Note: This chart is based on incomplete data and only includes entries where BPM is currently known.

144 BPM 108 BPM 72 BPM 36 BPM 0 BPM 1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s 1956: 123 BPM average (7 songs) 1957: 116 BPM average (5 songs) 1958: 144 BPM average (8 songs) 1959: 127 BPM average (4 songs) 1960: 127 BPM average (11 songs) 1961: 119 BPM average (12 songs) 1962: 102 BPM average (13 songs) 1963: 110 BPM average (12 songs) 1964: 118 BPM average (10 songs) 1965: 113 BPM average (14 songs) 1966: 114 BPM average (12 songs) 1967: 123 BPM average (14 songs) 1968: 107 BPM average (12 songs) 1969: 130 BPM average (10 songs) 1970: 114 BPM average (9 songs) 1971: 122 BPM average (13 songs) 1972: 112 BPM average (11 songs) 1973: 135 BPM average (13 songs) 1974: 112 BPM average (10 songs) 1975: 121 BPM average (13 songs) 1976: 119 BPM average (9 songs) 1977: 118 BPM average (15 songs) 1978: 129 BPM average (12 songs) 1979: 121 BPM average (14 songs) 1980: 119 BPM average (12 songs) 1981: 115 BPM average (13 songs) 1982: 132 BPM average (16 songs) 1983: 122 BPM average (17 songs) 1984: 115 BPM average (12 songs) 1985: 139 BPM average (11 songs) 1986: 140 BPM average (13 songs) 1987: 134 BPM average (14 songs) 1988: 123 BPM average (17 songs) 1989: 120 BPM average (17 songs) 1990: 122 BPM average (18 songs) 1991: 123 BPM average (16 songs) 1992: 126 BPM average (13 songs) 1993: 108 BPM average (19 songs) 1994: 118 BPM average (18 songs) 1995: 119 BPM average (16 songs) 1996: 120 BPM average (13 songs) 1997: 130 BPM average (17 songs) 1998: 126 BPM average (19 songs) 1999: 123 BPM average (15 songs) 2000: 125 BPM average (18 songs) 2001: 126 BPM average (15 songs) 2002: 126 BPM average (16 songs) 2003: 118 BPM average (20 songs) 2004: 121 BPM average (24 songs) 2005: 122 BPM average (26 songs) 2006: 135 BPM average (32 songs) 2007: 132 BPM average (40 songs) 2008: 126 BPM average (39 songs) 2009: 126 BPM average (33 songs) 2010: 128 BPM average (34 songs) 2011: 126 BPM average (37 songs) 2012: 122 BPM average (31 songs) 2013: 124 BPM average (33 songs) 2014: 122 BPM average (30 songs) 2015: 132 BPM average (34 songs) 2016: 122 BPM average (39 songs) 2017: 122 BPM average (39 songs) 2018: 115 BPM average (34 songs) 2019: 116 BPM average (28 songs) 2020: 121 BPM average (38 songs) 2021: 118 BPM average (27 songs) 2022: 115 BPM average (29 songs) 2023: 125 BPM average (31 songs) 2024: 126 BPM average (26 songs) 2025: 132 BPM average (32 songs)
Year Entries with BPM Average BPM
1956 7 123 BPM
1957 5 116 BPM
1958 8 144 BPM
1959 4 127 BPM
1960 11 127 BPM
1961 12 119 BPM
1962 13 102 BPM
1963 12 110 BPM
1964 10 118 BPM
1965 14 113 BPM
1966 12 114 BPM
1967 14 123 BPM
1968 12 107 BPM
1969 10 130 BPM
1970 9 114 BPM
1971 13 122 BPM
1972 11 112 BPM
1973 13 135 BPM
1974 10 112 BPM
1975 13 121 BPM
1976 9 119 BPM
1977 15 118 BPM
1978 12 129 BPM
1979 14 121 BPM
1980 12 119 BPM
1981 13 115 BPM
1982 16 132 BPM
1983 17 122 BPM
1984 12 115 BPM
1985 11 139 BPM
1986 13 140 BPM
1987 14 134 BPM
1988 17 123 BPM
1989 17 120 BPM
1990 18 122 BPM
1991 16 123 BPM
1992 13 126 BPM
1993 19 108 BPM
1994 18 118 BPM
1995 16 119 BPM
1996 13 120 BPM
1997 17 130 BPM
1998 19 126 BPM
1999 15 123 BPM
2000 18 125 BPM
2001 15 126 BPM
2002 16 126 BPM
2003 20 118 BPM
2004 24 121 BPM
2005 26 122 BPM
2006 32 135 BPM
2007 40 132 BPM
2008 39 126 BPM
2009 33 126 BPM
2010 34 128 BPM
2011 37 126 BPM
2012 31 122 BPM
2013 33 124 BPM
2014 30 122 BPM
2015 34 132 BPM
2016 39 122 BPM
2017 39 122 BPM
2018 34 115 BPM
2019 28 116 BPM
2020 38 121 BPM
2021 27 118 BPM
2022 29 115 BPM
2023 31 125 BPM
2024 26 126 BPM
2025 32 132 BPM