This second seasonal analysis focuses on five genres — Comedy / Novelty / Spoken Word, Electronic & Dance, Folk / Acoustic / Roots, Metal and Rock & Alternative — allowing us to examine the previous patterns more closely, revealing a clear seasonal rotation.
Results and Discussion: What the Data Actually Shows
Winter is the most concentrated season. Metal reaches its maximum Value of 1, while Rock & Alternative is the only other significant genre at approximately 0.35.Moving into Spring, the landscape becomes more varied. Folk reaches its maximum of 1, Metal remains strong at 0.88, and Electronic & Dance appears at approximately 0.39.
Summer produces the most unexpected result. Comedy / Novelty / Spoken Word reaches its maximum of 1, while Rock reaches approximately 0.62 and Electronic & Dance remains present at 0.31. Combined with the previous Heat Map, this reinforces the image of Summer as the most varied season in our analysis. We could describe this as a “Summer of Fun” anomaly: lighter entertainment becomes unusually prominent at the same time as holidays, outdoor activities and music festivals increase.
Finally, Fall shifts strongly toward Rock & Alternative, which reaches 1, while Electronic & Dance rises to approximately 0.89.
Electronic is particularly interesting because it performs across Spring, Summer and Fall but almost disappears during Winter. Its historical connection with clubs, nightlife, raves and festivals may provide some context for this seasonal behaviour.
Taken together, the two seasonal visualizations show a consistent movement: Winter is concentrated, Spring diversifies, Summer presents the greatest variety, and Fall shifts strongly toward Rock and Electronic music.
So far we have followed genres. Our final visualization asks what happens when we instead follow the artists competing inside them.