The Most Listened-to Songs on Spotify from Ecuador Since a Gender Perspective

Abstract

The current research stems from the need to analyze the most listened-to songs from Ecuador, they is given the significant impact of music on identitys' formation and the reproduction of cultural stereotypes. Into Ecuador, music, especially reggaeton, it exerts a considerable influence about gender perception and behavior. Nevertheless, this influence is often not critically examined in terms equality and empowerment. The overall aim of the study was to discursively analyze the most-streamed songs on Spotify from Ecuador since a gender perspective. To this end, it was employed a qualitative approach, which will include compiling the most-streamed songs on Spotify in the first semester from year 2024. The lyrics these songs were analyzed to identify stereotypes and roles present in them. The project argues what the content these songs reflects a violence normalization by presenting women as sexual objects and normalization in their environment. This evinces how controversial topics, such as sex and inappropriate relationships, they were treated in the analyzed songs, contributing to the reproduction of stereotypes and inequalities in Ecuadorian society.