The similarities of three top 1 songs in the last five years
Sucker 7rings Sorry
Many pop songs have a lot of similarity between each other in this couple of years. There are many things are same about instruments using, pitches, structures, production and lyrics. The songs we are going to talk about is Justin Bieber’s Sorry, Jonas Brothers’ Sorry and Ariana Grande’s 7 rings, they are the most popular songs in 2019.
Music elements
Sorry and Sucker are in E major, the pitch makes audiences feel clearly and lively. Sorry and sucker are on 4/4. 7 rings is 6/8 or 12/8. Timbre of these songs are amazing. Human voice is the main part of the three music. These songs all used electric instruments as an enhancement of the listening experience. The beginning of these three songs is relatively calm, but the important part will add many layers of instruments to create a shocking effect. Their structure is a very common form, from calm to excitement to calm. This is the structure used by most songs. In the singing method, 7 rings is very similar to Sucker. Sucker restrained his voice too much while singing. 7 rings also used a similar method to make the sound lighter in the main part.

Production

In terms of production, first of all they used multi-channel for stereo effects. And they used some electronic instruments to decorate the songs, making the songs feel more gorgeous and more shocking.
Rhythm control of vocals and instrumental sounds is a very important part of the production process, and these three songs did not make less efforts in this regard. 7 rings does a good job in this area, the whole song can feel the end of the vocal is accompanied by a period of electronic sound effects. This makes the whole song feel rhythmic at all times, although 7 rings is not a fast-paced song. Similarly, Sucker's tempo is much faster than 7 rings, but they handle vocals and hooks similarly.
The main melody of these three songs has more energy, which means that the volume of the main melody is the loudest than other auxiliary instruments. Both 7 rings and Sorry reduced the use of vocals in the more rhythmic parts and replaced them with very rhythmic music.
Lyrics
The lyrics of these three songs are all about love. The lyrics of Sucker and Sorry are from the perspective of the boys. They both use relatively cheerful tunes and rhythms, although they may not portray a very happy thing, but It is not difficult to see that these two songs depict two infatuated boys. 7 Ring and Sorry tell something like a contradiction between the two. Sorry ‘Yeah, is it too late now to say sorry?’, This lyrics has made it clear that this is an unpleasant story. In the 7 rings in 'Been through some bad shit, I should be a sad bitch' This song is a girl in a fit of anger, not a happy story. ‘And, baby, you know it's obvious. I ’m a sucker for you ’This lyrics shows that the protagonist is a boy.
In general, the top 1 songs in recent years tend to tell love stories in a solo way, use cheerful tunes and try to create a strong sense of rhythm. The use of musical instruments is more inclined to electronic instruments, because electronic instruments are easier to achieve the effects expected by singers. With the development of technology, the sound quality of music has also been greatly improved in recent years.

Reference
Musicradar 2007, 25 pop tips, viewed 3 March 2020, <https://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/25-pop-tips-33875>.
Justin, B 2015, Sorry, online video, 23 October, viewed 1 March 2020, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRh_vgS2dFE>.
Ariana, G 2019, 7 Rings, online video, 18 January, viewed 1 March 2020, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYh6mYIJG2Y>.
Jonas Brother 2019, Sucker, online video, 1 March, viewed 1 March 2020, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnAmeh0-E-U>.
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