Topic summary
Key change
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Modulation (music).
Popularity
The popularity of the key change varies with musical trends over time. In every decade from the 1960s to the 1990s, about 25% of No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 had a key change; however, in the 2010s, only one Billboard No. 1 hit ("Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott) had a key change. Since 2020, the lone single that shifts keys late in the song, topped the Hot 100, "Dynamite" by BTS.