Had ik maar een tijdmachine / I wish I had a time machine

A quantitative content analysis on Nederhop records within music charts is used to discover how Nederhop has developed over time and what its current situation is. By investigating the presence of Nederhop records on chart lists based on radio airplay, record sales, downloads and streaming data it is measured whether Nederhop has gained institutional recognition and popularity over the period 1995 to 2015. The research shows it took almost ten years before Nederhop records were able to reach a wide audience on a regular base. However, this applies more to the Nederhop records that were sold physically, downloaded or streamed, rather than the Nederhop records that received airplay by the radio institutions. Although Nederhop records that used styles as Old Skool or Hardcore rap also did reach a wider audience, they mostly disappeared from the charts over time, which led to the charts representing mostly crossover Nederhop records.