Collective Memory and Nostalgia in The Dutch Radio2 Top2000 Chart 1999-2013

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The paper analyses the impact of age on the ranking of recorded popular songs in the Dutch Radio2 Top2000 chart in the years 1999-2013. We measure the competition between the loss of collective memory and nostalgia with respect to popular songs. Nostalgic feelings seem to be relevant to recorded songs with an age of 20-40 years. It is shown that the superstar status of the performing artist, the length of the recorded song, and the use of the domestic language (Dutch in our sample) as well as the debut ranking are predictors of the lifespan of a song in the chart.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4632

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Cultural Economics: Economics of the Arts and Literature
• Subject: collective memory ; nostalgia ; music chart ; song age

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Sterken, Elmer
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/93394
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET