts/1970-s/195-1974
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