Table 1 Basic statistics of the dataset
From: Large scale analysis of gender bias and sexism in song lyrics
Artist type | Gender | Artists | Songs | Billboard | Billboard (top 10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Solo artist | Male | 4770 | 171,324 | 5071 | 1103 |
41.8% | 45.3% | 47.0% | 42.3% | ||
Female | 2361 | 72,822 | 2412 | 664 | |
20.7% | 19.3% | 22.3% | 25.5% | ||
Group | Male | 3281 | 103,729 | 2493 | 629 |
28.7% | 27.5% | 23.1% | 24.1% | ||
Female | 306 | 6416 | 212 | 56 | |
2.7% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.1% | ||
Mixed | 707 | 23,517 | 610 | 156 | |
6.2% | 6.2% | 5.6% | 6.0% | ||
Total | 11,425 | 377,808 | 10,798 | 2608 | |