For pop singers with an ego, the best time to be in music may have been just after the second world war.

After that, the rise of super-guitarists like Brian May and Eric Clapton meant they were no longer the most important person in the room, a study suggests.

Researchers tracked the volume of lead singers' vocals and the musicians they played with on the biggest hits from 1946 to 2020.

How loud the singing is compared to the backing music can reveal the 'hierarchy of importance' within bands.

Compared to the music, jasa aborsi the results show the volume on singers' microphones was effectively turned down more each decade from 1946 to 1975.




Researchers tracked the volume of lead singers' vocals and the musicians they played with on the biggest hits from 1946 to 2020. Pictured: Freddie Mercury of Queen