Billboard Hot 100
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Where did the love go? In today’s black pop music, love songs are harder to find
The rise of rap, the influence of streaming on the Billboard charts, and changing perceptions of love all play a part
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2019
Khalid and Juice Wrld are among the few black artists singing about love on the year-end chart
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2018
Love is all over the year-end chart, but few of those songs are coming from black artists
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2017
Love songs made up a third of the songs on the year-end chart, but only one was by a black artist
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2016
Black artists are all over the year-end chart, but Rihanna and Drake were among the few black artists singing about love
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2015
Love songs make up more than a third of the year-end chart, but only five are by black artists
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 2009
10 years ago, love songs by black artists become harder to find on the year-end chart
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 1999
20 years ago, chart-toppers from Whitney, Brandy and Mariah Carey meant nearly half the songs by black artists were love songs
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Looking for love on the Billboard Hot 100: 1989
30 years ago, the popularity of Milli Vanilli meant more than half the songs by black artists on the pop chart were for lovers