1001 tracklist release a report on the state of dance music in 2018!

2018 was a fantastic year for dance music. The guys over at 1001Tracklists have compiled a full review of the year in their report titled ‘The State Of Dance Music’.

For people who don’t know 1001Tracklist is a database of all the DJ tracklists from live shows, radio shows and more. With all the track names compiled into once place.

The report “aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the tracks and sets that defined 2018”. They have certainly done this throughout the 24 pages. In 2018 alone over 36,000 tracklists were uploaded. Over 5 million people used 1001Tracklist to discover new music.

Unsurprisingly House music was the top genre of 2018 as can be seen below 👇

Throughout the article they also delve into the most played tracks of the year, in all of the various sub-genres. These were the most played tracks of last year below 👇

Easy to see why ‘Losing It’ has claimed the number one spot as it has been played by nearly every DJ from the underground to the mainstream.

As we are a Future House and Tropical House blog is interesting to see what were the most played songs in these genres. 1001Tracklist have compiled a list containing this. You can see it below 👇

As you can see artists such as Don Diablo, Calvin Harris & Lucas & Steve all feature.

You can check out the full list here: https://cdn.1001.tl/pressmedia/1001tl_presents_a_state_of_dance_music_2018.pdf

Where there any surprises?