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Originally posted by LadyGagaStan93
This is true, but at the same time, she has broken the pattern of all smash hits being upbeat dance bangers as well. Since her arrival we've had a lot more alternative entries to the top 20 and even more mid tempo/down tempo top 10's. It's much more possible now than it was in 2009-2010 where most of the smash hits were dance pop.
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The Adele effect was the average BPM of hit songs dropping precipitously from 2009 to 2012. You literally needed an uptempo banger to get a hit in 2009-2011 until SLY.