The Groove
Hip-Hop & R&B · channel 51
| Get your groove on with Old School R&B. Hear the important artists from the '70s and '80s including Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, Janet Jackson, EW&F, Isley Brothers, the Gap Band and more. |
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diversity score
| lookback |
plays |
repeated within 24h |
diversity score |
rank |
| 1 day |
291 |
34.7% |
79
|
#14 genre
#116 overall |
| 3 days |
856 |
16.6% |
70
|
#13 genre
#105 overall |
| 7 days |
1,977 |
10.4% |
67
|
#13 genre
#101 overall |
Each row compares this channel with every other ranked channel over the same lookback. Shorter windows show what the channel is doing now but are noisier; longer windows show its usual pattern and expose long rotations. Rank is among all ranked channels, #1 being the most repetitive. Differences under about 10 points are within normal noise.
| stat |
value |
| all plays collected |
4,516 plays (about 289 a day), 687 unique tracks, 308 unique artists, from 2026-09-28 to 2026-10-14 |
| past 7 days |
1,977 plays of 666 different songs by 291 artists |
| song pool |
about 2.4 days to play each of those songs once (median channel: 2.2 days) |
| artist variety |
about 195 different artists per 470 plays (median channel: 180) |
song repetitiveness
| time since the track was last played |
repeats |
share of repeats |
|
| under 1 hour |
2 |
0.2% |
|
| 1 to 6 hours |
7 |
0.5% |
|
| 6 to 24 hours |
192 |
14.6% |
|
| 1 to 3 days |
901 |
68.7% |
|
| 3 to 7 days |
209 |
15.9% |
|
1,311 plays in the past 7 days (66.3%) were a track already played earlier in that window. Plays of the same track within 15 minutes, or twice in a row, count as one play, and gaps longer than 7 days cannot be seen in this window.
play-count spread
| times played in the past 7 days |
songs |
share of plays |
|
| once |
90 |
4.6% |
|
| twice |
187 |
18.9% |
|
| 3 to 4 times |
279 |
44.6% |
|
| 5 to 9 times |
107 |
30.3% |
|
| 10 or more times |
3 |
1.6% |
|
The songs played in the past 7 days, grouped by how many times each was played, and the share of that week's plays they took.
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Ranked by the share of this channel's tracks that the other channel also played, comparing the different tracks each played in the past 7 days. Only identical tracks count; genre, artists and play order are ignored.
top plays
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past 24 hours
291 plays
| # |
plays |
track |
| 1 |
1 |
Hit And Run
Loleatta Holloway |
| 2 |
1 |
Power Of Love/Love Power
Luther Vandross |
| 3 |
1 |
You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
The Jones Girls |
| 4 |
1 |
She's A Bad Mama Jama
Carl Carlton |
| 5 |
1 |
The Boderlines
Jeffrey Osborne |
| 6 |
1 |
Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent
Gwen Guthrie |
| 7 |
1 |
Sing A Song
Earth Wind & Fire |
| 8 |
1 |
Young Hearts Run Free
Candi Staton |
| 9 |
1 |
Disco Inferno
Trammps |
| 10 |
1 |
Go Home
Stevie Wonder |
past 7 days
1,977 plays
| # |
plays |
track |
| 1 |
12 |
Love Is Just a Touch Away
Freddie Jackson |
| 2 |
10 |
Jam Tonight
Freddie Jackson |
| 3 |
10 |
I Don't Want To Lose Your Love
Freddie Jackson |
| 4 |
9 |
A Little Bit More
Freddie Jackson, Melba Moore |
| 5 |
9 |
You Are My Lady
Freddie Jackson |
| 6 |
9 |
Do Me Again
Freddie Jackson |
| 7 |
9 |
Have You Ever Loved Somebody
Freddie Jackson |
| 8 |
9 |
Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)
Freddie Jackson |
| 9 |
7 |
Tasty Love
Freddie Jackson |
| 10 |
6 |
Lady Marmalade
Labelle |
past 30 days
4,516 plays (data starts later than this window)
| # |
plays |
track |
| 1 |
14 |
Lady Marmalade
Labelle |
| 2 |
14 |
Fantasy
Earth Wind & Fire |
| 3 |
13 |
Ain't Nobody
Chaka Khan |
| 4 |
13 |
In My House
Mary Jane Girls |
| 5 |
13 |
Never Knew Love Like This Before
Stephanie Mills |
| 6 |
13 |
Miss You Much
Janet Jackson |
| 7 |
13 |
Fire
Ohio Players |
| 8 |
13 |
Kiss
Prince |
| 9 |
13 |
Lowdown
Boz Scaggs |
| 10 |
13 |
Keep It Comin' Love
K.C. & The Sunshine Band |
all collected data
4,516 plays
| # |
plays |
track |
| 1 |
14 |
Lady Marmalade
Labelle |
| 2 |
14 |
Fantasy
Earth Wind & Fire |
| 3 |
13 |
Ain't Nobody
Chaka Khan |
| 4 |
13 |
In My House
Mary Jane Girls |
| 5 |
13 |
Never Knew Love Like This Before
Stephanie Mills |
| 6 |
13 |
Miss You Much
Janet Jackson |
| 7 |
13 |
Fire
Ohio Players |
| 8 |
13 |
Kiss
Prince |
| 9 |
13 |
Lowdown
Boz Scaggs |
| 10 |
13 |
Keep It Comin' Love
K.C. & The Sunshine Band |
top artists (all collected data)
| # |
plays |
share |
artist |
| 1 |
110 |
2.4% |
Michael Jackson |
| 2 |
104 |
2.3% |
Stevie Wonder |
| 3 |
90 |
2.0% |
Earth Wind & Fire |
| 4 |
86 |
1.9% |
Janet Jackson |
| 5 |
86 |
1.9% |
Prince |
| 6 |
83 |
1.8% |
Freddie Jackson |
| 7 |
67 |
1.5% |
Barry White |
| 8 |
61 |
1.4% |
Chaka Khan |
| 9 |
59 |
1.3% |
Rick James |
| 10 |
58 |
1.3% |
Commodores |
diversity by time of day
| time of day |
plays |
repeated within 24h |
top-10 share |
diversity score |
overnight
12am-6am |
482 |
12.9% |
6.8% |
61
|
morning
6am-10am |
337 |
9.8% |
8.6% |
56
|
midday
10am-4pm |
510 |
11.4% |
6.1% |
65
|
afternoon
4pm-8pm |
336 |
10.7% |
8.9% |
56
|
evening
8pm-12am |
312 |
5.4% |
8.7% |
58
|
The same 0-100 score as the index, using only the plays from the last 7 days of plays that fall in each time of day (America/New_York), ranked against all other channels over the same hours. Differences under about 10 points are within normal noise.
fastest repeats
| gap |
track |
replayed at |
| 51 min |
Love Is Just a Touch Away
Freddie Jackson |
2026-10-11 03:02 EDT |
| 57 min |
Love Is Just a Touch Away
Freddie Jackson |
2026-10-10 05:59 EDT |
| 1.0 hr |
Love Is Just a Touch Away
Freddie Jackson |
2026-10-11 04:03 EDT |
| 1.1 hr |
I Don't Want To Lose Your Love
Freddie Jackson |
2026-10-09 19:08 EDT |
| 1.1 hr |
Hey Lover
Freddie Jackson |
2026-10-09 23:06 EDT |
| 3.2 hr |
Superstition
Stevie Wonder |
2026-10-13 02:05 EDT |
| 3.2 hr |
Rockit
Herbie Hancock |
2026-10-13 00:36 EDT |
| 4.2 hr |
I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
The Emotions |
2026-10-13 02:50 EDT |
| 5.6 hr |
Jam Tonight
Freddie Jackson |
2026-10-10 03:02 EDT |
| 7.8 hr |
A Little Bit More
Freddie Jackson, Melba Moore |
2026-10-11 14:58 EDT |
recent plays
| when |
track |
| 2026-10-14 00:31 EDT |
Hit And Run - Loleatta Holloway |
| 2026-10-14 00:25 EDT |
Power Of Love/Love Power - Luther Vandross |
| 2026-10-14 00:20 EDT |
You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else - The Jones Girls |
| 2026-10-14 00:14 EDT |
She's A Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton |
| 2026-10-14 00:10 EDT |
The Boderlines - Jeffrey Osborne |
| 2026-10-14 00:07 EDT |
Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent - Gwen Guthrie |
| 2026-10-14 00:03 EDT |
Sing A Song - Earth Wind & Fire |
| 2026-10-13 23:59 EDT |
Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton |
| 2026-10-13 23:53 EDT |
Disco Inferno - Trammps |
| 2026-10-13 23:48 EDT |
Go Home - Stevie Wonder |
| 2026-10-13 23:40 EDT |
Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes |
| 2026-10-13 23:36 EDT |
Lovergirl - Teena Marie |
| 2026-10-13 23:30 EDT |
Stop To Love - Luther Vandross |
| 2026-10-13 23:27 EDT |
You Ought To Be Havin' Fun - Tower Of Power |
| 2026-10-13 23:23 EDT |
Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan |
| 2026-10-13 23:19 EDT |
Movin' - Brass Construction |
| 2026-10-13 23:15 EDT |
In My House - Mary Jane Girls |
| 2026-10-13 23:10 EDT |
Ready Or Not - After 7 |
| 2026-10-13 23:05 EDT |
Ain't No Half Steppin' - Heatwave |
| 2026-10-13 23:00 EDT |
Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills |
| 2026-10-13 22:55 EDT |
(Not Just) Knee Deep, Pt. 1 - Funkadelic |
| 2026-10-13 22:51 EDT |
You & Me Tonight - De'Ja |
| 2026-10-13 22:47 EDT |
Miss You Much - Janet Jackson |
| 2026-10-13 22:42 EDT |
Circles - Atlantic Starr |
| 2026-10-13 22:38 EDT |
Oh Sheila - Ready For The World |
Data is refreshed periodically and is not real-time.
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