The greatest hip-hop songs off all time
Creators:
BBC
Publication Date:
2019
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Dataset Description:
BBC Music polled over 1001 critics in 15 countries to find the best hip-hop song ever. This repo contains poll data, originally published by BBC Music, as well as code for transforming the data, adding cover artwork, and publishing charts via Datawrapper. The poll data was extracted from this article on bbc.com: The greatest hip-hop songs of all time - who voted. It covered over 300 hip-hop songs, each representing an individual observation. The songs listed span from the late 1970s to 2019, covering the evolution of hip-hop over approximately four decades. In total, the dataset has a size of 60,8 kB. Structurally, it is built upon the following key variables:
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Rank: The position of the song in the overall ranking.
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Title: The name of the song.
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Artist: The performing artist(s) of the song.
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Year: The release year of the song.
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Total Points: The cumulative points the song received based on the poll's scoring system.
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Number of Votes: The count of critics who included the song in their top five lists.
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