They say “sex sells” and music is no exception! According to the Atlantic Wire, 92% of the top Billboard songs of 2009 referenced sex in some way. SUNY Albany psychology professor Dawn R. Hobbs anazlyzed each of the songs that made it to the top ten in each music category, and logged whether they reference any (or all) of 18 different “reproductive themes,” which is about the unsexiest way to say “booty business.”

The results were as shown on this very telling graph:

Basically, according to this graph, we can conclude that country is the most boring music (with its high rates of commitment, parenting, and rejection themes, and that R&B, while definitely including many of our favorite things, may come off a tiny bit desperate, with so many of their songs talking about status, resources, and reputation.

This story probably falls into our “obviously obvious news” category, but we still think it’s a very interesting study. 92% of the top played songs talk about booty, I think it’s safe to say that it’s a natural, human aspect of life and shouldn’t be treated like some horrible shameful act to be looked down on. Or, in other words,

Hey girl, you know I’ma use some short term strategies, cause I got mad sexual prowess… now I can get you into a sex act with your genitalia? MMhmmmm.

Or something like that.