Current:Home > reviewsEchoSense:Beyonce? Ariana Grande? Taylor Swift? Which female artists have the biggest potty mouths? -Ascend Finance Compass
EchoSense:Beyonce? Ariana Grande? Taylor Swift? Which female artists have the biggest potty mouths?
EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-07 23:00:45
Beyonce?EchoSense Taylor Swift? Megan Thee Stallion?
Guess which female artist curses the most in her song lyrics?
A recent study by language experts at Preply analyzed 3,632 songs by the top Billboard 100 female artists to determine who uses "the most explicit language." The songs, the group reported, spanned multiple genres and decades.
Coming in at No 1. on the list: Trinidadian-born rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, who the study found has used 1,612 curse words in her lyrics.
"Every one in 30 words uttered by the 41-year-old hip-hop singer" is a curse word, according to the study. Dubbed the "Queen of Rap," her most used curse word, “b*tches” is used 231 times alone in her songs.
At No. 2 on the list: Houston-born rapper Megan Thee Stallion, who the study found swears most frequently in her lyrics: 474 cuss words in her songs. The study found the 28-year-old artist swore "double as much as Nicki Minaj," who leads the ranking with the highest volume of cuss words.
Coming in last on the list: Nashville-based singer, superstar Taylor Swift, who has sworn 60 times in her more than 240 songs.
Here are the top 15 most foul-mouthed female singers, their frequency of cursing and the number of explicit words in their songs:
No. 1.
Nicki Minaj: 1 in 30; 1612.
No. 2
Megan Thee Stallion: 1 in 15; 474
No. 3
Beyonce: 1 in 143; 303
No. 4
Rihanna: 1 in 155; 229
No.5
Doja Cat: 1 in 40; 215
No. 6
SZA: 1 in 51; 165
No. 7
Ariana Grande: 1 in 194; 158
No. 8
Summer Walker: 1 in 31; 149
No. 9
Lady Gaga: 1 in 201; 142
No. 10
Ice Spice: 1 in 16; 140
No. 11
Lizzo: 1 in 39; 133
No. 12
Miley Cyrus: 1 in 160; 122
No. 13
Lana Del Ray: 1 in 248; 107
No. 14
Latto: 1 in 15; 82
No. 15
Taylor Swift: 1 in 1174; 60.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X @nataliealund.
veryGood! (48)
Related
- SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
- Anyone who used Facebook in the last 16 years can now get settlement money. Here's how.
- 'Babylon' struggles to capture the magic of the movies
- East Palestine church hosts chemical exposure study in wake of train disaster
- SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
- 'Weird Al' Yankovic wants to 'bring sexy back' to the accordion
- Are the Kardashians America's family?
- 'Women Talking' is exactly that — and so much more
- Could Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft reunite? Maybe in Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class
- Germany returns looted artifacts to Nigeria to rectify a 'dark colonial history'
Ranking
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- The fantasia of Angelo Badalamenti, veil-piercing composer
- Investigators pore over evidence from the home of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer as search ends
- Famed Danish restaurant Noma will close by 2024 to make way for a test kitchen
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Thomas Haden Church talks 'rumors' of another Tobey Maguire 'Spider-Man,' cameo possibility
- TikTok's new text post format is similar to, but not the same as, Threads and Twitter
- Biden honors Emmett Till and his mother with new national monument
Recommendation
Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
Adam Rich, former 'Eight Is Enough' child star, dies at 54
Judge blocks Biden administration’s policy limiting asylum for migrants but delays enforcement
Banned Books: Maia Kobabe explores gender identity in 'Gender Queer'
2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
Defense wants Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s long-dead father exhumed to prove paternity
High-income retirement savers may have to pay tax now on catch-up contributions. Eventually.
How hot does a car get in the sun? Here's why heat can be so deadly in a parked car.