World loudness in the 1990s

-13.1 Median integrated LUFS
-15.3 to -11.9 Range
18 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 0 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 8 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 7 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 2 tracks -16 LUFS -14 LUFS -11 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

15 to 16 DR: 6 tracks16 to 17 DR: 7 tracks17 to 18 DR: 3 tracks18 to 19 DR: 1 track19 to 20 DR: 0 tracks20 to 21 DR: 1 track 15 DR 18 DR 21 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Djobi, Djoba
-11.9 LUFS
Quietest: Love Liberte
-15.3 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Brian Lee
n=18 · median -13.1 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 18 measured tracks, not a survey of every World release from the 1990s.