Challenge #205: Taynalysis

[AYXAcademy]

A solution to last week’s challenge can be found here!

Taynalysis: Analyzing Taylor Swift Lyrics

Whether you love her or hate her, Taylor Swift is one of the most popular musicians and songwriters of our time and her lyrics have been the source of both criticism and praise.
Her lyrics have also been the subject of a wide spectrum of analyses. Get in on the taynalysis by finding the top 10 words she uses in each album and then find out if her transformation from being a country singer to a pop star has affected the repetiveness of her albums.

Can't get enough of Taylor's lyrics? Take this Weekly Challenge up a notch by adding your own levels of analysis and reporting.

Check out these analyses for some swifspiration:
Text Analysis and Data Visualiztion with Taylor Swift Songs
Using Machine Learning to Analyze Taylor Swift's Lyrics

How Has Taylor Swift's Word Choice Changed Over Time?

*Note: As of 3-3-20 we uploaded a new start file. We realized the way we handled some grouping options and contractions created the discrepancy some people were experiencing.

[Kenda]

I think the wrong start file might've been uploaded... 

[AYXAcademy]

whoops! You were correct, fixed. Thank you

[Aaron_Harter]

I used a different approach to categorize the unique and duplicate lines.  Instead of using a Unique tool, I used a filter tool to separate unique lyrics with 1 count from all other lyrics, then performed my total counts and aggregated the results:

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(edit 3/3 5:50 CDT) Video of solution overview:

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[Blake]

I can't quite get my numbers to tie, I'll be interested to see the posted solution tomorrow. In the meantime, I'll just.... 

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[RolandSchubert]

Wasn't quite clear how the numbers were calculated,  it ended up being easier as expected.

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[T_Willins]

I am getting the same small discrepancies in my unique vs non-unique lyrics.  Total lyrics and Top 10 tie to provided solution.

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[ggruccio]

Tried two ways and got the same answer - which did not match the one provided (off by a few).   Looks like others have experienced the same...

[sonyakasenkramer]

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[OllieClarke]

I had a few slight discrepancies, which is apparently not unique. I'll be interested to see the official solution

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Got a slightly different top 10 lyrics for Taylor Swift (2006) - I had should've instead of beautiful. This isn't in the Stop Words, but should and shouldn't are, so maybe it should be

Also my percentages were very slightly out