If you are into music and data (or music and history, or music and anthropology, or music and politics) this edition of Chart Chat is for you.

We'll be talking with musician, author, and fellow data nerd Chris Dalla Riva about his new book, Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves.

After spending years listening to every number one hit from 1958 to the present, Chris wrote a data-driven history of popular music. During that journey, he unearthed many unexpected insights:

• Hit songs in the 1950s were regularly about gruesome death

• It takes twice as many people to write a hit today as it did in the 1960s

• The pop charts were rigged in the 1970s

• TikTok has made artists more anonymous than ever before

We'll also explore graphic designer Caileigh Nerney's enlightening and entertaining data visualizations that are featured throughout the book.

Join us on YouTube Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/gTFFAj9M54Q?si=P8uLM_GvVfaoT1Kn
Join us on LinkedIn Live: https://www.linkedin.com/events/chartchat-65-numbersandmusicwit7389373631434260481/theater/

As always, stay for the after party where you can ask questions and voice your opinions.