{"id":2107625,"date":"2025-10-22T06:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2107625"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:12:28","slug":"moms-prefer-giving-birth-to-songs-by-coldplay-and-the-beatles-new-data-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/moms-prefer-giving-birth-to-songs-by-coldplay-and-the-beatles-new-data-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Moms prefer giving birth to songs by Coldplay and The Beatles, new data says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Turns out, the miracle of life has a killer playlist.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new analysis of thousands of Spotify birth-themed playlists, Coldplay, The Beatles, Ed Sheeran and Fleetwood Mac are the go-to artists helping moms push through the pain \u2014 and into parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>The baby stroller brand <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icandyworld.com\/collections\/pushchairs\">iCandy<\/a> just took a spin through Spotify \u2014 and unearthed 1,800 birth playlists to find out which songs moms are pushing play (and babies) to.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Some moms prefer certain songs to push along to in the delivery room. <span class=\"credit\">Kati Finell \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to delivery-room anthems, it seems moms have \u201cFix You\u201d by Coldplay on repeat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The popular group and their 2005 hit song topped the charts for birthing playlists, with their other tracks popping up a whopping 140 times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Soulful Ed Sheeran croons in second place \u2014 no shock there \u2014 while classic rock giants Fleetwood Mac and The Beatles tie for third, proving that \u201cHere Comes the Sun\u201d is more than just wishful thinking in the delivery room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the setlist? Slow, soulful ballads from favorites like Norah Jones, John Legend, Taylor Swift and Elton John \u2014 because nothing says \u201cpush!\u201d like \u201cYour Song.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Coldplay was at the top of the list for new moms.  <span class=\"credit\">Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s unknown exactly why so many moms prefer this kind of music to push along to, but then again, who wouldn\u2019t want to bring their miracle into the world while bopping along to some \u201cThe Life Of a Showgirl?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/04\/lifestyle\/why-you-should-play-classical-music-to-babies-inside-the-womb\/\">according to science<\/a>, it\u2019s not just mothers who mellow out to music \u2014 unborn babies do, too.<\/p>\n<p>Classical melodies have been found to slow fetal heart rates and may even jump-start healthy development before birth.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike your average pulse check, which tallies beats over a few seconds, heart rate variability zooms in on the split-second gap between each thump \u2014 a tiny detail that can reveal a lot about a baby\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say those fluctuations offer a peek into how a fetus\u2019s nervous system is maturing \u2014 the more variation, the healthier the growth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Science says it\u2019s not just mothers who mellow out to music \u2014 unborn babies do, too. <span class=\"credit\">Krakenimages.com \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To put it to the test, scientists recruited 36 moms-to-be and treated their bumps to a mini classical concert, measuring how the unborn audience\u2019s heartbeats danced along to the music.<\/p>\n<p>For the in-utero jam session, researchers cued up two classics \u2014 \u201cThe Swan\u201d by French maestro Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns and \u201cArpa de Oro\u201d by Mexican composer Abundio Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n<p>With tiny heart monitors strapped on, they tracked how the unborn audience reacted to each tune \u2014 and thanks to some fancy math called \u201cnonlinear recurrence quantification analysis,\u201d they could even spot subtle rhythm changes in the babies\u2019 heartbeats during and after the music played.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by Dr. Claudia Lerma, study author of the National Institute of Cardiology in Mexico, the team discovered that \u201cexposure to music resulted in more stable and predictable fetal heart rate patterns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWe speculate that this momentary effect could stimulate the development of the fetal autonomic nervous system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Researchers didn\u2019t just study whether tunes made a difference \u2014 they wanted to know which tune hit harder in the womb.<\/p>\n<p>Both classical pieces struck a chord, but it was the Mexican guitar melody that really got those tiny hearts thumping.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turns out, the miracle of life has a killer playlist. According to a new analysis of thousands of Spotify birth-themed playlists, Coldplay, The Beatles, Ed Sheeran and Fleetwood Mac are the go-to artists helping moms push through the pain \u2014 and into parenthood. 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