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Scientists analysed hits on the Billboard end-of-year singles charts since 1950 .
They analysed the most prominent melodies (usually the vocal melody) of songs that reached the top five positions of the US Billboard year-end singles music charts each year between 1950 and 2022 .
They identified two significant decreases in melodic complexity that occurred in 1975 and 2000 , along with a smaller decrease in 1996 .
Pop songs will get shorter on average by the end of this decade because of faltering attention spans and 'skipping culture' on streaming services.
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