A survey of booze in pop songs

A research team recently combed through three years worth of Billboard's top hits and created a list of all the alcohol brands mentioned, then ranked them by prevalence. To no one's surprise, the choices turned out to be pretty conventional. The most commonly-mentioned brands of booze were:

1. Patron tequila
2. Hennessy cognac
3. Grey Goose vodka
4. Jack Daniel's whiskey

This Slate columnist makes an interesting point that these are all overpriced brands with more cachet than value as beverages, and that there are a lot of other brands that both taste better and cost less. Pop stars = idiots. Who could have guessed?

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