Golden Beat
Highlife Report 2024
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Highlife never left — it multiplied.
New catalogue entries per decade, 1960–2029
Highlife catalogue entries by decade
Bar chart comparing new highlife catalogue entries per decade from the 1960s through the 2020s. The 1970s peak at 156, dip to 42 in the 2000s, then surge to an all-time high of 247 in the 2020s.
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150
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87
156
124
68
42
134
247
+84% vs 2010s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
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